Architect of Theresa May’s 2017 election failure selected for Hancock’s seat

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Nick Timothy chosen as Tory candidate in West Suffolk constituency set to be vacated by former health secretary

A man seen as one of the key architects of Theresa May’s disastrous 2017 election campaign has been selected by the Conservative party to fight Matt Hancock’s seat at the next general election.

Nick Timothy abruptly resigned from his post as May’s chief of staff when MPs put pressure on her to get rid of him, shortly after the party lost its majority in the 2017 vote and had to turn to the DUP to form a government.

Rishi Sunak to use Scottish trip to attack Labour stance on North Sea oil

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Visit to Aberdeenshire intended as chance for PM to criticise opposition with reports he could announce 100 new drilling licences

Rishi Sunak is to make a visit to north-east Scotland focused on North Sea energy that is intended to draw a dividing line between the government and Labour’s plan to ban new oil and gas projects.

While No 10 said in advance only that the prime minister would use the trip to Aberdeenshire to commit to policies connected to energy security and net zero, he is expected to announce funding for a planned carbon capture scheme in the region.

Labour: recruit police from fields such as business fraud to solve crimes

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Party says recruits with relevant skills could help tackle government’s ‘abysmal’ record on unsolved crimes

Directly recruiting new police detectives from parallel fields such as business fraud investigation could help tackle the government’s “abysmal” record on unsolved crimes, according to a proposal from Labour.

Analysis by the party found that 90% of recorded crimes do not get solved and there has been a 60% reduction in the proportion of offences that result in a criminal charge since 2015.

UK banks are closing more than 1,000 accounts every day

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Nigel Farage calls for royal commission as data shows big jump in customers being ‘debanked’

Banks are closing more than 1,000 accounts every working day, according to new data that has fuelled the growing row over so-called “debanking” and prompted Nigel Farage to call for a royal commission to investigate what he said was a scandal.

Hours after the former Ukip leader revealed he was spearheading a website to campaign on behalf of people whose accounts had been shut, data revealed a big jump in the numbers of customers dumped by their bank.

Salford surgeon harmed 20 patients with ‘unacceptable’ conduct, report finds

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Review of spinal expert John Bradley Williamson identifies poor surgical technique, record-keeping and communication with patients

A leading spinal surgeon’s botched operations left patients with serious blood loss, long-term pain and mobility problems, a damning report has revealed.

It found that John Bradley Williamson’s “unacceptable and unprofessional behaviour” severely or moderately harmed 20 patients at Salford Royal hospital, once regarded as one of England’s safest.

Ministers consider curbs on councils’ use of 20mph speed limits

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Exclusive: moves against what PM terms ‘anti-motorist’ policies follow order of review into low-traffic neighbourhoods

Ministers are considering restrictions on councils’ ability to impose 20mph speed limits as part of a new shift against green policies and traffic schemes, a stance condemned by safety and travel groups as shortsighted and divisive.

The Guardian has been told the push against what Rishi Sunak has termed “anti-motorist” policies could be extended to find ways to stop local authorities taking other measures, such as installing bus gates, that have been used routinely for decades.

Three held on suspicion of murder after man ‘fell into river’ in Hereford

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Police were called on Saturday night to say a man had fallen down embankment into River Wye

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder as police investigate whether a missing man was involved in an altercation before falling into a river in Hereford.

A man called West Mercia police at 12.05am on Saturday and said his friend, a man in his 20s, had fallen down the embankment into the River Wye, near Victoria Bridge.

UK’s post-Brexit policing pact put at risk by migration laws, say peers

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Committee concerned illegal migration legislation will jeopardise sharing of DNA, fingerprinting and criminal records

The UK’s post-Brexit policing pact with the EU on sharing DNA, fingerprinting and criminal records could be put at risk by Suella Braverman’s migration laws, a House of Lords committee has said.

Lady Hamwee, the chair of the Lords justice and home affairs committee, has written to the home secretary to say its members are “particularly concerned” that the new illegal migration legislation along with new data laws could lead to the “termination and/or suspension” of the security cooperation elements of the Brexit trade deal.

Exploitation of care workers in England is ‘appalling’, says government adviser

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Brian Bell says ministers have let social care become reliant on low-paid and vulnerable foreign workers

Ministers have allowed England’s creaking social care system to become too heavily reliant on low-paid foreign workers who are vulnerable to exploitation, the government’s migration adviser has warned.

In a strongly worded intervention, Prof Brian Bell, who has just been reappointed by the home secretary, Suella Braverman, as chair of the migration advisory committee (MAC), called the government’s tacit acceptance of exploitation in the sector “appalling”.

Step to riches? Disused stairwell in London could be yours for just £20,000

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Estate agents selling Twickenham ‘property’ believe it could have development potential

If climbing the property ladder seems stressful to you, why not consider taking the stairs?

A disused four-storey stairwell at the back of a branch of Starbucks in south-west London has become the latest peculiar piece of property to go on sale in London’s feverish housing market.

HS2 is officially ‘unachievable’ after being given red rating

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Problems with first two phases, from London to Birmingham and then to Crewe, ‘do not appear to be resolvable’

The HS2 rail project was last week given an “unachievable“ rating by the official infrastructure watchdog.

A “red” rating was assigned to the plans for the construction of the first two phases of the high-speed line, from London to Birmingham and then on to Crewe in Cheshire, by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA).

Rishi Sunak orders review of low-traffic neighbourhood schemes

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Prime minister accuses Labour of being ‘anti-motorist’ and says Keir Starmer is a political opportunist

Rishi Sunak has ordered a formal review of low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) schemes as he seeks again to use green policies as a wedge issue with Labour and Keir Starmer.

