How can they not have wheelchair access on a hospital?

I understand that having the Taliban in discussions with the UN is a positive, but at what cost to the women and girls of Afghanistan who have been kept from school for over 1000 days and counting? theguardian.com/global-develop…

Why is the piano on fire?

Liverpool's Spellow Lane library torched last night. What could be more 'patriotic' than destroying a centre which serves the local community?

I have booked assistance. Got to destination. No one knew I was coming. Three members of the public went and found someone. Passenger Assistance

Imagine a judge taking the side of a drunk pervert over two completely sober women. Imagine him describing a pregnant woman as unreliable, simply because she was pregnant. This is justice for women in 2024 ⬇️ Full article here theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #NoJusticeForWomen

I got left on a train after it terminated at Leeds. A CrossCountry Trains train. NORTHERN 🚆 assistance staff. Train managers didn't check the train. Driver noticed me as he went past, took 20 mins to find platform staff to get me off. Missed last bus home.

Hi The Times and The Sunday Times. One of your columnists, Matthew Parris, writes that PIP is for people “medically unfit to work.” This isn’t remotely true. PIP is a non-means tested benefit to pay for the extra costs of disability. Will your editors correct it? Thanks. thetimes.com/comment/column…

Today, the Taliban passed a law that bans women from showing their faces and having their voices heard in public. Their burqas must now entirely cover their faces and they are not permitted to speak in public or to look at any males that are not relatives. Perhaps it’s been an

We have reached a critical tipping point. The Taliban has now banned any interviews or questions from journalists on women and girls’ education. They are making it clear – women and girls will not return. We warned this day would come. The world didn’t listen.

Some close-ups of the “cross section of French bourgeois society” that raped an unconscious woman for their, and her husband’s, sexual gratification :

So here’s a tale… I noticed Charlotte Owen, the junior aide Boris Johnson controversially ennobled, has a new gig with - shock! - Boris Johnson. But that’s only the start. There’s also uranium, Iran, Steve Bannon..& a LOT of qs My piece for The Observer theguardian.com/politics/artic…

The situation in Afghanistan is spiraling. The Taliban’s crackdown, once phased out monthly, is now intensifying daily with new decrees, laws, raids, and arrests. Today alone, two international NGOs were raided. Every facet of life is under siege.

Thank you to the lovely lady who got off the train and waited to make sure I could get off. The system is broken. There are likely to be multiple points of failure (again)

Israel is ordering the evacuation of the capital city of a sovereign state so it can bomb it to rubble.

My friend in Kabul told me she was chatting with her sister while walking home today. She shared a joke - they both laughed. A Talib was passing them, and told them to stop walking. He asked why he was hearing their voices. “It’s illegal for strangers to hear you. Keep quiet.”

🧵 The Taliban’s latest rule forbids women from speaking to one another, adding to a long list of restrictions. Afghan women face numerous restrictions on education, employment, travel, public spaces, and sports, further erasing them from public life. Here are some key bans:

Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR). Quick thread:

When Iranian police attacked a girl at Tehran University for not following the hijab rule, she removed her clothing and sat in protest. She has since been arrested by IRGC intelligence and taken to an unknown location.