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In the graveyard slot is Wes Streeting, giving it his best shot with a greatest hits compilation to a half-empty hall• UK politics live – latest updatesEver get the feeling you’ve woken up to the zombie apocalypse? When you left the conference on Tuesday afternoon, the place was buzzing. Delegates talking about Keir Starmer’s speech. Trying to get on the guest list to the hottest parties that night.Then on Wednesday morning, you find that half the conference has disappeared. Just vanished. And those that remain appear to be wandering round in circles. Hungover, trying to work out what’s going on.

Figures give EU diplomats more hope of reaching a post-Brexit deal to allow young holiday workers into UK Just 23,000 people came to the UK last year to work as part of the British youth mobility scheme, a fraction of the overall net migration and one that may allay fears in the Labour government as it comes under pressure to let in young EU holiday workers.Most of the people on the youth mobility scheme (YMS) visa programme in 2023 were from Australia, with 9,900 workers, and New Zealand, with 5,300. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/25/23000-people-came-uk-youth-mobility-visas-brexit-deal Author : Lisa O'Carroll

Former Tory minister to take reins at magazine bought recently by Paul Marshall, with Charles Moore as chairThe former cabinet minister Michael Gove has been named as the new editor of the Spectator magazine, weeks after the GB News backer Sir Paul Marshall completed a £100m takeover of the politically right-leaning magazine.Gove, who will take over from Fraser Nelson on 4 October, will be joined by the former Daily Telegraph and Spectator editor Charles Moore who has been named as chair. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/25/michael-gove-named-as-spectator-editor-after-gb-news-backers-takeover Author : Mark Sweney Publish date : 2024-09-25 13:20:09 Copyright for syndicated content

Prosecutors say Moroccan suspect had previously been convicted of rape and ordered to leave FranceFrance’s new rightwing interior minister has said there will be consequences after a Moroccan man suspected of murdering a 19-year-old university student and leaving her body in a forest was arrested in Switzerland.A source close to the case said the alleged attacker was a 22-year-old man of Moroccan nationality. Prosecutors have said the suspect had been previously convicted of rape and had been the subject of an order to leave France. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/french-minister-vows-to-change-immigration-rules-after-student-murder Author : Agence France-Presse in Paris Publish date :

The Guardian has scrutinised data that provides insights into the lives of those accused of taking part in the unrest. The findings provide the first comprehensive picture of the alleged rioters – and challenge some of the assumptions made about themWhen the news broke of stabbings at a children’s dance class in Southport this summer, a palpable sense of grief, horror and anger rippled across the country.From the collective anguish brought on by the incident in which three young girls died, variations on the same question emerged: “Who would do such a thing?” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/25/local-left-behind-prey-to-populist-politics-data-2024-uk-rioters Author

Group to trial technology that can detect shoplifting and attacks on staff after losses from crime rose by almost 20% to £40m in six monthsBusiness live – latest updatesThe Co-op grocery chain has revealed its losses from crime rose by almost 20% to £40m in the first half of the year, and it is now deploying artificial intelligence to identify offenders with concealed weapons and stolen items.The member-owned mutual, which returned to profit despite the growing toll of shoplifting, has spent £18m so far this year on measures to protect staff in its food business, including rolling out body-worn cameras

Nitazenes, synthetic opioids, could create latest drug crisis as scientists rush to find how to detect them in drug supplyA new class of potentially deadly synthetic opioids is suddenly appearing around the globe, including in the US, and scientists are rushing to figure out how to detect it in the drug supply.Within the last month, nitazenes were implicated in four overdose deaths in Manchester, England; they were detected in over 2,500 counterfeit oxycodone pills in Hamilton, Canada; and they were found for the first time in the Netherlands. The US Drug Enforcement Administration has warned about their appearance in Washington

London man bailed after Robyn Eve Maines, 24, fell from balcony of hotel near San AntonioA man from London has been arrested in connection with the death of a Wirral woman two years ago, who fell from a hotel balcony in Ibiza.Robyn Eve Maines, 24, from Wallasey, in Wirral, was found dead at about 8.30am on 25 September 2022. She is thought to have fallen from a balcony at the Hotel Rosamar in Calle Huelva, close to the resort of San Antonio. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/25/merseyside-police-arrest-man-over-death-of-woman-in-ibiza-two-years-ago Author : Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent Publish date : 2024-09-25

