Ban linked to World Cup hosts’ human rights record taken as message ‘Qatari business not welcome in London’, source tells FT Qatar is reviewing its investments in London after the city’s transport authority banned the country’s adverts on buses, taxis and underground trains, it was reported. The move by Transport for London (TfL) is understood to be linked to concerns about the World Cup hosts’ human rights record, stance on homosexuality and treatment of migrant

Chair Nazir Afzal labelled the service ‘institutionally misogynist’ and hoped the review would be a ‘turning point’ Incidents of misogyny, racism and bullying have been exposed by an independent report into the culture at the UK’s largest firefighting and rescue organisation. Female firefighters have been groped, beaten and had their helmets filled with urine, a review of the London fire brigade has found. Continue reading… ​Chair Nazir Afzal labelled the service ‘institutionally misogynist’ and hoped

Susie Green is stepping down amid intense public scrutiny of charity in recent months The chief executive of Mermaids, Susie Green, has left the transgender children’s charity after six years in her post, the organisation announced on Friday. In a statement posted on the charity’s website, the chair of trustees, Belinda Bell, wrote: “The trustees are very grateful to Susie for everything she has done over the last six years to support trans, non-binary and

Airport will introduce CT scanners in all lanes by April, removing need to take items out of luggage Passengers will be able to leave laptops and liquids in their hand luggage when passing through security at London City airport from next year. The hub is trialling one security lane equipped with advanced baggage scanners and plans to introduce the machines in all of its lanes by April. Continue reading… ​Airport will introduce CT scanners in

Royal College of Nursing finalising areas to be affected, leaving patients in England and Wales unable to receive some treatments Cancer care will be disrupted, leaving patients unable to receive some treatments, when the first of a planned series of nurses’ strikes starts next month. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is close to finalising which areas of cancer services will be affected and which will be protected when nurses take strike action on 15

Government is seeking to recoup money from Michelle Mone-linked firm after gowns rejected as unusable The company awarded large government personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts after an introduction by the Conservative peer Michelle Mone has declined to say how it would repay millions of pounds of public money for unused equipment if ordered to do so following a dispute with the government. The Guardian reported this week that leaked documents indicated that Mone and her