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- Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay makes history by winning Ghent-Wevelgem classic
- Stars in Brazil voice fury as judge orders festival to ban ‘political demonstrations’
- Shanghai to lock down millions for mass testing as China’s Covid cases surge
- Australia news live updates: man dies in flood waters in south-east Queensland; three Covid deaths recorded
- ‘False hope’: refugee charity attacks UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme
- ‘Terror’ attack in Israel leaves two police and two gunmen dead
- Taliban reversal on girls’ education derails US plan for diplomatic recognition
- Investors call for Sainsbury’s to pay workers ‘real living wage’
- Concern over low take-up of booster jabs by immunocompromised adults
- Childhoods have got worse in Britain, survey reveals
- Inquiry investigates deaths of 1,500 NHS mental health patients in Essex
- Councils allowed to set up academy trusts in shake-up of schools system
- Government agrees to review of how Cressida Dick was ousted as Met chief
- Republican won’t say whether Capitol attack panel will question Ginni Thomas
- Former Catholic bishop admits covering up sexual abuse allegations
| Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay makes history by winning Ghent-Wevelgem classic Posted: 27 Mar 2022 10:26 AM PDT • 21-year-old takes victory in Belgian classic race • Girmay becomes first Eritrean to win Word Tour race Biniam Girmay became the first rider from Eritrea to win a cycling World Tour (elite) race when he prevailed in the Ghent-Wevelgem classic on Sunday. The Intermarche-Wanty Gobert rider beat France's Christophe Laporte (Jumbo Visma) and Belgian Dries Van Gestel (TotalEnergies) after he and three other riders attacked 24 kilometres from the finish. The 21-year-old Girmay mastered the cobbles along the 248.8-km course in Belgium and had just enough left for a perfect sprint finish. Continue reading... |
| Stars in Brazil voice fury as judge orders festival to ban ‘political demonstrations’ Posted: 27 Mar 2022 11:25 AM PDT Electoral judge outlaws leftist 'propaganda' at Lollapalooza, months before October election Artists and celebrities in Brazil have voiced outrage after an electoral judge ordered one of the country's biggest music festivals to outlaw "political demonstrations" by performers after a legal challenge from President Jair Bolsonaro's political party. Lawyers representing Bolsonaro's Liberal party made their petition to the supreme electoral court on Saturday after Brazil's far-right leader was pilloried at this weekend's Lollapalooza event by pop stars and rappers, including the British singer Marina. Continue reading... |
| Shanghai to lock down millions for mass testing as China’s Covid cases surge Posted: 27 Mar 2022 04:44 PM PDT China will shut down its largest city in two stages as it sticks to a 'zero-Covid' strategy amid growing outbreaks of the virus Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads since the early days of the pandemic, the city government said. China's biggest city will lock down its eastern half from Monday until Friday, officials said, followed by a similar lockdown of its western side beginning on 1 April. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 Mar 2022 05:01 PM PDT Man dies in flood waters at Kingsthorpe; Scott Morrison gives press conference in western Sydney; between 2,000 to 4,000 people remain homeless in Lismore; warning for more heavy rainfall and potentially life-threatening flash floods from Noosa down to northern NSW; NSW reports 16,199 new Covid cases and three deaths; Victoria records 8,739 new cases. Follow all the day's news
I love this series. It's called Sorted and it's a subjective, entirely arbitrary and fascinating ranking of things by Guardian Australia contributors. Check this out from Charmaine Manuel: If you're in Victoria, there are planned Extinction Rebellion blockades today. XR says "the times and locations are secret", but this morning they are targeting the Exxon Mobil depot in Yarraville. We are aiming to cause sustained disruption. Continue reading... |
| ‘False hope’: refugee charity attacks UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme Posted: 27 Mar 2022 11:05 AM PDT Positive Action in Housing says visas not being granted and refugees seeking sponsors are putting themselves in danger A charity that is helping Ukrainian refugees trying to come to the UK has said no visas have been granted to those it is supporting, nearly a fortnight after a government scheme was launched. The head of Positive Action in Housing, Robina Qureshi, said the government's Homes for Ukraine scheme had given people "false hope" and amounted to a "gimmick". Continue reading... |
| ‘Terror’ attack in Israel leaves two police and two gunmen dead Posted: 27 Mar 2022 03:23 PM PDT Four more hospitalised in attack blamed on Islamic State operatives as Israel hosts envoys from four Arab states Two Israeli police have been killed in a "terrorist" attack in the northern city of Hadera before officers shot the assailants dead, police and medics have said. Sunday's deadly attack comes as four Arab foreign ministers and the US secretary of state are gathering in southern Israel in an unprecedented regional meeting. Continue reading... |
| Taliban reversal on girls’ education derails US plan for diplomatic recognition Posted: 27 Mar 2022 12:44 PM PDT Joint event had been planned ahead of Doha Forum that would have set process in motion to grant group diplomatic recognition The US was poised to set the Taliban on the path to diplomatic recognition before the plan was derailed by the Afghan rulers' sudden U-turn on a promise to allow girls' education, the Guardian understands. The group prompted international outrage and confusion on Wednesday when it reneged on a deal to allow teenage girls to go to secondary school, just a week after the education ministry announced that schools would open for all students. Continue reading... |
