‘Deadly postcode lottery’ restricting new cancer treatments in England, doctors say 01. February 2026 (19:50) Patients missing out on effective new radiotherapies widely used in other countries, health secretary toldCancer patients are being denied access to cutting-edge treatments on the NHS because of a “deadly postcode lottery” in access, doctors have warned.Patients in England are missing out on two innovative forms of radiotherapy that are known to be effective against several forms of the disease and are widely available in other countries, due to “red tape” and lack of funding. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’ 01. February 2026 (19:48) Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’The deputy US attorney general, Todd Blanche, the point person on the Trump administration’s Epstein files release, told ABC News on Sunday that prosecutors’ review of the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking case “is over”.Separately, in comments to CNN about Epstein, Blanche said that “victims want to be made whole” after surviving the scheme attributed to the late convicted sex offender and which led to a 20-year prison sentence for Maxwell beginning in 2022. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Norway’s crown princess had years of contact with Epstein, files suggest 01. February 2026 (19:26) Mette-Marit apologises for ‘poor judgment’ as documents reportedly include scores of email exchanges with child sex offenderNorway’s crown princess has become embroiled in another scandal after newly unsealed files appeared to show her years of extensive contact with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The latest tranche of Epstein files, released on Friday by the US justice department, appear to include nearly 1,000 mentions of the crown princess, Mette-Marit. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Parents of children abused by paedophile take legal action against London nursery 01. February 2026 (19:17) Families allege Bright Horizons brushed concerns aside allowing Vincent Chan to commit dozens of offencesFamilies of victims of a paedophile are taking legal action against a north London nursery where their children were abused, as they allege a “consistent culture of brushing concerns aside”.Vincent Chan, 45, is facing prison for molesting girls aged between two and four while working at the now-closed Bright Horizons nursery in Finchley Road, West Hampstead. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK should consider resuming talks on EU defence pact, Starmer says 01. February 2026 (19:00) PM says Europe must ‘step up’ and signals he wants to work more closely with other states to build military capabilityThe UK should consider re-entering talks for a defence pact with the EU, Keir Starmer has said, arguing that Europe needs to “step up and do more” to defend itself in uncertain times.The prime minister signalled that he wanted to work more collaboratively with other European countries to increase defence spending and build up military capability, and doing so through the EU’s scheme is one option available. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Demond Wilson, who played Lamont on Sanford and Son, dies aged 79 01. February 2026 (18:49) Wilson found fame in the seminal 1970s sitcom and then went on to become a minister in the 1980sDemond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on Sanford and Son and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79.Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson, confirmed to the Associated Press that he died following complications from cancer on Friday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
C of E bishops criticise UK inaction over Israel’s ‘West Bank de facto annexation’ 01. February 2026 (18:30) Three bishops accuse British government of contributing to ‘culture of impunity’ in the occupied territoryThree prominent Church of England bishops have accused the UK government of contributing to a “culture of impunity” in which Israel has accelerated its de facto annexation of the West Bank.Guli Francis-Dehqani, the bishop of Chelmsford, Rachel Treweek, the bishop of Gloucester, and Graham Usher, the bishop of Norwich, visited Palestinian Christian communities in the occupied West Bank last week. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations 01. February 2026 (18:08) After stories revealed high levels of contamination in neighborhood around factory processing US toxic waste, government announces sweeping array of tacticsThe Mexican government has announced it will pursue a sweeping array of tactics to combat industrial pollution, from $4.8m in fines against a plant processing US hazardous waste to the rollout of a new industrial air-monitoring system, following investigations by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab, a Mexican investigative unit.Those stories revealed high levels of heavy-metal contamination in the neighborhood around the factory, Zinc Nacional, in the Monterrey metropolitan area, and showed the broader extent of industrial pollution in the region, linked to Monterrey’s role in manufacturing and recycling goods for the US market. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Russian drone attack on bus carrying mine workers in Ukraine kills at least 12 01. February 2026 (18:07) Employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, DTEK, were travelling about 40 miles from frontline, says policeA Russian drone attack on a bus carrying mine workers in Ukraine’s central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region has killed at least 12 people, officials said.The bus was driving about 40 miles (65km) from the frontline, according to police. Images published by Ukraine’s state emergency service showed what appeared to be an empty bus, its side windows shattered and windscreen hanging from the front. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
NHS patients put at risk by ‘sham investigations’, says ex-CEO of hospital 01. February 2026 (18:00) Exclusive: Dr Susan Gilby, who won £1.4bn bullying payout, says whistleblower protections must be strengthenedPatients are being put at risk by NHS bosses launching “sham investigations” into whistleblowers to shut down concerns, a hospital’s former chief executive who won a £1.4m bullying claim has said.Dr Susan Gilby took over as chief executive at the Countess of Chester hospital in 2018 after it was rocked by the Lucy Letby case. She was awarded the payout – one of the biggest in NHS history – last month after a tribunal ruled she had been unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about alleged bullying and harassment by the chair of the hospital board. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
