Kamis, 05 Januari 2023

Prince Harry accuses Prince William of physical attack in book - report - BBC

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (L) and Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend the unveiling of a statue of their mother, Princess Diana at The Sunken Garden in Kensington Palace, London on July 1, 2021, which would have been her 60th birthday.Getty Images

Prince Harry has claimed his brother William physically attacked him, according to the Guardian, which says it has seen a copy of the Duke of Sussex's memoir, Spare.

The newspaper reported that the book sets out an argument between the pair over Prince Harry's wife Meghan.

"He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor," the Guardian quotes Harry.

Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace have both said they will not comment.

The palaces - which represent Prince William and the King respectively - seem to have adopted the strategy that any controversial claims will fizzle out faster without a response.

Meanwhile, in a new clip previewing an interview with ITV, Prince Harry refuses to commit to attending the King's coronation in May.

He says there is a lot "that can happen between now and then" and the "ball is in [the Royal Family's] court".

Prince Harry's memoir will not be published until next Tuesday, but the Guardian said it obtained a copy amid what it called "stringent pre-launch security".

BBC News has not yet seen a copy of Spare.

According to the Guardian, the book says the row was sparked by comments Prince William made to Prince Harry at his London home in 2019.

Prince Harry, the paper says, writes that his brother was critical of his marriage to Meghan Markle - and that Prince William described her as "difficult", "rude" and "abrasive".

The Duke of Sussex reportedly writes that his brother was "parrot[ing] the press narrative" as the confrontation escalated.

Prince Harry is said to describe what happened next, including an alleged physical altercation.

"He set down [a glass of] water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast.

"He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor.

"I landed on the dog's bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out."

The revelations create the bleak impression of a family fight, right at the centre of the monarchy, that shows no sign of being reconciled.

This is still the territory of an acrimonious divorce rather than the reconciliation.

Martin Pengelly, a journalist for the Guardian's US website who wrote its story, said he had not approached Prince William's communication team.

The reporter said that his article is "a report on Harry's book, which he's written, it's Harry's account".

Mr Pengelly told BBC Radio 5 Live: "We carefully, obviously in reporting it, didn't call it a fight because Harry says he didn't fight back."

Prince Harry writes that his brother urged him to hit back and he refused to do so, according to the Guardian, but Prince William later looked "regretful, and apologised".

Photographs suggest Prince Harry regularly wore a dark necklace at events such as the Invictus Games, and on foreign tours with Meghan, as recently as September 2019.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in South Africa in 2019.
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While publishers at Penguin Random House are yet to confirm whether the leaked excerpts from the book are genuine, Prince Harry has recently spoken of his troubled relationship with his brother.

In the couple's Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary, Prince Harry describes a meeting he attended with his brother, and father, the now King.

Prince Harry described the conference in early 2020, which was also attended by the late Queen, as "terrifying".

"It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that just simply weren't true, and my grandmother quietly sit there and sort of take it all in," he said.

The Guardian says Prince Harry details a meeting with Charles, then Prince of Wales, and Prince William after the funeral of his grandfather, Prince Phillip, in April 2021.

If this leak is accurate, perhaps the most poignant image is of King Charles caught in the middle, asking his warring sons not to make his life a "misery"

In a trailer for a sit-down interview, which will be broadcast on 8 January ahead of the book release, the prince said: "I would like to get my father back, I would like to have my brother back".

However, Prince Harry told ITV's Tom Bradby "they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile," although it was not clear who he was referring to.

Buckingham Palace declined to comment on this.

Spare, ghostwritten by memoirist JR Moehringer and part of a multi-million dollar book deal, was previously believed to be subject to the utmost secrecy with few details known about its content.

"For Harry, this is his story at last," Penguin Random House said in a publicity statement back in October.

"With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief."

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Rabu, 04 Januari 2023

Rishi Sunak's strike law to let bosses sack workers and sue unions - The Times

Employers will be able to sue unions and sack staff under government plans to curb the right to strike, The Times has been told.

Rishi Sunak is poised to announce legislation to enforce “minimum service levels” in six sectors, including the health service, rail, education, fire and border security.

The laws, which will be announced as soon as today, will require a proportion of union members to continue working to retain a “minimum level” of service.

