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Technology will allow conservators to use fluorescence to identify and remove ageing varnish with total accuracyScientists have developed technology that will revolutionise the restoration of historic works of art by allowing conservators to identify and remove ageing varnish with total accuracy.A team at King's College London's department of physics has harnessed the power of fluorescence to bring unprecedented clarity" to the conservation process, said Prof Klaus Suhling. Continue reading...

Matthew White, who died in 2021, reported to have been central to the case, a BBC investigation has foundThe Metropolitan police have named a major new suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder, admitting too many mistakes were made in the initial investigation.Matthew White, who died in 2021 aged 50, was named after a BBC investigation into the killing of the black teenager, who was murdered in a racist attack in south-east London in April 1993. Continue reading...

Counsel assisting LGBTQ+ hate crimes inquiry criticises unexplained' delays in prosecution in the 2009 Centennial Park murder

CBA says issue resolved without reporting cause, but advises delay in some payments as services brought back online

Hundreds of law firm's clients waiting on confirmation of whether they are affected by data leaked in cyberattack

American Express said there were issues half an hour before some Sydney packages became available, directing fans to Ticketek sites

Two-thirds of those seeking family reunion in the UK who are initially turned down succeed at appeal, says Ramfel charityCampaigners have raised concerns about the high proportion of refugees seeking to join family members in the UK who have their applications rejected by the government, despite using the safe and legal routes" touted by the home secretary.Data obtained via freedom of information request by the charity Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (Ramfel) showed that 1,386 refugee family reunion applications rejected by the Home Office were overturned on appeal between 2019 and 2022. That represents 66% of the total of 2,106. Continue reading...

Six officers restrained Ashley Charles Washington, who had stabbed an officer and police dog with scissors

In today's newsletter: Over the weekend, Russian mercenary group Wagner marched on Moscow - only to turn back at the last moment. Why did one of Vladimir Putin's closest allies turn on him - and how was bloodshed averted?

Merseyside charity worker whose children are stuck in Khartoum says Foreign Office delays have trapped many in conflict zoneA British charity worker has called on the government to help evacuate his children from Sudan's capital, Khartoum, stressing that hundreds of people with the right to reside in the UK remain stuck in the conflict zone.Alhussein Ahmed, 32, who works for the Merseyside Refugee Support Network in Liverpool, is concerned that the Foreign Office should be doing more to assist hundreds of people who have UK residency rights who remain stuck in Sudan. Continue reading...

Judge suggests Russia's case against federal laws cancelling lease appears weak and difficult to understand'

Anthony Albanese said the package, which also includes humanitarian funding, would make a tangible difference on the battlefield'

The Rapid Support Forces says it has seized a key police base and captured a large amount of military equipmentSudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has seized the main base of a heavily armed police unit and captured a large amount of military equipment, during heavy fighting against the army in the capital Khartoum.In a statement on Sunday, the RSF said it had taken full control of the large base belonging to the Central Reserve Police southern Khartoum and posted footage of its fighters celebrating inside the facility, some removing boxes of ammunition from a warehouse. Continue reading...

Since 2023's influenza season started, children have made up almost 80% of those admitted to hospital

Beijing says it supports Russia in maintaining national stability, without explicitly referring to Vladimir Putin personallyChinese officials have described an aborted rebellion by the Wagner group of mercenaries as Moscow's internal affairs", while one state media mouthpiece dismissed the divisions in Russia as an illusion" being exploited by the west.Russia's deputy foreign minister Andrei Rudenko held talks in Beijing on Sunday after the most serious challenge to president Vladimir Putin's grip on power since he came to power in 2000. Continue reading...

NHS pilot scheme to be rolled out nationwide in drive to save lives by detecting and treating cancer earlierEveryone who has ever smoked in England is to be offered lung screening in middle age under plans to detect and treat cancer earlier.Lung cancer kills about 35,000 people every year, and is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK, accounting for one in five. It also has one of the worst cancer survival rates, which is largely attributed to diagnoses at a late stage when treatment is less likely to be effective. Continue reading...

Major King's Fund report finds Britons more likely to die of biggest killer diseases than in many other richer countriesNHS's mounting failures and political neglect laid bare in sobering studyBritons die sooner from cancer and heart disease than people in many other rich countries, partly because of the NHS's lack of beds, staff and scanners, a study has found.The UK underperforms significantly" on tackling its biggest killer diseases, in part because the NHS has been weakened by years of underinvestment, according to the report from the King's Fund health thinktank. It performs poorly" as judged by the number of avoidable deaths resulting from disease and injury and also by fatalities that could have been prevented had patients received better or quicker treatment. Continue reading...

