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Potentially, they cost lives. jayne mccubbin with that report. extinction rebellion has kicked off its fifth mass protest as thousands descend on central london to demand the government stops using fossil fuels. protestors are screwing chairs to the ground and chaining themselves to one another to express solidarity with nations disproportionately affected by climate change. a heavy police presence surrounds the "impossible rebellion" protest, which is due to disrupt london for days. two former sex pistols have won a high court battle with former frontmanjohn lydon — otherwise known asjohnny...

About the situation in afghanistan throughout the afternoon —— that was our security correspondent. the doctors' union the bma has written to the government to raise concerns about road safety caused by the backlog in dealing with medical assessments for driving licence applications. the union warns that people are by—passing queues at their local gps and going instead to independent practioners, who might not have full access to their medical histories. two former sex pistols have won a high court battle with former frontman johnny rotten. it's all about the use of the punk band's songs...

James Flanders A scene from Contraband - Credit: Thomas John Behe and Phil Elliott They may have seemed "slightly futuristic" upon publication, but the themes of data privacy, the dark web and media censorship which run through a re-released graphic novel are "rampant in 2021", according to the author. Thomas John Behe, 50, wrote the first edition of Contraband in 2007, illustrated by Phil Elliott. It was released that year by San Diego publisher Slave Labour Graphics. In the following 13 years the digital world has continued to expand. For context, Twitter launched in 2006 while Instagram d...

Find It, Fix It, Prevent It is an investor-led initiative backed by 56 groups representing more than £7trn of assets under management and advice, including M&G, Schroders, Aviva Investors and Fidelity. It seeks to use the leverage of investors to increase the effectiveness of corporate action against modern slavery. To date, the City's response to modern slavery has been "woefully inadequate", according to Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of Principles for Responsible Investment, who added the investment community has a "key role" to play in eradicating slavery. "Investors using their leverag...

Banksy: what happens when someone vandalises graffiti – and who owns it anyway? Robbie Hiller, 30, from Pangbourne, went down to the prison with washing up liquid and laundry detergent to try and scrub some of the red paint off. This morning, the mural painted by Banksy on the side of Reading Gaol, depicting a prisoner escaping from the gaol using a rope of bed sheets tied to a typewriter, appeared with red paint which reads 'Team Robbo'. Reading Borough Council leader Jason Brock said: “This is obviously hugely disappointing following the initial excitement in Reading recently ...