A government source involved in the discussions said that strikes would be deemed illegal if unions refused to provide the minimum level.

Employers would be able to sue unions, and union members who were told to work under the minimum service requirement but refused to do so could

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2023-01-05 00:01:00Z
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Rishi Sunak promises action on UK growth and NHS waiting lists - Financial Times

Rishi Sunak on Wednesday outlined five key promises for the next general election, including expanding the UK economy and cutting NHS waiting lists, as he squared up to the Labour party at the start of a pivotal year in British politics.

In his first big domestic policy speech as prime minister, Sunak said he wanted to deliver “peace of mind” to a country confronted by a recession, strikes and a meltdown in the NHS.

The prime minister promised to halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce public debt, cut NHS waiting lists and “stop the boats” illegally carrying people across the English Channel.

Sunak’s five promises drew comparisons with Tony Blair’s famous five-point pledge card, deployed ahead of Labour’s 1997 election win. “Rishi wanted to keep the message simple,” said one ally of the prime minister.

Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer, Labour leader, will also draw on Blairite themes in his own new year speech on Thursday, with a promise to keep a tight grip on public spending and push for radical reform of public services.

Both leaders know that 2023 will be a crucial year in framing a general election widely expected to take place towards the end of next year.

Starmer will claim in his speech that Labour can oversee a decade of “national renewal” but will warn: “Let me be clear: none of this should be taken as code for Labour getting its big government cheque book out again.”

He will add: “Of course investment is required. I can see the damage the Tories have done to our public services as plainly as anyone. But we won’t be able to spend our way out of this mess.”

While Labour enjoys leads over the Conservatives of around 20 points, Starmer knows he still has to reassure the public that he will maintain a tight grip on the economy.

The Labour leader lags behind Sunak on economic competence and leadership in surveys, offering some hope to Tory MPs in an otherwise bleak political landscape.

Sunak on Wednesday attempted to put the economy centre stage in his pitch to voters.

“We will rebuild trust in politics through action, or not at all,” he told an audience at the Olympic Park in east London. “So I ask you to judge us on the effort we put in and the results we achieve.”

Several of the economic tests that Sunak set himself for this parliament are broadly in line with what independent economists and the Bank of England expect to happen.

Economists estimate that UK consumer price inflation passed its peak in November last year, when it fell to 10.7 per cent. Forecasters expect the rate to halve this year.

The BoE, even under its most pessimistic forecast, expects the economy to be growing by the end of 2024.

Sunak pledged to reduce public debt but did not clarify by how much or when.

His promise to cut record NHS waiting lists — more than 7mn patients in England were waiting for non-urgent hospital treatment last month — is politically vital, but he did not say how big a reduction he hoped to achieve.

The pledge follows warnings by senior health service officials about the unprecedented strain on the NHS as a result of rising flu and Covid-19 cases, the waiting list backlog, industrial action and staff vacancies.

Sunak also confirmed he would pass new laws to ensure that anybody arriving in the UK illegally would be detained and swiftly deported.

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2023-01-04 22:30:43Z
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Rishi Sunak: Hold me to account if NHS waiting lists don't fall - BBC

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Rishi Sunak has asked people to hold him to account if NHS waiting lists in England do not fall in two years.

It is one of five pledges set out in the prime minister's first major speech of 2023, with others including the economy and small boat crossings.

Mr Sunak is facing challenges this winter, including a wave of strike action, a cost-of-living crisis and huge pressure on the health services.

But the PM said he was "taking urgent action" and increasing NHS funding.

He said the government was also increasing bed capacity and the extra money would help ensure people who are ready to be discharged can be moved into social care or looked after in the community.

With the Conservatives trailing in the polls after last year's political turmoil, Mr Sunak used his speech to set out the priorities for his premiership.

He also sought to reassure the public that he could deliver, ahead of a general election widely expected in 2024.

His speech set out five key pledges:

  • Halve inflation this year to ease the cost of living
  • Grow the economy, creating better-paid jobs and opportunity across the country
  • Ensure national debt is falling
  • NHS waiting lists will fall and people will get the care they need more quickly
  • Pass new laws to stop small boat crossings, making sure those who arrive illegally are detained and swiftly removed

He said people would be able to judge his government on whether it had delivered on these priorities, "no tricks... no ambiguity".