With its 75th anniversary fast approaching, the UK health service is not by any means where it should be', thinktank concludes

Kyriakos Mitsotakis of centre-right New Democracy party says he now has strong mandate' to modernise nationGreece's new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, vowed to immediately press ahead with his ambitious reform programme after winning a decisive victory in the general elections on Sunday.The New Democracy leader said his commanding 24-point lead over the leftist main opposition Syriza party had given him a strong mandate" to modernise a country long seen as resistant to reform. Continue reading...

Shadow arts minister highlights stark drop in number of students taking arts GCSEs, which has fallen by 40% since 2010Labour has accused the government of stifling children's creativity and damaging the talent pipeline" for Britain's creative industries by failing to provide proper arts and culture education.The party said the arts were being squeezed out of schools as a result of tightened budgets, teacher shortages and the decreasing importance of arts and culture subjects through school accountability measures such as English baccalaureate entries. Continue reading...

Driven by his feud with the defence minister, Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion has petered out ... for now

Muscovites tell of shock and anxiety in city blindsided by Prigozhin's short-lived revoltA sense of normal returned to Moscow on Sunday after Yevgeny Prigozhin halted his assault on the Russian capital under a deal that defused an unprecedented challenge to the authority of president Vladimir Putin.Security forces were seen disassembling barricades that had been hurriedly put up as Prigozhin's Wagner troops approached along the M4 road from Rostov-on-Don, while workers began repairing roads leading up to the capital that were destroyed to stop the warlord's advances before he ordered their withdrawal. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Channel 4 film says officials contacted the palace in 2020 owing to concerns about Lord Lebedev's father's links to Putin regimeGovernment officials asked whether the late Queen would block Evgeny Lebedev's peerage because of concerns that he could be a national security risk due to his father's links to the Putin regime, a documentary has claimed.The aides contacted Buckingham Palace in July 2020 to request that the monarch intervene, which she was constitutionally entitled to do, after Boris Johnson decided to press ahead with the controversial peerage despite warnings from the intelligence agencies, according to the film-makers. Continue reading...

Sarah Ferguson told by doctors her prognosis is good after routine mammogram revealed diseaseThe Duchess of York has had surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer, her spokesperson has said.

Despite ending his revolt, the mercenary chief will continue be a thorn in the Kremlin's side unless he retires quietly to BelarusThe Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday that the Wagner head had agreed to leave Russia for Belarus as part of a deal to end his armed revolt, while charges against him for organising the rebellion would be dropped. Peskov added that Vladimir Putin and the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko had guaranteed Prigozhin's personal safety. Continue reading...

Francesca Gino, a prominent Harvard Business School professor, allegedly has falsified results in behavioral science studiesIn an ironic twist in the world of behavioral science, a Harvard professor who studies honesty has been accused of data fraud.Over the last few weeks, allegations have surfaced against Francesca Gino, a prominent Harvard Business School (HBS) professor who has been accused of falsifying results in several behavioral science studies. Continue reading...

Dozens of people at Harmondsworth site in west London are complaining about overheated cells and lack of healthcareGuards at an immigration detention centre close to Heathrow airport are trying to end a protest involving dozens of detainees at the facility.Those held at Harmondsworth say they are protesting about conditions including poor access to healthcare services and soaring temperatures in cells. Continue reading...

Teenager was airlifted to hospital along with another child after going missing off Lincolnshire coastA 15-year-old girl has died after being pulled from the sea at Cleethorpes beach, police said.She was one of two teenagers airlifted to hospital just after 7.30pm on Saturday after a search by coastguards, the fire service and police for the missing pair. Continue reading...

Audience comes to Scottish singer's aid at Pyramid stage, while late-arriving US star performs a cappella after midnight curfewAs this year's Glastonbury festival comes to a close, here is a look back at some of the weekend's most memorable moments. Continue reading...

Witnesses say Jetline ride, which reaches 55mph and heights of 30 metres, partly left the tracksOne person has been killed and nine injured, including children, in a rollercoaster accident at an amusement park in Stockholm.Witnesses said the Jetline ride at the Grona Lund theme park had partly derailed during a ride on Sunday, sending people crashing to the ground. Continue reading...

Human remains were discovered near Mount Baldy and transported to the coroner's office for identification, five months after actor disappearedHikers have found human remains in a southern California mountain area where the British actor Julian Sands disappeared five months ago, authorities said.The body was discovered at around 10am on Saturday in wilderness near Mount Baldy in the San Gabriel mountains and was transported to the coroner's office for identification next week, the San Bernardino County sheriff's department said in a statement. Continue reading...

