Local authority accuses Home Office and Serco of trying to beat court hearing and frustrate justice system Blackpool council has accused the Home Office and Serco of deliberately acting to frustrate the justice system after placing asylum seekers in a …
Covid: 37% of people have symptoms six months after infection
A large study reveals the scale of long Covid, with symptoms affected by sex, age and severity of infection Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne in three people infected with coronavirus will experience at least one symptom o…
Air pollution likely cause of up to 6m premature births, study finds
Global analysis of indoor and outdoor pollution also finds link to low birth weightAir pollution is likely to have been responsible for up to 6 million premature births and 3 million underweight babies worldwide every year, research shows. The analysis…
UK PM promises bereaved families a Covid inquiry chair by Christmas
Group say in a statement they welcomed meeting but disappointed at ‘lack of urgency’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA chair will be appointed by Christmas to the public inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic and sessions shou…
Children will pay the price for universal credit cut | Letters
The benefit reduction will affect child welfare services and only cost more later down the line, says Emily Aklan, while Sabine Goodwin says food banks will struggle to copeYour article (Universal credit cut will lead to more UK children in care – stud…
We must fight gender inequality in healthcare research | Letter
Less is known about women’s health than men’s – that’s because research on the former is underfunded, says Silvia HummelJessica Nordell raises several important issues facing women and people from ethnic minorities in accessing quality healthcare …
12% of English pupils report continuing Covid symptoms weeks after infection
Secondary school students and staff describe persistent problems that point to scale of long CovidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than one in 10 pupils and over a third of school staff with Covid continued to suffer sym…
‘Humbled and heartbroken’: WHO finds its Ebola staff abused women and girls
Inquiry commissioned by WHO details sexual abuse, including rape allegations, during DRC outbreakThe World Health Organization has described itself as “heartbroken” after an independent inquiry it commissioned said scores of women and girls were sexual…
R Kelly’s ex-wife says victim shaming stopped women coming forward
Drea Kelly puts focus on what happens outside courtroom after singer’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictionThe culture around victim shaming stopped women coming forward sooner about the abuse they experienced at the hands of R Kelly, the singer…
Dementer review – unsettling low-budget care facility chiller
When Katie takes a job in a centre for people with Down’s syndrome, she’s the model carer – until the terrifying flashbacks startFrom Don’t Look Now to The Masque of the Red Death, physical disability has been a troublingly cheap way for horror directo…