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Judge rules that torture claims by Al Qaeda mastermind MUST be made public as Government loses secrecy fight Rangzieb Ahmed, 45, claims the Government is complicit in torture he says he was subjected to while imprisoned in Pakistan in 2006 and 2007 Judge said it is ‘fundamental’ for public to know why UK spies dispute … Read more
UK legal first as court fines health trust over patient death ‘secrecy’: Staff did not act ‘with candour or openness’ towards 91-year-old woman’s family, hearing is told Elsie Woodfield, 91, died at Derriford Hospital after going in for an endoscopy Suffered perforated oesophagus and later collapsed and died on hospital ward University Hospitals Plymouth Trust … Read more
Top scientist slams ‘shroud of secrecy’ around ‘shambolic’ government coronavirus decisions as ministers try to get UK moving with eat-out discount launch and return to work – despite rising cases, lockdown fears and civil service revolt Sir Paul Nurse hit at ‘shroud of secrecy’ on government coronavirus decisions Francis Crick Institute chief said some of … Read more
Fern Britton has revealed the initial secrecy surrounding her weight loss via a gastric band was largely behind her shock departure from This Morning back in 2006. The 62-year-old TV personality became a full-time presenter on the ITV staple in 1999, before departing in the summer of 2009 amid persistent rumours of a feud with … Read more
Russian oligarch’s son loses fights to keep his riches secret as his mother battles his father to get her hands on £450m she was awarded in Britain’s biggest-ever divorce Temur Akhmedov, 26, based in London, is in a legal dispute with mother, Tatiana She was awarded £452m of ex-husband’s fortune but has so far received … Read more
Ministers should stop claiming they are ‘following the science’ and stop passing the buck in the battle against coronavirus, a leading scientist has demanded. Sir Adrian Smith, 73, a statistician and the the incoming president of the Royal Society, said politicians are justifying their measures by saying they are following expert advice to appear decisive. … Read more
Chinese secrecy slowed the UK’s response to the coronavirus crisis, Michael Gove swiped today. The Cabinet minister said although the first case was identified before Christmas, the communist state had not been ‘clear about the scale, the nature, the infectiousness’. The dig came amid mounting criticism of the government’s approach, including delays in ramping up … Read more