Actor did not want her professional or charitable work overshadowed by illness in final weeks, says friend Helen McCrory, the Peaky Blinders actor who died from cancer on Friday, “swore friends to secrecy” as she underwent treatment, her friend Carrie Cracknell has revealed. Cracknell, who directed McCrory in a 2014 […]
Year: 2021
World’s biggest polluters release joint commitment to climate action following John Kerry visit to Shanghai The US and China are “committed to cooperating” on the pressing issue of climate change, the two sides said in a joint statement Saturday, following a visit to Shanghai by US climate envoy John Kerry. […]
Bereaved families welcome decision to offer Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, based on age and clinical risk Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women in the UK have been given the green light to receive a Covid vaccine in a move welcomed by […]
Queen will behave with dignity and courage but will need the support of the nation, says Justin Welby The Queen may behave “with extraordinary dignity and extraordinary courage” but the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral at Windsor Castle on Saturday will be an “anguished moment” for her, the archbishop of Canterbury […]
Actor was also known for her roles in the films The Queen and The Special Relationship A life in pictures ‘How should a woman live her life?’ | Helen McCrory Engaging, enthralling, always magnetically watchable The actor Helen McCrory has died at the age of 52. McCrory was best known […]
Exclusive: Transcripts of conversations between Italian officials and Libyan coastguard contained in leaked file At 8.18am on Friday 16 June 2017, the Libyan coastguard Col Massoud Abdalsamad received a long-distance phone call from an Italian coastguard official who told him that 10 migrant dinghies were in distress, many in Libyan […]
In his first in-person summit since taking office, the US president hosts Yoshihide Suga as part of efforts to face down Beijing Joe Biden has sought to present a united front with Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, to counter an increasingly assertive China as the US president held his first […]
Exclusive: In leaked emails, Matt Hancock’s adviser says there is ‘urgent need for decisions’ on asymptomatic testing Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Senior government officials have raised “urgent” concerns about the mass expansion of rapid coronavirus testing, estimating that as few as 2% to 10% of […]
Chicago mayor urges calm in the city as body-cam footage of fatal shooting of Toledo is released for first time Body camera video footage released for the first time on Thursday appears to show a Chicago police officer fatally shooting Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old, as he raised his hands into […]
Brothers will be separated by cousin Peter Phillips as they walk behind coffin, Buckingham Palace reveals The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex will walk apart for their grandfather’s funeral, which is likely to see the Queen sitting alone, details released by Buckingham Palace reveal. Prince William and Prince Harry, whose […]