Study reveals low Covid jab take-up among black people in England
Over-70s of black African heritage 7.4 times more likely not to have had first dose than white people, says ONSCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople aged 70 and over of...
View ArticleCrown court backlog has reached 'crisis levels', report warns
Delays likely to disproportionately affect black and minority ethnic young people, says Lords committeeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe backlog of crown court cases in...
View ArticleOxford University failed me over handling of rape claim, says woman
Allegation by women’s boat club member raises concerns over culture among university’s elite sportsmenA member of Oxford University’s women’s boat club has made an allegation of rape against another...
View ArticleNHS expands use of device that zaps away cluster headaches
gammaCore gadget delivers low-level electrical current to block pain signals A small, portable device that can zap away cluster headaches is being made available to patients on the NHS.One to two in...
View ArticleBoris Johnson urged to reject ‘disingenuous’ UK race disparities report
Exclusive: equality campaigners say review downplays discrimination faced by minority communitiesBoris Johnson has been urged to repudiate and withdraw last week’s much derided race disparity report,...
View Article3.7m over-16s in Britain often or always feel lonely, ONS finds
Proportion who say they are lonely has risen from one in 20 early in pandemic last spring to one in 14Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAlmost one in 14 people aged 16 or over...
View ArticleUK supreme court gets second female judge as Lady Justice Rose joins
Appointment fails to quell concerns about all-white court’s lack of diversityLady Justice Rose has joined the supreme court, doubling the number of female justices in the UK’s highest court in an...
View ArticleCase launched against TikTok over collection of children’s data
Former children’s commissioner for England launches case against video-sharing appA former children’s commissioner for England has launched a “landmark case” against the video-sharing app TikTok,...
View ArticleBoris Johnson ‘promised James Dyson he would fix tax issue’
Entrepreneur pressed PM directly by text message last year about Covid ventilator drive, BBC reportsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson personally assured Sir...
View ArticleBoris Johnson says fans will be at centre of wider review of English football
UK minister Oliver Dowden promises to look at football governance after Super League fiasco European Super League plans in tatters as clubs withdraw - live updatesBoris Johnson has said the government...
View ArticleGovernment review of English football will look at treatment of fans
Terms of reference for process could be published as early as next week as timetable is hastened in wake of European Super League rowA government-led review of English football in the wake of the...
View ArticleCourt clears 39 post office operators convicted due to ‘corrupt data’
Theft, fraud and false accounting convictions quashed after one of England’s biggest ever miscarriages of justice Dozens of former Post Office workers had their convictions for theft, fraud and false...
View ArticleItaly announces €222bn package – as it happened
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View ArticleAll Covid-19 fines in England should be reviewed, MPs say
Committee says regulations are muddled and discriminatory while large fines ‘criminalise the poor’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAll 85,000-plus Covid fines issued in...
View ArticleCoronavirus live news: more countries tighten travel restrictions for...
Spain and Philippines join Cambodia and Fiji in restricting arrivals; England extends vaccines to those aged 42 and overMutations, politics, vaccines: the factors behind India’s Covid crisisHarry and...
View ArticleAnti-protest curbs in UK policing bill ‘violate international rights standards’
MPs and peers are told proposed law would have ‘chilling effect’ on right to demonstrateAnti-protest curbs contained in the new policing bill are disproportionate, hand subjective powers to officers...
View ArticleChanges to judicial review will make government ‘untouchable’
The society’s president, I. Stephanie Boyce, said the MoJ ‘has gone beyond what was recommended’Proposed changes to the judicial review process will reduce the accountability of government to the...
View ArticleParents of disabled child win fight against UK hotel quarantine
Family can return home to finish self-isolating after seven days in hotel following return from ‘red list’ countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA severely disabled child...
View ArticleBritish academic sues UAE officials over torture claims while in detention
Matthew Hedges, jailed for life and pardoned on spying charges, says there has been ‘total lack of redress’ Matthew Hedges, the British academic convicted on spying charges by the United Arab Emirates...
View ArticleBereaved families angry at reports of UK plan to ban Troubles-era prosecutions
Proposals to stop paramilitaries and soldiers from facing charges over incidents before Good Friday peace dealBereaved relatives and politicians on both sides of the Irish border have reacted angrily...
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