Workers in their 40s, 50s and 60s and those without college degrees appear least likely to move into green jobs, research findsThe rate of transition from dirty" to green jobs is rapidly rising but older and blue collar workers in some states are being left behind, new research has found.Overall the transition rate from dirty to clean industries increased tenfold between 2005 and 2021 with a significant uptick in EV-related roles - even before the $369bn Inflation Reduction Act boost for renewables and electric cars. Continue reading...
Government urged to grant current cohort of Afghans on Chevening scholarship programme indefinite leave to remainAfghan scholars studying in the UK under a Foreign Office scheme say they live in fear of being forced back into Taliban clutches.The current cohort of Afghan Chevening scholars say they are stuck in limbo and face the possibility of having to return to Afghanistan after their graduation in September or once their visas expire. Continue reading...
Javier Milei, a former tantric sex coach and an admirer of Donald Trump, thinks climate crisis is a socialist lie'A former tantric sex coach who plans to do away with Argentina's public health and education systems, disband the central bank, dollarise the economy and allow people to sell their organs has moved a step closer to becoming the next president of Argentina after a landslide win in open primaries.In a surprise result that has upended Argentina's political universe, libertarian candidate Javier Milei took 30% of Sunday's vote with his Liberty Advances party, outpacing the hard-right candidate Patricia Bullrich of United for Change who came second with 28%. Continue reading...
Middle section of Randklev Bridge on Oslo to Trondheim line slid into Lagen River on Monday morningA critical railway bridge in Norway has collapsed into a river after a storm caused widespread damage to infrastructure.The middle part of the Randklev Bridge in Ringebu, which is crossed by the Dovre line connecting Oslo and Trondheim, slid into the Lagen River on Monday morning. Continue reading...
Those who sold buy-to-let this year made 10,500 less than those who did so in 2022, separate data showsA growing number of landlords have sold up as rates on mortgages surge, according to data that showed tenants facing sharply rising rents amid a squeezed housing market.Estimates by the estate agent Savills showed that 25,000 homes in UK were sold by landlords between April and May, compared with 22,000 in the previous two months. Continue reading...
Producer and record executive was, according to Quincy Jones, the silent architect of so many deals it would make your head spin'Clarence Avant, a longtime Hollywood insider whose work as a record executive, promoter, mentor and dealmaker earned him the moniker the Godfather of Black music", has died at 92.Avant, the subject of a 2019 Netflix documentary The Black Godfather, died on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement by his family to the Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading...
Incident on Annalena Baerbock's aircraft is latest to be criticised for damaging Germany's reputation for technical prowessA government plane carrying Germany's foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, and a delegation of officials has been forced to return to a layover airport due to technical problems, in the latest of a string of mishaps to beset the government aircraft.The plane, which was taking Baerbock to Australia, had made a refuelling stopover in Abu Dhabi. But just minutes after taking off, it was forced to turn back after the pilot detected a problemwith a landing flap that failed to open towards the tail end of the plane. Continue reading...
Number of black and minority ethnic workers in low-paid and insecure jobs doubled in past decade, figures revealsThe number of black and minority ethnic (BME) workers in insecure work has more than doubled, from 360,200 to 836,340, between 2011 to 2022, data reveals.The research, published by the Trades Union Congress on Monday, showed the proportion of BME workers in low-paid and insecure work increased from 12.2% to 17.8% in the last decade. In comparison, the proportion of white workers in insecure work only rose marginally from 10.5% to 10.8%. Continue reading...
by Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent on (#6DTR3)
Young people sometimes lack sense of history' to read texts with dated language, argues bestselling authorJacqueline Wilson has said editing children's books to remove inappropriate and dated language is sometimes justified because young people do not have a sense of history".However, the bestselling children's author told ITV's Good Morning Britain that she was opposed to meddling with adult classics". Continue reading...
Rumours that musician was not present for album photoshoot are proved false, say UK auctioneersA vivid image of the Beatles and a memo from their record company's PR manager busting a myth that Paul McCartney was not present at the photoshoot for one of the most famous album covers of all time are coming up for auction this week.The photo shows McCartney with the other three Beatles posing together in 1967 for the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band shoot, which produced the famous cover featuring the band in front of lifesize cut-outs of actors, writers and other figures. Continue reading...
