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Stephen Port laptop not inspected until he had killed three times, inquest told
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The serial killer Stephen Port’s laptop was not submitted for forensic examination by police until 10 months after the death of his first victim, by which time he had killed two others, 'n geregtelike doodsondersoek het gehoor. The devic...
Die 'ondermynende' advertensieborde van Comedian val die klimaatbeleid van Australië aan wat op die Times Square in New York verskyn
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Times Square se grootste advertensiebord sal hierdie week vertoon word vir 10 minute "ondermynende" satiriese boodskappe wat Australië kritiseer vir sy onbedoeldheid teenoor die klimaatkrisis. Die veldtog is die idee van die Australiese vervaardiger..
Tory conference roundup: taxing times and too much talk
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“I think you should be called Alok Charmer,” said Stanley Johnson as he interviewed the Cop26 president. It was only downhill from there at one of the more bizarre events at conference, as Johnson kept returning to th...
Yard Act review – spiky chroniclers of sour times
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“It’s a never-ending cycle of abuse!” snarls Yard Act frontman James Smith at his bass player, eking out a funk rhythm. “I got the blues and I can’t shake them loose!” The song is Dark Days – a sinuous banger in which...
Media startup Ozy shuts down after New York Times report raises concerns
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Ozy, a digital media startup, is shutting down less than a week after a New York Times column raised questions about the organization’s claims of millions of viewers and readers, while also pointing out a potential ca...
‘So different’: how the millennials of 28 Up are coping with changing times
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It was a groundbreaking documentary series that became a TV institution as it followed the lives of 14 Britons of vastly different backgrounds from the age of seven through nearly six decades. Made at seven-year inter...
Pollution on some new UK trains ‘13 times one of London’s busiest roads’
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The amount of diesel pollution on some new trains is 13 times higher than on one of central London’s busiest roads, researchers found. Passengers travelling on board a Great Western Railway carriage running from Londo...
‘Cake’ mentioned 10 times more than ‘climate change’ on UK TV – report
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“Cake” was mentioned 10 times more often on UK television shows than “climate change” in 2020, data has revealed. The research showed “banana bread” was a more frequently heard term than “wind power” and “solar power”...
The Afghan view of 9/11: ‘This is the day the bad times started’
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In Afghanistan 9/11 is remembered as a trigger for decades of war which this year have come full, grim circle. The Taliban who controlled the country and sheltered Osama bin Laden at the time of the attacks are once m...
'Nie eers beskeie goeie beheer nie': Fauci sê Amerikaanse gevalle van Covid -19 16 keer te hoog om pandemie te beëindig
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Die VSA het veels te veel gevalle van die koronavirus om 'n einde te maak aan die pandemie, Dr Anthony Fauci, direkteur van die National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, het Axios gesê in 'n onderhoud wat Donderdag gepubliseer is..
Wout van Aert times run to perfection to claim Tour of Britain’s opening stage
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Bodmin, Paris and Tokyo have shared at least one experience this summer: the Wout van Aert juggernaut has rolled into town and made a lasting impression. Six weeks after taking the Olympic silver medal in the Olympic ...
Labour councils house eight times as many asylum seekers as Tory areas, ontleding bevind
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There are eight times as many refugees and asylum seekers living in Labour-run parts of Britain as in Conservative areas, analysis by the Guardian has shown, amid growing pressure on ministers to fix the “completely i...
Nieu-Seeland: Covid-positive escapee had tried to flee hotel quarantine three times, officials say
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A man who tested positive for Covid-19 before absconding from a quarantine facility in Auckland on Thursday had attempted to escape three times before he was successful, health officials report. New Zealand police arr...
What You Can See from Here by Mariana Leky review – a tonic in troubled times
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The okapi lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, its glossy brown body sloping up from zebra-striped legs. It’s an unlikely presence in western Germany, but that’s not why Selma is unsettled when she sees one, cal...
American CEOs make 351 times more than workers. In 1965 it was 15 to one
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Verlede week, the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan thinktank, released a report on the increasing pay gap between chief executives and workers. This research tells a familiar story with updated figures. When taki...
NHS doctors know too well how waiting times damage all aspects of patient care
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It’s embarrassing to tell a patient being discharged from hospital that they can’t be seen for months. Or assure them that you will check with the clinic booking team, when you know there is no capacity. It’s demorali...