Mary Onuoha wins case against Croydon university hospital’s uniform policy that prohibited wearing necklacesA nurse who claimed she was victimised for wearing a necklace with a Christian cross at work has won a case for unfair dismissal.Mary Onuoha, a …
Historic England to offer virtual flights over ancient landscapes
Aerial Archaeological Mapping Explorer will allow users to see landscapes from England’s pastA digital aerial archaeology tool will allow people to discover previously unknown details about local landscapes, including prehistoric hill forts, Roman sett…
Historic synagogue wins first round of City planning battle
Permission for 48-storey skyscraper denied but application for second building yet to be consideredThe UK’s oldest synagogue, a 320-year-old building in the City of London, has won the first stage of its battle to stave off an existential threat from p…
Core needs: wellbeing holidays bounce back to tackle ‘pandemic posture’
Wellness tourism continues to grow with demand driven by the ageing boomer generation and health-conscious millennialsAt 8am, six women and one man are saluting the sun in an airy barn in Sussex. They are focused on their breathing, visualising their i…
UK workers on the end of furlough: ‘Will it be Amazon, care homes or driving a van?’
The support scheme has proved positive for some, but others will have no jobs to return to. We hear their storiesSince March 2020, 11.6 million UK workers have been furloughed by their employees as a result of the Covid pandemic, with the government pa…
Huguenots, Jews, Bengalis … now developers size up London’s Brick Lane
Locals, hipsters and councillors are at odds over glossy plans to revamp the Truman Brewery in London’s East End enclaveFor more than 300 years, it was the industrial heart of Brick Lane in east London, a vast rat-ridden edifice in which thousands of w…
New Thames tunnel will make London pollution worse, warn climate activists
Campaigners say Sadiq Khan’s support for a four-lane road under the river is at odds with his environmental aimsBurrowing deep under the Thames, Silvertown tunnel is scheduled as the first new road link across the capital’s river for 30 years. But, the…
Millions of children in religious groups in England and Wales vulnerable to abuse
IICSA report finds victim blaming, abuse of power and mistrust of authority to be commonplaceChildren involved in religious organisations, including Sunday schools and madrasas, are vulnerable to sexual abuse in cultures where victim blaming, abuse of …
C of E admits to failings over allegations against priest who took his own life
Church expresses ‘deep regret’ in handling of unsubstantiated claims of child abuse against Father Alan GriffinThe Church of England has admitted it made mistakes in its handling of unsubstantiated allegations of child abuse against a former Anglican p…
‘Bleeding for Jesus’: book tells story of QC who pitilessly abused young men
A moral crusader was accused of targeting public schoolboys at Christian camps and administering ‘horrific’ beatings After five years of sadistic beatings in a garden shed by one of the UK’s most prominent barristers, and with a “special beating” to ma…