Snapshot of Britain will see many reject church as immoral or irrelevant, academics predict The “post-Christian era” in the UK will be cemented by data emerging from Sunday’s census which is expected to show further generational disengagement from organised religion, according to a leading academic. The once-a-decade snapshot of the […]
Year: 2021
France 32-30 Wales Six Nations to be settled by Scotland’s trip to Paris on Friday It’s never over until it’s over. And, strictly speaking, a final line cannot yet be drawn beneath the 2021 Six Nations championship with one last Parisian tango to come next Friday. This compelling drama, however, […]
The women behind Reclaim These Streets and Clapham vigil have announced the funds will go to the charity Rosa Less than two weeks ago they were strangers, furious and sad about the killing of Sarah Everard. Then they connected online to organise a vigil. Two weeks later, the women behind […]
Qatari owners of Harrods and the Ritz claimed £3m alongside payouts to Saudi royals and British National party from Covid job support scheme The foreign royals and billionaire tax exiles collecting UK’s furlough millions Billionaire tax exiles, the British National party, Saudi royals and oil-rich Gulf states have claimed millions […]
President and vice-president address nation reckoning with ‘heinous act’ that killed eight, including six women of Asian descent Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have condemned a “heinous act of violence” during a trip to Atlanta, hoping to console a city and Asian American communities rocked by the attack this week […]
More than 400mm falls on parts of mid north coast as flash floods hit state. Follow latest updates NSW floods: Sydney battered by rain and mid north coast evacuated Wild weather: what we know so far about the floods and evacuations 2.54am GMT There are reports of damaged homes across […]
No-fly zone established and public advised to stay away from area as red cloud lights up night sky A volcano has erupted in Iceland near the capital Reykjavik after thousands of small earthquakes in the area in recent weeks, the Icelandic meteorological office has said. A red cloud lit up […]
Exclusive: Government suspends use of under-18s to teach English pupils after being approached about revelations Analysis: Tutoring scheme throws money at the private sector again Tutors in Sri Lanka who are as young as 17 and earning as little as £1.57 an hour have been used by the government’s flagship […]
Anthony Blinken criticises China over Hong Kong and Xinjiang while his counterpart says US can no longer ‘speak to China from a position of strength’ The United States and China publicly rebuked each other in the first face-to-face talks between senior officials from the two countries since Joe Biden took […]
European vice-president Maroš Šefčovič says claim about Brussels trying to erect barrier down Irish Sea undermines UK’s reputation Britain’s foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has been accused by Brussels of displaying a “total misunderstanding” of the Brexit deal after claiming the EU was trying to erect a barrier between Northern Ireland […]