Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome Trust, suggests emergence of Omicron variant means pandemic is far from over Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The emergence of the Omicron variant shows that the world is “closer to the start of the pandemic than the end”, one of […]
Month: December 2021
Poll reveals huge public cynicism, with just 5% of respondents believing politicians work for public good Trust in politicians to act in the national interest rather than for themselves has fallen dramatically since Boris Johnson became prime minister, according to figures contained in a disturbing new study into the state […]
Exclusive: Lord Strasburger says conduct rules need to be strengthened after no action taken against peer following complaint The Liberal Democrat peer Lord Strasburger has called for the House of Lords’ conduct rules to be strengthened after no action was taken on a complaint that the Conservative peer Michelle Mone […]
Crowds chanted slogans condemning government of Aleksandar Vučić, which backs planned Anglo-Australian $2.4bn mine Thousands of demonstrators blocked major roads across Serbia on Saturday as anger swelled over a government-backed plan to allow mining company Rio Tinto to extract lithium. In the capital, Belgrade, protesters swarmed a major highway and […]
Attorney general to consider whether jail terms for Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes are long enough The jail sentences given to the couple who killed six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes are to be reviewed to “determine whether they were too low”, the attorney general has announced. Arthur was left with an unsurvivable […]
Government privately being urged by advisers to tell people to work from home as UK cases of variant hit 134 UK ministers have been warned they cannot wait for new research on the Omicron variant and must act now to prevent a potentially “very significant wave of infections” that risks […]
Prosecution and defense argue about several photographs that might be presented at sex-trafficking trial in New York This article contains depictions of sexual abuse Ghislaine Maxwell’s child-sex trafficking trial took a shocking turn Friday when prosecutors brought one of Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous massage tables into the courtroom. By bringing this […]
Emma Tustin sentenced to minimum of 29 years as boy’s father is jailed for 21 years for manslaughter A woman who killed her six-year-old stepson, who had been poisoned, starved and beaten in the weeks before his death, has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of […]
Connor Gibson, 19, offers no plea in appearance at Hamilton sheriff court and is remanded in custody A teenager has been charged with murdering and sexually assaulting his sister whose body was found in a park in South Lanarkshire. Connor Gibson, 19, appeared at Hamilton sheriff court on Friday accused […]
Met asked to investigate reports of alleged breaches of Covid lockdown rules at No 10 Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The prime minister has been reported to the police by Labour MPs over allegations there were at least two parties in Downing Street during lockdown restrictions […]