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2 days ago | 
express.co.uk | Nick Lester |Sam Ormiston
An extremist al Qaeda cell's attempt to contaminate London's water supplies was thwarted by the nation's vigilant security services, an ex-counter-terrorism minister has divulged. Lord West of Spithead, who served in office during the turbulent period, shed light on how the ghastly 2008 plot was averted as debates at Westminster probed the steps being taken to shield Britain's reservoirs from hostile forces.
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6 days ago | 
alifeinaday.co.uk | Nick Lester
Posted on May 30, 2025 in the categories: Blog, Webinars Date: 18th June, 2025Time: 09:00 EDT / 14:00 BST / 15:00 CEST Location: Zoom interactive meetingAre your clients challenging you to offer more innovative patient focused solutions that deliver measurable results?
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Nick Lester |Hayley Parker
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.co.uk | Nick Lester
Lord Gove was supported by close allies and fellow Conservative peers Baroness Finn and Lord Vaizey of Didcot. Nick LesterFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Nick Lester
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.co.uk | Nick Lester
A Tory former Cabinet minister presses the Government in Parliament over its ‘reset’ deal with the bloc. Nick LesterA leading Brexiteer has declared his interest as a French farmer as he accused Brussels of flouting international trade rules. Tory former Cabinet minister Lord Lilley referred to his smallholding in France as he pressed the Government over its “reset” deal with the EU.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.co.uk | Nick Lester
More than 3,000 people have died as a result while survivors are living with lifelong health implications. Nick LesterDelays in compensation payouts to victims of the infected blood scandal are not deliberate in order to save money, a minister has insisted. Labour frontbencher Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent said such a step would be “the most heinous of approaches” and was “simply not true”.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.co.uk | Nick Lester
Justice minister Lord Ponsonby said he would ‘encourage’ Peter Sullivan, 68, to seek a payout. Nick LesterThe Government has pledged to prioritise any bid for compensation by a man who spent 38 years in prison after wrongly being convicted of murder. Speaking in Parliament, justice minister Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede said he would “encourage” Peter Sullivan, 68, to seek a payout.
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3 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Abbie Llewelyn |Nick Lester
A former Ofsted chief inspector, who led the watchdog when a headteacher took her own life, has warned against “casually vilifying” public bodies. In her maiden speech in the House of Lords, Baroness Amanda Spielman said it can be “easy” to label those having to make difficult decisions as “soulless and unfair”. The new Conservative peer also used her speech to say she finds it “worrying when the interests of children are subordinated to those of adults”.
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3 weeks ago | 
independent.co.uk | Nick Lester
A Conservative amendment to an upcoming bill ensures ‘biological sex data’ can be recorded in the future Nick LesterThe House of Lords continues to stand off with the Government in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman, with one peer arguing that passports can no longer be relied upon to verify someone’s sex. On Monday, peers voted on measures to demand public authorities record sex data based on biological sex.
