The Independent - November 13, 2024
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November 13, 2024
Welby quits over 'failures' in Church abuse scandal
Archbishop submits to pressure from clergy and PM
3 mins
Why has the Archbishop of Canterbury had to resign?
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has resigned over allegations - some of which he has accepted - that he failed to act against a prolific and sadistic paedophile, John Smyth, who had been associated with the Church of England for decades. A number of Welby’s more senior colleagues have openly called for him to stand down, while others remained silent, and the general unease has become deafening.
3 mins
Starmer pledges to slash carbon emissions by 81%
Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump are on a collision course over the climate crisis after the prime minister yesterday positioned himself as the international leader spearheading efforts to achieve net zero.
3 mins
Tories take narrow poll lead after Badenoch's first week
The Conservatives have taken a two-point poll lead over Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party in Kemi Badenoch's first week as leader.
2 mins
Truss was bracing for 'Putin to launch nuclear weapons'
Vladimir Putin was so close to using nuclear weapons in October 2022 that Liz Truss spent the dying days of her premiership preparing for the potential fallout, an updated version of her biography has claimed.
2 mins
Gray rejects offer of envoy job in fresh blow to Starmer
Sue Gray has turned down Sir Keir Starmer's offer to become the prime minister's envoy for the nations and regions, No 10 said, in yet another blow to the prime minister as questions continue about his Downing Street operation.
2 mins
Hospital league tables to return in NHS reforms
Failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve patient care and take control of finances, the health secretary will say today.
3 mins
NHS pill to help thousands.avoid death from smoking
A daily pill designed to help people give up smoking will soon be rolled out on the NHS as experts hope it could prevent thousands of smoking-related deaths a year.
1 min
Campaign to return bible to Salisbury receives £10k gift
A campaign to return a 13th-century copy of the Bible to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral has been hailed by the culture secretary as an example of our country at its best” as it received a 10,000 donation.
1 min
Frank Auerbach, renowned post-war painter, dies at 93
Frank Auerbach, the renowned figurative painter who fled Nazi Germany as a child, has died aged 93. Having escaped to Britain via the Kindertransport scheme, Auerbach enjoyed a highly acclaimed career spanning seven decades, with his works displayed at every major national gallery around the world.
3 mins
Harvey wins Booker Priz for space novel 'Orbital'
Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for her poignant novel, Orbital. Ina ceremony held at Old Billingsgate, London last night, the writer was presented the award by last year’s winner, Irish author Paul Lynch.
2 mins
Edinburgh students told not to be 'snobs' to poorer peers
Edinburgh University has warned privileged students not to be \"snobs\" towards their working-class peers. The university has admitted there is a problem of class-related prejudice on campus, with poorer students being \"inadvertently or deliberately shamed by more privileged students\".
2 mins
Azerbaijan points finger at West as it defends Cop29
President Ilham Aliyev says oil is 'gift from God' and that country should host summit. Stuti Mishra reports from Baku
3 mins
Shell wins appeal against landmark emissions ruling
A Dutch court has overturned a landmark ruling ordering fossilfuel giant Shell to significantly cut its carbon emissions, in a blow to climate campaigners. In the original 2021 ruling, hailed as a monumental victory” by activists, Shell was ordered to cut its carbon emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 compared to 2019 levels in line with the Paris climate accords.
3 mins
President-elect chooses Pentagon and CIA chiefs
President-elect Donald Trump moved to build out his foreign policy team yesterday, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defence secretary and John Ratcliffe, former director of National Intelligence, to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.
3 mins
Israel flouts US demand to help aid operations in Gaza
Israel has failed to meet US demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-long war, a number of international aid organisations have said.
4 mins
Toxic smog over Pakistan can now be seen from space
The thick and toxic smog hanging over Pakistan is visible from space, satellite imagery from Nasa confirmed, as recordbreaking levels of air pollution continued to endanger millions.
3 mins
Dozens dead as car ploughs into crowd in Chinese city
At least 35 people were killed and 43 others sustained injuries after a man rammed his car into people at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai.
2 mins
Welby shouldn't be punished for the crimes of John Smyth
When the world was reeling from the appalling revelations about Jimmy Savile in 2012, almost as shocking as his abuse was that so many good people had known about it and said nothing.
3 mins
Stay-away Starmer needs to spend more time at home
You cannot win in politics. When Rishi Sunak became prime minister, he thought it was more important to stay at his desk, working on the people's priorities, than to waste time taking a plane to Sharm el-Sheikh and back for a photo opportunity with world leaders at Cop27.
2 mins
Dumping Lineker is a move the BBC will live to regret
Watching the flagship BBC News at 10 programme on Monday night, you might have been forgiven for thinking all was well in the world - that Gaza was no longer a killing field, that Ukraine was safe from Putin, that the planet had started to cool down.
3 mins
Fox on the box: 25 years of Lineker's Match of the Day
Gary Lineker is leaving 'MOTD' at the end of this season, after a glittering tenure as the host of the BBC's flagship football show. Nick Hilton looks back on his highs and lows
8 mins
KATHMANDU CHAOS
The Nepalese capital's shambolic main airport is a perfect case study in how to deter visitors, writes Simon Calder
3 mins
'Male actors do get paid, more than us - that's a fact'
Sarah Greene has reunited with her 'Bad Sisters' for a second series. She tells Ellie Harrison about misogyny, donning an eyepatch, and looks back on the success of 'Normal People'
7 mins
Inconvenient truth about this year's Booker winner
Samantha Harvey's ‘Orbital', a meditation on the Earth and humanity, has scooped this year's prize. But Martin Chilton is sceptical it will make readers wake up to climate change
4 mins
Watchdog fines Metro Bank £16m for failing customers
A major bank has been fined millions for errors that left customers at risk. Metro Bank has been fined 16.6m by regulators for failings over money laundering controls from 2016 to 2020.
1 min
Labour looks set to smash straight into a jobs problem
Is Labour hurtling towards a jobs problem? The latest official data release does not make for happy reading for our accidentprone government.
3 mins
Coote's sweary Klopp rant loads pressure on referees
When the video of referee David Coote ranting about Jurgen Klopp first came to light, some of the most influential figures at Premier League clubs were excitedly sending it around on WhatsApp.
5 mins
Hall could solve England's specialist left-back problem
In their last 13 matches, England have only once started with a specialist left-back. Now a specialist left-back has emerged who debuted under Thomas Tuchel and who, even before the German takes charge, can benefit from the coaching of England's most-capped full-back.
3 mins
Springboks reveal insights into secrets of their success
Rugby is a game of grey areas. From foul play to scrum-time skirmish, one's opinion on a particular incident can vary greatly depending on the lens through which it is viewed.
4 mins
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