Labour must work on more than just its messaging: it must convert its principles into convincing policies, writes Dr Norman Brady, while Philip Wood says the party’s future lies with the neglected under-40sProf Alan Finlayson is right to question Labou…
Una Stubbs: a life in pictures
Una Stubbs – the actor whose long career took in Summer Holiday, Worzel Gummidge, Till Death Us Do Part and most recently Steven Moffat’s Sherlock – has died aged 84.Una Stubbs, actor in Sherlock and Till Death Us Do Part, dies aged 84Una Stubbs obitua…
Third teenager arrested after fatal stabbing of man in east London
Arrest on suspicion of assisting an offender follows charges pressed against two 14-year-old boysA third teenager has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in Chingford, east London.It is believed that James Markham, 45, was stab…
TikTok acts on teen safety with ‘bedtime’ block on app alerts
Social networking firm introduces range of child safety measures including increased privacy controls TikTok will prevent teenagers from receiving notifications past their bedtime, the company said, announcing a range of child safety improvements that …
The Guardian view on Prince Andrew: he should do his duty | Editorial
The Queen’s son’s inadequate responses to serious sexual allegations are doing reputational damage to BritainThere should be no disputing that, if they are true, the sexual abuse allegations made by Virginia Giuffre against Prince Andrew, the Queen’s s…
The Guardian view on the Edinburgh festivals: signs of rebirth | Editorial
They may be smaller and quieter than they once were, but Scotland’s capital has its summer arts events, and even some visitors, backThe Edinburgh festivals are back – but not as we know them. Last year was the first time since their founding in 1947 th…
Pret to restore staff bonus after workers threaten strike action
But coffee shop chain will no longer pay for break times as sales struggle to recover from the pandemicPret a Manger has rowed back on plans to slash staff bonuses in a partial U-turn on proposed pay cuts after workers threatened strike action.However,…
UK firms may buy Welsh computer chip maker if Chinese takeover fails
Technology executive Ron Black says nine companies are willing to join consortium in purchase of Newport Wafer FabThree more British companies have said they are willing to join a group to buy the Welsh semiconductor manufacturer Newport Wafer Fab if t…
Priti Patel appoints ex-Taxpayers’ Alliance head as new aide
Jonathan Isaby joins Home Office as home secretary’s new communications private secretaryPriti Patel has appointed the former head of a hard-right anti-tax pressure group and former editor of a conservative blog to a government role in the Home Office,…
Record number of NHS England patients waiting for routine hospital treatment
Health secretary warns 5.45m figure will rise sharply even further, as result of backlog from pandemicSajid Javid has warned that the number of people needing hospital treatment in England is set to rise sharply, outstripping the new record of almost 5…