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Ministers must hold the line on Thames Water. It got itself into a mess | Nils Pratley
Hundreds flee Jenin amid Israel’s deepening West Bank crackdown
Hundreds of people have fled the Jenin refugee camp and surrounding areas as an Israeli assault on the West Bank city enters its third day, amid a deepening crackdown across the occupied Palestinian territory.
“Most of the camp’s residents were forced out, and I was made to leave my neighbourhood,” …
Woman jailed over crash that killed baby outside hospital in Haverfordwest
A woman has been jailed for four years for causing the death of an eight-month-old baby girl in a crash outside a hospital after losing control of her car while reaching for a handbag.
Bridget Curtis, 71, collided with a pram carrying Mabli Cariad Hall as she was being pushed …
C of E should offer working-class people apprenticeships, Burnley vicar says
Plumbers, builders and other people from working-class backgrounds who are called to the priesthood should be offered apprenticeships as an alternative to studying at theological college, a Burnley vicar has said.
Rev Alex Frost, who left school at 15 and worked for Argos before becoming a priest, is calling for …
Leo Ross murder suspect questioned over three other Birmingham assaults
A 14-year-old boy being held on suspicion of the murder of 12-year-old Leo Ross has been arrested for three assaults on elderly people in the same area of Birmingham shortly before the killing.
Police said they had been granted more time to question the 14-year-old, who has now been arrested …
British Council’s role in UK’s solidarity with Ukraine | Letter
The announcement of the 100-year partnership between Ukraine and the UK is hugely welcome (
UK to back Ukraine ‘beyond this terrible war’ with 100-year pact, says Starmer, 16 January
). A critical aspect of this war, we must not forget, is its daily and long-term impact on the …Don’t forget the Tories’ £50bn-a-year benefit cuts | Letter
One important fact was missing from your otherwise excellent editorial (
) on social security cuts: the£50bn a year
, which, according to the Child Poverty Action Group, has been cut from the social security budget as a result of the series of cuts and restrictions …Tackling the Israel-Palestine conflict in schools | Letters
Re schools being scared to teach the Arab-Israeli conflict (
), while parental backlash can feel daunting, it often presents a unique opportunity for understanding and growth.Since the early 2000s, respectful intellectual debate has been fading from public discourse. Topics like Israel-Palestine highlight the erosion …
Keir Starmer’s focus on knife sales is a futile distraction | Brief letters
Keir Starmer’s reaction to the Southport killings includes addressing knife sales (
). Selling zombie-style blades is indefensible, but almost every domestic kitchen contains sharp knives: hindering under-18s’ access to them is performative but futile, distracting from addressing the real, difficult questions of who wants to …Police failed to arrest Southport killer when caught with knife two years before attack
Police told Axel Rudakubuna’s mother to keep knives out of his reach two years before the Southport attack, after he was caught carrying a blade on a bus.
Lancashire police is facing questions over its handling of the “sadistic” teenager in the years before he murdered three young girls and …