Charlie Alford

Painfully slow decline in animal testing exposes a government dragging its feet

Post author:Antifabot
Post published:14 July 2026
Post last modified:14 July 2026

New Home Office statistics have laid bare the true extent of our government’s broken promises when it comes to animal testing and animal rights. Researchers in UK laboratories carried out scientific procedures on animals 2.5 million times in 2025. This is a pathetic 4% decrease from 2024, revealing a government that is failing to meet the expectations of the public it supposedly serves. Despite releasing the Replacing animals in Science strategy in November 2025, the state has still condemned millions of animals to suffer disgusting and painful procedures. We need to transition to modern, humane scientific methods of testing. Now. Animal testing…

Another seven Just Stop Oil supporters acquitted after Waterloo Bridge slow march

Post author:The Canary
Post published:3 July 2026
Post last modified:3 July 2026

Seven Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court on 3 June, two and a half years after slow marching on Waterloo Bridge to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing. On 8 November 2023, Rev Sue Parfitt, Mollie Somerville, Catherine Nisbet, Greta Dargie, Hannah Schafer, Sally Davidson and Sam Mead were among approximately 50 supporters who joined a slow march around the IMAX roundabout before heading north over Waterloo Bridge. They were arrested and charged with Section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023, interference with key national infrastructure. This offence was used for…

The Hidden Cost of a Slow House Sale in the UK

Post author:Nathan Spears
Post published:24 June 2026
Post last modified:25 June 2026

Selling a home is often treated as a simple question of price. Get a valuation, list the property, wait for offers and hope the sale goes through. But for many homeowners, the real cost is not just the final sale price. It is the money, time and stress lost while the process drags on. That is why some sellers now compare estate agents, auctions and companies that buy houses for cash when weighing up what a delayed sale could actually cost them. A slow house sale can look harmless at first. The property is on the market, viewings are happening and…

Serious scabies outbreak in Israeli occupation prisons is part of the policy of torture and slow killing used against Palestinian political prisoners

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A dangerous and rapidly escalating outbreak of the skin disease scabies is again sweeping through Israeli occupation prisons. This is causing huge suffering to the many thousands of Palestinian political prisoners who, for the past few years, have intentionally had the worst conditions ever inflicted on them. Abdullah al-Zighari, head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, told the Canary: The Israeli occupation system is carrying out acts of retaliation against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, by denying them the necessary medical care, posing a serious threat to their lives. “Intentional health catastrophe” and deliberate deprivation of treatment for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli…