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1 month ago | 
thetimes.com | Maurício Alencar |Dominic Kennedy
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Will Humphries |Steven Swinford |Matt Dathan |Dominic Kennedy
The environment secretary was told of plans to impose inheritance tax on farms just 24 hours before the budget in a fait accompli, amid growing concern over the way the leadership is handling the issue. Steve Reed, the environment secretary, and other ministers had repeatedly denied that there would be any changes in the weeks leading up to the budget. But since it was announced, Reed and others have publicly backed the plans in the face of increasing public outcry.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Dominic Kennedy |Jack Malvern
Mandy Damari faltered as she described her missing daughter to a crowd of 2,000 spectators gathered in Hyde Park on Sunday. The mother of the only British hostage still held being captive by Hamas after the attacks of October 7 last year spoke from a stage a short distance from where her daughter had cheerfully sat on the grass the previous March. “My beautiful, funny and brave daughter, who I love to the moon and back deserves to come home,” she said, her voice breaking with emotion.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
pubs.rsc.org | Dominic Kennedy |Matthew Evans |Dafydd Jones |Michael Hill
A Series of Neutral Alkaline Earth Metal Hydride Complexes Supported by a Bulky, Unsymmetrical -Diketiminate Ligand, [{(Dip/TCHPNacnac)M(-H)}2] (M = Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba)
A bulky, unsymmetrical -diketiminate ligand, [HC{MeCN(Dip)}{MeCN(TCHP)}]- (Dip/TCHPNacnac; Dip = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl, TCHP = 2,4,6-tricyclohexylphenyl), has been utilised in the preparation of a series of magnesium alkyl and calcium, strontium and barium amide complexes.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
dx.doi.org | Dominic Kennedy |Harrison Howarth |Mark Berelowitz
Hostname: page-component-5c6d5d7d68-wbk2rTotal loading time: 0Render date: 2024-09-02T09:32:14.487ZHas data issue: falsehasContentIssue false Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2024 Harrison Howarth [Opens in a new window] , Show author details Keywords Meritocracysocial mobilityequality of opportunitymedical trainingdiversity Type Letter Information The British Journal of Psychiatry ,Volume 225 ,Issue 1 , July 2024 , pp.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Dominic Kennedy
Ministers are under pressure from teachers’ leaders to stop compulsory national testing of children on times tables. Testing on English grammar should also be stripped back to reduce pressure on primary school pupils, it is being suggested. Teachers are seeking to influence the government’s review of the curriculum and assessments. Ministers have indicated that basic multiplication remains a vital part of children’s education.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Dominic Kennedy
A father and his three sons all under the age of four were found dead in a house in Staines, Surrey after neighbours reported hearing a woman screaming. The discovery of the bodies of Piotr Swiderski and his sons turned a quiet residential road into a flurry of police and ambulance activity on Saturday. Police have opened an investigation into the deaths but said it was believed to have been an isolated incident with no third-party involvement.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Dominic Kennedy
Telegram is the Wild West of social media where just about anything goes. The encrypted app prides itself on championing the freedom and privacy of its users. Terrorists, extremists and drug dealers flocked to gather under its protective umbrella. Police and governments have expressed frustration at its reluctance to co-operate with the authorities compared to other social networks.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Dominic Kennedy
Tommy Robinson faces a huge bill for unpaid tax in a battle with HM Revenue & Customs over his funding. The campaigner, branded an “armchair thug” by Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, is in dispute over whether money he received can be classified as tax-exempt donations. If he fails to persuade the taxman, he will be asked to pay a significant amount in back tax.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Dominic Kennedy
The hard-right riots sweeping Britain were ignited by freelance extremists using social media to stir up anger for street protests. The organisers are part of a growing underground movement built up since lockdown whose regular targets include migrant hotels, drag queen story hours and 15-minute cities. The choice of a mosque as the focus for the Southport riot was made after demonstrators from Liverpool were unable to find asylum seekers’ accommodation, their preferred target.
