Exclusive: plan under consideration as Boris Johnson tells MPs landlords should set criteria for entry Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Pubs could be allowed to ditch social distancing rules and allow people to crowd together as long as they check customers’ Covid status on entry, the […]
Year: 2021
More than 100 cargo ships waiting to pass through channel after 400-metre Ever Given ran aground More than 100 ships laden with cargo including oil, automotive parts and consumer goods remain jammed at the Suez canal as tugboats and dredgers raced to free a stricken container ship blocking one of […]
Russian opposition leader’s aide says Navalny also blocked from meeting lawyers Alexei Navalny has complained of a “sharp deterioration” in his health in prison and has been blocked from meeting lawyers, a senior aide to the Russian opposition leader has said. Navalny has reported “serious back pain” and numbness in […]
PM says he wishes ‘many things’ were done differently as country marks one year since first lockdown Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has admitted there are many things he wishes he had done differently to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic as the UK marks a […]
Deputy first minister says ‘mistakes were made’, as Tories’ vote of no confidence in Nicola Sturgeon fails The Scottish government has pledged “speedy action” to improve its sexual harassment policies after Nicola Sturgeon was found to have misled parliament in a scathing report on the Alex Salmond controversy. John Swinney, […]
Exclusive: public figures considered to be permissible targets for otherwise-banned abuse, leaked moderator guidelines show Facebook leak underscores strategy to operate in repressive regimes Decoding emojis and defining ‘support’: Facebook’s rules for content revealed Facebook’s bullying and harassment policy explicitly allows for “public figures” to be targeted in ways otherwise […]
Several attempts to refloat the 400m-long Ever Given have failed, leading to a tailback of other ships A giant container ship has run aground in the Suez canal, causing a traffic jam of vessels at either end of the vital international trade artery. The 220,000-tonne, 400m-long Ever Given became stuck […]
Priti Patel’s New Plan for Immigration risks punishing refugees with no choice about how they seek safety, experts warn Migrants who arrive in the UK by small boats or other illegal routes will be indefinitely liable for removal even if they are granted asylum under punishing proposals to be announced […]
British Academy review calls for wide-ranging new policies to reverse rise in deprivation and ill health Britain faces a “Covid decade” of social and cultural upheaval marked by growing inequality and deepening economic deprivation, a landmark review has concluded. Major changes to the way society is run in the wake […]
James Hamilton finds first minister did not breach ministerial code over dealings with Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to lead Scotland into the crucial May elections after being cleared of breaching the ministerial code over her dealings with Alex Salmond. James Hamilton, a former Irish prosecutor, has rejected a […]