Ex-aide alleges PM tried to quash leak inquiry that implicated ally and wanted donors to fund work on flat Dominic Cummings has launched an unprecedented and extraordinary attack on Boris Johnson, alleging that the prime minister tried to quash a leak inquiry as it implicated an ally, and hatched a […]
Month: April 2021
High court finds that government insistence that applicants meet ‘good character’ requirement was unlawful The Home Office’s handling of some Windrush citizenship applications has been irrational and unlawful, the high court has ruled in a judgment that will prevent the department from refusing citizenship to Windrush-generation applicants due to minor, […]
Protests are expected at group’s headquarters in Jakarta as the presence of Min Aung Hlaing triggers anger South-east Asian leaders are to hold Myanmar crisis talks with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, who has become the focus of international outrage over a military coup and crackdown that has left more […]
Biden to attend G7 in Cornwall before going on to Brussels Announcement regarded as win by British diplomats Joe Biden will make his first foreign trip as president to the UK, attending the G7 summit in Cornwall in June before traveling to Brussels, the White House has confirmed. The announcement […]
Former Manchester United player and Wales manager to appear at magistrates court next week The former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has been charged with domestic violence offences after police were called to his home in Salford last year. Giggs, 47, has been charged with one count of coercive and […]
Prime minister calls on countries to come to Cop26 ‘armed with ambitious targets and plans’ With just over six months to go until vital UN climate talks, Boris Johnson has urged world leaders at a virtual White House summit to step up with plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions this […]
Keir Starmer sets out scheme to bolster UK economy with secure jobs in clean industries Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Keir Starmer has announced a £30bn plan to revive UK manufacturing by creating 400,000 green jobs. In an attempt to mitigate the blow to employment caused […]
Reports over former adviser could draw attention away from the contents of leaks such as texts to James Dyson The Cabinet Office is to launch an internal investigation into the leak of Boris Johnson’s text messages with the billionaire businessman James Dyson – with reports saying that some in No […]
Flight path of Kalahari’s six-tonne asteroid is first tracing of meteorite shedding rock to solar system origin Astronomers have reconstructed the 22m-year-long voyage of an asteroid that hurtled through the solar system and exploded over Botswana, showering meteorites across the Kalahari desert. It is the first time scientists have traced […]
Race to find missing navy vessel as authorities warn oxygen in KRI Nanggala-402 will run out within 24 hours Indonesia’s president has ordered an all-out effort to find a missing submarine in a race against time to save the 53 crew, whose oxygen supply was only expected to last another […]