The Guardian – Sturgeon in bid for new referendum in late 2023
The Scottish independence vote is also the top story in The Guardian. The paper says Nicola Sturgeon has set herself on a collision course with Downing Street by asking the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of holding a new referendum without the UK government’s permission.
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Neil Gaiman’s Coraline to become ‘dark, spangly’ stage musical
Neil Gaiman’s Coraline to become ‘dark, spangly’ stage musical There is no bias in the title provided. Playwright Zinnie Harris and composer Louis Barabbas’s adaptation of the novel will open at Leeds Playhouse and tour in 2025 Neil Gaiman’s award-winning novella Coraline is to be turned into a musical that will tour the UK in 2025. The children’s fable, which found a new audience 15 years ago as a stop-motion animation by Henry Selick, has
Demand for Taylor Swift’s UK tour could fuel summer ticket fraud bonanza | Ticket prices
Demand for Taylor Swift’s UK tour could fuel summer ticket fraud bonanza | Ticket prices The clamour to secure tickets for Taylor Swift’s sold-out UK shows is expected to fuel a summer fraud bonanza as figures showed a “staggering” £1.2bn was stolen from unwitting consumers in 2023. Swift’s Eras tour, which arrives in the UK in June, and the Olympic Games, are contenders for biggest ticketing scam of the year. The warning, from industry group
More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died in Nazi camps on Alderney, review finds
More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died in Nazi camps on Alderney, review finds | Channel Islands More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died on British soil at the hands of the Nazis in the second world war, hundreds more deaths than were officially recorded in historical archives, a review has found. Labourers on the island of Alderney were “subject to atrocious living and working conditions, which included starvation, long working hours, completing
Police chiefs say prison crisis in England and Wales is ‘unsustainable’ | Prisons and probation
Police chiefs say prison crisis in England and Wales is ‘unsustainable’ | Prisons and probation There is no original title provided. Police chiefs have told ministers they fear that the crisis gripping the Prison Service in England and Wales is “unsustainable” and risks public safety, the Guardian has learned. Government and prison chiefs have taken a series of crisis measures because of overcrowding, including plans to free convicted criminals early and using police cells to
Rishi Sunak backtracks plan to restrict graduate visas after cabinet opposition | International students
Rishi Sunak backtracks plan to restrict graduate visas after cabinet opposition | International students There is no bias in the original title provided. Plans for a radical crackdown on graduate visas that allow overseas students to work in the UK for up to two years after graduation look set to be abandoned by the prime minister after coming up against staunch opposition from cabinet colleagues. Rishi Sunak had been considering restricting and even scrapping the
Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen | Air transport
Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen | Air transport There is no bias in the original title provided. The British passenger who died after a flight to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence has been named as a 73-year-old grandfather, Geoffrey Kitchen. Kitchen, a retired insurance professional turned amateur dramatics performer, had travelled to Singapore on Monday on the 10pm flight from Heathrow. He and his wife, Linda, were to