INVESTIGATION: If they want to escape war, Gazans have to pay Hala, an Egyptian company

Hala has made >$88m since March by charging >$5k to leave 💰

Part of the state-linked Organi group, it's owned by 'the King of the Crossing' - Ibrahim al-Arjani 👇
thetimes.co.uk/article/gaza-r…

Huge shoutout to Hannah Swerling for pulling this list together; to Louise Eccles and Sharin Hussain for their writing, and to Matilda Davies and the design team at the ST for making the list look stunning

Here's the rates of alcohol-specific deaths in England by single year of age from 2001-2022. You don't need a magnifying glass to spot the pandemic's impact.

There's some amazing data hidden away in ONS's user requested data section.

Last year they quietly published death data by age, deprivation decile and cause, which means we can look at age patterns in alcohol deaths by IMD, with sadly predictably grim results:

Why are Colombia and Brazil making such great progress reducing deforestation in the Amazon? One clear answer—political will and leadership! Congratulations and let’s replicate!

Great opportunity to fire your questions at a brilliant investigative journo ⏬

Reminder of some incredible marathon data

🗳️ Poll of polls weekly update

As you were. Labour's lead is 20 points.

🔴 Lab 44 (=)
🔵 Con 24 (=)
🟣 Reform 12 (-1)
🟠 Lib Dem 9 (=)
🟢 Green 6 (=)

The Times and The Sunday Times

thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-gen…

Less than 5 per cent of undergraduates at the Royal Academy of Music are from low socioeconomic backgrounds — and a decline in state-school music education is to blame.

New piece in the Sunday Times 👇🏻

thetimes.co.uk/article/6fe497…

Thousands dead, 40 years of cover-up, no one has ever been held to account. It's time for justice for the infected blood victims. The Sunday Times is campaigning for action. Now. #bloodydisgrace  

🔗 thetimes.co.uk/article/infect…

NHS doctors used haemophiliac children for reckless medical experiments. Decades on, many grieving families have never received a penny in compensation and the state has never taken responsibility.

The Sunday Times is calling for immediate action