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Pelicot says shame is ‘a double sentence’ and describes shock of seeing herself like ‘a rag doll’ in police footage Gisèle Pelicot, who became a global symbol of courage during the trial of her ex-husband and the dozens of men who raped her while she was unconscious, has called on victims to never be ashamed. In her first TV interview, on the channel France 5, Pelicot said: “Shame sticks to you, …

David Lammy announces mandatory support and mentoring plan in wake of two stabbings at a school in Brent, north-west London Children who carry knives will be given earlier and more targeted support in the wake of stabbings at a secondary school, David Lammy has said. The deputy prime minister said every child in England and Wales caught with a sharp weapon will be given a mandatory, specialised p…

Simon McDonald says if Antonia Romeo is the frontrunner for cabinet secretary role then ‘due diligence has some way still to go’ A former top civil servant has urged No 10 to do “more due diligence” as it prepares to replace the cabinet secretary, Chris Wormald, with Antonia Romeo, the frontrunner for the role. Sir Simon McDonald, the former permanent secretary of the Foreign Office, said he had …

PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’ Keir Starmer has said Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for his comments that the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants. In an interview with Sky News on Wednesday, Britain’s seventh-richest man, who moved to tax-free Monaco in 2020 , took aim at people receiving state s…

FAA initially cited ‘security reasons’ for shutting off skies around Texas airport in area along border with Mexico The top US aviation agency has lifted a surprise 10-day closure of airspace above the US-Mexico border town of El Paso, Texas, just hours after it abruptly announced that it would close off the skies for “special security reasons”. While some officials claimed that Mexican cartel dr…

Ex-education secretaries urge change as data shows special educational needs spending rising fastest in wealthy areas Two former Labour education secretaries have urged the government to restore “sanity and certainty” to England’s special educational needs system, as analysis shows spending has risen fastest in the most affluent councils, leaving deprived areas “trailing behind”. According to res…

Bill would also give votes to 16-year-olds and pave the way for ‘opt-out’ voter registration Labour will end the use of “dodgy front companies” that hide the source of dark money for political donations as part of its sweeping elections bill, which will give votes to 16-year-olds and pave the way for “opt-out” voter registration. Gifts and hospitality for politicians sponsored by foreign states o…

Tribe, which was forcibly removed from its lands near Lake Tahoe, used $5.5m grant and private donations for purchase The Washoe Tribe has purchased more than 10,000 acres of land near Lake Tahoe for conservation in one of the largest tribal land returns in California history. The sprawling property, located 20 miles north of Reno, Nevada, stretches from the Great Basin through the Sierra Nevada …

Andrew Paul Johnson was found guilty of five counts including molesting a child under 12 and another under 16 A man who took part in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol and later pardoned by Donald Trump was found guilty on Tuesday of multiple child sexual abuse charges in Florida, officials said. Andrew Paul Johnson was arrested in Tennessee this August and extradited to Florida. He plea…

Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers Reading, writing and learning a language or two can lower your risk of dementia by almost 40%, according to a study that suggests millions of people could prevent or delay the condition. Dementia is one of the world’s biggest health threats. The number of people…

Attack at Kingsbury high school not being treated as terrorism after arrest of 13-year-old spotted near a mosque A 13-year-old suspected of stabbing two boys at a secondary school is a former pupil who was arrested after being seen at a mosque after the attack, which has not been declared a terrorist incident, police said. Two pupils at Kingsbury high school in Brent, north-west London, were seri…

Multiple studies show that women who take Depo-Provera have much higher risk of developing meningiomas UK law firms are considering legal action on behalf of women who developed brain tumours after using the contraceptive injection Depo-Provera. Depo-Provera is a high-dose synthetic progesterone, prescribed for contraception and other menstrual symptoms, administered via injection every three mon…

Israeli leader was expected to advocate for more forceful US intervention during sixth visit to current White House Donald Trump has said that he is still seeking a deal with Iran to prevent it from seeking a nuclear weapon following a three-hour meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in which the Israeli leader was expected to advocate for a more forceful intervention by the US military. Netanyahu ’s s…

Matt Murray defends paper’s strategy as ‘demoralized’ staffers ask tough questions in contentious town hall Top Washington Post editor Matt Murray acknowledged “a widespread sense of loss, of genuine trauma” in a contentious town hall meeting with staff on Wednesday after the company laid off nearly a third of its employees a week ago – though he expressed confidence that the Post was now on a pa…

Closure of airspace draws attention to crime groups’ high-powered weapons – and may give Trump an excuse to attack An alleged incursion by Mexican cartel drones into US airspace and the sudden closure of El Paso’s airspace has drawn renewed attention to the use of high-powered weapons by organized crime groups in Mexico. There were conflicting accounts on Wednesday about whether the city’s airspa…