Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Michael Barber

Voices: The Return of the Blairites: Why Keir Starmer should tap into Labour’s past

COMMENT: The prime minister may not be New Labour by instinct, but he has proved to be ruthless – and willing to learn from his party’s past success, John Rentoul writes

The Independent UK

Police spy ‘bragged’ about fathering a child with activist, inquiry hears

Bob Lambert told two managers of his secret Scotland Yard unit but they decided to do nothing

The Guardian - UK

North Carolina Strip Club Now Safe From County's Eminent Domain Efforts

After public backlash, Hanover County Commission has decided to pursue a voluntary purchase of the Cheetah Premier Gentlemen's Club next door.

Reason

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

County Eminent Domains the Strip Club Next Door to Make Room for More Parking

Owners of Wilmington, North Carolina's Cheetah Premier Gentlemen's Club say they were blindsided by the seizure.

Reason

Crash frees millions of bees

Police in Canada warned drivers near Toronto to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates carrying five million bees onto a road. The crates containing beehives came loose from a truck and spilled onto Guelph Line, in Burlington, Ontario. Speaking to the BBC, beekeeper Michael Barber said…

The Week

Dad's heartache after finding 'happy and loving' daughter, 11, dead in her bedroom

Roxy-Mae Barber has been described as "kind, funny and generous" by her devastated father Michael, who discovered her dead following a "tragic accident" in Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Daily Mirror

Former government adviser appointed to look at planned post-16 education reforms

The Skills for Jobs White Paper was first announced in January 2021 by then-education secretary Gavin Williamson.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Nine tips to cut fuel costs as petrol prices surge

In these uncertain times the cost of fuel is surging. Here are nine ways to cut your consumption and save money at the petrol bowser.

The New Daily

British policing is institutionally racist. Until we admit it we’ll never win back trust

Positive discrimination could encourage more black people to join the police so that our forces better represent their communities, says Neil Basu, assistant commissioner of the Met police

The Guardian - UK

Proposed ‘licence to practise’ checks for police officers branded ‘unnecessary’

The Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents rank-and-file officers, said it was ‘against’ the idea.

The Independent UK

Police officers should work under ‘licence’ to restore trust – report for England and Wales

Review contains 56 recommendations urging reforms to culture, training and structure

The Guardian - UK

Loss of public confidence in policing a ‘serious problem’

Sir Michael Barber, who is leading a review of policing, said public confidence in the police is ‘falling’ amid a wave of recent scandals.

The Independent UK

Major reforms needed to tackle ‘crisis of confidence’ in British policing, reviewer says

Lack of trust goes beyond Sarah Everard murder to wider issues as forces ‘stuck in the past’, Sir Michael Barber to say

The Independent UK

Police review chief says ‘Betamax police’ stuck in the past

Chair of forthcoming strategic review says force must modernise to tackle blockchain-era criminals

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.