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MP Clive Lewis calls for referendum on nationalising water

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MP Clive Lewis calls for referendum on nationalising water

Labour MP Clive Lewis is calling for a referendum on nationalising the water industry. Lewis, who is MP for Norwich South, links to a web form which will send a request to your MP, asking them to attend the debate. The form contains the following message: I need your help to clean up our water system. Over 160,000 people have signed a petition demanding a referendum on public ownership of water. That forced a debate in Parliament – on Monday 14th September. This is a rare chance for MPs to hear what the public really thinks about our broken water system.…

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Guga hunt refusal recommendation brings reprieve to gannets

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Guga hunt refusal recommendation brings reprieve to gannets

It looks like the 2026 guga hunt won’t be going ahead. The board of NatureScot will officially rule on the guga hunt licence application on 3 August. But a report from the agency’s scientific advisors has recommended refusal. The advisors examined three options: Granting the full licence for the killing of 2,000 gannet chicks (guga). Granting a licence for a smaller bag of 500 guga. Refusing the licence. They recommended the third option. The advisors said this was due to the impact on the overall gannet population in the Special Protection Area of North Rona and Sula Sgeir. Sula Sgeir is…

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Jared Leto accused of sex offences by women when they were teenagers

Jared Leto accused of sex offences by women when they were teenagers

Content warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault, abuse and grooming Jared Leto has been accused of sexual offences, including rape, and inappropriate behaviour by 10 women when they were teenagers. The BBC documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, hears from 10 women who allege that the US musician and singer assaulted them, threatened them with rape or harassed them between 2002 and 2016. Leto would have been in his thirties and forties at the time. All the women were under the age of 18. Despite repeated attempts to contact Jared Leto, he has not responded to the allegations put…

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Human Rights Network blasts Home Office plan to use racist AI on asylum-seeking children

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Human Rights Network blasts Home Office plan to use racist AI on asylum-seeking children

The Human Rights Network has added its voice to the growing number of advocacy organisations and watchdogs which have denounced Home Office plans to use AI facial-recognition software to assess the age of asylum-seeking children. The charity has already worked with hundreds of minors whom the state has wrongfully categorised as adults.  Back in April, the Human Rights Network exposed the fact that the Home Office frequently detains so-called “age-disputed children” as adults. Of the 76 age-disputed detainees at the time, Social Services had reassessed (or were reassessing) 26 as children. Less than a month later, the Helen Bamber Foundation revealed…

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Tate brothers’ lawyer argues they should get away with sex crimes

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Tate brothers’ lawyer argues they should get away with sex crimes

Andrew and Tristan Tate are currently being held in an American jail while they fight extradition to the UK. Should the authorities extradite the brothers, they will face incredibly serious charges, including the possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM). And it’s the seriousness of these charges which makes the following statement from their lawyer so unbelievable: Andrew Tate's lawyer, Joseph McBride: "Even if you accept all the allegations against them is true, the amount of good they've done for the world tremendously outweighs the bad." At the time of this interview, the Tates were charged with alleged crimes including rape,…

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TUC says up taxes on banking profits to fight rising cost of living

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TUC says up taxes on banking profits to fight rising cost of living

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for Andy Burnham to raise taxes on banks, following Barclays‘ announcement of bumper second-quarter profits. The trade union body is advocating for the government to spend the money on a social energy tariff. According to the TUC, this measure could decrease middle and lower-income household energy bills by as much as £559 a year. Paul Nowak, the TUC’s general secretary, said: Big banks like Barclays are raking it in while working people and local businesses are struggling. High interest rates have been a boon for banks but have meant mortgage misery and higher bills…

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Date set for Senegal’s appeal hearing on 2025 AFCON title dispute

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Date set for Senegal’s appeal hearing on 2025 AFCON title dispute

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has set a date to hear the Senegalese Football Federation’s appeal against the decision to award the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title to Morocco. CAS announced that the arbitration panel would begin its deliberations following the hearing on 8 October. The case stems from the tournament final on 18 January which descended into chaos after a penalty was awarded to Morocco in stoppage time following a VAR review. A number of Senegalese players, led by manager Bab Tiaw, left the pitch before returning some 15 minutes later, whilst riots broke out in…

