The Texas governor, Greg Abbott, and, later, Elon Musk showed support on Wednesday for the firing of a state employee who refused to remove his pronouns from his work email signature. Frank Zamora, 32, was let go from his job as a program manager at the Texas real estate commission (TREC) last month because he … Read more
Food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been slashed in half by the World Food Programme, days after refugees in Kenya protested against a reduction to their rations. The WFP, which is funded entirely by voluntary contributions and provides assistance to more than 150 million people, said it did not have enough funds to … Read more
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has insisted helping more people back into a job is the best way to cut the benefits bill, as the chancellor looks for savings ahead of the 26 March spring statement. With Rachel Reeves zeroing in on welfare as a source of potential cuts as she prepares to take … Read more
Hundreds of Santander customers are facing mobile banking problems, with some unable to make payments or transfer between accounts. According to its website, the bank was having problems with its mobile banking and telephone banking, technical problems within its branch network, and problems with card payments. It said online banking services were available as normal. … Read more
The next boss of NHS England is preparing a wide-ranging purge of its senior leadership team as he steers it into a much closer relationship with health secretary Wes Streeting. Sir Jim Mackey, NHS England’s chief executive, is finalising plans for “a big clearout” of the top executives who were mainly hired by his immediate … Read more
The House voted on Thursday to censure Al Green for disrupting Trump’s joint session address, with a handful of Democrats voting to condemn the Democratic Texas representative along with Republicans. The House voted 224-198, with 10 Democrats voting in favor of the censure, which accuses Green of a “breach of proper conduct”. During the early … Read more
Less than 24 hours before Kyle Clifford committed the triple murder that would leave his ex-girlfriend, Louise Hunt, her sister and mother dead, he searched the internet for misogynistic podcasts. What was not revealed to the jury – who have now found the former soldier guilty of rape, adding to his previous admissions of murder … Read more
Pamela Bach, an actor and the ex-wife of the Baywatch star David Hasselhoff, has died at 62. The Los Angeles medical examiner’s office reports that she died on Wednesday and the cause is still under investigation. Also known as Pamela Hasselhoff, Bach appeared on The Young and the Restless and met her future husband on … Read more
A review of Essex police’s pursuit of the Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson over an allegedly racist tweet has concluded the force was right to investigate her. The Essex force was criticised by Pearson and her supporters when officers knocked on her door on Remembrance Sunday morning last year, as part of their inquiries. Essex … Read more
When asked if she was surprised that most of the victims of Zhenhao Zou, who could be one of Britain’s worst serial rapists, remained unknown to authorities, Viny Poon, who has spent the past decade supporting east Asian women in the UK, simply said: “No.” Zou, a 28-year-old PhD student, was convicted on Wednesday of … Read more