Author: David Pike

Ministers accused of ‘rookie errors’ over early release scheme as freed prisoner allegedly commits assault Shadow home secretary James Cleverly has led concerns over the government’s early release scheme after a prisoner was accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the same day he was freed. Around 1,750 inmates were released early from jails in England and Wales on Tuesday to alleviate the overcrowding crisis which is overwhelming prisons. But following the move, it emerged a prisoner was accused of assaulting a…

Sunday’s front pages feature a wide variety of leads with only a handful of papers covering the same stories. Several newspapers carry pictures of the Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden being hoisted on her fellow dancers’ shoulders in celebration of her return to the show after battling cancer.

Airport parking: £100 fines in Bristol ‘could be unenforceable’ Eagle-eyed reader and consumer solicitor say local bylaws are key to question of enforcement. Are private fines sent by Bristol airport contractor to motorists who pick up passengers outside its designated, paid-for, drop-off and pick up zone unenforceable? It looks as though they may be, if an eagle-eyed Guardian reader and a leading consumer solicitor are correctly interpreting the bylaws that govern the airport. Continue reading……

‘Straight to YouTube’: fringe talks won’t be streamed live from Tory conference Low interest is challenging organisers, with business day tickets still not sold, speakers reluctant to engage and attendees dialling back their time. The experience of losing power is a brutal business. The ministerial cars disappear, the armies of advisers disperse and the utterances of newly former ministers cease to dominate the airwaves. Now the Conservative party is suffering from another symptom of its…

Man, 18, charged with murders of a woman and two teenagers in Luton Nicholas Prosper is suspect in the deaths of three people believed to be Juliana Prosper, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13. An 18-year-old has been charged with the murders of a woman and two teenagers who were found dead at a flat in Luton on Friday, Bedfordshire police have said. Nicholas Prosper, of Leabank, Luton was arrested on Friday morning…

Joe Biden dismisses Russian threats during meeting with Keir Starmer US and UK leaders’ talks dominated by row with Russia over the use of Storm Shadow missilesJoe Biden dismissed sabre-rattling threats made by Vladimir Putin as the US president met with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, at the White House on Friday. Biden said he did not accept that Ukraine using Western-made Storm Shadow missiles to bomb targets in Russia would amount to NATO…

Man with dementia missing for nearly a week, he was last seen near Wembley Stadium

‘I’m not sure what to trust’: a student navigates the news in the age of social media With more people getting their news online than on TV, Ben Herd, 20, records his experience of following current affairs. An Ofcom report this week marked a tipping point: more people now get their news online than on TV. The Guardian asked Ben Herd, a 20-year-old currently at university, to keep a diary for a couple of days…

Our ignorance about fish is off the scale Our ignorance about fish is off the scale at least two-fifths of Britons only eat fish in batter or breadcrumbs, according to a survey by a seafood organisation. Do you know Pollock from pollock or a collie from a coley? If you don’t you are not alone as new research reveals that Britons struggle to name common fish, while two-fifths admit that they have “only ever eaten…

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Friday’s leads report on the war in Ukraine as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer flies to Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden. The meeting is expected to cover whether to give Ukraine permission to fire Western long-range weapons into Russia.

A second, domestic, lead for the papers reports that junk food adverts are going to be banned from TV before 21:00 from October next year.

Many of the newspapers carry images of American billionaire Jared Isaacman after he completed the world’s first commercial spacewalk as part of a SpaceX mission. His words are quoted on several papers: “The world looks perfect from here.”

Jo Whiley says lack of public discourse about perimenopause left her ‘really lost’ The ‘conversation wasn’t being had that vocally’, radio presenter tells Women’s Health Jo Whiley has said she “really lost” herself when she was going through the perimenopause, in part because public conversations were not being had about the issue. The BBC Radio 2 DJ, 59, praised the former Big Brother presenter Davina McCall for opening up debate about the issue through her…

Why is it so cold? Verdict on how long the icy Arctic blast will last | UK News Jack Frost has wasted no time in claiming the changing season, with snow falling in the UK for the first time in Scotland for months. Colder temperatures have moved into the UK much earlier than anticipated – but why? This September had the earliest frost seen in 20 years, after years of heatwaves topping 34C in previous Septembers. While it’s not…

Keir Starmer ready to face down ‘nanny state’ jibes in radical public health drive Junk food ad ban, age limit on energy drinks and expanded water fluoridation among measures planned to help NHS. Plans to ban junk food ads and to stop children buying high-caffeine energy drinks are among radical public health measures being drawn up by ministers to prevent illness and so ease pressure on the NHS. The government made clear it would face…