Month: September 2024

All primary school-aged children should be given free meals to help tackle the obesity crisis, leading health experts have said. The group warned that they see the “impact of poor diet and food scarcity on the health of our children and young people” every day. In a letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, they urged the Government to follow the example set in London and roll out free school meals […]

Harry Kane has set his sights on notching 100 international goals as he prepares to become just the 10th male England player to reach a century of caps against Finland. The 31-year-old’s tally currently stands at 66 since netting on his debut as a substitute against Lithuania in 2015, while he has been the country’s all-time leading goalscorer since overtaking Wayne Rooney’s previous record of 53 in March last year. […]

Spiralling levels of economic inactivity in Britain’s workforce are set to be tackled by the Government as it pledged to address the “greatest employment challenge of a generation”. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall assembled experts on a new Labour Market Advisory board for the first time this week to look at ways to help the Government meet its target to reach an 80% employment rate. It comes as a […]

It is “inevitable” some of the hundreds of inmates set to be freed from jail early will commit more crimes and end up back behind bars, the prisons watchdog warned. Around 1,700 prisoners are expected to be released on Tuesday from jails across England and Wales in a bid to cut overcrowding. This is in addition to the around 1,000 prisoners normally freed each week. It comes after Justice Secretary […]

James Earl Jones, the American actor known for being the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars, has died at the age of 93. The Hollywood star’s voice was also lent to the likes of Mufasa in Disney’s 1994 film The Lion King, various audiobooks and to CNN for its “This is CNN” tagline. During his career, he won a host of awards including Emmys, Tony Awards, a Grammy and […]

Apple has unveiled the new iPhone 16 range – the company’s first devices powered by its new artificial intelligence tools it claims will have a “profound impact” on users. The four new smartphones will go on sale on September 20 and come with Apple Intelligence built in, a set of tools which use generative AI to help users with every day administrative tasks as well as offer text and image […]

Disgraced former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been rushed to a hospital for emergency heart surgery. The 72-year-old was taken to the hospital from the Rikers Island jail in New York, where he is being held in custody, a spokesperson for his attorney Arthur Aidala told the PA news agency. The former film mogul had been experiencing experiencing chest pains, according to US outlets. Weinstein is serving a prison sentence […]

Government plans to give local authorities the power to take over the running of bus services may need “enormous” levels of subsidy, the Conservatives have warned. Shadow transport minister Kieran Mullan said moves to reverse Margaret Thatcher’s deregulation of the bus services could prove costly, and that the announcement in the Commons on Monday afternoon did not mention any new funding. Transport minister Simon Lightwood said “enough is enough” over […]

Some council tax collection practices “couldn’t have been designed better” to accelerate people’s distress and are like a caricature of loan sharks, consumer champion Martin Lewis has said. The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, a charity founded by Mr Lewis, said processes are driving unacceptable harms that disproportionately affect people with mental health problems. Mr Lewis said: “Council tax collection practices are so aggressive they’d make the banks blush. […]