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Families of East Sussex couple pay tribute to ‘funny and loving pair’
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Donna Ferguson and agency
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Derek Martin to appear in court charged with murder after Josh and Chloe Bashford found dead at homeThe families of a married couple who were found dead at their home have paid tribute to the “funny and loving pair” as a man is due to appear in court charged with their murder.The bodies of Josh Bashford, 33, and 30-year-old Chloe were found at their home in Newhaven, East Sussex, on Friday. Continue reading...
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Minister for London Paul Scully fails to make Tory shortlist to run for city mayor
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Donna Ferguson
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Scully had been seen as a frontrunner for next year’s electoral race against Labour incumbent Sadiq KhanThe minister for London, Paul Scully, has failed to make the shortlist to be the Conservative candidate to run for the city’s mayor. Scully had previously been seen as a possible frontrunner for next year’s electoral race against the Labour incumbent, Sadiq Khan.The shadow health minister, Wes Streeting, said the Tories had avoided selecting Scully – the only MP on the longlist – because Rishi Sunak’s administration was “toxic” to voters. Continue reading...
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Chloe Mitchell: murder inquiry launched as human remains found
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PA Media
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Police announce move following disappearance of 21-year-old in Ballymena just over a week agoDetectives investigating the disappearance of County Antrim woman Chloe Mitchell have launched a murder inquiry after suspected human remains were found in Ballymena.Mitchell, 21, was last seen on CCTV in the early hours of Saturday 3 June in Ballymena town centre. Continue reading...
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Eleven teenagers arrested in Bath after fatal stabbing of 16-year-old boy
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Nine boys and two girls aged 15 to 17 arrested on suspicion of murder after stabbing late on Saturday nightEleven teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death.Members of the public rushed to help the boy before paramedics arrived in Eastfield Avenue, Bath, but he could not be saved and died at the scene at about 11pm on Saturday. Continue reading...
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Senior Tories tell Boris Johnson and allies to ‘shut up and go away’
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Aubrey Allegretti Senior political correspondent
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Privileges committee is preparing to sign off what is expected to be damning report into former PM’s conductBoris Johnson and his allies have been told by senior Conservatives to “shut up and go away” as the privileges committee prepares to sign off what is expected to be a damning report into his conduct.MPs on the committee are understood to have received threats from members of the public over the weekend, following Johnson’s decision to stand down as an MP after being told they had concluded he deliberately misled parliament over Partygate. Continue reading...
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Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine says flood evacuees killed by Russian attack – as it happened
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Donna Ferguson (now); Tom Ambrose and Christine Ke
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Three people killed and 10 wounded after a boat heading to Kherson is shelled; about 100 captured soldiers from each side are returnedRussian forces blew up the Khakhovka dam to prevent Ukrainian troops from advancing in the southern Kherson region, Kyiv’s deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said on Sunday.Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up the dam from inside its associated hydroelectric power station. The site has been under Russian occupation since the early weeks of the invasion in February last year. Continue reading...
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Sturgeon’s arrest draws focus away from SNP policy and back to police inquiry
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Libby Brooks and Severin Carrell
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Humza Yousaf is trying to seize back the media narrative but the party remains tethered to unanswered questions about its pastSupporters and critics of Nicola Sturgeon were in sombre mood as they digested news of the former first minister’s arrest on Sunday afternoon.To see Sturgeon – just earlier in the day described by her successor, Humza Yousaf, as “one of the most impressive politicians Europe has seen over the last couple of decades” – and “arrested” in the same headline as the news alert flashed up on phones was a shock, despite speculation it was inevitable given the continuing police investigation into the finances of the Scottish National party, which she led until recently. Continue reading...
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US musician arrested in Moscow bewildered at drugs charges
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Andrew Roth
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Travis Michael Leake, described as someone who loves Russia, says ‘I don’t understand why I’m here. I do not admit my guilt’A US citizen arrested in Russia on drugs charges this week is a military veteran who lived in Moscow for nearly a decade, working as a musician, rock band manager and appearing in an interview with the late food and travel journalist Anthony Bourdain.Travis Michael Leake and a friend, Valeria Grobanyuk, were arrested earlier this week in a drugs raid that has the potential to further ignite tensions between Washington and Moscow. The State Department has warned Americans to steer clear of Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and a number of recent arrests of US citizens. Continue reading...