Fire crews battle large blaze in Woolloongabba as smoke blankets CBDGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries as fire crews battle an out-of-control building blaze in Brisbane.Emergency crews were called to the Hubert Street property in Woolloongabba about 4.30pm on Wednesday following reports of a building in flames, with smoke blanketing the entire CBD. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/25/fire-tears-through-brisbane-building-as-man-rushed-to-hospital-with-criticalg-injuries Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-09-25 09:42:21 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

An influencer on the run crashes a community of naturalists, in one of five new Australian plays premiering at the theatre in 2025Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailBoomer naturists will face off with a gen Z influencer in an all-nude comedy at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company next year, one of five new Australian plays premiering in its 2025 season.Naturism, by Sydney playwright Ang Collins, is a comedy about a gen Z eco-influencer (played by Camila Ponte Alvarez) on the run who crashes a remote, off-grid bush eco-paradise created by a group of nudist baby boomers. The entire cast will

Labour leader says there should be more support to help people back into jobs, vowing to do ‘everything we can to tackle worklessness’UK politics live – latest updatesPeople who have been on long-term sickness leave and claiming benefits will need get back into the workplace “where they can”, Keir Starmer has said.The prime minister said he wants more schemes across the country that support people back into work from long-term sickness because he believes in the “basic proposition that you should look for work”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/25/long-term-sick-need-to-get-back-to-work-where-they-can-says-starmer Author : Aletha Adu Political correspondent Publish date : 2024-09-25

Labour party delegates expected to condemn decision to means-test winter fuel payments as prime minister says Conservatives should apologiseKeir Starmer has said that he wants long-term benefit claimants to have to look for work if they can.In an interview with the Today programme, he said:I think the basic proposition that you should look for work is right.Obviously there will be hard cases, but the way I would do it is to say yes, that’s the basic proposition, but we also want to support that so that more people can get into work.Quite often I think what lies behind this is

Orthopaedic surgeon Elie Khoury performed the operations which have a usual mortality risk from 0.1% to 0.8%Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree per cent of an orthopaedic surgeon’s patients who underwent bilateral knee replacement surgery at Albury Wodonga private hospital died, a NSW coroner has heard.Kenneth Toll, 62, died on 20 July 2019 three days after undergoing the elective surgery at the hospital. The inquest, which began on Monday, is examining the medical care and treatment provided to Toll in the lead up to his death.Sign up

PM hopes to meet both candidates on US trip but attempt to see Trump undermined by Home Office minister saying he had emboldened racists in UKKeir Starmer has said he wants to meet Kamala Harris and Donald Trump before the US election, as he declined to back one of his ministers who said the Republican candidate had contributed to racist rhetoric in the UK.The prime minister said he was hoping to find time with both candidates as he travelled to New York for the United Nations general assembly – his third trip to the US since taking office. Continue reading...

Researchers develop grain with lower glycaemic index and more protein that ‘could have big impact in Asia and Africa’Scientists in the Philippines have created a new variety of rice that could help reduce the growing burden of diabetes.More than 537 million adults worldwide are living with the chronic disease – a number that is expected to grow to 783 million by 2045. Being overweight, genetics and a lack of exercise contribute to type 2 diabetes, which is the most common form. Type 2 occurs when the pancreas fails to produce enough of the insulin hormone, leaving too much glucose in

Lebanese foreign minister says US ‘only country that can really make a difference in the Middle East’; Israel says fighter jets hit Hezbollah targetsFull report: New Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon as Hezbollah confirms death of senior commanderLebanon’s foreign minister has suggested the US is the only country that can end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and expressed disappointment in President Joe Biden’s response so far. In remarks reported by Agence France Presse, Abdallah Bou Habib, said of Biden’s speech to the UN on Tuesday:It was not strong, it is not promising, and it would not solve the Lebanese