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Irish government disgraces itself with refusal of Gaza study visas

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Irish government disgraces itself with refusal of Gaza study visas

In a move that is as farcical as it is shameful, Irish immigration authorities have refused large numbers of study visas for students from Gaza seeking to enrol at universities. RTÉ say that: …upwards of 20 Gazan students, who have all been accepted onto fully funded scholarships for third-level courses, have had their visa applications turned down by Irish immigration authorities. Others are awaiting outcomes. The farce lies in the nature of the refusal letters, which read like a sort of cruel joke. RTÉ reports the reasons given for refusing applications to study include: …not supplying original bank statements, a failure…

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Labour and Reform dodge Manchester mayoral election community hustings

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Labour and Reform dodge Manchester mayoral election community hustings

With days to go in Greater Manchester’s historic mayoral by-election, both Labour and Reform candidates stand accused of dodging multiple community hustings. One was a hustings organised on 26 July by the Forum of Muslim Organisations (FMO). Then there was the Mill hustings on 27 July. Another was hosted by grassroots community power organisation ACORN, which hosted its cost-of-living and housing hustings on Tuesday 28 July alongside GM Immigration Aid Unit, and the GM Coalition of Disabled People. There was also an LGBTQ+ hustings, where an audience member at ACORN’s hustings pointed out that “the millionaire parties” failed to show up. Before…

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India’s teenage sensation delivers again in Harare

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India’s teenage sensation delivers again in Harare

India completed a 3-0 T20I sweep of Zimbabwe in Harare as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck another fluent half-century, sealing a result that also returned India to the top of the T20i rankings and nudged England down to second. The 15-year-old left-hander, already the standout story of India’s white-ball summer, produced an assured and inventive 81 from 49 balls, an innings featuring four sixes and eight fours and underpinned by crisp timing and controlled aggression. His latest effort followed the 19-ball fifty he hammered in Thursday’s series opener, making this his second half-century in three innings on the tour. It also reinforced the impression…

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Israel ramps up its exterminationist campaign in the West Bank

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Israel ramps up its exterminationist campaign in the West Bank

There are no limits to “Israel’s” depravity or genocidal campaign against Palestinians. Its “defence” minister, Israel Katz, has now issued orders to the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to seize another refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and expel its residents. New targets Katz issued the order on 27 July. This was after a security assessment with the heads of the occupation’s military, police, and counterintelligence agency Shin Bet. It is not yet known which refugee camp Katz is planning to capture and demolish. News reports suggest that the takeover will replicate the model previously used in Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur…

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Plastic recycling delay puts 846,000 tonnes of carbon savings at risk

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Plastic recycling delay puts 846,000 tonnes of carbon savings at risk

March 2027 was due to be a milestone in plastic recycling. But the government has confirmed that it’s no longer the date from which councils in England will have to collect items such as bread bags, crisp packets and plastic film. Instead this rule will come into force on 1 April 2030. The decision could put up to 846,000 tonnes of potential carbon savings at risk. Bin boffins at BusinessWaste.co.uk have calculated what the three-year delay could mean if flexible plastics continue to go into general waste rather than recycling. How much flexible plastic does this impact? The FlexCollect project, which…

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Anti-trans Bayswater Support Group challenge puberty blockers trial

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Anti-trans Bayswater Support Group challenge puberty blockers trial

The Good Law Project (GLP) has announced its intention to oppose a legal challenge mounted by the vehemently transphobic Bayswater Support Group against the upcoming puberty blocker trial for trans youth healthcare. Trans-led charity Gendered Intelligence will lead the case against Bayswater, should the need arise. On 27 July, the Good Law Project posted: The controversial Bayswater Support Group have teamed up with claimants including Keira Bell, whose legal challenge to young trans healthcare in 2020 was overturned on appeal, following an intervention by Good Law Project. In a case funded by a group with links to the far right, they…

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Badenoch has some totally serious conditions before working with Burnham on social care…

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Badenoch has some totally serious conditions before working with Burnham on social care…