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China’s Palestinian moment is about global standing rather than peace
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Experts quash claims by Beijing that the Palestinian Authority president’s visit will facilitate new Israeli-Palestinian peace talksThe Palestinian Authority president’s imminent state visit to China is aimed at bolstering Beijing’s credentials on the world stage rather than a serious attempt to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, experts have said.Mahmoud Abbas’s four-day visit, which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, has been described by Chinese state media as aimed at facilitating new peace talks predicated on a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict. It also comes on the heels of Beijing’s recent success in brokering a detente between the Middle East’s two major religious and geopolitical poles, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Continue reading...
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Nicola Sturgeon released without charge pending further investigation
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Former first minister had been questioned over SNP fundingNicola Sturgeon has been released without charge pending further investigation after being arrested as part of a police probe into the funding and finances of the SNP, Police Scotland said.More follows … Continue reading...
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Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams: who might win their seats?
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Alexandra Topping
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What are the opposition parties’ chances of winning the byelections triggered by the three Tory resignations?After a series of dramatic resignations by Conservative MPs – first the former culture secretary Nadine Dorries, then the former prime minister Boris Johnson and finally the Johnson loyalist Nigel Adams – Rishi Sunak faces three imminent byelections in England.At a time when the prime minister is trying to prove that he has steadied the ship, Conservative HQ is likely to see them as sapping time and attention. For Labour and the Liberal Democrats, they are a chance to get on the front foot before the next general election. So, where are the byelections happening, and what are the opposition parties’ chances? Continue reading...
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Firefighters tackle mile-long wildfire near Inverness
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Rachel Hall
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Six fire engines attended the blaze, which broke out on Saturday afternoon in the village of DaviotFirefighters are tackling a wildfire near Inverness that burned throughout the night and reportedly stretches for more than a mile. Six fire engines were sent to the village of Daviot in the Highlands after the fire broke out on Saturday afternoon.The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has told people nearby to stay indoors and to close all windows and doors to prevent smoke inhalation. Evacuated residents have been told not to return yet. Continue reading...
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EU may give Tunisia more than €1bn in aid to help finances and stem migration
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Lisa O'Carroll Brussels correspondent
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Ursula von der Leyen says €900m will be macrofinancial assistance while €105m will help combat people-smugglingThe European Union is considering more than €1bn in aid for Tunisia to rescue state finances and deal with a migration crisis, the EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.Speaking in Tunisia, Von der Leyen said €900m would be macrofinancial assistance while an immediate €150m would support a reform agenda set by the International Monetary Fund. Continue reading...
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Three British tourists missing in Egypt after boat catches fire
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Ruth Michaelson and agencies
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Search party launched after 12 British nationals and 12 Egyptian crewmembers aboard scuba diving vessel rescuedThree British tourists are missing after a scuba diving boat they were cruising in caught fire off Egypt’s Red Sea coastline on Sunday, authorities have said.A further 12 British nationals were rescued along with 12 Egyptian crew members and were brought to safety at the nearby diving resort of Marsa Shagra, about 13 miles (21km) north of the town of Marsa Alam, according to a statement from the Red Sea State governor’s office and security sources. Continue reading...
