The Channel beaches that host a lethal trade in human hope
Getty Images The brutal journeys migrants make across the Channel are book-ended with beaches that tell the story of the crisis: from guerrilla-style smuggling operations among the French dunes to streams of soaking passengers washing ashore in Kent. Hidden in the scrubby sand of the dunes of northern France are the calling cards of an […]
Tony Blair on Keir Starmer, AI and globalisation
BBC Sir Tony Blair and Amol Rajan also discussed the impact of globalisation Sir Tony Blair has been out of power in government for 17 years. Yet he thinks he’s learned almost as much after leaving Number 10 as when he was in it. One of the key insights from the revolutions in behavioural economics […]
US reports first known case of highly-infectious variant
Getty Images Health officials in Denver, Colorado, are trying to trace the infected person’s contacts The first reported US case of the highly-infectious Covid-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been confirmed in the state of Colorado. The patient, a man in his 20s with no recent travel history, is currently in isolation. State […]
Coroner opens inquest into death of Mike Lycnh’s colleague
Cambridgeshire Police Stephen Chamberlain was a former colleague of tech tycoon Mike Lynch A coroner has opened an inquest into the death of a former colleague of technology tycoon Mike Lynch. Stephen Chamberlain, 52, died in hospital after being hit by a car while running in Stretham, Cambridgeshire – near his home in Longstanton – […]
Gaza’s amputees offered easy-to-fit prosthetics using UK technology
BBC Diya al-Adini, 15, was a young and enthusiastic photographer before he lost his hands in an Israeli strike in August Standing between two bars erected at a mobile clinic in Rafah, southern Gaza, Rizeq Tafish concentrates as he takes his first tentative steps in four months. “My feelings before were sadness and despair. Now […]
Made in Chelsea’s Louise Thompson: I neglected my body
BBC Louise Thompson from Made In Chelsea was affectionately known on the E4 structured reality series as “Porg”. (Person of Restricted Growth.) But what the reality star lacks in height she more than makes up for in personality – a factor that has kept her popular with viewers since she joined the show for its […]
Queen Camilla visits RAF Leeming in Northallerton
PA Media The Queen was given a bunch of flowers from local nursery school children during her visit to RAF Leeming Queen Camilla spent a blustery afternoon learning how armed forces personnel and their families look after their mental health during a visit to a base in North Yorkshire. The Queen was presented with flowers […]
Double amputee climbs Mount Kilimanjaro
Sarah de Lagarde Sarah de Lagarde said reaching the summit was a “triumph over adversity” A woman who lost an arm and leg after being struck by two Tube trains has become the first female double prosthetic-wearing amputee to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Sarah de Lagarde, from Camden, north London, said: “Standing atop Kilimanjaro was a […]
Botswana to ban hunting over wildlife species decline
Furthermore, selling hunting licences to wealthy Westerners is an extremely lucrative business, he says. Hunting concessions currently exist in the northern Okavango Delta and the parks of the Kalahari region, famous for its upmarket safari lodges. According to the environment ministry’s official statement, the government will continue to issue special game licences “for traditional hunting […]
Yorkshire Water swap 1.3 million water meters for smart meters
A programme to replace more than one million water meters with “smart” meters will be rolled out in South Yorkshire. Yorkshire Water said that the technology would “reduce leakage” in homes and improve service. The meter exchange is expected to begin in 2025, subject to Ofwat’s final determination, which is due in December 2024. Smart […]