A Cambridge University scholar has claimed that schools should teach children how to recognise conspiracy theories. According to The Telegraph: Prof Sander van der Linden, an expert on social psychology, said that one of the solutions to conspiracist thinking could be to “implement this stuff in national education curriculums”. Speaking about his new book, Foolproof, … Read more
Banks are to be told by the Treasury that they must protect free speech and not block customers who hold controversial views. According to The Telegraph: Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor, is understood to be “deeply concerned” that overzealous lenders are closing down accounts because they disagree with customers’ opinions and has asked City minister Andrew … Read more
Aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in thousands of products is to be declared a possible cancer risk to humans by The World Health Organisation. According to The Guardian: The World Health Organization’s cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has conducted a safety review of aspartame and will publish a report … Read more
Several Muslim-majority countries have strongly condemned the burning of a copy of the Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm. According to the BBC: Salwan Momika, said to be an Iraqi living in Sweden,set fire to a copy of the Muslim text in front of Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday. Middle Eastern nations including Iraq, Iran, … Read more
40,000 police officers will be mobilised across France tonight in an attempt to quell riots triggered by the killing of a 17-year-old teenager by a police officer. The French Interior Ministry announced the mobilisation this afternoon. 5,000 officers will be sent to Paris. It comes after a second night of violent protests with protesters setting … Read more
The UK Court Of Appeal has ruled that the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful. The government believes that sending asylum seekers to the east African country would deter small boat crossings. However, two of the three judges found that Rwanda was not a “safe country.” According to The BBC: A … Read more
Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of artificial intelligence, has urged governments to take measures to ensure that machines do not take control of society. According to RTÉ: Mr Hinton made headlines last month when he announced that he quit Google after a decade of work to speak more freely on the dangers of AI, shortly after … Read more
NHS staff absenteeism due to illness has reached record levels in England. According to the BBC: Figures for 2022 show an absence rate – the proportion of days lost – of 5.6%, meaning the NHS lost the equivalent of nearly 75,000 staff to illness. This is higher than during the peak pandemic years of 2020 … Read more
The Telegraph is reporting exclusively this morning that girls at a school in Essex were sexually abused by boys in gender-neutral toilets. According to reporters Hayley Dixon and Louisa Clarence-Smith: A school has called in police over allegations that female pupils were sexually assaulted in its gender-neutral lavatories. A teenage boy has been arrested over … Read more
Matt Hancock has arrived at the Covid-19 inquiry in London. The former Health Secretary will be grilled on his role in the UK’s pandemic response and the vaccine roll-out. According to The Independent: Matt Hancock faces a daunting grilling at the Covid inquiry today following a series of major scandals during the Covid pandemic while … Read more
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