He provided little detail on how some of the pledges would be achieved and admitted "many factors are out of my control".

But Downing Street later said that halving inflation this year will be judged from the final quarter of 2022 to the final quarter of 2023.

And Mr Sunak's pledge to "grow the economy" will be met if GDP is higher in the fourth quarter of 2023 than in the third quarter.

The speech came after senior doctors warned the NHS was on a knife edge, with some accident and emergency units in a "complete state of crisis".

A sharp rise in Covid and flu admissions in recent weeks has put pressure on hospitals, which are also dealing with a backlog of treatment that built up during the pandemic.

This has contributed to long waits for ambulances, emergency treatment and non-urgent care.

A shortage of capacity and staff in social care also means there is often a delay in people leaving hospital when they are ready to be discharged, meaning fewer beds are available for other patients.

Asked by the BBC's Chris Mason how soon things would improve in the NHS this winter, Mr Sunak said cutting waiting times was one of his priorities, adding: "I want the country to hold me to account for delivering it."

He said the government was increasing funding and bringing in innovations like virtual wards, so people could be treated at home where appropriate.

"I believe in just a few months we will have practically eliminated waiting times for those waiting a year and a half", he said.

"We've already eliminated those waiting two years, and by next spring I think we will have eliminated those waiting a year."

Waiting list since 2010

Labour said Mr Sunak's pledges were all things that were happening anyway, were easily achievable or "aimed at fixing problems of the Tories' own making".

"For weeks this speech was hyped up as his big vision - now he's delivered it, the country is entitled to ask: is that it?" the party's deputy leader Angela Rayner said.

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said the prime minister was "asleep at the wheel", adding: "People will be dismayed that Rishi Sunak still doesn't have a proper plan to deal with the crisis raging in the NHS."

The SNP accused Mr Sunak of making "flimsy promises, whilst people in Scotland are paying the price of five Tory prime ministers over the last 13 years".

Inflation is currently at a near 40-year high of 10.7%, with wages failing to keep up with prices.

Based on current forecasts from the Bank of England and the independent Office for Responsibility (OBR), the aim to halve inflation this year should be achievable.

However, some of Mr Sunak's other pledges are likely to be more challenging to achieve.

There are currently more than seven million people waiting for NHS care in England - one in eight of the population.

Waiting lists have continued to grow since the height of the Covid pandemic, as more patients come forward after missing treatment during lockdowns.

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Mr Sunak's predecessors have also struggled to tackle small boat crossings, with record numbers making the dangerous journey across the Channel last year.

The prime minister promised to introduce legislation to ensure people who arrive illegally are removed quickly - but he admitted this "is not going to happen overnight".

Progress will depend on how quickly Parliament passes any new law, while the plans could also get bogged down in the courts as a potential breach of the UK's refugee obligations.

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2023-01-04 19:55:01Z
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Rishi Sunak wants all pupils to study maths to age 18 - BBC

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The prime minister is looking at plans to ensure all pupils in England study maths in some form until the age of 18.

Rishi Sunak will announce the aim in his first speech of 2023 later, which he will use to set out his priorities.

Mr Sunak's speech comes amid a winter of multiple strikes, a cost-of-living crisis and huge pressures on the NHS.

He will be keen to use the speech to prove competence and grip, and set forward ideas after the political turmoil of last year.

On Tuesday, No 10 said the government was "confident" it was "providing the NHS with the funding it needs".

During his speech, Mr Sunak is expected to expand on his vision for the UK, and revisit comments made in December about giving people "peace of mind".

The Daily Mail reports that Mr Sunak will take "personal charge of tackling the NHS crisis".

The prime minister is likely to use Wednesday's speech to acknowledge pressures facing the UK's health system, the paper adds.

But opposition parties have accused the prime minister of being "missing in action", as senior doctors warn some accident and emergency units are in a "complete state of crisis".

With the Conservatives trailing in the polls, Mr Sunak will also be keen to set out the aims of his premiership beyond crisis management.

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In lines briefed to journalists ahead of the speech, Mr Sunak is expected to say the UK must "reimagine our approach to numeracy".

"In a world where data is everywhere and statistics underpin every job, our children's jobs will require more analytical skills than ever before," he will say.