Latest financial pain in cost of living crisis comes from steep price increases for motor coverCar insurance is the latest household bill to go through the roof, with angry motorists complaining that prices are shooting up by as much as 70% when their policy comes up for renewal.While fuel prices have dropped back from 2022's record highs the latest inflation bulletin from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed a new source of financial pain, with the price of car insurance up 43.1% in the last 12 months. Continue reading...

Thousands wait for hours at front of Pyramid stage armed with sun cream, sequins - and even tablets to suppress any toilet urgesGiven how many times Sir Elton John has announced his retirement from touring - the first almost half a century ago - diehard fans may be forgiven for thinking Glastonbury may not be his final encore.But the comeback king of British music, now 76, has insisted that Sunday's sequin-studded swansong really will be his last UK show - and that the bitch, unlike the song, will not be back. Continue reading...

The child died in hospital with his parents present following what Devon and Cornwall police say was an accidentA five-year-old boy has died after falling from a harbour wall in Cornwall, Devon and Cornwall police have said.Emergency services were called at a 11.45am on Saturday after reports of a child having fallen from the harbour wall in Padstow. Continue reading...

Yevgeny Prigozhin agrees to call off march on Moscow and leave Russia in deal brokered by Belarus

Rising interest rates expose widening generational gulf, with millennials facing large increases in monthly paymentsAvoid avocado toast. Ditch the flat white. And turn your back on the lure of Instagrammable holidays. Over the past decade, millennials have been ordered to scrimp, save and toil to get on the property ladder. Cutting out small luxuries won't have helped much in the pursuit of home ownership. But for those who managed to buy a home in recent years, there is a fresh insult.In Britain's exploding mortgage timebomb, young adults are paying the heaviest price - exposing yet again Britain's widening generational gulf. As the Bank of England whacks up interest rates to save the nation from the highest inflation rates since the early 1980s, it is those who hadn't even been born then who carry the heaviest burden for bringing it down. Continue reading...

Public messaging of referendum supporters hopes to offer antidote to fear and misinformation', yes campaigners say

Exclusive: Staff shortages at Cleveland youth detention centre led to teenager being confined to his cell for more than 20 hours a day

Court to consider rule that keeps large swathes of government documents secret by denying freedom of information requests

The Russian president must make good on the threats he made on TV, or take the risk of appearing weak

Yacht belonging to world's second-richest man, Bernard Arnault, falls victim to new size restrictions at Italian city's Mergellina portA superyacht owned by Bernard Arnault - the world's second-richest man - has been banned from docking in Naples owing to a new regulation that has left multibillionaires thoroughly disappointed" about missing out on staying at the southern Italian city.Symphony, the LVMH boss's 101 metre long, six-deck vessel was cast adrift off the coast of Naples before being told it could not be hosted at Mergellina port due to a recently introduced limitation on size. Continue reading...

Claims Belarusian president brokered agreement may be exaggerated but it strengthens his hand in relations with Vladimir Putin

Long ignored' but crucial workers honoured in touring show marking 75 years of the health serviceThe untold stories of Filipino nurses and other migrant workers in Britain is celebrated in a new roving exhibition to mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS.The Migration Museum is launching its touring exhibition, Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS, at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery on 30 June until 29 October, the first leg of a national tour. The exhibition will go to Leeds in November and to London in 2024. Continue reading...

Bold Girls Ken seek youth-led changes in curriculum to help children understand concept earlierEvery young person should know what consent looks and feels like, online and offline, according to a group of Perthshire teenagers who are pioneering a youth-led upgrade of sex education.Taking a bracingly honest approach to the deluge of normalised" soft pornography they say most children are familiar with by the time they enter high school, Bold Girls Ken is the first campaign of its kind in Scotland, with young women designing their own learning materials. Continue reading...

Future of UK battery making thrown further into doubt after company founded by David Collard was visited by federal policeA company owned by the buyer of Britishvolt has been raided by the Australian authorities, throwing the future of UK battery-making further into doubt.Britishvolt, based in Blyth, Northumberland, and which the UK government lauded for its potential role in British battery production and UK-built electric vehicles before it fell into administration, was bought by the Australian entrepreneur David Collard earlier this year. Continue reading...

Minister hints at government uncertainty as Jacob Rees-Mogg warns against sly' reintroduction of chargesConsumers are in line to pay an extra 170 in green levies as the government's energy price cap comes to an end for most billpayers.John Glen, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said on Sunday that ministers were considering what to do about the levies, which the government has paid since last year and are designed to fund schemes such as subsidised home insulation. Continue reading...

Putin may have vowed to liquidate' the Wagner chief, but residents in the Russian city said they welcomed him

US singer-songwriter's set cut short after she arrived on stage 30 minutes late before midnight curfew