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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Tom Mcardle |Tim Sigsworth |Janet Eastham
The Supreme Court will issue a landmark ruling over whether transgender people can be legally defined as their preferred gender. Feminist campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) has brought the case, arguing that sex-based protections should only apply to people who were born female. The dispute centres on whether or not somebody with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) recognising their gender as female should be treated as a woman under the 2010 Equality Act.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Michael Searles |Daniel Martin |Tim Sigsworth
A Conservative Party source said this was racial discrimination and described it as "social engineering". They said: "No employer, least of all one funded by taxpayers, should discriminate against applicants based on their race. "People should be judged on the content of their character, not the colour of their skin. "It's high time we do away with divisive DEI hiring policies that do nothing to improve outcomes for patients.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Patrick Sawer |Tim Sigsworth
Giles Udy, a historian of Soviet oppression, said the notice reflected a disturbing trend against Christianity by official bodies in the UK. "Time and again I'm reminded these days of what it must have been like to be a practising Christian in countries under the militant atheism of post-war Soviet occupation, determined to extinguish what it saw as a rival and threat to its own religious dogma," he said.
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2 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Connor Stringer |Tim Sigsworth |India McTaggart
Prince Harry visited the Superhumans Centre in Lviv, Ukraine, meeting wounded soldiers and civilians. His visit followed a London court appearance seeking state-backed security for his family in the UK. Harry’s trip was unannounced to Buckingham Palace, as he is no longer a working royal. Prince Harry has made an unannounced visit to Ukraine. The Duke of Sussex went to the Superhumans Centre in Lviv, in the west of Ukraine, where wounded soldiers and civilians are treated and rehabilitated.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Victoria Ward |Tim Sigsworth
12 hours agoVirginia Giuffre Alleges Husband Has Physically Abused Her For Years: 'I Can No Longer Stay Silent' (Exclusive)As controversy swirls about a cryptic Instagram message Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre recently posted about her deteriorating health following a car crash in Australia, she is now coming forward with allegations of abuse against her husband of 22 years, Robert Giuffre.
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2 weeks ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Victoria Ward |Tim Sigsworth
In newly released court documents, Lady Spencer said Prof Jarman's decision to give an interview to MailOnline in which she revealed she had MS was "hopelessly inconsistent" with her legal case. "It is admitted and averred that the Claimant chose to give an interview to the MailOnline (the biggest English-language media website in the world)," the countess's defence reads.
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3 weeks ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Tim Sigsworth |Ben Butcher |Matt Davis
A toddler was suspended from nursery after being accused of being transphobic or homophobic, The Telegraph can reveal. Department for Education (DfE) data show the child, aged either three or four, was suspended from a state school in the 2022-23 academic year for "abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity". The school and further details of the case were not disclosed.
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4 weeks ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Max Stephens |Tim Sigsworth
A butler stole more than £200,000 worth of jewellery and other valuables from a Wiltshire mansion owned by the boss of Clarence Court Eggs. Andrew Stothard, 42, was hired as a live-in houseman and valet at the £11 million Soley House in Wiltshire in August last year. Less than three weeks after taking up the position, Stothard ransacked the family home for jewellery, expensive clothes and his employer's credit card.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Tim Sigsworth |Nick Gutteridge
Police face being dragged into a fresh two-tier justice row over plans to review "bias" against young black people. Police chiefs have told their forces they must "become anti-racist" in a new report that claims black people are "criminalised" and says it is "not enough" if officers are merely not racist. The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), which represents senior officers, announced an initiative to tackle race issues in policing following the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Tim Sigsworth |Flora Prideaux
The force has since updated its appeal to refer to Stone as a "transgender woman" instead of as a "woman". But it continues to use the pronoun "she". The Surrey branch of the Women's Rights Network (WRN) accused the force of potentially placing "the public at risk" and making "it harder for this person to be located". Heather Binning, of the WRN, told The Telegraph that the force had risked "seriously misleading the public and possibly putting people in danger".
