Ambulance crew called to SnowDome in Tamworth on Friday evening but was unable to save boy’s lifeA 12-year-old boy has died after being seriously injured at an indoor ski centre.West Midlands ambulance service and Staffordshire police were called to re…
‘Vigil portrayed us as malevolent robots’ – submariners torpedo the BBC’s nautical hit
Fifteen minutes to launch a nuke? Rampant drugs and hairspray? No beer in the torpedo hatches? As the tense thriller concludes, navy experts scuttle its boatload of mistakesWhat did the BBC did get right in Vigil, its tale of sex, drugs, treason, murde…
My Secret Brexit Diary by Michel Barnier review – a British roasting
The EU’s chief negotiator found his UK counterparts bizarrely unfocused during the long haul to fix a Brexit deal – and believes they still don’t know what they’ve doneRarely do we see thinking of the other side of a negotiation so quickly, while the t…
JP Morgan launches digital-only Chase current account in UK
Analyst believes offering from US bank ‘will blow the competition out of the water’The US bank Chase has launched its first current account in the UK, prompting one analyst to say it “will blow the competition out of the water”.Offering 1% cashback on …
The great sperm heist: ‘They were playing with people’s lives’
Paul was in his 80s when someone called to say she was his daughter, conceived in a fertility clinic with his sperm. The only problem? He’d never donated anyFor 40 years, Catherine Simpson thought she knew who she was: a nurse, a mother of three, a dau…
We can’t fix the social care sector without fixing the way we treat its workers | Angela Rayner
Before I was elected to parliament I was a home care worker. I know how broken the system isAngela Rayner is Labour deputy leader and shadow secretary for the future of workThe scourge of poverty wages and insecure work doesn’t just blight the lives of…
Fears over NHS plan to close all local ambulance stations in London
London ambulance service programme will shut 68 sites and replace them with 18 new ‘hubs’NHS bosses plan to shut every local ambulance station in London, prompting fears that patients could be harmed if 999 crews take longer to reach them, the Guardian…
Labour squares off against Gove with housing policy ahead of party conference – UK politics live
Latest updates: party plans to slash affordable rents and give first-time buyers exclusive rights to purchase new-build homes UK fuel and supply chain crisis updates– business liveLabour to give first-time buyers exclusive access to new propertiesGloba…
Why do children in Britain always bear the brunt of Tory cuts? | Polly Toynbee
With such a cold and unfeeling government, it’s little wonder our birthrate is fallingThis is no country for babies. It’s no surprise the birthrate keeps falling when would-be parents face impossible obstacles. As in the 1930s, it happens in hard times…
Port of Dover blocked by Insulate Britain activists
Port remains open, but roads to eastern and western docks obstructed by 40 campaignersCampaigners from the group Insulate Britain have blocked the Port of Dover as part of their protests over climate emissions.More than 40 people, who have been involve…