Pair were treated in hospital and discharged after attack in Clapham high street on Sunday nightTwo men were taken to hospital after being stabbed in a homophobic attack outside a south London nightclub.The pair, one in their 20s and the other in their 30s, were on Clapham High Street at about 10.15pm on Sunday when they were targeted. They were treated in hospital and discharged. Continue reading...
Search and rescue operation launched after small vessel failed to arrive at Pinang resort in the Banyak Islands off AcehFour Australian tourists are missing after their boat encountered a storm on its way to a group of remote islands off the west coast of Indonesia.A search and rescue operation was launched on Monday after the small boat failed to arrive at its resort island destination known for its surf and beaches on Sunday. Continue reading...
Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee, Margaret Ng and four others had their convictions for organising an unauthorised assembly overturnedSeven of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy advocates have had part of their convictions quashed by Hong Kong's court of appeal, over their roles in one of the biggest pro-democracy protests in 2019.Jimmy Lai, founder of the now defunct Apple Daily newspaper; Martin Lee, the founding chairman of the city's Democratic party; and five former pro-democracy lawmakers, including barrister Margaret Ng, had been found guilty of organising and participating an unauthorised assembly. Continue reading...
Variant is anticipated evolution but exact scope of virus is difficult to discern because of limited surveillance, experts sayA new Covid-19 variant has become the dominant lineage of the virus in recent weeks in the US and while it should not be a cause of undue concern for the public, its emergence is a reminder of the need for greater surveillance of the virus and of the importance of vaccine boosters, according to infectious disease experts.EG.5.1, an Omicron subvariant also known as Eris, is the leading version of the virus and makes up about 17% of Covid cases in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its rise coincides with a recent uptick in the number of hospitalizations due to Covid. Continue reading...
Clockwork Crew, formerly known as Crew 562, was founded in 2021 and has roughly a dozen members, researchers sayA neo-Nazi active club' counts several current and former members of the United States military as its members, the Guardian has learned, including a lance corporal machine gunner currently in detention on insubordination charges and a former US Marine Corps staff sergeant who was booted from the service for stealing large quantities of ammunition.Lance corporal machine gunner Mohammed Wadaa and former Marine Corps staff sergeant Gunnar Naughton are part of the Clockwork Crew, California's first active club,' according to the group's own internal research records and social media posts, as well as law enforcement sources. Continue reading...
Mohamed Bazoum - ousted by military last month - could face death penalty if found guiltyNiger's mutinous soldiers have said they will prosecute the country's deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, for high treason" and undermining state security.If found guilty, Bazoum could face the death penalty, according to Niger's penal code. Continue reading...
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Health secretary says he does not know if Dorset council informed Home Office officials about presence on barge earlierMinisters were not told about the presence of the potentially deadly legionella bacteria on the Bibby Stockholm barge until Thursday night, the health secretary has said, three days after health protection officials informed the county council.Steve Barclay said he could not say whether Dorset council had informed Home Office officials earlier about the test results on the vessel, which is being used to house asylum seekers, but that ministers first knew late on Thursday. Continue reading...
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Exclusive: pioneering DJ Linett Kamala sets up mentoring programme to bring more women into soundsystem sceneA Notting Hill carnival pioneer has launched a campaign to bring more women into the festival's soundsystem scene with a new grassroots mentoring programme.Linett Kamala, who at 14 became one of the first female DJs at carnival, has partnered with Guinness to support up-and-coming soundsystem operators, DJs and producers hoping to break into the scene. Continue reading...
Presenter, who has three young children, says pressures of juggling home and work life are real'Presenter Helen Skelton has broadcast her final show for BBC Radio 5 Live for now" to spend more time with her children.The TV and radio presenter, 40, has hosted the Sunday morning programme for the past year after taking over the slot from former Love Island host Laura Whitmore. Continue reading...
Billionaire Gina Rinehart committed fraud with iron ore mining tenements now worth billions of dollars, a lawyer for her two eldest children claimed in court
Head of industry standards body says more people are turning to renewable technology as energy costs growBritish households are making more green energy upgrades than ever before after installing a record number of solar panels and heat pumps in the first half of the year, according to the industry's official standards body.The industry figures show there were more green energy installations in June alone than in any six-month period in previous years. Continue reading...
