Local elections 2024: full council results for England
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 01:06
Results from more than 100 English councils, as well as for several mayors, are announced as polls predict heavy Conservative losses. Find out what happened in your area
Continue reading...‘Life-changing’ drug for sickle cell disease to be offered by NHS in England
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 23:01
Voxelotor, which can help reduce need for blood transfusions, is administered as a daily tablet
A new treatment for sickle cell disease has been recommended by the health watchdog in a move described as life-changing for people living with the condition in England.
The drug, Voxelotor, has been recommended for use on the NHS in England by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) in people with the disease who are aged 12 and over.
Continue reading...Police investigate Laurence Fox ‘upskirting’ tweet
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 22:43
Post featured compromising image of broadcaster Narinder Kaur, who said she was left ‘incredibly upset’
Police are investigating a social media post by Laurence Fox in relation to an “upskirting offence”.
The tweet, posted on Tuesday, featured a compromising image of Narinder Kaur, a broadcaster on Good Morning Britain and GB News. The post remained on Fox’s account until it was deleted on Thursday.
Continue reading...Polls close in local elections with Tories expecting heavy losses
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 21:00
Conservatives predicted to lose 500 council seats in England – about half the number they are defending
Voting has closed in local elections, a moment of potential peril for Rishi Sunak, with the Conservatives braced for heavy losses that could destabilise his premiership.
The elections , in more than 2,600 seats across 107 English councils, are seen as a key test of whether the Conservative party is as unpopular with voters as the polls suggest .
Continue reading...Police arrest murder suspect over double shooting in Whaley Bridge burglary
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 18:43
Teenager killed and another injured after attempted burglary at east Midlands farm
A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after a teenager was shot dead and another injured following an attempted burglary at a farm in the east Midlands.
Officers were called to the property in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, at about 1.20am on Wednesday and found a teenager with fatal gunshot wounds. The force said he was not the owner of the property.
Continue reading...‘Compassion for the most vulnerable’: bishop thanks protesters who blocked asylum coaches
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 17:51
Bishop of Dover praised people who stopped removal of men from Margate to Bibby Stockholm barge
A prominent Church of England bishop has praised the protesters who successfully disrupted the Home Office’s attempts to move asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset.
Using words which could put her in conflict with Downing Street, the Right Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the former chaplain to the late Queen and the House of Commons, thanked the local people who had blocked buses and said: “Our Lord showed compassion for the most vulnerable.”
Continue reading...‘Thekla runs a tight ship’: Bristol’s floating venue marks 40 years at dock
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 12:27
Vessel which has hosted acts from Pulp to Stormzy to celebrate anniversary with series of shows, exhibition and book
It started life as a cargo ship transporting timber around the Baltic Sea, but for the last four decades it has been moored in the Mud Dock area of Bristol’s floating harbour, hosting music acts from Pulp to Stormzy, helping launch the city’s drum‘n’bass and trip-hop scenes and providing a bobbing canvas for the street artist Banksy.
Thekla , one of south-west England’s most beloved and vibrant venues, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week with a series of shows, an exhibition and the publication of a book marking the ups and downs (literally – the vessel did once run aground) of the grand old boat.
Continue reading...Thunderstorms in England and Wales may give way to warmest day of year
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 08:00
Met Office says storms may cause travel disruption and flooding, leading to difficult driving conditions
Heavy thunderstorms overnight could give way to the warmest day of the year so far in Britain.
The same storm caused mudslides in northern France, which started around midnight and killed at least one person, a 57-year-old woman, and injured her partner.
Continue reading...‘They look sad’: Tony Cragg scraps audio guides for Castle Howard exhibition
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 07:00
Sculptor says he wants visitors to form their own relationships with art, without ‘anyone else interfering’
They are ubiquitous at art galleries across the world: the audio guide telling shuffling visitors the full story of what they are looking at and occasionally how they should feel.
In the eyes of Sir Tony Cragg , one of the world’s leading sculptors, they are a “terrible” modern scourge that “mess up” the enjoyment of art. “I think they look sad,” he said. “It is a new world image that I really dislike and distrust intensely.”
Tony Cragg at Castle Howard opens on 3 May and runs until 22 September.
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