47 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: 'All rise, if able'... yet another confected attack on our language by the grievance seekers who gave us 'chest feeders' and 'birth people'

QUENTIN LETTS: For centuries, those two words 'All rise!' were sufficient for the commencement of judicial proceedings and a show of respect for the so-called majesty of the law. Until now.

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3 d. ago The heroic Guardian reporter who documented the rise of the Nazis

Eighty years after the end of the second world war, two former Berlin correspondents discuss how the Guardian covered the NazisFrederick Augustus Voigt was the Manchester Guardian’s Berlin correspondent between 1920 and 1932.In this episode, two fellow former Berlin correspondents, Helen Pidd and Philip Oltermann, discuss Voigt’s incredible reporting on the rise of Nazi Germany. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Wes Streeting: I will defend the tax rises funding 8.3m GP appointments

Exclusive: Health secretary to challenge Reform on how it would fund investment in NHSWes Streeting will launch a vocal defence of the party’s tax rises on Tuesday, pledging an extra 8.3m GP appointments to “end the 8am scramble” and telling his opponents that the investment would not be possible without the national insurance rise.The health secretary, who has been the party’s most vocal challenger on Reform, is expected to step up the attacks on opposition parties, which have dubbed the NICs rise for employers a “job tax” and said he would challenge those who had criticised the rise on how they would fund investment in the health service. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Annual benefits bill for refugee households hits £1BILLION after surging by a third in just one year, leading to calls for Britain to leave human rights treaty

Government data revealed the total amount of universal credit paid to households with at least one refugee claimant soared to £1.1billion last year, up from £828million in 2023.

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2 w. ago Why scientists are blaming influencers for rise in shark attacks

A new study claims social media is responsible for encouraging people to interact with sharks

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2 w. ago ‘Everyone’s scared’: little appetite for mirth before White House correspondents’ dinner

Annual event likely to prove gloomy affair amid Trump attacks on press and rise of Maga media ecosystemIt is no laughing matter. The annual dinner for journalists who cover the White House is best known for American presidents trying to be funny and comedians trying to be political. But this year’s edition will feature neither.Instead the event in a downtown Washington hotel on Saturday night will, critics say, resemble something closer to a wake for legacy media still trying to find an effective response to Donald Trump’s divide-and-rule tactics and the rise of the Maga media ecosystem. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Steep rise in shark attacks linked to social media stars doing one thing on the beach

Social media stars have been slammed by shark experts in France, who think they've worked out a link between the amount the predators attack and what influencers are doing

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2 w. ago Influencers 'are to blame for rise in shark attacks': Scientists say they 'can't believe we have to tell people not to grab an 18

Social media posts encouraging tourists to stroke the creatures have led them to be poked and prodded by ignorant travelers in pursuit of the perfect selfie.

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2 w. ago Rise in shark attacks due to idiot daredevils taking selfies with the animals

Following the mauling of a swimmer in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Hadera, Israel, experts have shared results of research into the supposed rise of shark attacks

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2 w. ago Attacks on prison staff rise to new high as tensions in overcrowded jails reach breaking point

Number of assaults on prison staff last year up 15 per cent on the year before

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2 w. ago Horror moment Sea eagle snatches baby lamb as crofter warns attacks are on rise

"At this rate there won’t be a lamb left. This lamb was taken alive leaving the mother distraught."

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2 w. ago UK private sector shrinks as export orders slump; state borrowing nearly £15bn above official forecast – business live

Eurozone private sector ‘broadly stable’ in April; stocks, dollar, oil prices rise on hopes of US-China trade dealUK annual borrowing exceeds forecasts by almost £15bnThe collapse in confidence and drop in output during April raise red flags for the economic outlook and add pressure on the Bank of England to reduce interest rates again at its May meeting, said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.While recent months have been characterised by UK businesses treading water, broadly stagnating since last autumn’s budget, businesses are reporting more of a struggle to keep their heads above water in April.April’s fall in output was the largest recorded for nearly two and a half years, consistent with GDP declining at a quarterly rate of 0.3%, reflecting falling activity and demand across both manufacturing and services. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago UK annual borrowing nearly £15bn above official forecast; stocks rise as Trump rows back on Fed attack – business live

UK government borrowed £151.9bn in year to March; investors cheered by hopes of US-China trade dealEuropean stocks have also opened higher, as a wave of relief spread across markets.The UK’s FTSE 100 index is up by 1.2% at 8,430, while the Italian FTSE MiB rose by 1.4%.Bessent threw a lifeline to fragile US sentiment with conciliatory remarks on the US-China trade war. Bessent said the current tariff situation is “unsustainable” and expects a de-escalation in the near term.We could witness a period where the dollar is tossed around by headlines of Fed independence risk and market-friendly news on US tariff policy. What is clear by now is that no other G10 currency has a higher positive beta to trade news than the dollar. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Hadera Israel shark attack: Experts explain rise in deaths as mauled swimmer remains missing

Another shark attack has been reported in the waters off Hadera, Israel - and experts have explored the shift in shark behaviour and whether human activity could be the cause

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3 w. ago Berlin reports rise in attacks on refugees amid surge in far

Call for greater protection for asylum seekers and policies targeting rightwing violence as report sounds ‘alarm bell’Berlin has reported a marked increase in attacks on asylum seekers and refugee shelters, amid a sharp rise in far-right crime and a hardening of German migration policy.Official figures provided at the request of two local Green party lawmakers showed there were 77 assaults on asylum seekers and refugees in 2024 and eight instances of deliberate damage to residences housing them. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sauntering on streets and grazing on lawns: what happens when rhinos move into town?

In one Nepali village, the resident rhinos are a conservation success story and attract thousands of visitors, but attacks on humans are on the rise“I can’t talk now, I’m in hospital,” Ram Kumar Aryal says when he picks up the phone. “Someone has been attacked by one of the rhinos.” Every few months, Aryal – who is one of the architects of Nepal’s celebrated rhino conservation programme – ends up in one of the hospitals around Chitwan national park to respond to a rhino attack. This time, three women had been injured earlier that afternoon by a female rhino outside Laukhani village in the park’s buffer zone.The hospital had bandaged up their fractured legs and ribs and treated the bites on their hips and knees. “Normally rhinos are vegetarian, but they use their incisors for attacks,” says Aryal. Those incisors can grow to three inches long. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Who is Calum Scott? Referee's rise from police protection after junior match attack to Celtic Scottish Cup showcase

The whistler will take charge as Celtic face St Johnstone in a huge Hampden showcase on April 20

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