Once in a while, even in these grim times, there comes a snippet of news to lift the most downtrodden heart. Such a morsel of cheer lifted mine this week, with the evidence in yesterday’s paper that young people have no business to sneer at us old folk when we suffer the occasional senior moment. For … Read more
Boris Johnson is to give Liz Truss a more senior Government role as he plans to promote a raft of female ministers in Cabinet reshuffle Reshuffle aims to promote female ministers to address PM’s ‘woman problem’ International Trade Secretary Liz Truss to be handed more senior Cabinet post Junior ministers Kemi Badenoch, Lucy Frazer, Gillian … Read more
Senior doctors have called for the gap between the first and second doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to be halved to six weeks. The British Medical Association (BMA) has recommended to cut the waiting time, warning in a letter that the strategy is ‘difficult to justify’ and the UK is ‘internationally isolated’. It emerged on … Read more
Anya Buckley died at the Leeds Festival in summer 2019 after taking a cocktail of ecstasy, ketamine and cocaine Unaccompanied under-18s should be banned from going to music festivals where they are exposed to harmful drugs, a coroner has suggested after a 17-year-old girl died. Senior Coroner Kevin McLoughlin urged Leeds Council to ‘take action’ … Read more
A senior mortician at Royal London Hospital has admitted the devastating number of bodies flowing through the mortuary makes it feel like a ‘conveyor belt’. Hannah Leahy, who has handled hundreds of deceased Covid patients, broke down in tears as she spoke of the devastating impact the pandemic has had on her and her five-strong … Read more
BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £325,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial Ken MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding Impartiality Stood down as BBC director for nationals and regions at the end of last year He joined the BBC as a researcher in 1975 and BBC say new role … Read more
BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £330,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial Kevin MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding Impartiality Stood down as BBC director for nationals and regions at the end of last year He cited the BBC1 drama Roadkill as an example of ‘partial’ broadcasting By Gareth … Read more
Labour MP Chris Bryant faces calls to quit Commons’ standards watchdog ‘for telling Speaker to “f*** off”‘ Tory backbencher Julie Marson says she saw Chris Bryant mouth the words Labour MP Mr Bryant is the chairman of the Commons’ standards committee ‘His behaviour last week leaves a very big question mark,’ Ms Marson said Mr … Read more
A senior Labour MP has sparked outrage after slamming the Queen’s honours system as ‘offensive’ because awards reference the British Empire – even though she has an OBE herself. Kate Green claimed there was no justification for ‘branding’ the gongs in colonial terms as ‘it’s offensive’ and could be ‘hurtful to people’ – and has called … Read more
‘Stop saying sentences are too soft’: Top judge calls for end to criticism of jail terms following row over length of prison time given to PC Andrew Harper’s killers Lord Burnett said ‘ignorant’ attacks on the penalties set by judges are ‘corrosive’ He said the debate on sentencing must ‘proceed on fact and not misconception’ … Read more