Exclusive: cladding banned from high-rise blocks after Grenfell disaster still allowed on schools Dozens of schools have been built using combustible insulation since the material was banned on high-rise apartment blocks after the Grenfell Tower disaster, raising fears for children’s safety. More than 70 schools are likely to have used […]
Year: 2021
Clergy and worshippers raise query as faith’s law does not recognise divorce Catholics, including members of the congregation at Westminster Cathedral, have questioned why the prime minister was able to be married in a Catholic church following his two previous divorces. Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds at the cathedral in […]
Far-right politician Naftali Bennett says he has agreed to a deal with Yair Lapid to forge a coalition government The far-right Israeli politician Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid have agreed to forge a coalition government that would oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his 12 straight years in […]
Labour leader slams Tory ‘civil war’ and says prime minister is ‘unfit for office after errors’ Opinion: Thousands of second-wave Covid deaths were avoidable and unforgivable | Keir Starmer Labour leader Keir Starmer today warns that plans to lift almost all Covid-19 restrictions on 21 June are at risk because […]
When Thomas Tuchel was given the job of reviving Chelsea at the end of January, he wanted to return them to next season’s Champions League via a top-four Premier League finish. The notion that he might actually win the thing for only the second time in the club’s history was […]
From across India, millions of Hindu pilgrims came to take a ritual dip in the Ganges, then returned home carrying Covid-19. Here are their stories Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage On 12 April, as India registered another 169,000 new Covid-19 cases to overtake Brazil as the […]
Pair exchanged vows at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, according to newspapers Boris Johnson has reportedly married Carrie Symonds today at Westminster Cathedral in a ceremony planned in strict secrecy, according to newspapers. The pair are said to have exchanged vows in front of a small group of close friends and […]
Protests in over 200 cities and towns in Brazil sparked by president’s handling of the Covid pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Tens of thousands of protesters have poured on to the streets of Brazil’s largest cities to demand the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro over […]
Exclusive: Prof Sir Tim Gowers says ‘things will get bad very quickly’ after June if variant spread underestimated Gowers’ herd immunity document sent to Dominic Cummings See all our coronavirus coverage The Cambridge professor whose argument against a herd immunity strategy helped trigger England’s first lockdown has voiced concerns about […]
Adviser on ministers’ interests says prime minister was initially unaware Tory peer was paying for works Boris Johnson “unwisely” embarked on a refurbishment of his official Downing Street flat without knowing how it would be paid for, according to a report that found a “significant failing” by officials. The Tory […]