Vaccines are key to China’s zero-Covid exit but scepticism poses challenge | China
China’s government looks to be starting to roll back its zero-Covid policy. But after three years of saying the resource-intensive, economically damaging elimination strategy is the only way to go,…
Plymouth campaigners bid to save 130 trees facing chop by council | Plymouth
Campaigners are working to save more than 130 mature trees from being chopped down by Plymouth city council. Alison White, who is running the campaign to save the trees from…
Sajid Javid says he will not stand again as MP at next election | Sajid Javid
The Conservative former health secretary Sajid Javid has said he will not stand again as an MP at the next general election. In a tweet announcing his decision, he said:…
London council rejects new Chinese embassy amid residents’ safety fears | London
London councillors have rejected plans for a new Chinese embassy, which would have been the largest diplomatic base in the UK, after local residents and advocacy groups raised safety concerns.…
Labour majority in City of Chester seat soars to over 10,000 in byelection victory – UK politics live | Politics
Labour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, has said she does not think she is more popular than Keir Starmer. Asked if it is true Labour is struggling with the popularity of…
Seasonal worker visa puts migrants at risk of exploitation, say supermarkets | Supermarkets
Britain’s hastily designed seasonal worker visa is causing a headache for supermarkets, which are concerned its structure is incompatible with their public pledges on preventing human rights abuses and debt…
Five British nationalisations – and what happened next | Water
Many are calling for change in England’s private water sector. But what should replace it? Is the answer the state buying back the water companies? Or would that simply land…
Navigating the NHS: How patients are affected by delays | NHS
Patients are facing increased delays at almost every stage of their NHS treatment, as the health system struggles to find the resources to deal with demand. The latest data shows…
Kanye West suspended from Twitter after posting swastika inside Star of David | Kanye West
Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has been suspended from Twitter after he tweeted an image of a swastika blended with a star of David, less than two…
Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh to explore societal prejudices by playing Richard III | Adjoa Andoh
Was Richard III inherently evil? Or was he othered, excluded and pathologised because of societal prejudices? What happens when the person who has been punched down, punches up? These are…