Sistah Space’s call for mandatory training in UK backed by Michaela Coel, FKA twigs and Women’s Equality partyThe actor and writer Michaela Coel, the singer FKA twigs and the Women’s Equality party are among those backing calls to introduce mandatory t…
The government’s winter Covid plan can prevent another UK lockdown – if we all work together | Devi Sridhar
Vaccinations, testing and measures such as wearing masks will all help slow the disease. But the pandemic is not over yetProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghAs the days become shorter and colder, and the cou…
PMQs: Boris Johnson faces Keir Starmer ahead of rumoured cabinet reshuffle – UK politics live
Latest updates: prime minister faces Labour leader in Commons before a rumoured cabinet overhaul later todayBring in measures or risk 7,000 daily Covid hospitalisations, Sage warnsCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 12.0…
Cressida Dick is staying as Met chief, but who else would take the poisoned chalice? | Duncan Campbell
After many calls for her resignation, Dick is the latest in a line of commissioners to be blamed for the police service’s failuresIn 1955, after being presented with a damning report on corruption within the Metropolitan police, the then commissioner, …
Green protesters bring M25 traffic to a halt for second time this week
Police arrest activists as Insulate Britain activists target London traffic during morning rush-hourDozens of environmental protesters have blocked traffic on Britain’s busiest motorway for the second time in three days.Activists from Insulate Britain …
UK Covid live: Boris Johnson says he will not rule out ‘plan B’ of vaccine passports, masks and homeworking
Prime minister sets out more details of government winter plans after announcement of ‘plan A’ booster jabsMandatory masks could return this winter, says Sajid JavidCovid booster jab to be offered to those at most risk and over-50s in UKNadhim Zahawi: …
Grandmother of Eitan Biran investigated over his alleged abduction – reports
Italian prosecutors had already placed cable car crash survivor’s maternal grandfather under investigation after he brought the child to IsraelThe maternal grandmother of a six-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of a cable car crash in northern Ita…
Bristol man dies after crane tips while moving heavy load
Avon and Somerset police were called to residential address in Mangotsfield on Monday morningA man has died after a crane tipped while moving a heavy load, reported to be a hot tub.Avon and Somerset police were called to a residential address in the Ma…
Afghan refugees in UK quarantine hotels treated like ‘prisoners’
Afghans evacuated to UK say they have been left in quarantine conditions longer than necessaryAfghans evacuated to the UK feel like prisoners after being left trapped in quarantine conditions longer than necessary, several of them have told the Guardia…
Six countries invited to arms fair are on Foreign Office human rights list
Department for International Trade sent invitations even though nations are of ‘particular concern’Six nations listed by the Foreign Office as “human rights priority countries” have been invited by the British government to send delegations to Europe’s…