30 reported cases of blood-clotting issues after AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab out of 18m doses Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Further cases of a rare blood clotting syndrome including seven deaths have been reported among recipients of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab in the UK, although experts say the […]
Month: April 2021
Police shoot suspect after he allegedly rams vehicle and then lunges at officers with a knife A police officer and a suspect were dead on Friday after the suspect rammed a vehicle into two US Capitol police officers outside Congress in Washington, then lunged at others with a knife. The […]
Broadcaster says report seems to want to brush history under the carpet, as others attack ‘distorted’ use of research One of Britain’s foremost historians of slavery has accused the authors of a controversial racial disparities report commissioned by Downing Street of giving the impression they would prefer “history to be […]
One in four teachers tell union they sought medical help because of pandemic impact Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Teachers say their mental health has been so damaged that many needed medical help to cope with “overwhelming” work pressures during lockdown, while some resorted to self-harm, […]
President Tsai Ing-wen due to visit survivors on Saturday after 50 people died in worst rail accident in decades Taiwan authorities have sought an arrest warrant for the driver of a construction vehicle that is alleged to be the cause of train derailment which killed at least 50 people. The […]
Exclusive: Mother of murdered teenager says Sewell report has pushed fight against racism back 20 years or more Doreen Lawrence, who campaigned for 18 years for justice after her son Stephen was murdered by racists, has said a government-commissioned report that claimed the UK no longer had a system rigged […]
List compiled by researchers of victims of mass killings includes infants and people in their 90s Almost 2,000 people killed in more than 150 massacres by soldiers, paramilitaries and insurgents in Tigray have been identified by researchers studying the conflict. The oldest victims were in their 90s and the youngest […]
Interim report on measure due on Monday, but trials already in pipeline for football matches later this month Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has given firm backing to the use of Covid passports with pilots for large events planned for this month. Johnson, who […]
New NASUWT president will tell annual conference that trust boss salaries are ‘verging on criminality’ Academy trust bosses in England are being paid “eye-watering” salaries that are “verging on criminality”, according to the incoming president of one of the country’s leading teaching unions. Phil Kemp, the new national president of […]
Mark Runacres says claim officers had bones broken at ‘kill the bill’ event were ‘hugely regrettable’ A police commander has accepted that his force was too slow to correct a false claim that two officers had suffered broken bones during clashes with “kill the bill” protesters in Bristol. Supt Mark […]