In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister also made a notably personal attack against Starmer, accusing him of lacking any guiding principles and being a political opportunist.

Hidden meaning of Magritte uncovered as new image is found under painting

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Admin

Secret portrait of woman likely to be wife of Belgian surrealist found during examination of artist’s work

A painting by René Magritte has been discovered beneath another painting by the Belgian surrealist master – to the excitement of experts.

A portrait of a woman had been hidden under La Cinquième Saison (The Fifth Season), from 1943, now held in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (RMFAB) in Brussels. She was discovered using infrared reflectography.

Family pay tribute to ‘loving and funny’ teenager fatally stabbed in Lancashire

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Admin

Police have arrested two 19-year-olds after Matthew Daulby, also 19, died in hospital after attack in Ormskirk town centre

A “compassionate, loving and funny” teenager who died after a double stabbing in Lancashire has been named by police.

Matthew Daulby, 19, from Liverpool, was stabbed in the market town of Ormskirk during an altercation shortly after midnight on Saturday and died in hospital, Lancashire constabulary said.

Revealed: how hidden delays blight cancer care in England and Wales

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Admin

Watchdog warns that admin errors, unexplained cancellations and delayed scan reports all contribute to longer waits for patients

Patients with suspected cancer are waiting months for diagnosis because of hidden waiting lists or falling into a “black hole” after referral, England’s patient champion warns this weekend.

Admin errors, unexplained cancellations and delayed scan reports are among factors contributing to longer waits, according to Healthwatch England, a committee of the Care Quality Commission.

Ex-paratrooper completes 19,000-mile UK coastline walk, raising £500,000

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Admin

Chris Lewis began his walk while facing homelessness in 2017 and acquired a fiancee, baby son and dog en route

A former British paratrooper, who set out alone on a 19,000-mile UK coastline walk has completed the challenge, raising £500,000 for charity and returning home with a partner, dog and baby son in tow.

Chris Lewis, 43, was joined by hundreds of cheering supporters as he completed the final mile of his walk, which began on Llangennith beach on the Gower peninsula, near his home city of Swansea, south Wales, on 1 August 2017.

Scooter rider dies after collision with ambulance in Barnsley

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Admin

Police appeal for witnesses to incident in Hoylandswaine involving ambulance responding to emergency call

A man in his 30s has died after a collision between a scooter and an ambulance responding to an emergency call.

The driver was taken to hospital but later died of his injuries. South Yorkshire police said the ambulance driver was helping police with their inquiries.

Rishi Sunak warned that Tories’ key green pledges are ‘unachievable’

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Admin

Whitehall watchdog gives red rating to set of measures aimed to bring net-zero goals, amid backlash over retreat on climate policy

Rishi Sunak has been accused of showing disregard for the climate crisis after Whitehall officials warned that some of his key green pledges were already unachievable.

With the prime minister facing a backlash within his own party after appearing to row back from his commitment to green policies, an internal government audit found that a series of measures designed to help meet Britain’s net-zero goals had been allowed to run off course.

Home Office secretly backs facial recognition technology to curb shoplifting

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Admin

Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spaces

Home Office officials have drawn up secret plans to lobby the independent privacy regulator in an attempt to push the rollout of controversial facial recognition technology into high street shops and supermarkets, internal government minutes seen by the Observer reveal.

The covert strategy was agreed during a closed-door meeting on 8 March between policing minister Chris Philp, senior Home Office officials and the private firm Facewatch, whose facial recognition cameras have provoked fierce opposition after being installed in shops.

Channel Island Nazis inquiry under pressure to find out why perpetrators never faced justice

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Admin

Thousands of people may have perished on Alderney during the second world war but their murderers never stood trial

The official inquiry into Nazi atrocities committed on Alderney in the Channel Islands is under pressure to investigate why those responsible for committing war crimes on British soil were never brought to trial in the UK.

Prof Anthony Glees, the security and intelligence expert who advised Margaret Thatcher’s war crimes inquiry, told the Observer: “This is a vital opportunity to establish all the facts, and it must examine why those who perpetrated such heinous war crimes were never brought to trial in this country. The review into the atrocities on Alderney is to be warmly welcomed, but I believe it should not just focus on the numbers killed, as important as that is.”

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Architect of Theresa May’s 2017 election failure selected for Hancock’s seat

Rishi Sunak to use Scottish trip to attack Labour stance on North Sea oil

Labour: recruit police from fields such as business fraud to solve crimes

UK banks are closing more than 1,000 accounts every day

Salford surgeon harmed 20 patients with ‘unacceptable’ conduct, report finds

Ministers consider curbs on councils’ use of 20mph speed limits

Three held on suspicion of murder after man ‘fell into river’ in Hereford

UK’s post-Brexit policing pact put at risk by migration laws, say peers

Step to riches? Disused stairwell in London could be yours for just £20,000

HS2 is officially ‘unachievable’ after being given red rating

Rishi Sunak orders review of low-traffic neighbourhood schemes

Hidden meaning of Magritte uncovered as new image is found under painting

Family pay tribute to ‘loving and funny’ teenager fatally stabbed in Lancashire

Revealed: how hidden delays blight cancer care in England and Wales

Ex-paratrooper completes 19,000-mile UK coastline walk, raising £500,000

Scooter rider dies after collision with ambulance in Barnsley

Rishi Sunak warned that Tories’ key green pledges are ‘unachievable’

Home Office secretly backs facial recognition technology to curb shoplifting

Channel Island Nazis inquiry under pressure to find out why perpetrators never faced justice