Exclusive: Steve Baker says ‘this may be a decisive moment for our party’ amid backlash over abuse of footballers Conservatives urgently need to change their attitudes towards people taking the knee, an influential Tory MP has said amid an angry backlash against the government over the racist abuse of England […]
Year: 2021
Three former Tory prime ministers condemn move but government sees off revolt from within party Downing Street has been accused of putting tens of thousands of lives at risk in some of the world’s poorest nations after Conservative MPs voted to cut billions of pounds in foreign aid for years […]
Majority of GPs want face coverings to remain compulsory in healthcare settings, BMA survey finds Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hospitals, GPs and other health providers will still be able to require patients and visitors to wear masks unless they are exempt, after Public Health England […]
According to an indictment the scheme was part of a larger plan targeting victims in Canada and the UK An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged with conspiring to kidnap a New York-based journalist, the US justice department said on Tuesday. […]
Study finds more than one in five children of workers employed in the frontline of the pandemic live below breadline More than a million children from households in the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic are living in poverty, according to new research published by the TUC. The […]
PM to press ahead with lifting most restrictions on 19 July, but recommends mask use in crowded spaces Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson will press ahead with lifting most remaining Covid restrictions on 19 July, despite warnings from the government’s scientific advisers that the […]
PM and home secretary criticised despite condemning racism aimed at players after match Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have been accused of hypocrisy over their stance on racism in football after they condemned the abuse of three black England players, having previously refused to criticise fans who booed the team […]
Severity of hot spell in western US underlines dangerous impact of human-caused climate disruption Excessive heat warnings remained in place across swathes of the western US on Monday after Death Valley in California registered what could prove to be the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth. After a cascade of […]
Six-week-old kit seen on National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Somerset after pair of adults were reintroduced A baby beaver has been born on Exmoor for the first time in 400 years after two adults were successfully reintroduced by the National Trust in January 2020. Camera footage shows the six-week-old kit […]
Ambitious draft goals to halt biodiversity loss revealed, with proposed changes to food production expected to ‘raise eyebrows’ Eliminating plastic pollution, reducing pesticide use by two-thirds, halving the rate of invasive species introduction and eliminating $500bn (£360bn) of harmful environmental government subsidies a year are among the targets in a […]