New laws expected to come into force in 2025 are under spotlight after online planning of far-right riots in England. The Online Safety Act is back in the spotlight after a week of violence driven in part by far-right groups coordinating online, using a mixture of services including Telegram, TikTok and X. “There need to be amendments [&h
National Trust reveals rise in visitor numbers but drop in members
The National Trust said its visitor numbers jumped by 5% in the last year with people still prepared to spend money on a day out despite the cost of living crisis. But the charity’s annual report, released on Monday, revealed changing visitor spending patterns. Membership numbers dropped by 89,000 to 2.62 million in 2023-24, as […]
LA Olympic Games do not need every sport so let’s cut your favourite.
Behold the giant feast. Courses upon courses. Over the past 17 days this has been a city engorged, its every nook and crevice stuffed with sport, to the point where they had to parcel some of it off to the outskirts and even wrap some of it up in a doggy bag and send it […]
Labour defends Great British Energy plan amid concern over funding
‘It’s going to take time’ for GB Energy to start making money, says Ed Miliband Energy secretary Ed Miliband has said “it’s going to take time” for GB Energy to start making money. Legislation to establish the state-owned energy company needs to go through the House of Commons, and the government has set aside
Business secretary confident of ‘market-led solution’ for Harland & Wolff
Jonathan Reynolds says he expects Royal Navy ships will continue to be built at the struggling Belfast yard The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has said he is confident that the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast will continue to build ships for the Royal Navy, despite ruling out government support for the struggling company. Harla
UK must move towards disease prevention to save economy and NHS, says expert
Personalised ‘pre-NHS’ could stop onset of disease and offer health checks in places people live, work and socialise The creation of a “pre-NHS” focusing on preventive healthcare could unlock billionsfor the UK within two decades, according to the head of a taskforce investigating radical new improvements to the nation’s wellbeing. Prof John D
UK billionaire’s Israeli TV channel accused of axing show for Netanyahu
Protest planned at Tate Modern after accusations against channel owned by Len Blavatnik, UK’s second-richest man Len Blavatnik, the second-richest man in Britain, is facing a series of protests in the UK after his Israeli television channel was accused of cancelling programmes to please Benjamin Netanyahu. Aviel Lewis, a London-based Israeli w
UK universities need rescue package to stop ‘domino effect’ of going under
Experts say the next head of the Office for Students must oversee a programme that will protect higher education The new head of the Office for Students (OfS) will have to oversee rescue plans to avoid a “domino effect” with a number of universities going under, experts have warned. The new government’s Department for Education (DfE) anno
‘Dysfunctional’ culture at UK nursing regulator is safety threat, review warns
One ex-employee describes Nursing and Midwifery Council as ‘hotbed of bullying, racism and toxic behaviour’ A “dysfunctional” culture at the UK nursing regulator is threatening public safety, according to a damning report that found the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) took seven years to strike off a nurse who had been accused of rape
Tony Blair urges Starmer to keep grip on immigration to tackle rise of far right
Exclusive: former PM says immigration benefits UK but controls are needed to ‘close off avenues’ for populists Tony Blair has warned Keir Starmer to “close off the avenues” of the populist right by keeping tough controls on immigration. The former prime minister said the new government should tackle parties such as Nigel Farage’s Reform U