Dozens of councils to be abolished by Labour in huge shake-up

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty) Dozens of councils are set to be abolished under plans being drawn up by ministers. Essex, Kent, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk are in line to have their district councils ditched and merged into new unitary authorities. There are 21 county councils across England, with 164 district councils … Read more

How chess is battling a cheating crisis with high-tech security and polygraph tests

Vladimir Kramnik and José Martínez Alcántara at the World Chess ‘Clash of Blames’ tournament (Image: Getty Images for World Chess) Private surveillance firms, background screening and sweeping for electronic devices – all these might sound like the type of security measures needed to get into Downing Street or the White House. Yet such is the … Read more

Former Newsnight host Jeremy Paxman credits his dog for Parkinson’s disease diagnosis

Jeremy Paxman, second left, with co-hosts of the Movers and Shakers podcast at No.10 (Image: PA) Jeremy Paxman has revealed his pet spaniel helped him first discover he was suffering from Parkinson’s disease after a seemingly innocuous tumble when they were out walking. The former Newsnight and University Challenge host, who was formally diagnosed with … Read more

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