10 h. ago Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report

False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalisedRampant climate misinformation is turning the crisis into a catastrophe, according to the authors of a new report.It found climate action was being obstructed and delayed by false and misleading information stemming from fossil fuel companies, rightwing politicians and some nation states. The report, from the International Panel on the Information Environment (Ipie), systematically reviewed 300 studies. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Time is running out to curb climate change: Window to avoid 1.5°C of warming will close in just 3 YEARS if CO2 emissions continue at current rate, scientists warn

Time is running out to curb climate change, scientists have warned in a major new report. With the remaining carbon budget only expected to last three years.

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46 h. ago Record number of cyclists report drivers passing too close after major Highway Code rule change in 2022

Some 15,779 clips of dangerously close overtaking were submitted by cyclists to police forces in England and Wales last year.

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3 d. ago Grooming gangs report: 9 things you need to know from major failings to taxi loophole

In a chilling report, Baroness Louise Casey outlined an array of failings from victim blaming, ethnicity data and the lack of mandatory rape charges for vile paedophiles

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3 d. ago Report criticises ‘major failing’ to gather ethnicity data on grooming gangs

Baroness Louise Casey said questions about ethnicity had been ‘dodged for years’.

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1 week ago Los Angeles protests live: LAPD calls for protesters to disperse as Trump says ‘bring in the troops’

Police fire rubber bullets and teargas while protesters block a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fireFull report: Teargas and flash-bangs used on LA protesters as opposition to Trump intensifiesAround 300 Guard troops have been deployed to LA so far.President Donald Trump earlier said he would deploy 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, despite the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Los Angeles protests live: LAPD calls for protestors to disperse as Trump says ‘bring in the troops’

Police fire rubber bullets and teargas while protesters block a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fireFull report: Teargas and flash-bangs used on LA protesters as opposition to Trump intensifiesAround 300 Guard troops have been deployed to LA so far.President Donald Trump earlier said he would deploy 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, despite the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Los Angeles protests live: tensions flare after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops

Police fire rubber bullets and teargas while protesters block a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fireFull report: Teargas and flash-bangs used on LA protesters as opposition to Trump intensifiesWriting on his social media platform, Truth Social, President Donald Trump has said the protestors are getting much more aggressive.“Don’t let these thugs get away with this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” he wrote. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UN demands major action as damning report shows child poverty impact in England

A report by UNICEF has called on Keir Starmer to lift the two-child benefit limit and recruit hundreds of health visitors as data shows the grim impact on childrens' health and learning

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1 week ago DWP boost as 402,000 PIP claimants could be entitled to more cash

The Department for Work and Pension says that 402,500 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants are not receiving the correct amount

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1 week ago Nurse struck off after scalding patient with boiling water and not reporting it

Mark Gavienas failed to provide adequate personal care to the patient, including by giving them the wrong amount of food and leaving them unattended in a bath, a panel found

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2 w. ago The US is heading for a sharp economic downturn, influential global organization warns

Donald Trump's aggressive trade policies has sent the global economy into a downturn, the OECD warned in a major report on Tuesday. 

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2 w. ago DR MAX PEMBERTON: Every day, I see the dreadful impact of cannabis

I hate cannabis because day in and day out I see the lives that it destroys. This is why it makes me so angry to hear the likes of Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, recommend that it be partially decriminalised.

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2 w. ago Worried about weed: should London follow New York and decriminalise cannabis?

Almost 25 years after an experiment was ditched to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug, a rethink is on the cards – but the British government remains cautiousThe last time London dabbled in decriminalising cannabis, it brought one part of the capital to a brief but giddy high. In 2001, an enterprising Scotland Yard borough commander empowered his officers in Lambeth to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug for personal use – freeing them, according to the scheme’s proponents, to concentrate on more serious crimes.The softly-softly approach was controversial in some political and policing quarters, but wildly popular in the borough – and some of its results were dramatic. Over six months, more than 2,500 hours of police officers’ time were saved on processing cannabis arrests, while arrests for dealing class A drugs rose by almost a fifth. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Should the UK decriminalise marijuana? London Standard readers answer

The London Standard’s readers vote on whether cannabis possession should be decriminalised

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3 w. ago Voices: What is Sadiq Khan really up to with his call to decriminalise cannabis?

Sadiq Khan has had an impressive run as mayor of London, writes Patrick Diamond – and his latest show of independence from Labour thinking could be an indicator of where his future lies within the party

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3 w. ago Sadiq Khan slapped down by Met Police chief and Labour ministers over his call to decriminalise cannabis

The London mayor backed a new report by the independent London Drugs Commission (LDC), which he set up in 2022.

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3 w. ago Labour minister hits out at Sadiq Khan’s call for cannabis law reform

A Labour minister has rejected Sir Sadiq Khan’s calls for the partial decriminalisation of cannabis, stating that the government’s stance “remains unchanged”.

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3 w. ago Met chief says decriminalising cannabis ‘not something we’re calling for’

Sir Mark Rowley’s comments came as the Mayor of London urged the Government to consider decriminalising possession of small amounts of cannabis.

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3 w. ago London Mayor Sadiq Khan says it’s ‘high time’ to decriminalise cannabis for ‘personal’ use

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says it’s ‘high time’ to decriminalise cannabis for ‘personal’ use  Mint

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