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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Monday 6th March 2023
5. Twitter insiders have said that the company is no longer able to protect users from trolling, state-co-ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation, following lay-offs and changes under owner Elon Musk.
Exclusive academic data plus testimony from Twitter users backs up their allegations, suggesting hate is thriving under Mr Musk's leadership, with trolls emboldened, harassment intensifying and a spike in accounts following misogynistic and abusive profiles.
4. Ambulance strikes due to take place in England on Monday and Wednesday have been called off.
The Unite union suspended the industrial action to enter pay talks with the government, it said. It followed the Unison and GMB unions earlier suspending walkouts after what they called a "huge shift" in the government's position.
3. British new car registrations rose by a quarter in February and almost half a million plug-in cars are expected to join the road by the end of 2023, according to preliminary industry data released today.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said the new car market was up 25% last month and plug-in vehicles made up about a quarter of the registrations.
2. Regulated rail fares in England and Wales are increasing by up to 5.9% as campaigners call for reforms due to unreliable services.
The increase is above last year's 4.8% hike but far below the rate of inflation.
1. The government's food tsar has blamed Britain's "weird supermarket culture" for shortages of certain vegetables.
Henry Dimbleby said "fixed-price contracts" between supermarkets and suppliers meant that when food is scarce, some producers sell less to the UK and more elsewhere in Europe.