Who is Diane Abbott? MP tells ITV Tory donor Frank Hester’s remarks ‘frightening’ Worried London politician calls for Sir Keir Starmer’s support following Hester’s ‘alarming’ remarks Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023
Morning briefing: Why teachers and campaigners want Ofsted to change its ways In today’s newsletter: After the death of a headteacher and years of dissatisfaction with inspections, the schools watchdog is under pressure to changes its methods The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023
Diane Abbott SUSPENDED by Labour over claims Jews do not suffer racism The move comes just moments after the MP apologised for suggesting Jewish people do not face racism, instead cope with prejudice similar to that suffered by "redheads" Manchester Evening News · Apr 23, 2023
Labour whip suspended from Diane Abbott after 'deeply offensive' letter on racism THE Labour whip has been suspended from Diane Abbott MP pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for The Observer newspaper,… The National (Scotland) · Apr 23, 2023
Labour MP Diane Abbott suspended after claiming Jews do not face racism 'all their lives' She had earlier apologised over comments she made in a letter to The Observer Wales Online · Apr 23, 2023
Diane Abbott loses Labour whip over racism comments The Labour MP suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism ‘all their lives’ Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2023
Diane Abbott SUSPENDED by Labour after letter suggesting Jews do not face racism The move comes just moments after the MP apologised for suggesting Jewish people do not face racism, instead cope with prejudice similar to that suffered by "redheads" Daily Mirror · Apr 23, 2023
Susie Orbach: ‘Body uniformity is out of control – there’s no right way to have labia!’ The psychotherapist on body hatred, what’s changed since she wrote Fat Is a Feminist Issue – and the smell of her clients The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
Libyan warlord could plunge Sudan into a drawn-out ‘nightmare’ conflict As Khalifa Haftar’s influence emerges, analysts warn the area could be a battleground for multiple players The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
UK evacuates British embassy staff and families from Sudan in wake of ‘significant threats’ – as it happened Foreign secretary says efforts to support British nationals trapped in Sudan currently ‘severely limited’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
TikTok cashing in on sale of counterfeit cosmetics and prescription skin creams Fake perfumes and restricted items are being touted on social media platform despite bans The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
Goodnight possum! Tributes to Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries World mourns ‘unique wit’ of Australian star and inventor of vivid stage personas, who has died aged 89 The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
Woman who miscarried fined by NHS for claiming free prescription while pregnant Plight of expectant mum who miscarried is latest case exposing errors in issuing charge exemption certificates The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2023
Murder, ‘alcohol and prostitutes’: Wagner convicts pardoned by Putin return to terrorise home towns Violent criminals who served with the notorious Russian militia in Ukraine are terrorising the communities they return to The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2023
Texas Observer · Apr 21, 2023 Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor Greg Abbott didn't even wait a single day before calling for the potential pardon of racist murderer Daniel Perry.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023 Among Others: Friendships and Encounters by Michael Frayn review – heartfelt pen portraits The playwright’s evocative series of essays profiles some of the brightest figures he’s met in his life, from Alan Bennett and Bamber Gascoigne to childhood friends and first loves
Tribune News Service · Apr 16, 2023 UK says offer to health care staff final as nurses plan strikes The U.K. government said its latest pay offer to striking health care workers is final with one of the biggest nurses’ unions warning that walkouts could continue through Christmas without a better deal.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 The Observer view on domestic abuse: thousands of women in England and Wales are being refused refuge Cash-strapped local authorities can’t help but fail in their legal duty to provide residential support for people trapped in violent relationships
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 Fears grow over police collecting data from lone child refugees in UK Welfare groups claim information could be used by Home Office to deport asylum seekers
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 Poll reveals voters negative about Labour and Tory attack ads Posters attacking Rishi Sunak on crime made Britons feel less favourable about both main parties, Opinium finds
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 The Kolossi/Attica, London: ‘It’s not revelatory, it’s much better than that’ – restaurant review They say you can’t revisit past times, but at this much-loved old haunt, it’s not quite true, writes Jay Rayner
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 Quizzing celebrity castaways on their desert island pin-ups, 1983 For Clive James it was Rita Hayworth; Dame Edna chose ‘snake-hips Strachey’
The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2023 NHS crisis deepens as nursing union plans ‘mega strike’ in England Doctors could join coordinated strike as Royal College of Nurses announce national ballot on mass action
The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2023 Solmaz Sharif: ‘I don’t shy away from hurting the reader’ The Iranian-American poet on puncturing comfort, staying an apostate and her teenage love of RL Stine
The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2023 Row deepens over Braverman’s ‘rebuke’ to police for golly pub probe Sources say Home Office apologised to Essex force over seizure of racist dolls but government denies claim