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‘Decades of neglect’: calls for social housing quota on new Victorian developments as homelessness rises
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Stephanie Convery and Benita Kolovos
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Proposal from the Council to Homeless Persons comes as analysis shows huge increases in homelessness levels in some regions, with one rising 465%
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Calls for ‘comprehensive ban’ on sports gambling ads in Australia as inquiry’s report looms
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Henry Belot
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Tim Costello hopeful of bipartisanship on issue to ‘break the grip’ of saturation advertising
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Queensland youth justice minister denounced policies now spruiked as ‘toughest in the nation’
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Ben Smee
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Di Farmer told state parliament in 2019 the sorts of measures now championed by Labor would almost guarantee children would reoffend
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‘Wild west’: Australia’s would-be tenants asked about tattoos and social media as calls grow for regulation
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Cait Kelly
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Another renter was told to provide a year’s worth of bank statements, with NSW minister saying applicants ‘rightly feel uneasy’ about data collection
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Modernisation creeps on as London gentlemen’s clubs open to women
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Amelia Gentleman
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Pratt’s is the latest establishment haunt to allow female members but others are still resistant to changeMild signs of a potential willingness to modernise have been observed in some of central London’s establishment clubs in the past few weeks, led by the announcement that, after a wait of 166 years, women will finally be allowed to become members of Pratt’s.The decision by the owner of Pratt’s has been met mostly with resigned acceptance by the club’s membership, which includes at least a dozen MPs, and has triggered renewed discussion of possible reform at the remaining hardcore handful of gentlemen’s clubs that refuse to admit women. Continue reading...
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Nicola Sturgeon arrested in SNP finances inquiry
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Severin Carrell and Libby Brooks
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Former Scottish first minister interviewed as part of Police Scotland inquiry into claims SNP misspent £600,000 of donationsNicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating allegations of financial misconduct by the Scottish National party.Sturgeon, who quit as first minister and SNP leader in early April, is the third person to be arrested as part of Operation Branchform, the Police Scotland investigation into allegations that more than £600,000 in donations for an independence campaign was misspent by the party. Continue reading...
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Timpson family takes £12.8m dividend after lockdown effect recedes
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Sarah Butler
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Demand resurfaces for dry cleaning, watch repairs and key cutting, though shoe repair remains out of favourThe Timpson family paid themselves a £12.8m dividend last year as dry cleaning, key cutting, watch repairs and photo processing bounced back at the high street stalwart after pandemic lockdowns – but shoe mending sales remained downtrodden.The family-owned Timpson Group includes Snappy Snaps, Johnsons dry cleaners and a small group of pubs alongside its namesake shoe-repair and key-cutting business. It doubled comparable profits to £36.5m in the year to 1 October 2022 and sales rose to £297.4m, up about 40%. Continue reading...
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A matter of honours: why there is a row over Boris Johnson’s peerage list
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Aubrey Allegretti
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Former PM’s team and No 10 at loggerheads over resignation picks for the House of Lords and two resulting byelectionsAn almighty row over Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list has resulted in claims and counterclaims flying between the former prime minister’s team and the current No 10 operation.Both sides are pointing the finger of blame at the other for the confusion that has led to two byelections being triggered by those who lost out on being elevated to the Lords. Continue reading...
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Amazon plane crash children reunited with family after 40 days in jungle
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Sam Jones and agencies
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Relatives and Colombian president visit survivors in hospital, where grandfather says they are ‘shattered but in good hands’The four young Colombian siblings who managed to survive for 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have been reunited with their family as further details emerged of their astonishing feat of endurance.The children’s grandfather, Fidencio Valencia, who visited them in the Bogotá hospital where they are recuperating, said they were “shattered but in good hands and it’s great they’re alive”. Continue reading...
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Data undermines Jenrick’s claim about asylum seekers saying they are children
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Diane Taylor
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Minister said up to a fifth of adult males seeking asylum pretended to be children, but Home Office figures say it is 1%A claim made in parliament by the immigration minister that up to a fifth of adult male asylum seekers pretend to be children when they arrive in the UK has been undermined by the Home Office’s own data, which shows the actual figure is just 1%.The factchecking organisation Full Fact has obtained new freedom of information data that shows that between 1 January and 7 November 2022 only about 1% of all males arriving on small boats at Western Jet Foil claimed to be under 18 but were later found to be over 18. Continue reading...
