Nurses barred from handling NHS 111 Covid calls after 60% found to be unsafe
The NHS 111 service has permanently stopped nurses and other healthcare professionals handling clinical calls with people suspected of having Covid-19 after an audit of...
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Paul Stephenson: the hero who refused to leave a pub ā and helped desegregate Britain
In 1964, Paul Stephenson walked into the Bay Horse pub in Bristol and ordered half a pint. A bartender served him, but when the pubās...
More than a third of UK employers planning to make staff redundant
More than a third of UK employers plan to make staff redundant over the next three months, according to research warning of a cascade of...
Battered, bloodshot Boris is no longer the star of his own show | John Crace
Like most narcissists, Boris Johnson is unable to conceive of other people having an independent existence. Rather, they are mere satellites orbiting his ego. Mere...
My treatment for ADD changed my life, so why canāt I stop worrying about it?
Iāve been getting treatment for attention deficit disorder (ADD) for more than a year now. My life has changed for the better, yet I canāt...
Feminists like me aren’t anti-trans ā we just can’t discard the idea of ‘sex’ | Susanna Rustin
Name a female thinker with an eponymous adjective. The man-derived words are commonplace: Aristotelian, Confucian, Trotskyist, Churchillian. Two queens, Elizabeth I and Victoria, have great...
Rise in pupils in England being home-schooled due to Covid fears, says Ofsted chief
Anxious parents are taking their children out of school to home-educate them, as widespread misinformation on social media fuels fears over the risks of Covid,...
More than 200 writers and publishers sign letter in support of trans and non-binary people
Days after a host of prominent literary names signed a letter defending JK Rowling āagainst hateā, more than 200 writers, publishers and journalists including Jeanette...
Sober October: 17 ways to unwind after a stressful day ā without hitting the booze
With Sober October just around the corner, thousands of us will again be attempting to give up booze for a month. But what are the...
Freshers’ week behind bars is a new kind of nightmare for students | Joel Golby
Putting on the ābig coatā, a discussion about whether to turn the heating on, the endless search for decent soup recipes, and the sky turning...