Good news everybody, Kemi Badenoch wants to work with PM Andy Burnham to fix social care. Only, the leader of the least relevant opposition party in recent memory has some demands that she’s definitely in a position to make… The Guardian reported yesterday, 27 July, that the new Labour leader is seeking long-lasting change for UK social care. That change is certainly needed – Age UK estimates that as many as 2 million older people currently have unmet social care needs in England alone. As such, Burnham’s offered to work collaboratively with other parties to make a plan. He stated that: I…

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Wifebeater Johnny Depp attempts ‘return’ with crap Scrooge remake

Wifebeater Johnny Depp attempts ‘return’ with crap Scrooge remake

Actor and abuser Johnny Depp is attempting to ‘return to Hollywood’ with a terrible-looking remake of A Christmas Carol. It was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Ebenezer, a new film based on Dickens’ Christmas cautionary tale, would be coming to theatres on 13 November. In the starring role is the aforementioned abuser. And it’s truly all about him and his valiant return to Hollywood, but let’s not talk about why he’s been missing for so long. First trailer for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. In theaters on November 13. pic.twitter.com/9MrsOuxoBX — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)…

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Lesnes ‘Clockwork Orange’ estate in potential High Court challenge

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Lesnes ‘Clockwork Orange’ estate in potential High Court challenge

On 29 July 2026, the High Court will decide whether to grant permission for a judicial review of Bexley Council’s decision to approve Peabody’s plans to redevelop the Lesnes Estate. The brutalist development is better known as the ‘Clockwork Orange’ estate, and sits in Thamesmead, south-east London. Adam Turk is a Lesnes resident and social tenant of Peabody Housing Association. He has brought the legal challenge with support from the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC). The estate gained recognition after appearing in the cult 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. Turk has campaigned for tenants’ rights on the estate for several years…

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Reform quibble ‘Nazi’ label after councillor speaks at violent ‘Unite the Clans’ rally

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Reform quibble ‘Nazi’ label after councillor speaks at violent ‘Unite the Clans’ rally

On Saturday 25 July, a far-right ‘Unite the Clans’ rally saw masked, violent fascists attacking people of colour on the streets of Glasgow. However, Reform MSP Thomas Kerr has since taken to social media to complain about the racist thugs being called Nazis — because obviously that’s the most important issue at hand. Glasgow police force has reported 15 arrests so far. The charges included hate crimes, assault, carrying an offensive weapon, and breaching the peace. The BBC also reported that the police expected to make more arrests in the coming days: Ch Supt Emma Croft said the suspects, many of whom…

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Migrant and disabled people are targets of the same hostile politics

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Migrant and disabled people are targets of the same hostile politics

Disability welfare cuts and immigration pledges are part of the same odious project — two sides of the same coin — weaponised by the by the Labour-led government to oppress migrant and disabled communities. The problem is that disability rights arguments are failing to recognise shared experiences of oppression for the disabled and migrant community. This plays right into the hands of the government. This under the radar benefits cut reminds us why disability justice must centre migrants’ rights Labour’s racist, ableist anti-immigration ‘compromise’ With the government now under the steer of former Manchester Mayor and Blairite Andy Burnham, the new…

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Green mayoral candidate says wildfires require AI data centre rethink

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Green mayoral candidate says wildfires require AI data centre rethink

The rapid expansion of generative AI technology has been tremendously worrying for many. There are good reasons for this too, whether it be the threat to jobs, the environmental impact of data centres, or the fact that AI barons keep suggesting their technology may one day kill us all. In response to this, the Greens’ Greater Manchester mayor candidate Geraldine Coggins is calling for “an end to the folly of rushing headlong into AI development without public debate and environmental protections”. Environmental impacts Coggins said: The world is on fire. A quarter of a million people have been evacuated from the paths…

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This under the radar benefits cut reminds us why disability justice must centre migrants’ rights

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This under the radar benefits cut reminds us why disability justice must centre migrants’ rights

The Labour government is floating another vicious programme of sweeping cuts to disabled people’s welfare. However, the public could be forgiven for not knowing about these because nowhere in the media or wider sociopolitical disability discourse is anyone talking about them like this is what they are. Notably, while the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has meted out devastating cuts to Universal Credit’s health element, and gears up to once again target personal independence payments (PIP), it has also been colluding with the Home Office to strip hundreds of thousands of migrants of access to welfare. This includes those very same…

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