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Festival organiser Emily Eavis says other changes include Shangri-La area going full trees and green space'Glastonbury festival is known for its huge crowds, but last year overcrowding at smaller stages led to areas being closed off to prevent crowd crushes and one act was even forced to halt their set.In an attempt to avoid a repeat of last year's safety concerns, the festival has sold a few thousand less tickets" for this month's event, the organiser Emily Eavis has said. Continue reading...

Peter Brooks, 61, doused petrol on floor of Graeme Perks's Nottinghamshire home before stabbing him in abdomenA plastic surgeon who attempted to murder a colleague he hated" has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.Jonathan Peter Brooks, 61, known as Peter, who specialised in treating burn scars, broke into the Nottinghamshire home of Graeme Perks in the middle of the night on 14 January 2021 wearing camouflage gear and doused the floor with petrol with the intention of setting it alight. Continue reading...

Change means about 7.5m pensioners in England and Wales who lost out on payment will have it restored

Shocking statistics' prompt calls for government funding to replace broken and obsolete medical devices

A 44-year-old woman was left shocked, horrified and upset' after procedure, with surgeon blaming manufacturing fault

Passengers including Greta Thunberg to see atrocities committed against women, the elderly and children' says Israel Katz

Man apprehended after freeing himself from restraints and sprinting across runway at Terminal 2An inquiry is under way into how an immigration detainee who was being deported from the UK managed to free himself from restraints and started to run, close to the takeoff paths of planes at Heathrow airport.The man who was captured on film sprinting across the runway at Terminal 2 on Sunday evening was about to be deported to India but managed to break free from the guards holding on to his waist restraint belt while escorting him to the plane. Continue reading...

French education ministry follows Britain and Netherlands in incorporating Netflix hit into school curriculumsFrance has followed the UK and the Netherlands in allowing the Netflix drama Adolescence to be used in secondary schools as part of efforts to teach teenagers about toxic masculinity and online harms.The French education ministry will offer schools five classes based on excerpts from the critically acclaimed mini-series, which has provoked a global debate about the impact on young boys of misogynistic content online and on social media. Continue reading...

Ontario's chief medical officer of health says infections could have been prevented through routine vaccinationSix babies with unvaccinated mothers have been born with congenital measles in the Canadian province of Ontario since the start of the largest outbreak of the disease in the western hemisphere late last year.Ontario's chief medical officer of health, Kieran Moore said the infants, who were infected with measles in the womb, have all recovered. He said the infections could have been prevented through routine vaccination. Continue reading...

Disciplinary hearing shows tribunal judge said Janet Parker appeared to have been subjected to witch-hunt' after argument over adoption leaveA church accountant successfully sued a Catholic diocese after she was subjected to religious discrimination, it has emerged.Janet Parker, 55, fell out with her boss after she asked for leave to care for her newly adopted daughter in 2020. Continue reading...

CEO to leave global advertising group after three decades, with shares at their lowest level in about five years

Ministers tight-lipped over discovery of 233 guns and 40,000 rounds of ammunition that could arm a small army'Jamaicans are seeking answers after officials revealed a massive illegal firearms seizure described by experts as the largest in the country's history, with enough guns and ammunition to arm a small army".More than a week after the police and customs said they had intercepted 233 illegal rifles and handguns and more than 40,000 rounds of ammunition, the government has remained tight-lipped about the details of the find, arguing that revealing more information would hamper a sensitive cross-border investigation into their origin and the identity of those involved. Continue reading...

Rightwinger accused of conspiring against democracy says appearance before supreme court will be worth watching'Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, will finally find himself in the dock this week, accused of masterminding an armed far-right conspiracy to seize power after losing the 2022 presidential election.The 70-year-old paratrooper turned populist, who governed from 2019 until 2023, is scheduled to be interrogated by the supreme court as it seeks to untangle what federal police claim was a sprawling three-year plot to vandalize one of the world's largest democracies. Continue reading...

