The FA will lean on the Government to try to speed up passing the Online Harms Bill targeting sickening social media abuse amid fears it could drag out until next YEAR English football is planning its next move against the rising online abuse problem Laws are being brought in to fine social media companies for … Read more
The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says her case has been a ‘failure of diplomacy and campaigning’ ahead of her return to court in Iran on Sunday. Richard Ratcliffe said it would take ‘a long time’ for his wife to recover from the psychological trauma of her ordeal, but that continuing media coverage had ‘kept her … Read more
The blinds were pulled, the lights turned off… and out came the television on wheels, pushed by a weary-looking teacher. For millions of Britons who grew up in the 1970s and 80s, no school time would be complete without the obligatory public information film intended to ward off wayward tomfoolery in bored children. From crossing … Read more
As the old proverb says, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Those words certainly apply to the Online Safety Bill, a sweeping measure that, in the name of public safety, could actually herald a new era of sinister state censorship. Freedom of speech is already under grave threat in this country, and … Read more
The heartbreaking image that appeared on the front page of yesterday’s Daily Mail proved beyond doubt that Britain’s shameful treatment of its care home residents needs to end. Showing a loving wife having to kneel in the street to see her husband’s face through a metal railing, it was yet more disturbing proof that the … Read more
Opposition to reopening schools is ‘middle class’ and harms disadvantaged children who miss school, says academy chief Oasis Charitable Trust founder Steve Chalke said opposition was ‘middle class’ Suggested disadvantaged children would be at greater risk if reopening delayed Teacher unions have threatened to sue school chiefs if teachers are ‘put at risk’ By Lydia … Read more
Coronavirus ‘harms the brain and nervous system of HALF of severely ill patients and a third of all cases’ — causing symptoms such as stumbling, slurred speech and seizures Neurologists studied 214 patients treated for coronavirus in Wuhan, China Of these people, 36.4 per cent were found to have brain and nerve symptoms Identifying these symptoms … Read more