BBC diversity training scheme with new group is Stonewall ‘in all but name’

Involve UK said it aims to “truly shift the dial when it comes to creating an inclusive and diverse business”. One of its main functions is a…

Isle of Man seeks young professionals with ‘Shoreditch’ makeover

Walls in Douglas and Port St Mary have been daubed with brightly coloured murals, shelters on the promenade in Ramsey have been newly decorated, and the town’s…

Double child murderer Pitchfork case proves Parole Board needs reform, says former justice secretary

Although we had already carried out some reforms to the system, such as a new power for the Justice Secretary to ask the Board to reconsider cases,…

Pictured: Teenage ballerina dances on one of world’s first custom-made ‘en pointe’ prosthetic legs

The reaction was “amazing” and the family received many suggestions of people who might be able to help. Pollyanna has been learning ballet since the age of…

Covid vaccines could be offered to children as young as five next spring

Any rollout of the jab to five to 11-year-olds would be done through the schools vaccination programme, with parents contacted to request their consent, as they currently…

Migrants use tattoos of Jesus and crucifixes to aid asylum claims

Asylum seekers are getting tattoos of crucifixes and Jesus to “prove” they have converted to Christianity and cannot be returned to the Middle East, the Sunday Telegraph…

Pictured: Teenage ballerina dances on one of world’s first custom-made ‘en pointe’ prosthetic leg

Pollyanna, who was two when she lost her leg in a bus crash, said: “It was the first time I’ve danced on stage on it and it…

Thames Water fined £4m for sewage discharge that killed 3,000 fish

Thames Water has been fined £4 million after it allowed raw sewage to leak into two Oxford streams for more than 30 hours. Up to 3,000 fish…

Jailed Insulate Britain activists to pay half of National Highways’ ‘excessive’ legal fees

The judge, sitting with Mr Justice Chamberlain, said there was no alternative to custodial sentences given that the group’s actions were so serious and they had made…

Liverpool bomber may have used hospital dash as cover to reach Remembrance service in time

The hospital provides a good excuse for someone needing a taxi in a rush. Whitehall sources said Swealmeen had not booked his cab the night before the…

NHS trust fined record £2.5m over patient deaths

An NHS trust has been fined more than £2.5 million over safety failings that lead to the deaths of two patients, the highest fine handed to a…

V&A museum accused of displaying fake Fabergé egg in new exhibition

Behind the row lies a fierce rivalry between two Russian tycoons – each of whom has founded their own museum dedicated to the craft of jeweller Carl…

Alleged Ghislaine Maxwell victim ‘set up Tom Parker Bowles in newspaper cocaine sting’

Mr Parker Bowles, who was 24 at the time, was caught in the newspaper sting offering to supply cocaine to “a society girl”. The woman is one…

BBC news presenter carousel spins again, with Emma Barnett tipped to replace departing Andrew Marr

Marr, 62, is leaving his £340,000 BBC job to join Global radio, where he will present an “opinion-led” show on LBC and another programme on Classic FM….

Double child killer Colin Pitchfork recalled to prison two months after release

The Probation Service stepped in “so that it doesn’t escalate into anything more serious and public protection is not compromised,” the source said. They added: “He is…

Lobsters are sentient, Government concludes, as calls grow for ban on live boiling

Lobsters, crabs and octopuses are sentient, ministers have decided, in a move that could pave the way for a ban on live boiling. George Eustice, the Environment…

‘Without France the EU is dead’: Eric Zemmour wants to smash Emmanuel Macron – and Brussels too

“The numbers are awful,” he says, about migration – both legal and clandestine. Addressing it would be his number one priority, he insists. First, he says, by…

Vienna braces for violence as Austria becomes first European country to make Covid jabs mandatory

Austria has become the first country in Europe to make coronavirus vaccinations compulsory under new laws announced on Friday. It prompted fears that a 10,000-strong march in…

Priti Patel plans Greek-style clampdown on migrants

It comes in the wake of the attempted bombing in Liverpool by a failed asylum seeker who was still in the UK seven years after his application…