‘You are a monster’: victims’ loved ones share their pain as Kyle Clifford given whole-life order

The sentencing of Kyle Clifford for the murders of Carol Hunt and her daughters Louise and Hannah has heard emotionally charged victim statements, paying tribute to the women and describing the ex-soldier as “a monster”.Clifford was given a whole-life order at Cambridge crown court for the murder and rape of his ex-partner, Louise Hunt, and the killings of her mother and sister.Before the sentencing, which Clifford refused to attend, the court was addressed by the BBC broadcaster John Hunt, Carol’s husband and father to the two young women. He was followed by Alex Klein, Hannah’s partner, and Amy Hunt, Louise and Hannah’s sister.“Do I really need to detail the impact of having three-quarters of my family murdered?” asked Hunt, addressing Clifford directly

Tim Miller obituary

My friend Tim Miller, who has died aged 87, was one of the behind-the-scenes architects of 20th-century London cultural life. In the 1960s he worked with Peter Cook at the start of Private Eye, the satirical magazine, and supported the foundation of Centrepoint, Britain’s largest homelessness charity. Film was his main calling, but he shied away from the red carpet. Instead he used his incisive intelligence and deep understanding of the world to guide other people – friends, students, artists, priests and ex-cons – towards their creative potential.Born into an aristocratic family near Woodbridge, Suffolk, Tim was the younger son of Maj William Pitt Miller and his wife, Juliet (nee St Aubyn)

Myra Garrett obituary

My colleague and mentor Myra Garrett, who has died aged 92, was a pioneering development worker, philanthropist, and advocate for peace and social justice.After leaving the US for the UK in 1970, she became a transformative figure in east London, co-founding organisations such as the Limehouse Project, in 1984; the Tower Hamlets Health Strategy Group, in 1986, which gained charity status in 1994 and was rebranded as Social Action for Health in 2000; and the Bangladeshi Mental Health Forum, in 1999. These initiatives addressed critical issues such as mental health, housing, education and women’s empowerment, profoundly affecting marginalised communities.A trailblazer in public health, Myra introduced innovative programmes such as the health bus, which took essential services to underserved areas, and the continence project (1992), which earned the Commonwealth award for excellence in women’s health in 1997. Her Giving Up Smoking During Ramadan campaign, launched in the late 80s, evolved into the widely adopted Smoke-Free Ramadan initiative, showcasing her ability to turn cultural insights into effective health interventions

John Hunt pays tribute to daughter’s bravery as killer jailed for triple murder

A BBC presenter whose family were murdered by a misogynist with a crossbow has said he hopes women can be inspired by how his daughter ended her relationship with her killer.On the day that Kyle Clifford was sentenced to a whole-life order for the triple murder last year, John Hunt described the former soldier as a psychopath disguised as an ordinary human being.Paying tribute to his daughter Louise Hunt and the way she had shown grace and empathy when breaking up with Clifford, Hunt used an emotionally charged victim impact statement to describe how the love of his family sustained him.“I hope women round the world will take Louise’s bravery as a shining beacon for their lives,” he said, citing his daughter’s disgust at Clifford’s racism and belittling language. “If you feel enough is enough, then it is

NHS England to cut workforce by half as Streeting restructures

NHS England will lose half its staff and a huge swathe of its senior management team as part of a brutal restructuring under its new boss.Its workforce will shrink from 13,000 to about 6,500 as entire teams are axed to save money and avoid “duplication” with officials at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).NHS England staff said they were “in shock and awe” at the scale of the job cuts, which go far beyond the loss of 2,000 posts to save £175m announced just weeks ago.The DHSC will also become smaller as a result of a process that will see it working much more closely from April with NHS England, though it will shed far fewer staff than the latter. The changes will give Wes Streeting, the health secretary, far more control over the organisation that is responsible for the operational performance of the health service in England

Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts

Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”, with the number of people out of work or training “indefensible and unfair”, the prime minister has said as he prepares for deep cuts to disability payments.Addressing a private meeting of Labour MPs on Monday evening, Keir Starmer said he would take tough decisions to cut the bill for working age health and disability benefits, which is expected to hit £70bn by 2030.The government has already vowed to cut £3bn over the next three years and is expected to announce billions more in savings from the personal independence payment (Pip), the main disability benefit.The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is preparing to publish a green paper on sickness and disability benefit reform in the next few days ahead of the chancellor’s spring statement at the end of the month.The prime minister’s intervention comes amid deep disquiet in the parliamentary party about the scale of the changes likely to be faced by some of the most vulnerable