BBC Consumers are being exposed to an increased risk of food poisoning because of delays in food hygiene inspections, a BBC investigation has found. Analysis shows one in five restaurants and takeaways had not been seen by food inspectors for more than two years. Environmental health teams say a recruitment crisis and a backlog from … Read more
BBC Many of this morning’s papers lead on the attack in Southport on Monday in which two children were killed and another nine injured. The Guardian also carries the story of the government plugging a £22bn “fiscal hole” – as winter fuel payments are scrapped for millions of people. The Times’s lead story says the … Read more
BBC Joe House (left) and Jonathan Lear at Camp Lejeune – Joe’s wife and Jonathan died of cancers possibly connected to water contamination British military veterans affected by a long-running toxic water scandal in the US, say they feel let down by a lack of support from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Between the 1950s … Read more
Getty Images The Harris campaign says it has raised $200m in the past week It began with a group of black women on a Zoom call who hit a million-dollar fundraising target in about three hours. A series of similar Zooms followed, including the latest: a group of about 123,000 “white dudes” gathered virtually to … Read more
Bedfordshire Police Carol Morgan’s murder remained unsolved for years, despite regular reviews by the police As a man begins a prison sentence for plotting the murder of his wife more than 40 years ago, the police detective who led the original investigation recalls how Allen Morgan was always a prime suspect. For four decades, the … Read more
This was for Ukraine. It was for the people back home where every victory, of whatever kind, is laden with meaning few outside can understand. It was for those who have lost their lives while fighting to ensure the country’s athletes remain free to compete. It was for Olha Kharlan’s family in Mykolaiv, where her … Read more
The times are slow and margins are slim in the Olympic pool, where the Great Britain team won their second silver medal of the championships on Monday night. It was the Welshman Matt Richards who did it, with a superb swim from lane one in the men’s 200m freestyle. He finished up just two-hundredths of … Read more
The opposition leader battling to bring the curtains down on Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime has urged the Venezuelan strongman to accept that his exit from power is inevitable. The call came as thousands of protesters hit the streets to repudiate Maduro’s disputed claim to have won a third term in power. Venezuela’s incumbent president was … Read more
The South China Sea is one of the world’s most economically important waterways, and increasingly one of Asia’s biggest flashpoints. The sea, which stretches across 3.5m sq km (1.35m sq miles), is a busy shipping lane, with trillions of dollars’ worth of trade passing through it every year. It is also rich in fish, and … Read more
Videos of police action during protests show shots fired at protesters An image is worth a thousand words – sometimes, it can even stir a nation. In Bangladesh, it was the image of university student Abu Sayeed standing with open arms, stick in hand, facing heavily-armed police alone which many credit as the turning point … Read more