Prices rise by up to 25% as firms cover wage increases to attract staff amid post-Brexit lorry driver shortageThe cost of moving home is on the rise as removals firms are forced to put up prices following difficulties in hiring drivers.Some removals fi…
NHS urged to redistribute near-expiry vaccines as take-up slows in young
Doctors across England raise alarm as 170,000 Moderna doses at risk of expiry within fortnightCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe NHS is facing pressure to redistribute tens of thousands of vaccine doses nearing expiry as de…
How Joshua Coombes became hairdresser to the homeless and example to us all
The 34-year-old has given free haircuts on the street since 2015, and has put the stories of some of those he has helped in a bookOne evening in spring 2015, Joshua Coombes did something that changed his life for ever. He was walking to a friend’s hous…
Johnson’s scapegoating the young over Covid jabs is not a wise tactic | Larry Elliott
If the Conservatives want to win the hearts and minds of the under-25s they’d do better by incentivising vaccinationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Conservative party has a problem with the young. In the last general ele…
How to raise a boy: my mission to bring up a son fit for the 21st century
Increasing awareness of the price of toxic masculinity has led many parents to wonder how best to prepare the young men of the future. One father consults the expertsMy little son has a gang he roots for. All boys, dudes everywhere – they’re his gang. …
Births, marriages and deaths left unregistered after systems failure
Computer outage, staff shortages and pandemic disruption causing turmoil for families and businesses in England and WalesThe Home Office was accused last night of causing “turmoil for families” after a failure in its online system for registering birth…
When moral pieties get in the way of doing the right thing, children suffer | Sonia Sodha
The 1980s child abuse scandal reminds us that now, as then, being ‘on the side of the angels’ has to be backed with actionA council’s most important job is not emptying the bins or filling in potholes, the stuff most people see day to day. It has by fa…
There’s a case for vaccine passports, but ministers are failing to make it | Andrew Rawnsley
The government’s hesitant and incoherent policy serves only to create suspicion and offer ammunition to anti-vaxxers • Coronavirus – latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverageMany will have heard of Typhoid Mary, but fewer will know her full stor…
Converted offices pose ‘deadly risk’ in heatwaves, experts warn
Weakened planning rules has resulted in fewer checks on post-Covid urban redevelopment, despite worsening climate crisisThe conversion of offices into flats in urban centres poses a “potentially deadly risk” to occupants as the intensity of heatwaves r…
Nurseries in England feeling the pressure as ‘pingdemic’ hits children and staff
Calls to extend exemptions to self-isolation in support of critical workers’ childrenMore than half the nurseries in the north-west of England have been forced into a partial or full closure since the start of the summer, according to figures that high…