Police say suspect in his 30s lived in the town of Kongsberg, where the attacks took place A Danish citizen in his 30s has been arrested and charged after five people were killed and two others injured in attack using a bow and arrows in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg, […]
Year: 2021
Leicester East MP urged to quit her seat after harassment campaign that included threatening an acid attack The MP Claudia Webbe is facing a potential jail sentence and demands to stand down from her seat after being found guilty of a campaign of harassment including threatening an acid attack. Webbe, […]
Maroš Šefčovič attempts to end tussle at press conference but ‘big gap’ remains to UK’s demands The EU will scrap 80% of checks on foods entering Northern Ireland from Britain but Brussels officials were “preparing for the worst” amid signs Boris Johnson is set to reject the terms of the […]
Austrian Alps salt miners had a ‘balanced diet’, with an analysis of bronze and iron age excrement finding the earliest evidence of cheese ripening in Europe It’s no secret that beer and blue cheese go hand in hand – but a new study reveals how deep their roots run in […]
Hazrat Wali, 18, who came to UK two years ago, attacked near sports field where children were playing rugby A teenage Afghan refugee was stabbed to death on a sports field in south-west London in front of schoolchildren playing rugby. The victim, named as 18-year-old Hazrat Wali, from Notting Hill, […]
Offer to lift up to 50% of customs checks aims to turn page on troubled relationship with Boris Johnson What next for the Northern Ireland protocol? The EU will offer to remove a majority of post-Brexit checks on British goods entering Northern Ireland as it seeks to turn the page […]
Scientists urge urgent investigation to ensure that people are not being given false negative results Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Scientists are calling for an urgent investigation after dozens of reports of people testing negative using gold-standard Covid PCR tests, despite testing positive on rapid lateral […]
Renewed commitment to coal could scupper Britain’s aim to secure global phase-out pact at climate summit China plans to build more coal-fired power plants and has hinted that it will rethink its timetable to slash emissions, in a significant blow to the UK’s ambitions for securing a global agreement on […]
Legislation raises government’s borrowing limit to $28.9tn Hard-fought House vote passes entirely along party lines The US House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to a Senate-passed bill temporarily raising the government’s borrowing limit to $28.9tn, putting off the risk of default at least until early December. Democrats, who […]
Sussex chapter of the UCU urges university to undertake investigation into ‘institutional transphobia’ Kathleen Stock, a philosophy professor targeted by activists for her views on gender identification, has said she fears her career at Sussex University has been “effectively ended” by a union’s call for an investigation into transphobia. Sussex’s […]