Bureau of Meteorology issues warning over an 8.2 magnitude earthquake off New Zealand before cancelling it moments laterA brief panic gripped parts of eastern Australia on Wednesday after the national weather bureau sent a tsunami warning to thousands of residents.Residents along the New South Wales and Queensland coast received the Bureau of Meteorology warning, sent shortly after 11.30am, reading: “tsunami warning” and giving the location of the user. App users were informed that a tsunami was approaching, caused by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake off the west coast of New Zealand. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/sep/25/bom-tsunami-warning-australia-test-nsw-qld Author : Daisy Dumas

Former Victorian premier described the Liberal MPs as ‘disloyal, and perhaps even treacherous’, federal court trial hearsVictoria’s opposition leader, John Pesutto, revealed the names of some Liberal MPs who had provided evidence in the defamation case brought against him to Jeff Kennett , with the former Liberal premier subsequently declaring they would be “dealt with”, the federal court has heard.The revelation came as Pesutto faced a second day of cross-examination in a defamation case brought by ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming, who is suing the state Liberal leader for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser after she spoke

Exclusive: Education secretary to launch callout for empty classrooms to be converted as part of free childcare planThree hundred new state nurseries will open in England’s schools by next September, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has promised, as the government hurries to find places before the introduction of free childcare.Phillipson’s department is under extraordinary pressure before next September, when 30 hours of free childcare begins for eligible parents of children from the age of nine months. Labour has said it would fulfil the promise by the previous government, despite warnings about the demands on staff and nursery places. Continue reading...

Lawyers for victims say they will appeal against $1.8bn settlement, alleging officials ‘knew robodebt was unlawful but went ahead with it anyway’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLawyers of the victims of the robodebt scandal will appeal the $1.8bn settlement with the commonwealth on the basis of “damning new evidence” and claims senior public servants who administered the scheme engaged in “misfeasance in public office”.Gordon Legal announced the move on Tuesday, explaining that it will allege that officials “knew that robodebt was unlawful, but went ahead

States including NSW and Victoria are holding out for funding increase greater than Tasmania has accepted in federal schools dealFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPressure is mounting on some of Australia’s biggest states after Tasmania became the third jurisdiction to agree to the commonwealth’s school funding deal.A third jurisdiction has signed on to a public school funding boost, adding pressure to New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia, which are holding out for a better deal. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/25/tasmania-public-state-schools-fully-funded-by-2029 Author :

Narrative that transition has stalled ‘demonstrably not true’, researcher says, but investment and construction must accelerateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLarge-scale renewable energy investment and construction in Australia is rebounding this year after a slump, but will need to accelerate to reach the pace needed to meet the Albanese government’s goal for 2030.The country could add more than 7 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity this year, up from 5.3 GW last year, according to data released by the Clean Energy Regulator. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/25/renewables-rebound-after-slump-but-must-speed-up-to-hit-labors-2030-energy-goals

Anthony Albanese declares public service is ‘looking at policy ideas’ as report raises prospect Labor is investigating shift on housing tax concessionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has repeatedly declined to confirm or deny whether the federal government is considering changes to negative gearing, but conceded that public servants “do a range of proposals” on potential ideas.The Nine newspapers reported on Wednesday that the government had asked Treasury to model potential changes to negative gearing concessions. The government has come under pressure from the Greens and

The narrow-nosed spookfish is also found in Australian waters and is distinctive for its elongated snout and whip-like tailA new species of ghost shark, with an unusually long nose and a whip-like tail, has been discovered in the inky depths of New Zealand waters.Scientists at New Zealand’s National Institute for Water and Atmospherics (Niwa) initially believed the creature was part of an existing species found around the world, but further investigation revealed it was new, genetically distinct, species. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/ghost-shark-new-species-spookfish-discovered-new-zealand Author : Eva Corlett in Wellington Publish date : 2024-09-25 00:40:54 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Police have asked the public not to help in latest search for Ballarat woman allegedly murdered after she disappeared in FebruaryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMultiple branches of Australian police are undertaking a targeted search for the body of missing woman Samantha Murphy who disappeared more than seven months ago.The 51-year-old Ballarat mother was last seen leaving her home on Eureka Street to go for a run in the Canadian state forest on the morning of 4 February. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/25/samantha-murphy-search-ballarat-woman-victoria-nsw-police-afp-ntwnfb Author