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Tory MP lobbied for £10,000 donation from ‘Mongolian friend’ to be allowed
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Henry Dyer
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Daniel Kawczynski asked Electoral Commission to permit the funding after returning from a trip to MongoliaThe prime minister’s trade envoy to Mongolia lobbied the Electoral Commission to permit a £10,000 donation to his party association from a “Mongolian friend”, documents reveal.Daniel Kawczynski, the Conservative MP for Shrewsbury, contacted the independent electoral watchdog on 20 April, days after his return from a week-long trip to Mongolia in his role as trade envoy, accompanied by the UK ambassador. Continue reading...
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Travelodge to be put up for sale by GoldenTree with £1.2bn price tag
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Mark Sweney
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US hedge fund seeks to profit from post-pandemic surge in demand for budget hotel chainTravelodge is to be put up for sale with a price tag of more than £1bn as the owner of the budget hotel chain seeks to cash in on a post-pandemic boom in demand.GoldenTree, the US hedge fund that took over Travelodge in 2012, has held meetings with investment banks to explore a potential sale of the chain of 595 hotels. Continue reading...
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Fraud case delays in England and Wales double in eight years
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
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The rise occurred despite the number of court trials dropping to a third of 2014 levels, according to analysisDelays to fraud cases in England and Wales have doubled in eight years, prompting fresh criticism that not enough is being done to deliver justice.The rise in delays came despite the number of fraud cases coming through the courts dropping to barely a third of 2014 levels, according to the analysis by the Criminal Bar Association (CBA). Continue reading...
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‘Gambling controlled him’: inquest into man’s death to look at Betfair role
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Emily Dugan
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Annie Ashton is haunted by how easy it was for her husband, Luke, to gamble. Leicester inquest will examine if more could have been done to prevent his deathWhen Annie Ashton looks back on her final weeks with her husband, Luke, she wonders how often he gambled on his phone sitting beside her on the sofa, unnoticed.Luke took his own life on 22 April 2021 aged 40. It was only after his death that Annie looked at his phone and discovered he had been gambling in secret through the pandemic. Continue reading...
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Paintings from Mark Gatiss and John Lithgow among exhibition of actors’ art
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Richard Brooks
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Stars’ paintings go in show in London next month, with proceeds going to struggling actorsBy night, Mark Gatiss is portraying Sir John Gielgud at the National Theatre. By day, he is portraying the great Shakespearean actor on canvas at home.Gatiss – who shot to fame in The League of Gentlemen, has had screen roles in Game of Thrones and Doctor Who, and acted in and co-wrote Sherlock – has long loved art. Having made a documentary for television on the 1950s painter, John Minton, five years ago, he was inspired to start art classes during Covid in 2021. “Drawing and painting are both relaxing and stimulating,” Gatiss told the Observer. “I don’t know of any other activity where I lose myself so completely.” Continue reading...
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‘A voice from the past’: harp played by Jane Austen’s cousin sings again
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Steven Morris
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Musician restores 250-year-old instrument of writer’s cousin, who is said to have inspired Mansfield Park character Mary CrawfordWhen the musician and restorer Mike Parker finally tracked down the harp, it was broken and stained, a shadow of its old self when it was played by a beloved relative of Jane Austen.But after careful restoration the instrument began to sing sweetly again and this weekend was played in the apt surroundings of Chawton, the Hampshire village where Austen lived and worked. Continue reading...
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The world has moved on from Boris Johnson, says Grant Shapps
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Aubrey Allegretti
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Minister slaps down claims that privileges committee was biased as Tory row over former PM’s exit intensifiesThe “world has moved on” from Boris Johnson, a senior cabinet minister has said, as he sought to quell the intensifying row among Tory MPs about the former prime minister’s decision to quit parliament.Despite Johnson resigning on Friday in a fit of rage over the results of an inquiry into Partygate, the energy secretary, Grant Shapps, slapped down claims the privileges committee conducting the inquiry was biased or that Johnson had been forced out by the “establishment”. Continue reading...
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Home Office faces legal action over children missing from UK asylum hotels
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Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
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Charity alleges placing unaccompanied children in hotels is ‘unlawful’ and a national scandalPlacing unaccompanied children in hotels run by the Home Office is “unlawful”, according to a legal action launched after hundreds of youngsters living in them have gone missing.Launched on Monday by the charity ECPAT UK, the legal action argues that the Home Office has “no authority” to place unaccompanied children in asylum hotels, from where scores have been kidnapped by gangs. Continue reading...
