3 d. ago British toy shop chain The Entertainer hands ownership to its 1,900 staff

The Entertainer, which is behind Early Learning Centre toys, will share profits amongst workers under the new structure.

Politics

6 d. ago Revealed: The common item that should never be left in the security trays

Airport security can often feel like a chaotic rush, with liquids and electronics needing to be quickly organised. But there's one item that travellers are being urged to be particularly careful with.

Events

7 d. ago I changed my mind on banning the bomb, but the threat of nuclear war is growing – and so is complacency | Polly Toynbee

Though the weapons I campaigned against remain terrifying, I doubt we can disarm unilaterally. That should be the stuff of vital debate: right now, it isn’t This week marks 80 years since the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as the few remaining witnesses tell of incinerated, melted and obliterated families. Soon there will be none left to remember. Survivors’ graphic accounts of “the noiseless flash” were captured by John Hersey in his book Hiroshima, read by my generation with shock and fear. Nevil Shute’s On the Beach taught us every gut-wrenching detail of the radiation sickness I fully expected to die of. Civil defence leaflets told families how to hide under the stairs with a radio and torch.I grew up expecting early death by nuclear war. My father was a 1957 founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament who didn’t expect us to survive inevitable nuclear holocaust. He carried a large bottle of suicide pills, enough to kill us all when the bomb fell, to save us from slowly ...

Events

7 d. ago Woman issues airport security warning after priceless item left 'destroyed' by X

Many people take cameras with them on their travels to capture the memories and amazing sights - but one woman has issued a warning after a priceless item was 'destroyed' by an X-ray scanner.

Events

9 d. ago US sports lobby Home Office for travel exemption after golf caddie refused UK entry

Criminal conviction meant Eric Larson was barredNFL teams play in UK and have been alerted to situationSports organisations in the US will press the Home Office to apply exemptions to new travel rules for American citizens entering the UK after the caddie of golfer Harris English missed out on around £130,000 by being denied access for the Scottish Open and Open Championship.The case of Eric Larson has alerted the likes of the NFL and NBA, which stage games in London, that sportspeople or staff can be prohibited from entering the UK under Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) rules if they have a criminal conviction. Larson was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 1995 for involvement in drug dealing and rebuilt his career as a caddie for several leading PGA Tour players after serving 10 years. Continue reading...

Society

4 w. ago Black judge says she is routinely searched for weapons or banned items by security staff when entering court

Cordella Bart-Stewart, 67, has been a part-time immigration and asylum tribunal judge for 25 years and has set up a committee to support black judges and lawyers.

Events