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Tuesday 31 May 2022

Boris Johnson’s allies lobby MPs to stop Tory support draining away

Sense of crisis deepens in No 10 as speculation mounts about no-confidence vote in prime minister
‘The west can change the outcome’: plea for heavy weapons on Ukraine frontline
Criminal acts of violence at UK GP surgeries almost double in five years

First Rwanda deportation flight to leave UK on 14 June, says Priti Patel

Group of asylum seekers sent formal notices advising they will be relocated to east African country, say officials
Boris Johnson likens civil service job cuts to families reducing cost of living

PM justifies plans to scrap 91,000 jobs in letter to civil servants but promises support
Lords standards watchdog investigates Tory peer over ‘VIP’ PPE contracts

Peter Selwyn Gummer, Lord Chadlington, was a director of a group that owned a firm that won £50m of Covid contracts
‘Fexting’: How Jill Biden discreetly settles disagreements with Joe

First lady tells Harper’s Bazaar she settles disagreements with president by text and stresses need for independence to daughters

Music from ‘Abba party’ could be heard all over No 10, says Cummings

Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser accuses Sue Gray of not properly investigating gathering in the flat
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner receive questionnaires from Durham police

Labour confirms force has been in touch with leader and deputy as part of lockdown gathering investigation
Flight ‘took off empty’ due to delays at Gatwick

Passengers booked on a Vueling service from West Sussex airport said they were told plane departed with no passengers on board
Tui passengers tell of wrecked holidays as travel firm cancels 180 more flights

Staff shortages blamed after travel firm axes six flights a day for June at Manchester airport

Comedian infiltrates NRA event to mock Wayne LaPierre’s ‘thoughts and prayers’

Jason Selvig addresses Houston convention to sarcastically praise gun group CEO’s response to a litany of mass shootings
‘Humble and charismatic’: Uvalde shooting victims mourned at first funerals

Services for Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez held on Tuesday, with 19 more planned for coming weeks
‘We have to do something’: calls mount for Texas gun control laws after latest deadly attack

As data indicates state leads the US in mass shooting deaths, Democrats – and some Republicans – demand legislative action
Andy Murray ‘angry’ about Texas school shooting

Tennis star says a survivor’s account was similar to his own experience in the 1996 Dunblane massacre

Ofcom to investigate Royal Mail over delivery target failures

Regulator announces move after fifth of first-class deliveries arrived day or more late in year to April
Angry suppliers to Missguided weigh up legal action against ‘reckless’ owners

Firms claiming to be owed millions of pounds said retailer ordered goods despite insolvency looming
UK credit card debt is ballooning for all the wrong reasons

In normal times consumers spend for gratification – in this cost of living crisis they are spending out of desperation
Improve facilities for HGV drivers or face new tax, MPs tell freight sector

Logistics industry must ‘get house in order’ within two years to curb driver shortage caused by Covid and Brexit

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Specieswatch: how sea kale thrives in hostile conditions

Hardy brassica, which draws nutrients from below shingle, used to be eaten pickled to ward off scurvy