As unprecedented numbers of people take their holidays in the UK because of the travel chaos caused by the Covid pandemic, David Hares has been photographing the English Riviera in Devon Continue reading…
‘It felt like political persecution’: Labour’s Apsana Begum on the trauma of her criminal trial
The MP was cleared last month of housing fraud. Finally able to speak about her ordeal, she opens up about her controlling ex-husband, the family that disowned her and her political futureWhen Apsana Begum found out she had been acquitted of housing fr…
Why the west will learn no lessons from the fall of Kabul | Nesrine Malik
From Sudan to Iraq to Afghanistan, self-righteous US and UK policies have more to do with power than peopleIn August 1998, two weeks after a little-known terror outfit called al-Qaida announced itself to the world with bomb attacks on the American emba…
Leeds mother pleads for help with autistic daughter’s ballet school fees
Constance Bailey, from the deprived Seacroft estate, has a place at The Hammond School in Chester but cannot afford the costsBefore she was even accepted into one of the country’s most prestigious ballet schools, Constance Bailey’s audition immediately…
UK food firms beg ministers to let them use prisoners to ease labour shortages
Meat processors and others say they must have more day release workers as they cannot find enough staffDesperate food manufacturers are pleading with the government to be able to call upon prisoners to solve a labour crisis blamed on the double blow of…
UK’s most deprived areas have highest number of gambling outlets – report
21% of Britain’s gambling outlets are in the poorest tenth of the country, with 2% in the most affluent zonesThe UK’s most deprived areas have more than 10 times the number of betting shops than the most affluent parts of the country, research shows.Ga…
‘Cowboy’ providers could lose approval to sell PCR travel tests
More than 80 companies were issued a two-strike warning for displaying lower prices on the government website than are available at checkoutMore than 80 private Covid-19 testing companies could lose government approval to sell PCR travel tests followin…
Coronavirus live news: UK reports 32,253 new cases as Ho Chi Minh City prepares for lockdown
Panic buying as Vietnamese city prepares for lockdown; UK also reports 49 further deathsPCR Covid test firm with links to UK Labour accused of failuresUK scientists look at halving boosters to save vaccine for rest of the worldTrump booed after telling…
Labour to pledge shake-up of universal credit as part of wider ‘new deal’
Shadow work and pensions secretary expected to propose taper rate reduction that will be first element of social security overhaulLabour will promise on Monday to overhaul the universal credit system by allowing low-income workers to earn more without …
Johnson to urge Biden to keep US troops at Kabul airport after 31 August
PM’s request to be made at G7 summit as Taliban increases grip on access to flightsBoris Johnson will personally lobby Joe Biden at the G7 leaders summit, No 10 said on Sunday night, pleading with him to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end o…