What the papers say – January 29
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Source:The Times
January 29, 2022 04:37 UTC
What’s on TV and radio tonight: Friday, January 28
Kristen Bell stars as Anna in The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the WindowFor full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by James JacksonThe Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the WindowNetflixIt’s one way for a show to get attention: give it the longest title possible. Before you scoff, though, this series is actually a dark spoof. Look at the title again and you realise that it just has to be, sending up all those ludicrous “troubled woman” chick-lit potboilers with the word “girl” in the title, such as The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl. However, it’s played so straight that if you didn’t realise this, you might simply think you’re watching one of the worst series yet made. Kristen Bell (The Good
Source:The Times
January 29, 2022 03:40 UTC
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Biden to 'tone down' his messaging about invasion
Austin said the 100,000-plus Troops Russia has positioned 'far and away exceeds what we typically see them do for exercises. 'We don’t have a Titanic here,' he said Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine. It included a plea by Zelensky for Biden to 'calm down the messaging' amid complex maneuverings over the potential invasion. The urging came in a call where Biden told Zelensky Russia could invade within weeks. She also tweeted out a statement by Ukraine's U.S. embassy stating 'that some reports regarding today’s conversation of President Zelenskyy and President Biden are completely false.
Source:The Times
January 29, 2022 03:23 UTC
Amanda Staveley ‘didn’t have the funds’ to buy Newcastle stake, claims Mike Ashley
Neither Amanda Staveley nor her firm, PCP Capital Partners, “had the funds necessary” to buy her 10 per cent stake in Newcastle United, according to a lawsuit brought by the club’s former owner, Mike Ashley – in stark contradiction of her insistence that family money and the sale of a hotel was used to buy the shares. The legal action states that fellow consortium members, the Reuben brothers, lent £30.5 million to Staveley’s company, Cantervale Ltd, for the 10 per cent shareholding. It adds that Ashley’s company, St James Holdings Ltd (SJHL), lent her a further £10 million on October 7 as she was “also unable to meet the advisory, legal and other costs and commissions associated with” the takeover. SponsoredThe High Court filing by
Source:The Times
January 29, 2022 02:11 UTC
Clothing is outdated, and so are fund managers. Is it time for an update?
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Source:The Times
January 29, 2022 01:03 UTC
Spineless Tories know that Johnson must go
Strolling down Savile Row I chance upon a tailor I know. “We make grey suits,” he replies. “Tory MPs of a certain vintage and standing were our most reliable customers. Mostly behind the scenes, such men and (later) women carried a certain, untitled authority. Call them “tribal elders”: they were not the noisy ones and your columnist was never of their number, but their often silent presence among us
Source:The Times
January 29, 2022 00:57 UTC
Cressida Dick: All the times the Met Police boss got it wrong
Cressida Dick: All the times the Met Police boss got it wrongIt's been a tough few years for the Met CommissionerCressida Dick made herself rather unpopular Friday by diluting the impact of the much-awaited report from Sue Gray into the Downing Street parties. AdvertisementBut the Met Police Commissioner is no stranger to making unpopular calls, and even bad ones. In 2017, the de Menezes family's calls that Dick not be considered for commissioner were ignored. Despite intense criticism the Met insisted it was right to pursue the claims, causing immense distress to the accused perpetrators. Then-assistant police commissioner, Dick oversaw the collapse of Operation Midland, and Beech was jailed for 18 years for multiple counts of lying and one of fraud justice in 2019.
Source:The Times
January 29, 2022 00:10 UTC
Government ‘fully committed’ to National Insurance increase, says No 10
No 10 has sought to dismiss reports that Boris Johnson is “wobbling” over increasing National Insurance, saying the Government is “fully committed” to introducing the tax rise in the spring. The spokesman said: “The Prime Minister and Chancellor are fully committed to introducing the health and social care levy in April. He said the rise, and subsequent introduction of the health and social care levy from 2023, will provide £36 billion over three years to fund the NHS and social care. Former minister Robert Halfon said the Government should look at different ways to support struggling families, including possibly cutting overseas aid, rather than ploughing ahead with the National Insurance rise. In the 2019 Tory election manifesto, the party had ruled out increasing National Insurance if returned to power.
Source:The Times
January 28, 2022 23:16 UTC
Rugby & Northampton AC lead cross county league with one race to go
Rugby & Northampton Under 17sRugby & Northampton AC took part in the fourth meeting of the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League and came away with yet another team victory, writes John Gercs. The U11 girls team finished 2nd, led home by Elsie Bennett in 6th position. The U11 boys finished 2nd with David Allen racing to 5th position and he was followed home by debutant Alex Kampta in 8th. The U13 boys team was 5th with Emilio Fernandez leading the R&N contingent in 25th. Ava Rogerson finished in bronze position in the U15 girls with the team 2nd, behind a strong Wolverhampton team.
