In this issue

August 20, 2024

Rise in foreign care staff reporting exploitation

The number of foreign social care staff working in the UK who have reported that they are trapped in exploitative contracts has risen sixfold in the last three years, in the latest evidence of widespread abuse of migrants in the British care system.

3 mins

British tech boss among missing after superyacht sinks off Sicily

One man dead and Mike Lynch and five others still unaccounted for

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Water firms that spill sewage will not get top rating used to justify CEO pay

Sewage-spilling water companies will no longer be able to justify high chief executive pay by getting \"top marks\" in the Environment Agency's rankings, under plans to tighten rules, the Guardian understands.

3 mins

Cool kids: ice lollies should be part of school curriculum, scientists suggest

Licking an ice lolly should be an essential part of the national curriculum for primary schoolchildren in England, according to science grandees at the Royal Society of Chemistry.

3 mins

Campaigners hope to secure a future for 'love locks' on bridge

Thousands of \"love locks\" due to be removed from a Derbyshire bridge and melted down could be saved after the owner of a stately home offered to host them.

1 min

Blinken: ceasefire talks may be 'last opportunity' for Israel-Hamas truce

The US secretary of state has said during a visit to Israel that the current round of ceasefire talks is \"maybe the last opportunity\" to broker a truce and hostage and prisoner swap in the 10-month war in Gaza.

3 mins

Arms sales NGOs seeking export ban submit claims of war crimes to high court

Claims of Palestinians being tortured, left untreated in hospital and unable to escape constant bombardment have been submitted to the high court in London by lawyers seeking an order preventing the UK government continuing to grant arms export licences to British companies selling arms to Israel.

3 mins

Payouts made to 140 women for vaginal mesh complications

More than 100 women who suffered traumatic complications after having vaginal mesh implants have received payouts in the first successful group claim in England.

2 mins

Woman jailed for throwing brick at police during riot

A woman who threw a brick at police officers has been jailed for two years as more people were sentenced for their part in far-right riots in England.

2 mins

Benefits push over changes to winter fuel payments

Ministers have launched a pension credit publicity campaign to minimise the impact of the Labour government's decision to radically restrict winter fuel payments.

2 mins

Haigh signals multi-year funds to build active travel network

The Labour government will invest \"unprecedented levels of funding\" in cycling and walking as a critical part of plans to improve health and reduce inequality, the new secretary for transport has said.

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"The sea was raging' Disaster unfolded just 300 metres from coast

The 12 holidaying passengers had come from the UK, the US, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland, occupying six luxurious suites of Bayesian, a 56-metre-long superyacht that boastedone of the tallest aluminium masts in the world. Among the 10 crew members were people who came from Sri Lanka.

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Braverman makes nearly £60,000 from international talk circuit

Suella Braverman is the latest senior Tory to be cashing in on the international speaking circuit, as it was revealed she was paid nearly £60,000 for making speeches around the world, the highest of any current MP.

1 min

Scrolling through videos can increase boredom, study finds

Browsing videos on TikTok or YouTube can be a hit-and-miss affair, with gems lurking amid mediocre efforts.

2 mins

New brain stimulation technique may help Parkinson's patients

A fresh approach to brain stimulation could offer people with Parkinson's better control over their symptoms and halve the duration of those that trouble them most, experts have said.

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Ukraine close to cutting off Russian forces in part of Kursk after third bridge attacked

Ukraine has destroyed a third bridge over the Seym River in the Kursk region, as part of an apparent attempt to expand what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has described as a military \"buffer zone\" inside Russia.

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Republicans accuse Biden of 'impeachable conduct' despite lack of evidence

Congressional Republicans have accused Joe Biden of \"egregious\" conduct for which he should be impeached despite providing no evidence that the US president committed a crime.

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Macron hoping fresh talks can end French political stalemate

Emmanuel Macron is to meet French party and parliamentary leaders this week for negotiations to break the political deadlock over who should form a new government.

2 mins

Caribbean crime Concern grows in region over wave of violence

The last thing Raquel Rodriguez remembers of that afternoon is that she was playing with her neighbour's baby outside her home in the Trinidad and Tobago neighbourhood of Barataria. Then came a piercingly loud explosion.

3 mins

Ministers allow more flights from London City airport

Ministers have approved London City airport's application to increase capacity, in a decision that has disappointed climate campaigners.

2 mins

Pay disputes Tory fury over union deals at odds with public mood

Labour caves in to unions. Fears of a wageprice spiral. Back to the 1970s and a new winter of discontent.

2 mins

Players' union start work on fixing 'broken' global calender

The World Cricketers' Association has announced a review into a global schedule it describes as \"broken and unsustainable\" and \"confusing and chaotic\". It aims to propose a structure that \"enables international cricket and domestic leagues to coexist in a clear, coherent calendar\".

1 min

'Expectations shift. There needs to be patience'

Katherine Grainger says UK Sport will not rush funding decisions in the wake of GB's mixed return at Paris 2024

4 mins

Vardy stuns Spurs to spark strong start for Leicester

After Jamie Vardy stunned Tottenham by scoring an unlikely equaliser, he saluted the Leicester supporters.

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