Widow of man who contracted cancer while working on corporation productions seeks damagesThe BBC is being sued over the death of a set builder who contracted asbestos-related cancer while working on high-profile dramas including Doctor Who. Richard Eva…
UK workers on the end of furlough: ‘Will it be Amazon, care homes or driving a van?’
The support scheme has proved positive for some, but others will have no jobs to return to. We hear their storiesSince March 2020, 11.6 million UK workers have been furloughed by their employees as a result of the Covid pandemic, with the government pa…
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe campaign urges sanctions against 10 Iranians
Campaign to mark British-Iranian’s 2,000th day in detention with demand to Foreign OfficeThe campaign to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian dual national, is to mark her 2,000th day in detention in Iran this week by demanding the Briti…
Take care with claims about unvaccinated case rates | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
Different estimates of the population can produce wildly different ratesITV’s political editor, Robert Peston, wrote a Twitter thread with the headline: “Infections higher among double vaxxed for those [aged] 40 to 79 than for non-vaxxed.” ITV changed …
A friend in need: volunteers rush to help refugees feel at home in UK
Up to 50 people a day are signing up to offer help to Afghans who fled the TalibanThe UK’s largest refugee befriending scheme has closed applications in London following a meteoric rise in sign-ups amid the Afghanistan withdrawal.Until recently HostNat…
Coronavirus live news: 1.5million people in England to receive booster jab invite
Texts and letters will be sent to eligible people who had their second vaccine at least six months agoTo mask or not to mask? Opinion split on London undergroundSlow but steady has seen the EU win out in the vaccine raceMinisters told to bar EU from UK…
Tories repelled by Johnson can help the Lib Dems knock down the blue wall | Andrew Rawnsley
Ed Davey, the Lib Dem’s leader, has decided to stake his party’s chips on trying to take seats off the ConservativesThe world is hanging on every word from the virtual conference of Britain’s Liberal Democrats this weekend, as no one ever said. The Lib…
To mask or not to mask? Opinion split on London underground
Commuters explain their reasons for not covering upCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe “do as I say, not as I do” approach to political messaging was again displayed last week when Boris Johnson urged people to wear masks in…
Caked crusaders: how The Great British Bake Off took over the world
It seems everyone wants a slice of Channel 4’s action, whether homemade or imported. But what exactly is the attraction?Last week a visitor to the Great British Bake Off set was on the phone to her mother in South Africa. “She was having her hair done …
British gangs and international rivals join forces to increase cocaine sales
Analysis by National Crime Agency finds more than 1,700 UK criminal groups involved in drug supplyBritish organised crime groups are collaborating closely with former international rivals like the Italian mafia to import increasingly bigger cocaine shi…