| Investors call for Sainsbury’s to pay workers ‘real living wage’ Posted: 27 Mar 2022 04:01 PM PDT Campaign launched to make company first supermarket group to pay milestone figure of £9.90 an hour Major investors have launched a campaign calling for Sainsbury's to help tackle the cost of living crisis by becoming the first supermarket group to pay all its workers the "real living wage" of £9.90 an hour. Legal & General Investment Management, Nest (National Employment Savings Trust), which is Britain's largest workplace pension scheme, and several MPs have formed a coalition to push for the change after reports that increasing numbers of supermarket workers are having to turn to food banks to feed themselves and their families. Continue reading... |
| Concern over low take-up of booster jabs by immunocompromised adults Posted: 27 Mar 2022 04:01 PM PDT Only 46% of adults in England eligible have had a fourth shot, with take-up varying by ethnicity Less than half of the severely immunosuppressed adults in England have had their Covid booster, and levels of uptake differ dramatically across ethnicities, data shows. Everyone over the age of 12 in the UK can have two doses of a Covid jab, and those aged 16 and over and some children aged 12 to 15 can have a third jab, known as a booster. A second booster programme began this month in England, Scotland and Wales for people aged 75 and over, older people living in care homes, and anyone aged 12 and over who has a weakened immune system. Northern Ireland's campaign is to get under way shortly. Continue reading... |
| Childhoods have got worse in Britain, survey reveals Posted: 27 Mar 2022 04:01 PM PDT Charity says children's futures blighted by Covid, mental health issues and financial hardship Childhoods have got worse in the UK, with the majority of adults believing children's futures have been blighted by the Covid pandemic, declining levels of mental health and financial hardship, a survey has found. More than half of parents and nearly two-thirds of grandparents believe life is more difficult and stressful now than when they were children, citing money issues, house prices, the climate crisis and emotional anxiety linked to school and social media, according to the charity Action for Children. Continue reading... |
| Inquiry investigates deaths of 1,500 NHS mental health patients in Essex Posted: 27 Mar 2022 04:01 PM PDT People died in 'unexpected, unexplained or self-inflicted' circumstances from 2000 to 2020 The first inquiry of its kind held in England is investigating the deaths of 1,500 people who died while being cared for as patients of NHS mental health services in Essex. They died in circumstances that were "unexpected, unexplained or self-inflicted" between 2000 and 2020 and while they were receiving treatment from NHS mental health trusts that for years had faced persistent complaints of providing poor care. Serious concerns about patients' physical, mental and sexual safety while on a ward, including claims of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Big differences in the quality of care patients received, "both in staff attitudes and in the use of effective treatments". Patients and their families being given too little information about their treatment, likely length of stay and chances of recovery. Continue reading... |
| Councils allowed to set up academy trusts in shake-up of schools system Posted: 27 Mar 2022 04:01 PM PDT White paper could pave way for independent regulator, while 'parent pledge' dismissed as gimmick Plans to redraw England's schools system will allow councils to establish their own academy trusts and give schools the opportunity to leave failing ones. The policies are set out in a schools white paper to be published on Monday and include a "parent pledge" for families to request additional support for their children, which has been dismissed as a "gimmick" by school leaders. Continue reading... |
| Government agrees to review of how Cressida Dick was ousted as Met chief Posted: 27 Mar 2022 11:51 AM PDT Review may look at communications between police and City Hall after clash with Sadiq Khan but will not 'change any outcomes' Cressida Dick has won a victory after the government agreed to a review of how she came to leave office after a clash with the London mayor, Sadiq Khan. The Home Office is expected to announce it will ask Sir Tom Winsor to examine how Dick came to be ousted as commissioner of the Metropolitan police last month, a government source confirmed. Continue reading... |
| Republican won’t say whether Capitol attack panel will question Ginni Thomas Posted: 27 Mar 2022 01:53 PM PDT Adam Kinzinger vows to 'get to the bottom' of insurrection after Clarence Thomas's wife reportedly urged White House to overturn Trump's election defeat Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republican members on January 6 committee, on Sunday vowed to "get to the bottom" of events surrounding the 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol but refused to reveal whether the panel intends to question Ginni Thomas – wife of US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas – over reports of her urging the White House to overturn Donald Trump's election defeat. Senior Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar said Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from relevant cases and warned the integrity of the supreme court is at stake. Continue reading... |
| Former Catholic bishop admits covering up sexual abuse allegations Posted: 27 Mar 2022 11:05 AM PDT Howard Hubbard made admission during a deposition last year as part of a response to dozens of claims filed in New York The former bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Albany, New York, has acknowledged covering up allegations of sexual abuse against children by priests in part to avoid scandal and protect the reputation of the diocese. Howard Hubbard made the admission during a deposition taken last year as part of a response to dozens of claims filed under New York state's Child Victims Act. A judge ordered the deposition released on Friday. Continue reading... |
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