3 h. ago Arrests in France after scores report being attacked with syringes at street music festival

Interior ministry says 145 people across the country reported being stabbed with needles at Fête de la Musique eventsFrench police have detained 12 suspects after 145 people reported being pricked with syringes during the country’s annual street music festival, officials said on Sunday.Millions of people took to the streets across France on Saturday evening for the Fête de la Musique, with authorities reporting “unprecedented crowds” in Paris. Before the party, posts on social media had called for women to be targeted during the festivities. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Swinney urged to increase powers for authorities in bid to tackle knife crime

The family of Kory McCrimmon spoke after the Parents Against Knives march in Glasgow.

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10 h. ago Syria suicide bomber 'kills at least 20' after detonating device in church full of worshippers

The suicide bombing in a church near Damascus, Syria has killed at least 20 people - a government minister said the attacker was a member of the Islamic State group

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39 h. ago DWP major reforms will not affect more than 600,000 people says minister

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the upcoming changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will not apply to a certain group of people

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48 h. ago Iran is the enemy Netanyahu has always wanted to destroy. Even from their bomb shelters, most Israelis support his war | Aluf Benn

Within Israel, Iran is seen as the ultimate threat. The prime minister knows this is his chance to rewrite his bloodied legacy “It’s 1938 and Iran is Germany The Jewish people will not allow a second Holocaust.” Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, recited slogans like these incessantly for decades, urging action against the gravest threat to the Jewish state – a nuclear-armed Iran. He conveyed the message to successive US presidents. He presented a bomb cartoon at the UN. At countless Holocaust memorial events he described Iran’s nuclear ambitions as the present-day “final solution”.Netanyahu talked and talked about the pressing Iranian threat, but his listeners were not convinced. They dismissed him as an alarmist whose deadline Iran crossed year after year without deploying a nuclear weapon (it still hasn’t). Netanyahu’s critics at home taunted him as a chicken who would never dare to attack Iran’s nuclear installations – unlike his more decisive predecessors, who had ord...

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61 h. ago JIM McMAHON: 'Council tax bailiff system isn't right or fair

Local Government Minister Jim McMahon writes for e Mirror that vulnerable people are being forced to pay a years' council tax in one hit or face bailiffs - which 'isn't right or fair'

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3 d. ago If you went to state school, do you ever feel British life is rigged against you? Welcome to the 93% Club | Alastair Campbell

The civil service, judiciary and media are still dominated by the privately educated 7%. Lasting change is not a pipe dream – but it’s up to usFor the first time in our history, we have a cabinet made up entirely of people who went to state schools. Several, including prime minister Keir Starmer, come from working-class backgrounds; some, such as deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, were raised in conditions of poverty that feel as if they ought to belong to another age.So far so good. What better signs could one ask for to show that Britain is a meritocracy, social mobility is real and anyone can rise to the top provided they have talent, commitment and determination?Alastair Campbell is a former journalist turned strategist and spokesperson for the Labour party. He is now a writer, podcaster, consultant strategist and mental health campaigner Continue reading...

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4 d. ago First Minister visits Ayr to launch new job scheme for people recovering from addiction

First Minister John Swinney launched new guidance to support people with their recovery from addiction while on a visit to Ayr.

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5 d. ago DWP issues PIP claimant update ahead of major welfare reforms

The DWP has released new data on the number of people claiming PIP ahead of sweeping eligibility reforms due to take place next year

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5 d. ago UK will look into more ‘transactional’ approach to granting visas, says Starmer

Prime minister outlines plans to penalise countries that refuse to take back refused asylum seekersThe UK will look into penalising countries that refuse to take back people who are refused asylum by making visa applications for their nationals harder, Keir Starmer has said at the G7 summit in Canada.Asked during a media Q&A about ways to reduce the number of people arriving irregularly, the prime minister said it would have a more “transactional” approach to granting visas for countries depending on their cooperation with returns. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Fears legalising assisted dying may 'break the NHS' and lead to cuts in care as minister confirms there is no extra money for helping people die

Dame Siobhain McDonagh warned that an assisted dying service could 'rob our stretched NHS of much needed resources' after Wes Streeting spoke in the Commons.

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6 d. ago Authorities remove 88 children from church summer camp after reports of abuse

The son of the people who run the ministry said they maintained their innocence, adding police are “not going to find anything”

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9 d. ago Civil service is ‘too remote’ from people’s lives across UK, says minister

Civil service is ‘too remote’ from people’s lives across UK, says minister  The Guardian

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9 d. ago Senior Government Minister hears young people’s aspirations for future as funding announced

At today’s Scottish Robotic Games, the first to be held at Leonardo in Edinburgh since the pandemic, The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, spoke to students from schools across Scotland about their aspirations for the future.

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1 week ago ‘People see government as the enemy’: Bangladesh’s interim leader on the legacy of a toxic system

A year after a student-led revolt unseated Sheikh Hasina, Muhammad Yunus is fighting to convince both sides of politics to agree to reformA year on from the political uprising that swept the prime minister of Bangladesh into exile, people still see government as the enemy, according to the country’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus.Rooting out corruption at every level, from village to government, is the only way for people to believe in a “new Bangladesh”, he says. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Labour promised people we would rebuild Britain – and that’s what we’re doing | Keir Starmer

This week’s spending review marks a new stage in the mission of national renewal, built on the foundations laid last yearKeir Starmer is the prime minister of the United KingdomThe mandate we received from the British people could not have been clearer. First, we had to stop the chaos and return Britain to economic stability. Second, we had to turn the page on Tory decline with clear Labour choices. Third, we were instructed to rebuild our country.Wednesday’s spending review turbocharged that rebuilding. It is an investment in Britain’s renewal, so working people have more money in their pocket, more pride in their community and more hope for their children’s future. It’s what people voted for. An NHS cutting waiting lists, with care closer to the community. Wealth and opportunity no longer hoarded by only a few towns and cities. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ten people dead in attack at school in city of Graz in Austria, says mayor – Europe live

Elke Kahr, mayor of Graz, says seven students, one adult and attacker among dead after attack at schoolThe Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that several people have been killed in the attack on the school in Graz in the south of the country, without specifing the exact number, AP reported.Austria’s Kronen Zeitung noted that the incident took place close to the tenth anniversary of the 2015 Graz attack “which many Graz residents still remember today” in which three people died, and 36 were injured. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nine people dead in attack at school in city of Graz in Austria, says mayor – Europe live

Elke Kahr, mayor of Graz, says seven students and one adult among dead after attack at school, with ninth person dead understood to be the attackerThe Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that several people have been killed in the attack on the school in Graz in the south of the country, without specifing the exact number, AP reported.Austria’s Kronen Zeitung noted that the incident took place close to the tenth anniversary of the 2015 Graz attack “which many Graz residents still remember today” in which three people died, and 36 were injured. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Several people dead in attack at school in city of Graz in Austria, say officials – Europe live

Austrian interior ministry says several people have been killed after reports of gunshots at school in cityThe Austrian interior ministry has confirmed that several people have been killed in the attack on the school in Graz in the south of the country, without specifing the exact number, AP reported.Austria’s Kronen Zeitung noted that the incident took place close to the tenth anniversary of the 2015 Graz attack “which many Graz residents still remember today” in which three people died, and 36 were injured. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Legal aid lawyers face chaos following cyber attack, says representative body

Chris Minnoch, of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, said lawyers have called the representative body ‘in tears’ over the situation.

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