Labour plans to simplify ‘dehumanising’ gender change process (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Labour will make it easier to change gender and is considering allowing a single family doctor to sign off on the decision under plans to “simplify” the process....
‘I’ve been here for 40 years’: Newsagent’s fight for UK passport (www.thetimes.co.uk)
UK Tory row to ignite over subsidies to wood-burning power stations | No more funding should be handed to biomass electricity until it can prove it does not worsen climate change, MPs say (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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British tech firm Raspberry Pi lines up £500m float (www.thetimes.co.uk)
British computer business Raspberry Pi is finalising plans to float on the stock market this month in a transaction that could value it at up to £500 million....
School reported parents of ‘trans’ child to social services (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Interesting story since it’s my old school. From what I’ve heard the headmaster can’t be arsed dealing with these difficult parents anymore and is retiring....
Smoking weed is not compulsory in Germany, Olaf Scholz tells Chinese students (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Maori king declares whales are people in push for legal rights (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Whales will be recognised as legal persons under a declaration signed by New Zealand’s Maori king and native leaders across the Pacific....
Lord Cameron denied meeting with US speaker in blow to Ukraine aid push (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Iranian journalist stabbed on his way to work in London (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Pouria Zeraati was attacked before recording for Iran International, an independent broadcaster critical of the Tehran regime
Seven of the best lush woodland walks (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Transform your springtime stomps by taking the path less travelled and choosing a new route from the 173,000 acres of UK woodland, which are, in fact, vestiges of temperate rainforest. As well as being hotspots for thriving biodiversity, they are enchanting places to visit where you’ll stumble across secret gorges and spot...
Japan’s early cherry blossom bloom could spell tourism doom | The annual petal show draws millions of tourists, but global warming has brought the date earlier and earlier — with no signs of stopping (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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Britain faces an alarming rise in intimidation and threats of violence against those accused of Blasphemy, report warns (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Gunmen snatch nearly 300 Nigerian schoolchildren from morning assembly (www.thetimes.co.uk)
More than 350,000 civilians have been killed in Nigeria by Islamist extremists; 2 million displaced, say the UN....
JK Rowling reported to police for ‘misgendering’ trans TV newsreader (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Remember kids, if your free speech has hate speech laws, then you dont have free speech.
Red Bull stick by Christian Horner for now despite Jos Verstappen outburst (www.thetimes.co.uk)
AI’s rise prompts university to bring back traditional exams (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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Christian Horner cleared of inappropriate behaviour (www.thetimes.co.uk)
‘South West Water tried to gag me for suing over sewage’ (www.thetimes.co.uk)
I’m 18 — and facing jail because I won’t fight for Israel (www.thetimes.co.uk)
BBC accused of plagiarising new series from Spanish drama (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Sales of SUVs surge as concerns grow over rising emissions | The market share of the larger, heavier cars has reached 60 per cent in the UK and most are still powered by petrol and diesel (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Alexei Navalny was killed ‘by punch to the heart’ (www.thetimes.co.uk)
[Henry Winter, The Times] Marcus Rashford owes it to Man United to make most of his gifts (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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Teacher who showed Muhammad cartoon still in hiding 3 years later, The former head of religious studies at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire is unlikely ever to return home, his family say (www.thetimes.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11303685...