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued a statement declaring that all journalists should be able to do their work safely'

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One advocate says the whale's erratic speed may indicate it is stressed, while the NSW wildlife service says the mammal may free itself

Travellers stranded in vehicles near Mount Hotham as bushwalkers rescued from Wonnangatta track and near Mount Kosciuszko

Governor, in letter to defense secretary, calls move unlawful and asks for troops to be placed back under state command

Greens leader Larissa Waters and independents Allegra Spender and David Pocock vow to use balance of power to strengthen rules on influence industry

Broadcaster receives hundreds of negative comments including claims it presented a potentially harmful and unscientific narrative

Father of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, killed by Valdo Calocane, said meeting with a director of police watchdog should not have begun with a prayerThe family of a student killed in the Nottingham attacks have formally complained to the police watchdog over an offensive" meeting with one of its directors.Valdo Calocane killed Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates in a spate of attacks in the city in June 2023. He was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility as a result of paranoid schizophrenia and three counts of attempted murder. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Scientists also say any reduction in Foreign Office funding for vaccine alliance Gavi would harm UK's soft powerAny cut in UK funding to a global vaccination group would damage soft power and could make British less resilient to infectious diseases, as well as causing avoidable deaths among children, leading vaccine and aid experts have warned.Scientists including Sir Andrew Pollard, who led the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, said a major cut in money for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) could also make the UK less able to respond to a future pandemic. Continue reading...

Israeli defence minister tells military to take all necessary measures' to block humanitarian flotillaThe Israeli defence minister has threatened to take all necessary measures" to prevent a humanitarian ship carrying climate campaigner Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza.The Madleen, a boat operated by the activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), says it is attempting to reach the shores of the territory to bring in a symbolic amount of aid and raise international awareness of the continuing humanitarian crisis. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Letter from six top figures says more walkouts by junior colleagues would help those who oppose the NHS

Shooting happened about a kilometre from distribution site in Rafah run by Gaza Humanitarian FoundationAt least four people have been killed and others injured by Israeli fire about a kilometre from a food distribution point in Gaza, Palestinian health officials and witnesses said, the latest casualties of a new system to provide supplies that critics say is unethical, chaotic and dangerous.Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces had opened fire on Sunday morning as people went to receive supplies from a site in Rafah run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli and US-backed group. Continue reading...

Victoria's Avalon has struggled to take wing, but some project Sydney's new 24-hour, high-tech airport will one day match Heathrow for passenger numbers

Self-styled misogynist influencer' claims police radar gun must have been calibrated incorrectly' and says he cannot afford 300 fineThe controversial British-American influencer Andrew Tate is due to appear in court in Romania on Monday after allegedly being caught at the weekend driving at 196km/h (122mph) in an area with a 50km/h speed limit.Tate, a 38-year-old professional kickboxer and self-styled misogynist influencer" who uses social media to share his love of supercars, expensive watches and private jets, lives in Romania with his younger brother, Tristan, where both face charges including trafficking minors and money laundering. Continue reading...

ThyssenKrupp executive warns of collateral damage' to supply chains and urges protective action on energy pricingEurope's steel industry faces being wiped out" in the face of Donald Trump's prohibitive 50% tariffs, high energy costs and a mountain of cheaper Chinese steel, one of Germany's biggest industrial groups has warned.Ilse Henne, a board member at the steel, engineering and chemicals group ThyssenKrupp, said the industry faced an existential crisis after the US president's decision last week to double tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50%. Continue reading...

Miguel Uribe still fighting for his life, his wife says, after attack allegedly by 15-year-old who is in custodyMiguel Uribe, the rightwing Colombian presidential candidate who was shot at a campaign event in Bogota on Saturday, has made it through emergency surgery but is still fighting for his life, according to his wife.Uribe, a 39-year-old senator for the opposition conservative Democratic Centre party and an outspoken critic of Colombia's leftwing president, Gustavo Petro, was attacked as he hosted the event in a public park in the Fontibon neighbourhood of the Colombian capital.Reuters and AFP contributed to this report. Continue reading...