"And letting our children out into the world without those skills, is letting our children down".

Just half of 16 to 19-year-olds study maths, according to Mr Sunak - but this figure includes pupils doing science courses and those who are already doing compulsory GCSE resits in college.

It is not clear what the plans will mean for students who wish to study humanities or creative arts qualifications, including BTecs and no new qualifications are immediately planned and there are no plans to make A-levels compulsory.

The government is instead exploring expanding existing qualifications as well as "more innovative options," a Downing Street spokesperson said.

The prime minister is expected to begin working on the plan in this parliament and finish it after the next general election.

The Autumn Statement unveiled an extra £2.3bn in core school funding for five to 16-year-olds over the next two years - reversing the real terms cuts of the last decade, but no extra funding was given to further education colleges, which educate many of the most disadvantaged 16 to 18-year-olds, nor to sixth form colleges.

This is compounded by a predicted rise in the 16 to 18-year-old population in the next eight years.

According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies the number of 16 to 18-year-olds is projected to rise by a total of 18% between 2021 and 2030, equivalent to 200,000 extra students.

'Show working'

The Association of School and College Leaders said there was a "chronic national shortage of maths teachers".

And Labour's shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson called on Mr Sunak to "show his working" on how greater participation in maths will be funded.

"He cannot deliver this reheated, empty pledge without more maths teachers, yet the government has missed their target for new maths teachers year after year," she said.

Liberal Democrat education spokesperson, Munira Wilson, called the aim "an admission of failure from the prime minister on behalf of a Conservative government that has neglected our children's education so badly".

"Too many children are being left behind when it comes to maths, and that happens well before they reach 16," she added.

In 2011, the then education secretary Michael Gove said he would like to see the "vast majority" of pupils in England studying maths to the age of 18 within a decade.

The year ahead

Mr Sunak will also use Wednesday's speech to outline his agenda for the coming months, as the Tories continue to trail Labour in the polls.

He became prime minister towards the end of a turbulent political year which saw his two predecessors - Boris Johnson and Liz Truss - brought down by Conservative backbenchers.

In the coming year, Mr Sunak faces the challenge of keeping his own MPs happy, while dealing with the rising cost of living and strikes in several sectors, including nursing and the rail industry.

In his new year message, he said: "I'm not going to pretend that all our problems will go away in the new year," said Mr Sunak, but added that "the very best of Britain" would be on display as it continues to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

Previously Mr Sunak has promised "tough" legislation to clamp down on strikes by setting minimum service levels on railways.

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Selasa, 03 Januari 2023

Eleanor Williams: Woman who made Asian grooming gang claims found guilty of perverting course of justice - Sky News

A woman who claimed she had been the victim of an Asian grooming gang has been convicted of perverting the course of justice.

Eleanor Williams, 22, put pictures on Facebook and claimed she had been groomed, trafficked and beaten - but prosecutors said her injuries were self-inflicted with a hammer.

Her post was shared more than 100,000 times and led to demonstrations in her hometown and a visit by English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson to "investigate".

A jury at Preston Crown Court today found her guilty of eight counts of doing acts tending and intended to pervert the course of justice.

As well as claiming an Asian gang abused her, the court heard she had accused multiple men of rape going back to 2017.

Williams, from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, published the pictures in May 2020 after claiming she'd been taken to a house and raped.

However, prosecutors said the injuries were self-inflicted with a blood-stained hammer found by police at her home.

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Jonathan Sandiford KC said it was the "finale" to a string of lies.

"The defendant goes online to her social media contacts and effectively finds random names on the internet she presents as being victims of trafficking or perpetrators," he told the jury.

It was alleged she sent some social media messages to herself, making them appear as if they were from traffickers or other victims.

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In other cases, she was accused of manipulating real people to send messages which she then said were from abusers.

A Snapchat account she said belonged to an Asian trafficker called Shaggy Wood in fact belonged to an Essex man who worked in Tesco, the trial heard.

Jurors were also told about Williams' claims that businessman Mohammed Ramzan had groomed her from age 12, making her work in brothels in Amsterdam and even selling her at an auction in the city.

Prosecutors compared it to the storyline from Liam Neeson film Taken, but said that at the time she was in Amsterdam Mr Ramzan's bank card was being used in B&Q in Barrow.

