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Camila Batmanghelidjh remembered by Lemn Sissay
I first became aware of Camila Batmanghelidjh through the disrupting influence of Kids Company. It was on the frontline of childcare in London, and everybody will remember the strong, vivacious, articulate woman at its head. There was something about her – how she dressed and the words she spoke – …
Minister ‘surprised’ Fujitsu hasn’t done more to help victims of Post Office scandal
A minister has spoken of his disappointment that Fujitsu, the Japanese company behind the Horizon computer system, has not done more for those whose lives were ruined in the Post Office scandal.
After an intensive year of testimony and revelations at the public inquiry, the postal minister, Gareth Thomas, suggested …
Katt Williams, crypto and cat ladies: 2024 was the year of unexpected second chances
If 2024 was defined by anything, it was a distinct feeling of deja vu. Donald Trump ran and won, Death Cab and Janet Jackson
, and aesthetes on social medialusted after
Windows Vista design language circa 2007. Same old, same old – almost. …‘It was like I was reborn’: Sednaya prison’s former inmates adapt to a new Syria
Of all the horrors Mohammed Ammar Hamami remembers from his time in the Assad regime’s notorious Sednaya prison, the most vivid is the clanging of metal execution tables being moved around on the floor below.
About once every 40 days, prison guards would drag the tables away from under the …
Five Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli strike on van in Gaza, employer says
Five Palestinian journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in central Gaza, their employer has said, as renewed ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel have reportedly reached an impasse.
Faisal Abu al-Qumsan, Ayman al-Jadi, Ibrahim al-Sheikh Khalil, Fadi Hassouna and Mohammed al-Lada’a were sleeping in their …
‘Really incredible’ sixth-century sword found in Kent
A spectacular sixth-century sword has been unearthed from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural Kent, to the astonishment of archaeologists.
The weapon is in an exceptional state of preservation and is being likened to the sword found at Sutton Hoo, the Anglo-Saxon burial in Suffolk.
It has a silver-and-gilt hilt, with …
France rescues 107 people trying to cross to UK on Christmas Day
French maritime authorities carried out 12 rescue operations along the coast of northern France on Christmas Day, rescuing 107 people in distress in small boats trying to cross to the UK.
On Christmas morning, 30 passengers were rescued from a boat near Dunkirk, while the others onboard wished to continue …
The men’s Test cricket team of the year: from Atkinson to Jaiswal
Go fetch a cup of tea and your best arguments, it’s time for the Guardian’s 10th annual men’s Test XI of the Year. This year’s selection panel included Vic Marks, Ali Martin, Emma John, Rob Smyth, Jonathan Liew, Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon, Daniel Gallan, Tim de Lisle, Taha Hashim, Tanya …
Staffordshire: woman arrested on suspicion of murdering man on Christmas Day
A woman is being questioned by police after she was arrested on suspicion of murdering a man on Christmas Day in a Staffordshire village.
Staffordshire police said a postmortem was being carried out on Boxing Day to determine the cause of death of the man, in his 30s, who was …
Syrian forces suffer 14 fatalities in countryside clashes
Fourteen security personnel from Syria’s new authorities and three armed men were killed in clashes in Tartous province after forces tried to arrest an officer linked to the notorious Sednaya prison, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The monitoring group said the clash broke out in Tartous, a …