US and other nations in the region are expecting active season for potentially ruinous storms in 2025Tropical storm Barbara has formed off the south-west coast of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Center said early Sunday and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Monday.No coastal watches or warnings were issued. Maximum sustained winds were near 45 mph (75 kph) with higher gusts. Continue reading...

An exhibition in the Belgian capital shows the artistic style was first to seek to appeal to a wider group of consumersThe glazed porcelain vases with bold colours and geometric shapes of the 1920s and 30s are immediately recognisable to many people, says the art historian Cecile Dubois. Often given as a wedding present, these vases were usually passed down as family heirlooms, revealing the accessibility of art deco works, she says, gesturing to the glass cabinet beside her. If you were a collector, you could find works that cost a fortune, but these pieces were destined for people of more modest means for very reasonable prices."Art deco was the first artistic movement that sought to appeal to a wider public beyond the elites, say the organisers of a new exhibition dedicated to the artistic movement of the interwar years, co-curated by Dubois, the president of the Brussels Art Deco Society. Continue reading...

Independent monitors confirm Kremlin claims of new and symbolically important advances in east of UkraineRussian military units appear to be within 18 miles (29km) of the city of Sumy, three years after Ukraine forced them out of the northern region, while also making new and symbolically important ground in the east.Independent monitors confirmed Kremlin claims to have retaken the village of Loknia, which had been liberated along with the rest of the Sumy region during Ukraine's 2022 spring counteroffensive. Continue reading...

Ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' party has faced series of corruption allegations over past yearTens of thousands of people have gathered in central Madrid to protest against the government of Spain's socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, and to demand an early general election as his party, his administration and his family continue to be beset by a succession of corruption allegations.Sunday's protest, called by the opposition conservative People's party (PP) under the slogan Mafia or democracy", attracted between 45,000 and 50,000 people, according to the central government's delegation to the region. Organisers, however, put the attendance at 100,000. Continue reading...

William Plastow's mother believes it is the longest anyone will have been held awaiting trial on protest-related chargesThe mother of a man charged in relation to a protest at a site belonging to an Israeli arms manufacturer has said it is outrageous that he faces 21 months in jail before his case goes to trial.William Plastow, 34, who lives in Manchester, is one of the Filton 18", accused of taking part in a Palestine Action protest against an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in August last year. He denies charges of criminal damage, violent disorder and aggravated burglary. Continue reading...

Peter Kyle, understood to be considering two-hour curfews, says he wants to foster healthy relationships with techMinisters are looking at giving children an app cap" or curfew to prevent them becoming addicted to social media, the technology secretary has indicated.Peter Kyle, whose department is responsible for online safety, said he wanted to do more to protect children from excessive use of smartphones, and help them have a healthy relationship with technology. Continue reading...

During Sunday mass in St Peter's Square, the pope asked that God open borders, break down walls [and] dispel hatred'Pope Leo has criticised the emergence of nationalist political movements and their exclusionary mindset", without naming a specific country or leader.Leo, the first pope from the US, asked during a mass on Sunday with tens of thousands in St Peter's Square that God open borders, break down walls [and] dispel hatred". Continue reading...

Many cities said to have imposed prohibition in recent days that echoes 2019 police directive in TehranIranian authorities have expanded a ban on walking dogs in public to many cities nationwide, citing public health, social order and safety concerns, domestic media has reported.The ban - which echoes a 2019 police directive that barred walking dogs in Tehran - was expanded to Ilam city in the west on Sunday, according to reports. Continue reading...

Parties denounce lack of public debate on move to make it easier for Italian-born children of foreigners to be citizensItalians are voting in a referendum on whether to make it easier for children born to foreigners in Italy to obtain citizenship, with activists saying apparently low public awareness of the vote risks rendering the result invalid if turnout is not high enough.Campaigners for the change in the citizenship law say it will help Italians born in the country to non-EU parents better integrate into a culture they already see as theirs. Continue reading...

