Sagal Abdi-Wali: Labour’s candidate in Starmer’s former seat zeroes in on local issues amid Green challenge 25. September 2026 (09:00) Camden council leader’s message is clear: she’s ‘visible, committed and local’, and has been for a long timeSagal Abdi-Wali does not want to be the prime minister. She doesn’t even want to lead her party. Labour’s candidate for Holborn and St Pancras laughs and shakes her head with unusual vigour when asked if she would like to follow in the footsteps of the last member of parliament for the constituency, Keir Starmer.“No, no, no, no, that’s not at all, in any way, what I’m trying to do,” she says during a break in campaigning in the Primrose Hill cafe in Regent’s Park. “I’m literally trying to get through the next few weeks and trying to be the member of parliament for this constituency, and that’s all I care about.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two-year waiting times highlight NHS struggle with rise in ADHD and autism awareness 25. September 2026 (08:32) Assessment bottlenecks have knock-on effects, with delays in medical help and access to specialist support• NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessmentsThat NHS boards have imposed minimum two-year waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism assessments shows a health service struggling to deal with the consequences of huge changes in understanding of and social attitudes to these conditions.Sharp rises in referrals for clinical assessments over the past six years mean nearly 1 million people in England are on ADHD waiting lists, with the average wait already over a year (64 weeks). About 295,000 await an autism assessment. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘She never accepted no’: Liam Neeson on dogged heroine behind Tuam mass baby grave film 25. September 2026 (08:00) Catherine Corless’s exposure of almost 800 infant deaths at a home led by nuns prompted Neeson to bring the story to screenLiam Neeson still remembers his shock and shame when he read a New York Times article about the mother and baby institution in Tuam, County Galway.It was 2017 and the article chronicled the campaign by Catherine Corless, an amateur local historian, to expose abuse and neglect by Irish nuns that led to hundreds of children being buried in a mass, unmarked grave. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
PM rejects ‘nonsense’ suggestion he delayed revealing OpenAI Medicare hack as Labor considers changing laws 25. September 2026 (07:57) Expert says Australia’s criminal laws should be clarified to determine how fault is applied to a corporation when its AI agent commits a crimeGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government could change Australian laws if the current legal framework could not respond to the unprecedented OpenAI hack of Medicare, ministers have confirmed.It comes as the prime minister denied accusations from the opposition he had held on to the information before announcing it at the UN general assembly in New York, and said it was released at the first possible opportunity. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
