- “Six hostages’ bodies retrieved, Israel’s military says” – The bodies of six hostages being held by Hamas have been retrieved from an “underground tunnel route” inside the Gaza Strip, says the BBC.
- “Rioter who shouted in a police dog’s face jailed for 20 months” – A rioter who shouted at a police dog has been sent to prison for 20 months, reports the Telegraph.
- “Starmer’s red dawn” – The Government has taken on the role of judge, jury, and executioner for anyone daring to oppose unrestricted immigration, writes Dr. Roger Watson in the New Conservative.
- “U.K.’s draconian ‘online safety’ laws are turning traditional values into criminal ‘hate speech’” – New U.K. surveillance measures could criminalise encrypted messaging and other private communications as part of a broader effort to suppress dissent, says Frank Wright in LifeSiteNews.
- “Keir Starmer faces fresh questions about the influence of union barons” – Some 13 union barons sit on the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee, including the boss of the rail union that called strikes just 48 hours after accepting a deal that gave his union a 14.25% pay hike, reports the Mail.
- “Getting talent back into the political clown show” – On Substack, Ed West agrees with Dominic Cummings’s guide to fixing Britain which involves, among other things, slimming down the Civil Service and paying top Civil Servants more.
- “Labour are setting the stage for a Tory revival” – There has been a positive change in morale in the Conservative Party, notes Bruce Anderson in CapX.
- “People of the lie” – Evil flourishes in a world grown comfortable with constant lying, writes John Leake on the Courageous Discourse Substack.
- “PM continues to face backlash over scrapping winter fuel payments” – Keir Starmer is continuing to face a backlash over scrapping winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners as he boasts of making Britain an “energy superpower”, reports the Mail.
- “Angela Rayner overrules Labour council to approve airport expansion” – London City Airport has been given the green light to fly millions more passengers each year after Angela Rayner overruled the Labour-run Newham Council, says the Express.
- “Council forces households to use 10 bins for rubbish and recycling” – Families in some parts of the country are forced to sort their rubbish into as many as 10 different bins and bags, reports LBC.
- “Ultra-processed food and elite opinion” – Simon Wroe’s article in the FT, which calls for bans on ultra-processed foods, is just another flashy idea that misses the mark on tackling obesity, says Christopher Snowdon on his Substack.
- “‘Disaster’ for locals as motorists shun car park after 600% tariff hike” – A council has been accused of “raking it in” at the expense of local businesses and residents after hiking charges in a car park by close to 600%, reports Kent Online.
- “New Gail’s store at centre of gentrification row announces opening” – The new Gail’s store at the centre of a gentrification storm in Walthamstow has put up signs featuring a bearded hipster to announce it’s opening, despite a petition from locals to shut it down, says the Mail.
- “Silent prayer could soon become a crime” – Labour’s plan to beef up the buffer zones around abortion clinics would literally criminalise the thoughts in your head, warns Andrew Tettenborn in Spiked.
- “Fenced in by fear: our world is run by the anxious” – Across Britain, we see all sorts of things fenced off, our way constantly barred by some local official, writes Spaceman Spiff on his Substack.
- “Pupil laptops axed to fund pay rises” – The SNP has been accused of “shamefully” breaking its flagship manifesto promise to give every pupil a laptop after using the cash for pay deals instead, reports the Scottish Express.
- “Scotland’s drug deaths still worst in Europe after 12% rise” – The number of people who died due to drug misuse in Scotland has risen sharply, according to the BBC.
- “The ‘toxic’ chat show powering the French far-Right” – What do you get when a Tunisian Jew walks into a TV channel owned by an ultra-conservative billionaire? You get one of the most popular chat shows in France, which in July lost its broadcasting licence due to thousands of complaints, writes Rose George in the Telegraph.
- “Australia’s eSaftey Commissioner gives the censorship game away on Q+A” – Amid bipartisan calls to tighten the screws on social media platforms in Australia, an appearance by the eSafety Commissioner on the TV panel show Q+A accidentally gave the game away, says Rebekah Barnett on her Substack.
- “Lucy Letby’s case must be urgently reviewed, says Dorries” – Former nurse and ex-Tory Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries has urged the Justice Secretary to “become involved” in a growing debate over Lucy Letby’s convictions, reports the Telegraph.
- “Doctors sue British tabloid for libel and win first battle round” – Two doctors have scored a major victory in the U.K.’s High Court, highlighting how journalists cover scientific issues and discredit those who challenge the official narrative, says Dr. Maryanne Demasi on her Substack.
- “Doctor who earned £10,000 moonlighting at two hospitals returns to work” – A trainee doctor who pocketed almost £10,000 in sick pay while moonlighting at two different hospitals 160 miles away has been cleared to return to medical duties, reports the Mail.
- “The rise of ‘super healthy’ young women with colon cancer” – Oncologists across the world are alarmed by an obvious, and thus far unexplainable, spike in colon cancer rates among under-50s, says the Mail.
- “Biden’s swan song convention speech is delayed until the dead of night” – President Joe Biden cried and then stumbled over his words during his swan song speech at the DNC before being bumped off primetime, reports the Mail. How the mighty…
- “Transgender Paralympian breaks silence on criticism ahead of Paris” – The first transgender Paralympian has issued a defiant statement about being a “role model” ahead of competing at Paris 2024, says the Mail.
- “Creator of BBC drama Sherwood to make the Sheriff of Nottingham queer” –Sherwood creator James Graham is hoping that a “young, queer and female” Sheriff of Nottingham appearing in season two of the series will help modernise the ancient fable, according to the Mail.
- “Star Wars’ $180 million-budget prequel series The Acolyte cancelled by Disney+” – The ‘go woke, go broke’ mantra rings true as The Acolyte gets the chop amid dismal ratings, reports GB News.
- “National Gallery hires social media influencers to attract Gen Z” – The National Gallery has hired social media influencers in a bid to attract Gen Z visitors and promote its art to a new audience, says the Mail.
- “BookTok row after influencer complains her novel has ‘so many words’” – A row has erupted on BookTok – a TikTok subset hailed for “making reading cool again” – after an influencer complained that the novel she was reading had “too many words”, reports the Mail.
- “How Gen Z uncancelled Michael Barrymore” – Thirty years ago a man’s death at his home ended Michael Barrymore’s career. But now ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ has reinvented himself as the darling of TikTok, say Abigail Buchanan and Natasha Leake in the Telegraph.
- “Security for Sussex faux royal tour cost poverty-hit Colombia £1.5 million” – Local media claim Harry and Meghan’s four-day quasi-royal tour of Colombia cost eight billion pesos, sparking outrage in a country where a third live below the poverty line, reports the Mail.
- “Wise words from Timandra Harkness” – An UnHerd journalist explains why you need to tolerate disagreeable speech if you believe in free speech at Free Speech Union event.
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