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NHS to deploy street mental health teams to help England’s rough sleepers
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Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
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Exclusive: £3.2m plan aims to curb rise in people sleeping rough as councils cut homelessness budgetsThe NHS will deploy street mental health teams in English locations from Devon to Doncaster in an attempt to curb a rise in rough sleeping in England.Fourteen outreach teams will aim to get more rough sleepers on to a path to counselling, medication or other treatments and will seek out people “who have often been through incredibly traumatic experiences to ensure they get the help they need”, said Prof Tim Kendall, NHS England’s clinical national director for mental health. Continue reading...
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Harvey Weinstein tried to bully me, reveals Joseph Fiennes
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Vanessa Thorpe
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The Handmaid’s Tale actor says the disgraced movie mogul threatened to end his Hollywood careerJoseph Fiennes, star of the television series The Handmaid’s Tale and of the 1998 hit movie, Shakespeare in Love, has explained why he turned down the chance to play major roles in a run of Hollywood blockbusters early in his career.It was, he said, a reaction to bullying pressure put on him by Harvey Weinstein, who wanted to take control of his life, and Fiennes does not regret the decision. Continue reading...
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UK food giant calls for higher fat, sugar and salt taxes
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas
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Danone boss urges ministers to help people make healthy choicesOne of the country’s biggest food firms has said ministers should consider taxing products high in fat, sugar or salt to combat the obesity crisis.Danone UK & Ireland, which sells the Actimel yogurt drink brand, says government intervention is required to ensure consumers are offered healthier products. It says some food firms in the UK have not shown “enough appetite to change”. Continue reading...
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‘Sold a dream’: migrant workers at children’s care chain left without pay for months
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Shanti Das
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They came to fill gaps in a sector desperate for staff. Now an Observer investigation finds Indian nurses stuck in debt and despair, and wounded by broken promisesNurses hired from abroad to work for one of Britain’s biggest social care chains have been left in debt and are in some cases suicidal after being stranded without pay for months.They have also been paid lower wages than they were told they would receive and were in some cases given false promises about their accommodation and employment terms, an Observer investigation has found. Continue reading...
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American citizen arrested in Moscow on drugs charges
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Staff and agencies
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Michael Travis Leake, described in Russian state media as a former paratrooper and musician, faces two months of pre-trial detentionAn American citizen who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, according to local state media.The reports said Michael Travis Leake, 51, is accused of selling mephedrone, whose effects are similar to those of cocaine and MDMA, and that a court in Moscow has ordered for him to be held for two months in pre-trial detention. Continue reading...
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Michaelia Cash accuses Labor of ‘weaponising’ Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation
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Paul Karp
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Shadow attorney general says Katy Gallagher has questions to answer about her knowledge of the claim before it became public
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Australian universities to offer ‘microcredentials’ in key areas to address skills crisis
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Nino Bucci
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The 28 short courses are designed to provide qualifications to up to 4000 students by 2026
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Labor talks up possible aged care levy as minister says Australians willing to pay for more ‘choice’
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Paul Karp Chief Political correspondent
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Anika Wells says taskforce will include consideration of levies but government ‘still not advocating any particular proposal’
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‘The modern day gay icon’: Jennifer Coolidge delivers camp and delight to fans at Sydney’s Vivid festival
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Natasha May
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The White Lotus star and showrunner Mike White sat down to discuss her career renaissance at 61 and why she’s in a constant state of ‘pure denial’
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China has used Cuba as spy base for years, US official says
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Reuters
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Chinese intelligence collection from Cuba predates the Biden era, with facilities upgraded in 2019, White House official saysChina has been spying from Cuba for some time and upgraded its intelligence collection facilities there in 2019, a Biden administration official said on Saturday, following a report about a new spying effort underway on the island.China had reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160km) from Florida, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday but the US and Cuban governments cast strong doubt on the report. Continue reading...
