News & Current Affairs

Many of today’s papers preivew Starmer’s statement about the Mandelson vetting scandal in parliament today. Source link

Professor Malcolm Press, Vice Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, urged a cautious approach. He said “protecting free speech while preventing harassment, hate speech, and radicalisation are complex tasks involving finely balanced decisions”. Source link

The prime minister said he was “staggered” to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him. Source link

“Edward”, a nine-year old Kenyan boy, has always been aware his father worked for the British military. The boy’s skin colour, lighter than his peers, has provoked years of bullying. His father disappeared before Edward [not his real name] was born, leaving his mum living in extreme poverty, ostracised by some of her family. Source…

Is the UK’s second city about to see the biggest political shake-up in more than a decade? Source link

Without better last-mile connectivity and affordable fares, metro use is unlikely to improve quickly, say experts. Source link

The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president. Source link

Arsenal have lost two league games on the spin, so the next time they step on the pitch, at home to Newcastle on Saturday, they are going to have doubts instead of momentum and confidence. No matter how much quality their players have and how good their preparation, tactics and everything else is, what they…

FBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday that he will sue The Atlantic for defamation after the magazine published a Friday story detailing his alleged drinking habits and absences from the bureau. “Absolutely. It’s coming tomorrow,” he told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” about the forthcoming lawsuit. The FBI director later said……

Think you’ve got a classic last name? A small handful of surnames have dominated in the U.S. since 1790. But recent history tells a different story. Source link