NDAs are being used to silence wrongdoing at work, says chair of women and equalities committeeA senior Conservative MP has proposed a law that would stop “scurrilous” employers using gagging orders to silence victims of sexual harassment.Maria Miller…
BBC director of news criticises furore over Jess Brammar appointment
Fran Unsworth speaks out after hiring process of former HuffPost UK editor was hindered by media attacksThe BBC’s director of news has defended its impartiality and criticised abuse directed at a journalist whose appointment to run the BBC’s rolling ne…
Old Truman Brewery in London to become office and shopping complex
Critics say it will price out businesses from site on Brick Lane, in the heart of the city’s Bangladeshi communityLocal councillors have defied months of campaigning, protests and thousands of objection letters to approve plans for an office block and …
More than 4m stopped wearing masks this summer in Britain, ONS data shows
Report comes as government scientific adviser describes Tuesday’s maskless cabinet meeting as ‘toxic’ for public adherenceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than four million people stopped wearing face coverings in public…
High court will serve US court papers on Prince Andrew if necessary
Court initially rejected request from Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers in sexual assault civil case filed against royalThe high court has agreed to intervene if necessary to serve papers on the Duke of York in the sexual assault civil case filed against him …
Fears London and Paris would die due to Covid are unfounded, finds survey
Residents in the cities still mainly content where they are, with minimal change in numbers wanting move outReports of a “death of the city” due to the Covid crisis have been greatly exaggerated, according to a survey of Parisians and Londoners that fo…
Fire shuts one of UK’s most important power cables in midst of supply crunch
Coal plants being warmed up as market prices surge to £2,500 per MWh from a norm of £40A major fire has forced the shutdown of one of Britain’s most important power cables importing electricity from France as the UK faces a supply crunch and record hig…
No criminal inquiry into Martin Bashir’s Diana interview, say police
Met makes announcement after looking at Lord Dyson’s report into 1995 interview with royalThe Metropolitan police will not launch a criminal investigation into the then BBC journalist Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, the fo…
Universal credit cut is a cruel blow for the poor | Letters
The planned abolition of the £20 uplift is the latest attack on claimants caught in an unfair benefits system, says Mark Newbury. Plus letters from Jane Middleton and Manuela GonnermannYour editorial (14 September) is correct in highlighting the link b…
Student found on Sussex beach ‘most likely died from suicide or accident’
Coroner appears to rule out murder after police faced calls to fully investigate death of Blessing Olusegun, 21A 21-year-old business student whose body was found on a beach in East Sussex most likely died because of suicide or an accident, a coroner h…