Pioneering leader receives Powerlist award, with other names listed including Michaela Coel and Stormzy Dame Sharon White, the first ever female chair of John Lewis Partnership, has been named the UK’s most influential black person. White topped the 2023 Powerlist, an annual list that aims to provide professional role models for young people of African and African Caribbean heritage. Other prominent black Britons on this year’s list include the actor, writer and creator of I

Draft deal includes targets and staff bonuses for tackling the number of asylum seekers in the UK Rishi Sunak is aiming to reach an agreement with France to address the unprecedented number of Channel crossings by asylum seekers which could include new targets and bonuses, according to reports. Ministers and officials are expected to review a draft deal that was previously close to being signed with France, which encompasses targets for how many boats are

British Transport Police are hunting a man who assaulted one man at a tube station and then pushed another on to the tracks at a different stop British Transport Police are hunting a suspect who assaulted one man at a tube station and then pushed another onto the tracks at a different stop. At 11.50am on Thursday, the first victim was assaulted by the man at Baker Street station. Continue reading… ​British Transport Police are

Royal College of Midwives will soon ballot English and Welsh members after below-inflation offer is rejected in Scotland Midwives in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over what they described as an “insulting” pay offer. More than 88% of midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) in Scotland, who are part of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), voted to strike in a turnout of 61% of eligible voters. Continue reading… ​Royal College

One minister resigned to vote against making it easier for transgender people in Scotland to change their legal sex The Scottish National party suffered its largest backbench revolt in its 15 years in power over the vote on its bill making it easier for transgender people to change their legal sex, with one minister resigning in order to vote against the plans. The community safety minister, Ash Regan, quit, prompting Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister,

Group’s earliest primogenitor was probably a diminutive creature with a long snout, researchers suggest The last common ancestor of today’s placental mammals – a group that includes humans, whales and armadillos – was probably a shrew-like creature with a long snout, researchers have revealed. The forerunners of mammals are believed to have split from what eventually became reptiles around 320m years ago, but it was not until some time between 70 and 80m years ago