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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 473 of the invasion
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Guardian staff and agencies
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirms ‘counteroffensive and defensive actions’; president says his generals are in ‘positive mood’ but gives no more details
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Thousands of Afghan refugees in UK set to be made homeless
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Mark Townsend and Aaron Walawalkar
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Downing Street crisis meeting hears that about 8,000 who arrived under Operation Warm Welcome will be evicted this summer with nowhere to goThousands of Afghan refugees in the UK face homelessness this summer, the government was warned last week at a secret crisis meeting in Downing Street.Council officials told No 10 and Home Office civil servants that about 8,000 Afghan refugees, allowed into the country in 2021 under the slogan Operation Warm Welcome, are due to be evicted from hotels as early as August because of a government deadline, yet have nowhere to go. Continue reading...
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This week’s corrections | For the record
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Guardian Staff
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Same-sex couples’ rights | Democrat/Democratic• An article overlooked Italy when it said Japan was the only G7 country that denies same-sex couples the right to marry. However, it is currently the case that Japan is the only country in the G7 that denies same-sex couples the right to marry or enter into a civil union (“G7 spotlight piles the pressure on Japan to accept same-sex marriage”, 2 April, p30).• An opinion piece used the terms “Democrat president” and “Democrat priorities”. However, as our style guide reminds us: “Democrat is a noun, Democratic an adjective … The distinction is important because the Republicans use ‘Democrat’ as an adjective, eg ‘Democrat party’, in a pejorative way” (“So what if Biden trips up? On the political stage, his footwork is the fanciest seen in decades”, 4 June, p41). Continue reading...
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Zelenskiy appears to confirm Ukraine counteroffensive during Trudeau visit
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Agence France-Presse
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Ukraine president cites counteroffensive ‘actions’ as Canada PM offers relief funding after dam breachVolodymyr Zelenskiy appears to have confirmed that Ukraine’s counteroffensive is under way, as Justin Trudeau visited Kyiv and accused Russia over flooding from the breached Kakhovka dam.“Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine: at which stage I will not talk in detail,” Zelenskiy said at a joint press conference in Kyiv on Saturday with the Canadian prime minister. Continue reading...
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Crispin Odey leaves Odey Asset Management after misconduct allegations
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas
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The hedge fund says Odey will no longer be involved in the firm and it ‘cannot comment in detail’One of the City’s most prominent hedge fund managers is leaving the investment firm he founded after numerous claims of sexual harassment.Crispin Odey is leaving Odey Asset Management after allegations that he sexually assaulted or harassed 13 women. A legal firm representing the financier has said the allegations are “strenuously disputed”. Continue reading...
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Guardsmen faint as UK temperatures hit 30C for first time this year
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Guardian staff and agencies
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At least three troops collapse during military parade in London, as wildfire breaks out in Scottish HighlandsAt least three guardsmen fainted in the heat during a military parade as temperatures in the UK hit 30C (86F) for the first time this year, while in the Scottish Highlands people were told to stay inside as firefighters tackled a wildfire.More than 1,400 soldiers were reviewed by the Prince of Wales, who is honorary colonel of the Welsh guards. The event at Horse Guards Parade in central London on Saturday was a rehearsal for trooping the colour. Afterwards, Prince William tweeted that the troops had done “a really good job” in difficult conditions. Continue reading...
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Driver wins parking fine case because details not provided in Welsh
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Nadeem Badshah
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Judge also issues judicial warning that all car park signage in Wales should be bilingualA motorist has won a civil case against a parking firm over an unpaid £160 fine after requesting details of the penalty in Welsh rather than solely in English.Elysteg Llwyd Thomas had been sent notice of the initial £60 fine in English after a stay at Lligwy beach in Anglesey, in August 2021. Continue reading...
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Allegations of abuse at centre accused of ‘extreme religious practices’ raised in WA before Coalition’s $4m grant
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Tory Shepherd
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Exclusive: State officials heard claims about Esther Foundation in 2018 before Scott Morrison announced funding in 2019, inquiry told
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