27th March 2022

“P&O ferry detained after crew familiarisation and training failures, UK coastguard says https://t.co/SUnylX5BWl”

The CQC's 2020 report said people with learning disabilities or autism were receiving "undignified and inhumane care"; 18 months on it says little progress has been made.

"Transgender women and girls are valid, and our elected officials should be sending them messages of support, not using them as political pawns."

“5,279 Children were Strip Searched by the Met Police in London in the past three years (that's five every single day.) THREE QUARTERS of them were from ethnically diverse backgrounds Just under half were black Only 22% were white 🧵 https://t.co/s886sevDf3”

“Hmmmm I could remember that JK Rowling is donating millions to Ukrainian orphans - or I could let myself be successfully trolled by Putin and denounce JK Rowling as a witch. What to choose?”

"Today they are trying to cancel a whole thousand-year culture - our people," Mr Putin says, adding: "They are banning Russian writers and books."

The sharp rise in infections across much of the country is due to the Omicron BA.2 variant, a more transmissible form of Omicron, say experts.

‘If my husband went back to work, we’d be making a huge loss every month’ says mum of toddler twins Alison Perry, whose bill would total £52k a year.

It's rare to see a maritime disaster unfold in slow motion, but that's exactly what's happening off the coast of Yemen, writes Christopher Reddy. The environmental calamity posed by the Safer may dwarf even the one created by the Exxon Valdez. That's why the agreement between the United Nations and the Houthi government is a gift that the world needs to grab hold of with both hands.

North Korea has confirmed it tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first long-range test in more than four years and marking a potential new era of regional confrontation.

Ukrainian crewman Taras Ostapchuk tried to sink the 156-foot yacht he worked on, saying the Russian oligarch who owned it had to be held responsible. EU and US sanctions roil the yachting world as they try to trace ownership of super yachts.

Exclusive: Michelle Mone promoted PPE Medpro for Covid contract in May 2020 – and again in October

Legal advice organisation says people have been forced to return to Ukraine because of protracted delays

Campaigners write manifesto in broadest anti-war statement by Russian human rights supporters

The government is looking at lowering people's energy bills based on how close they are to onshore wind turbines.

"We don't want any activist judges," say Republicans, as one of their justices' wives conspired with the White House Chief of Staff to overturn a presidential election and that justice refuses to recuse himself from any cases on it.— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 24, 2022

Peter Hebblethwaite gave evidence to a Commons select committee a week after sacking staff via Zoom and employing agency staff who he admitted are being paid below the UK's minimum wage.

The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 is repealed as part of this Act. It make the prerogative powers to dissolve Parliament and to call a new Parliament exercisable again, as if the 2011 Act had never been enacted. https://t.co/D3YdySE2p7— PARLY (@PARLYapp) March 24, 2022

42% UK adults pay NO income tax because their taxable income is less than the tax free allowance of £12,570First let it sink in that 42% survive on less than £12,570, then listen to how the BBC’s Emma Barnett framed it 😡#Budget2022 #SpringStatement pic.twitter.com/1W3Gb4TFV4— ℹ️ Not The Torygraph 💙 #SaveOurNHS #ScrapNHSBill (@TweetForTheMany) March 23, 2022

President Joe Biden joins leaders of Nato, the EU and G7 in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

NEW: Damning report by HMIC into corruption in Met Police finds the force is "not fit for purpose".- Cash, jewellery, drugs regularly 'go missing'. Access code for one store was scribbled on the door- Over 100 new recruits have previous convictions for crimes including theft— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) March 22, 2022

🚨BREAKING: The House of Commons has just voted clause 11 of the Nationality and Borders Bill, one of the cruellest parts of this #AntiRefugeeBill, through to the final stages, by 318-220.The real fight starts now. Here's what happens next.THREAD 🧵1/4— Freedom from Torture🧡 (@FreefromTorture) March 22, 2022

Andrew Mitchell says it would be much cheaper to accommodate asylum seekers in the Ritz and send the children to Eton than processing them offshore.He urges fellow Tories to vote against plans for offshore asylum processing as it would leave taxpayers with “unprecedented costs”— Matt Dathan (@matt_dathan) March 22, 2022

The new plan is due to be unveiled next month, after the Government was accused of abandoning its previous commitments on LGBT+ issues

US President says Russian leader’s back is ‘against the wall’ and he is considering ‘false flag’ attacks as an excuse to unleash the banned weapons

Victoria, 27, says her city has been “absolutely destroyed” by Russian bombs and those still trapped now face starvation

Wife of the Ukrainian president says her husband has always been determined and calm

Trans women are reportedly being denied passage to safer countries, despite their legal status as women and the danger posed by Russia’s transphobic policies