National Highways forced to remove concrete after it buried bridge in Cumbria without permissionThe government's roads agency has begun undoing what was described as an act of cultural vandalism" by removing hundreds of tonnes of concrete it used to bury a Victorian railway bridge more than two years ago.National Highways (NH) was ordered last year to reverse the infilling of Great Musgrave Bridge in Cumbria by Eden district council after receiving 911 planning objections to the scheme. The council refused retrospective planning permission despite being offered a 450,000 sweetener by NH to allow the scheme to stay. Continue reading...
Home minister promises widespread reforms but some experts suggest the new laws are more a repackaging of existing measures than real changeMore than 160 years after Lord Macaulay laid down a penal code for what was then a colony of the British crown, India is poised to supplant it with new laws free of colonial vestiges and designed to speed up the judicial process.The government has introduced three bills in parliament that it says will provide a special focus on crimes against women and address the intolerable delays in the system which can leave people waiting 15-30 years for a verdict. Continue reading...
Dominant Western Australian media organisation reported on previous Woodside and Extinction Rebellion protests, but now says the ABC got it very wrong'
William Lai issues global appeal during US stopover after China denounces him as a troublemaker'Taiwan's vice-president has urged the world to stand up against the increased threat from authoritarianism" and reiterated a willingness to talk to China, in a speech made in New York during a brief US stopover condemned by Beijing.William Lai, a frontrunner to be Taiwan's next president at elections in January, said in New York on Sunday: If Taiwan is safe, the world is safe, if the Taiwan Strait is peaceful, then the world is peaceful," according to a read out from Taiwan's presidential office. Continue reading...
Six people taken to hospital after vehicle veers off road and hits tent containing baby, who escapes serious injuryTwo people have been left seriously injured and four others taken to hospital after a car veered off a road and crashed into a tent on a Welsh campsite.A baby was inside the tent hit by the car at Newgale campsite in Haverfordwest on the Pembrokeshire coast, west Wales, but is understood to have escaped serious injury. Continue reading...
Ministers launch a consultation on including inserts in boxes that outline the benefits of quitting tobaccoPlain packaging, graphic images of lung disease and warnings that smoking causes cancer already adorn cigarette boxes. But now smokers in the UK could also be given an upbeat note with every pack in an attempt to help them quit.The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that it is opening a consultation on Monday to seek views on the introduction and design of pack inserts for tobacco products, such as cigarettes and rolling tobacco. Continue reading...
Resolution Foundation report says much of industrial action fuelled' by public sector workers' anger over falls in real-terms payAbout 3.9m working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year, more than at any point since the 1980s, according to a new analysis.The Resolution Foundation, which focuses its research on low- to middle-income households, said many of the strikes were fuelled" by anger among public sector workers over real-terms pay declines, which amounted to an average cut of more than 9% since 2021, adjusted for inflation. Continue reading...
Which? research finds cheese, butter and bread are up by more than 30% in the past two years, hitting the poor hardestThe cost of some basic food items such as cheese, butter and bread has soared by more than 30% in the last two years, forcing poorer households to make desperate choices between keeping up with their bill payments or putting food on the table," campaigners have said.Food price inflation has slowed in recent months, but costs remain much higher than they were two years ago, disproportionally affecting low-income households, according to research by consumer body Which? shared exclusively with the Guardian. Continue reading...
Daniel, who had to get up at 3am to study during lockdown, now faces prospect of grades being loweredThree years ago, at the height of the Covid pandemic and with schools in England closed to all but the most vulnerable pupils, Daniel, 18, got up at 3am each morning to complete the remote learning sent by his school in Leicester. It was the only time I could get enough quiet to do my work," he said.During Covid each morning the school would send out emails with tasks to complete. I wanted to stay on top of the work, but at home I had no place to study. Continue reading...
Social Mobility Foundation says it expects GCSE and A-level attainment gap based on income to grow this yearDisadvantaged students are likely to bear the brunt of grade deflation when this year's A-level and GCSE grades are published, according to experts, who said the government's decision to impose pre-pandemic grading in England was premature.This week hundreds of thousands of sixth-formers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive the results of their A-level, BTec and other exams. But a survey of students by the Social Mobility Foundation (SMF) found that those from disadvantaged or low-income backgrounds in England were less likely to have received the help they needed to restore learning lost during the pandemic. Continue reading...
