Taskforce chief Kate Bingham gets damehood and Oxford research leaders also rewarded Key figures in the battle against Covid-19 and Britain’s vaccine success have been rewarded in the Queen’s birthday honours list, with vaccines taskforce chair Kate Bingham getting a damehood. Honours are also bestowed on two leaders of the […]
Year: 2021
The Cape Cod fisherman estimates he was in the beast’s mouth for 30 seconds; experts say the encounter was a fluke A commercial lobster diver who got caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod on Friday morning said he thought he was going […]
Exclusive: Labour accuses ministers of ‘selling out communities’ after analysis of recent donation declarations Labour has accused the Conservative party of “selling out communities to pay back developers” after figures revealed that 13% of the Tories’ recent donations came from property tycoons and companies. Labour’s analysis of declarations released by […]
The G7 summit risks being overshadowed by the bitter standoff over Brexit The French president last night ramped up the pressure on Boris Johnson over the Northern Ireland protocol by insisting “nothing is negotiable” as the G7 summit of world leaders risked being overshadowed by the bitter standoff over Brexit. […]
Christopher Wray faces grilling from Democratic lawmakers over lead-up to 6 January insurrection The FBI director, Christopher Wray, has said that the bureau considers the 6 January Capitol attack an act of “domestic terrorism” and suggested that “serious charges” were still to come in its continuing criminal investigation. Testifying before […]
Public health expert says social distancing and mask guidance should stay in place for foreseeable future Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has been urged to pull the plug on the final easing of coronavirus restrictions across England later this month, as he prepares to […]
Dozens of ex-employees sign open letter claiming they were bullied and treated like objects BrewDog: from ‘punk’ brewery to beer behemoth BrewDog, the fast-expanding craft beer firm, has apologised to former employees who accused the company and its co-founder James Watt of fostering a “culture of fear” in which workers […]
Downing Street thinks spending can wait because public not ‘distressed’ about long delays yet, source says Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson may have to spend up to £40bn to try to repair NHS waiting times and end the long delays being faced by patients, […]
Exclusive: leading UK operators say they repeatedly raised concerns about not testing people discharged from hospital Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Some of the UK’s biggest care home operators have told the Guardian they repeatedly warned Matt Hancock’s department about the risk of not testing people […]
Statement indicates leaders will also commit to delivering a billion vaccine doses and plans to tackle forced labour See all our coronavirus coverage Leaders at the G7 summit will call for a new, transparent investigation by the World Health Organization into the origins of the coronavirus, according to a leaked […]