Family reported man fell into silo of urea on Sunday afternoon

Collapse of once-feared security apparatus, coupled with widespread poverty, has triggered a gold rushThey come by night. Armed with pickaxes, shovels and jackhammers, looters disturb the dead. Under the cover of darkness, men exhume graves buried more than 2,000 years ago in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, searching for treasure.By day, the destruction caused by grave robbers is apparent. Three-metre-deep holes mar the landscape of Palmyra, where ancient burial crypts lure people with the promise of funerary gold and ancient artefacts that fetch thousands of dollars. Continue reading...

Reducing budget would involve closing parts of institution promoting UK soft power abroad, leaving gap for Russia to push propagandaHours before Rachel Reeves stood up to deliver her budget last year, government officials were still in tense negotiations with bosses at the BBC over how much the World Service would be given.The amount they were haggling over was relatively small - just 5.5m out of a total budget of 400m. But BBC chiefs warned the government that if the cuts were imposed on them, they would have to close several language stations in parts of the world where the Russians already hold influence. Doing so would be a gift to Moscow, they added. Continue reading...

With Nigel Farage targeting net zero, could government policy change to protect jobs, revenue and votes?It was inevitable that Nigel Farage would take Reform UK's campaign tour to Aberdeen. On a visit to the capital of the UK's oil and gas industry on Monday he welcomed a defecting Aberdeen Conservative councillor, the 13th defection to his party's ranks in Scotland to date.Reform is hoping to make political hay from the discontent surrounding the government's North Sea policies, the demise of the oil and gas basin and the vast workforce that depends on it. The populist party has vowed to reverse the government's ban on fresh North Sea oil and gas drilling as a day one" priority if elected to power in 2029. Continue reading...

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Norway will set up state payment scheme for families of 123 men killed in Kielland disaster, but some feel it comes too lateI think we all feel like we've had a bit of a weight lifted off our shoulders," said Laura Fleming after an important milestone in one of Europe's longest-running industrial disaster sagas. It is just 45 years too late."Fleming's father, Michael, was one of 123 men who were killed when the Alexander L Kielland accommodation rig capsized during a fierce storm in the Norwegian North Sea oilfields on 27 March 1980. Continue reading...

The UK government is desperate to show it is preventing small boat crossings, but its PR-heavy approach may cause more problems with voters than it solves Continue reading...

After 17 years wrongfully jailed for rape, freed man wants to change Criminal Cases Review Commission and compensation scheme for others like himAndrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, says his fight to reform the legal system's handling of miscarriages of justice is far from over.The 59-year-old had his conviction overturned in 2023 after years spent protesting his innocence. Continue reading...

Bridget Archer lost Bass to Labor at the federal election and is a moderate ally of the premier who suffered a no confidence vote last week

Ex-minister wants to clear up misunderstanding' over accusation she benefitted from regime of her aunt, ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh HasinaThe former City minister Tulip Siddiq has asked to meet Bangladesh's leader during his London visit to clear up a misunderstanding" after corruption allegations made by his administration led her to resign from the UK government.Siddiq, whose aunt Sheikh Hasina was put on trial in absentia last week over crimes against humanity during her 15 years as prime minister, has been accused of benefitting from the former regime by the authorities in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Continue reading...

Mayors welcome 500m set aside for regional authorities to target investment locallyNew drug treatments, longer-lasting batteries and developing artificial intelligence are among research projects that will receive funding as part of an 86bn government investment into science and technology.Ministers have announced a 22.5bn a year commitment in research and development (R&D) over the next four years, including up to 500m for regional authorities to target the investment locally. Continue reading...

Language used in video from Strictly Come Dancing set in Blackpool unacceptable', says broadcasterThe EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick has been suspended by the BBC after using an ableist slur on the set of Strictly Come Dancing.A video emerged of the actor, who plays Jay Brown on the long-running soap, using the term to describe the people of Blackpool, the town where the programme was being filmed, according to the Sun on Sunday. Continue reading...