Mr Ramzan told Williams' lawyer during questioning: "Don't you think you have put my life through enough hell, or your client has?"

One man she accused of rape, Jordan Trengove, told the court the claims had ruined his life.

Williams denied telling a "pack of lies" and told the court she wanted "people to know what was going on in Barrow, still is going on".

She pleaded guilty to one count of perverting the course of justice at an earlier hearing, after contacting her mother and sister to ask them to take the hammer to her solicitor.

Williams will be sentenced in March.

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2023-01-03 20:15:00Z
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Cheshire businessman and his wife killed in helicopter crash - Cheshire Live

A Cheshire businessman and his wife have been named as victims of a helicopter crash on the Gold Coast of Australia yesterday (Monday, January 2). Ron and Diane Hughes, 65 and 57, were among the victims of the crash which claimed the lives of four people in Queensland.

Ron Hughes co-founded Concept Interiors on Neston High Street in 1986, with the couple believed to have lived on the Wirral. As family and friends begin to come to terms with their tragic loss, details have started to come out about the crash.

Police in Queensland said it happened at around 2pm with "initial investigations" showing that it occurred when one helicopter was taking off and one was landing near Sea World Drive in Main Beach. One of the helicopters was able to land successfully on a sandbank.

READ MORE: Cheshire rail services brought to grinding halt as first of two 48-hour strikes begin

Four of those on the helicopter which crashed were killed, with a further three people critically injured. Five of the six passengers on the helicopter which managed to safely land suffered minor injuries.

A public Facebook post shared by Diane's brother said: "The family will make a statement when we are ready. For those who don't know my sister and her husband where involved in the helicopter crash on the Gold Coast yesterday. We would also like to thank you all for the love and support we have received.

"We are truly humbled at this heart breaking time."

The Neston-based Concept Interiors business run by Ron Hughes, who has been named as one of the victims of a helicopter crash on Australia's Gold Coast
The Neston-based Concept Interiors business run by Ron Hughes, who has been named as one of the victims of a helicopter crash on Australia's Gold Coast

Police said the other victims included the 40-year-old pilot and a 36-year-old woman from the neighbouring state of New South Wales. The force's forensic crash unit is investigating the incident with help from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).

The pilot has been named locally as 40-year-old Ash Jenkinson. He was reported to have died at the scene alongside three passengers, Ron and Diane Hughes and Vanessa Tadros, 36, from New South Wales. Local reports also say that those taken to hospital in a critical condition were Ms Tadros' son Nicholas, 10, along with Winnie De Silva, 33, and her son Leon, nine.

A Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson has said: "We are supporting the family of two British nationals who died in Australia and are in contact with the local authorities."

ATSB chief commissioner Angus Mitchell said it was a “remarkable achievement” there were not more deaths.

He said: “The second helicopter coming in to land has remarkably managed to land upright, and considering the damage that was done to the front left-hand section of that helicopter where the pilot was sitting, that’s a remarkable achievement.

“Whilst it has been very tragic that four people have lost their lives and many families are in mourning, we could have had a far worse situation.”

Mr Mitchell said the “evidence collection phase” of the ATSB’s investigation would take about six to eight weeks.

He added: “A final report will be published at the conclusion of the investigation, however, should any critical safety issues be identified at any stage during the course of the investigation, the ATSB will immediately notify relevant parties so appropriate safety action can be taken.”

Sea World Helicopters, the helicopter company involved, said it would be closed “until further notice”.

A placeholder message on the company’s website said: “Sea World Helicopters is devastated by the tragic accident which happened on the Gold Coast on the 2nd January.

“Our deepest sympathy and condolences go out to all those involved over this very sad time. We are closed until further notice and will refund all tickets purchased.”

Earlier, Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, said his thoughts were with those affected by the incident.

“Australia is shocked by the news of the terrible and tragic helicopter incident today on the Gold Coast,” he said in a tweet.

“My thoughts are with all those affected, including first responders, and my deepest sympathies are with those who are grieving.”

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk tweeted that it was an “unthinkable tragedy”.

She said: “My deepest sympathies are with each of the families and everyone affected by this terrible accident.”

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2023-01-03 08:43:50Z
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