Seven people, including a young baby, killed by Russian shelling in Kherson; Russian warship's warning shots' at Black Sea cargo shipSeven people including a 23-day-old girl were killed by Russian shelling in the Kherson region on Sunday, Ukraine's internal affairs ministry said. An attack on the village of Shiroka Balka killed four members of the same family - including their young baby - and another resident. Two men were killed in the neighbouring village of Stanislav.Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised justice for the attacks on Kherson. There is no day when Russian evil does not receive our entirely just response," said Ukraine's president in his Sunday night video address, adding: We will not leave any of Russia's crimes unanswered."A Russian warship fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the south-western Black Sea, the first time Russia has fired on a merchant ship since exiting a UN-brokered grain deal last month. Russia said in a statement that its Vasily Bykov patrol ship fired automatic weapons on the Palau-flagged Sukru Okan vessel after the ship's captain failed to respond to a request to halt for inspection.Three civilians were injured in the Kursk region from shells coming over the Ukrainian border, the regional governor said. Roman Starovoit said Ukraine was behind the shelling, Ukraine did not claim responsibility and it was unclear where the shelling originated.Ukrainian forces were trying to pierce Russian lines in the western parts of Donetsk region, a Russian-installed official said. Vladimir Rogov said there had been intense fighting south of Velyka Novosilka as Ukrainian troops tried to push down to the coast on the Sea of Azov. The enemy managed to enter and gain a foothold in the northern part of Urozhaine after two weeks of the heaviest and bloodiest battles for this settlement," Rogov said.The governor of the Russian region of Belgorod blamed a Ukrainian drone for damage to an apartment building on Sunday, after Russia's defence ministry said air defences shot down at least four Ukrainian drones close to the border. Russia's defence ministry said air defences shot down another drone later on Sunday and there were no casualties.Germany will deliver a Luna New Generation drone system to Ukraine, Bild am Sonntag has reported. The equipment will include a ground control station with several drones, a launch catapult and military trucks.Authorities briefly halted traffic on the Russian-built Kerch Bridge connecting occupied Crimea with Russia - but did not provide a reason why. It came one day after Russian air defence reportedly thwarted three Ukrainian missile attacks.Ukraine has become the most heavily mined country on Earth after a year and a half of Russian troops laying them down. Soldiers have been unearthing five mines for every square metre in some places, Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine's defence minister, told the Guardian. Continue reading...
Pandemic-era rules extended again after industry body disappointed' they were to expire in SeptemberPubs in England and Wales will be allowed to continue selling takeaway pints after the government decided to keep pandemic-era licensing rules after criticism from an industry body.The pandemic-era rules were due to expire in September after being extended twice, in a move the British Beer and Pub Association called disappointing". Continue reading...
Dorset council says it flagged test results about potentially deadly bacteria on Monday, but evacuation didn't take place until four days laterHome Office contractors were told that potentially deadly legionella bacteria had been detected on the Bibby Stockholm hours after asylum seekers were taken onboard the barge.Dorset council flagged the legionella test results to the barge contractors on the day they received them, Monday 7 August, raising questions about why the evacuation of 39 people from the barge took four days. Continue reading...
Governor says man has been detained after attack on Shia shrine in southern city of ShirazA gunman opened fire on Sunday night at a prominent shrine in southern Iran, killing one person and wounding eight others in an attack that followed another assault there months earlier, authorities said.Officials offered no immediate motive for the attack in the city of Shiraz at Shah Cheragh, which draws Shia pilgrims to its domed mosque and the tomb of a prominent member of the faith from its earliest days. Continue reading...
Six Miss Universe Indonesia contestants allege they were asked to strip for a body check for scars and cellulite'The global organiser of the Miss Universe beauty pageant has cut ties with its franchise in Indonesia days after several contestants alleged they had been sexually abused in the run-up to the competition's crowning ceremony in Jakarta.Six contestants in the Miss Universe Indonesia pageant are understood to have filed complaints with police, alleging that organisers asked contestants to strip down to their underwear for a body check for scars and cellulite" two days before the ceremony in July. Continue reading...
Families gather in Co Tyrone town in Northern Ireland in 25-year memorial to those killed in dissident republican bombingThe victims of the worst single atrocity in Northern Ireland have been remembered at a poignant memorial service.Families of the 29 people killed in the 1998 dissident republican bombing of Omagh and British and Irish government ministers were among those who gathered in the Co Tyrone town on Sunday ahead of the 25th anniversary. Continue reading...
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