Source:Express
January 28, 2022 22:40 UTC
Only 10% of successful applicants receive full grant for overseas tradeshows
Paris Fashion Week is one of the trade events for which those attending can receive supportOnly 10 per cent of the two to three thousand successful applicants to the government’s overseas tradeshow support programme will receive a full £4,000 grant, guidance documents show. Another 30 per cent of businesses that meet the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) criteria will receive £2,000, which can be put towards the cost of preparing for and attending overseas exhibitions. The remaining successful applicants will be offered four hour-long online training modules delivered by the government’s Export Academy on how to make use of trade fairs, as well as some advice on the specific one selected. In addition, some applicants will be offered £200 to cover travel to European shows or £500 for shows outside Europe. SponsoredThe £7.9 million support scheme started as a pilot
Source:The Times
January 28, 2022 20:48 UTC
From beloved household name to racist slur - how brands move with the times
History is littered with brands that had to be renamed because they became an embarrassment or offensive. * Tip Top to rename Eskimo Pies, Pascall to ditch Eskimo sweet nameEskimo Pie, Eskimo sweetsIn 2020, the makers of Eskimo lollies and Eskimo Pie ice cream bars separately decided to rename the products amid growing acknowledgement of the use of racial stereotyping by brands around the world. Marion van Dijk/Stuff Pascall finally moved with the times and rebranded its Eskimo lollies as Explorers. Tip Top changed the Eskimo Pie to the Polar Pie, and removed the ‘Eskimo’ character from the packaging. The manufacturer was originally unmoved after a complaint in 2009 by Canadian tourist Seeka Lee Veevee Parsons, an Inuit of the Nunavut Territory in Canada, that the Eskimo lollies were an insult.
Source:The Times
January 28, 2022 19:00 UTC
We need far more allotments — not bitter wars over the few we have
I never had the money or felt the need, and I was right. They got the same exposure to sex pests and drug dealers for free at the local comprehensive. What I do regret is not getting their names on to a waiting list for an allotment. It now takes years to acquire your ten poles’ worth of clay (ten poles being the Anglo-Saxon measure, equivalent to 250 square metres, traditionally used to apportion allotments). A few weeks ago I plaintively asked the secretary of the local
Source:The Times
January 28, 2022 18:06 UTC
Pastor to Scot Govt: ‘Biological sex no mere social construct’
A Free Church of Scotland pastor has told the Scottish Government that Christians cannot be silent on the truth of biological sex, amid its push to make changing legal sex much easier. Revd Stephen Allison said: “The Bible clearly teaches God created us male or female. We believe that sex cannot be reduced to a mere social construct but is a core part of our humanity.”The Scottish Government’s proposals on changing legal sex include removing the need for applicants to provide any medical evidence, reducing the two-year waiting period to three months and even allowing those as young as 16 to legally alter their birth sex. And earlier this week, women’s rights groups took the Scottish Government to court over its move to change the meaning of “sex” in the March 2022 census. The groups say the change to include men who identify as women would prevent accurate data collection and would remove single-sex spaces.
Source:The Times
January 28, 2022 17:02 UTC
Father and son take on Kilimanjaro after loss
A father-and-son duo from Marlborough is taking on the world’s highest single free-standing mountain in a bid to raise money for charity following the passing of their beloved wife and mother. Wendy Ann Jones who was married to Robert and the mother of their son Harrison tragically lost her life after a very short battle with pancreatic cancer - living for only 25 weeks after her diagnosis. “Harrison and I both managed to spend time with Wendy up to and including her passing. “The most underfunded cancer diagnosis and follow-up is pancreatic cancer. But when Wendy had a CT scan, she was then called in very quickly to find out she had pancreatic cancer.
Source:The Times
January 28, 2022 16:57 UTC
How Estonia does it: Lessons from Europe’s best school system
How Estonia does it: Lessons from Europe’s best school systemIn Estonia children learn robotics from the age of seven and teachers use virtual reality to bring geography, chemistry, history and languages to life. Its schools are also the best at promoting fairness and Estonian pupils are among the happiest in the OECD. Estonia, or e-Estonia as it likes to be known, sees itself as a start-up nation and 99 per cent of government services are delivered online. Most homework and school tests are set digitally, reducing the amount of marking for teachers. There is also a national online library of more than 20,000 educational resources called the “e-Schoolbag”.
Source:The Times
January 28, 2022 15:35 UTC