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Three-year-old girl seriously ill in hospital with E.coli after paddleboarding in a polluted harbour
A three-year-old girl, Ivy Foster, has been hospitalised repeatedly after contracting E.coli while paddleboarding with her mother at Christchurch Harbour in Dorset in August. Dirty seawater is believed to have entered her body through an open wound on her foot, and she has since developed an antibiotic-resistant infection that has spread to her right kidney,…
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Green Party confirms Polanski for Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Zack Polanski has been confirmed as the Green Party’s candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, having won an online members’ vote against local councillor Hamza Chowdhury. The contest, triggered by Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation as an MP after being replaced as prime minister by Andy Burnham, is widely seen as an early test…
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World Commemorates 9/11’s 25th Anniversary with Ceremonies and New Grief Support Initiatives
The United States marked the 25th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on Friday with ceremonies at the three attack sites: the 9/11 Memorial in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. The attacks, in which 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized four commercial airliners, remain a defining…
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Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon says he’ll leave Sweden ‘immediately’ if a wealth tax is introduced (report)
Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon has said he would leave Sweden “immediately” if the country introduces a wealth tax, wading into a live issue in Sweden’s general election campaign ahead of the vote on 13 September. According to Bloomberg, which reported his emailed comments on 5 September, Lorentzon said he would prefer to stay but a…
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Death anniversary tributes, assisted dying vote and Cruz convention shooting threat dominate
Britain marked 25 years since 9/11 as MPs debate assisted dying for terminally ill adults; a Dallas convention heckler urged shooting Ted Cruz’s rivals, while the Atlantic stays hurricane-free and the Premier League returns.
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Unions demand worker negotiation rights over workplace AI systems
The Trades Union Congress (TUC), Britain’s largest trade union body, has urged the government to guarantee workers a formal say before employers roll out AI in the workplace, arguing that ministerial enthusiasm for the technology has outpaced any credible plan for the people who will work alongside it. In a letter to newly appointed AI…
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Green Party backlash as members push to end support for Ukraine as leading activist behind amendment says President Zelenskyy is a ‘sacrificial partner’ in ‘NATO’s war’
The Green Party is facing internal turmoil after more than a dozen members and activists tabled an amendment to strip a conference motion of its call to increase military aid to Ukraine, replacing it with language urging a negotiated settlement and a “departure from militarised responses.” The amendment, put forward by activist Ashley Tubb, describes…
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Green leader Zack Polanski will take on Labour for Keir Starmer’s former Commons seat after winning party nomination
Zack Polanski, the Green Party’s leader, has been selected as the party’s candidate to contest Holborn and St Pancras in the by-election triggered by Sir Keir Starmer’s departure from Parliament. He was chosen over local councillor Hamza Chowdhury, who had criticised the practice of parachuting “famous” candidates into seats, and will now stand against Labour’s…
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Zack Polanski selected as Green candidate in two-horse race with Labour for Starmer’s former seat
Zack Polanski has been chosen as the Green Party’s candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, setting up what he describes as a two-horse race with Labour in the seat vacated by Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation as an MP. The contest, to be held on 8 October, will be an early test of new…
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AI spending splurge helps UK economy grow in July
The UK economy grew unexpectedly in July, with the boom in artificial intelligence spending helping to offset signs of strain on household finances. Gross domestic product rose by 0.4%, beating economists’ forecasts of no growth, in figures that offer a welcome boost to Chancellor John Healey ahead of his first autumn Budget next month, though…