President called for ‘common sense’ legislation in emotional speech 19 children and two adults killed in shooting, says Texas official Gunman, 18, was reportedly shot and killed by responding officers The second US mass shooting in 10 days, which left 14 young children and a teacher dead at a Texas […]
Month: May 2022
Measures could be announced as soon as Thursday as households face price cap rise of more than £800 Rishi Sunak is scrambling to finalise a package of measures that could be announced as soon as Thursday aimed at alleviating the cost of living crisis, after the energy regulator said annual […]
Between 30 and 40 staff reportedly gathered on 17 November 2020 to mark the final press briefing conducted by James Slack Details have emerged of what appears to be another alcohol-fuelled social event inside Downing Street during lockdown, one that was seemingly not investigated by police or the official civil […]
The former president had sought to oust the governor as part of his crusade to punish those involved in his 2020 defeat Georgia governor Brian Kemp won the state’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, easily overcoming a challenge from former senator David Perdue in a stinging setback for Donald […]
Kevin Hollinrake insists opposition to scheme to accommodate 1,500 people at former RAF base is not about nimbyism or racism A Conservative MP has accused the Home Office of using his North Yorkshire constituency as a “sacrificial lamb for national policy”, as a controversial accommodation centre for 1,500 asylum seekers […]
Images obtained by ITV News reveal table strewn with bottles at leaving do for a senior aide in November 2020 Boris Johnson is facing fresh claims of lying to MPs after photos emerged of him toasting a senior aide at a Downing Street leaving drinks event during a national Covid […]
UK accused of agreeing to Iran’s ‘unlawful’ request that she sign false statement as condition of her release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has accused the UK Foreign Office of being complicit in forcing her to sign a letter of false confession to the Iranian government as part of the last-minute terms of […]
Sir Philip Barton castigated along with Dominic Raab in damning report by MPs into UK’s chaotic exit The senior civil servant in charge of the Foreign Office should consider his position after presiding over a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that betrayed UK allies, put lives in danger, showed a total […]
Cross-party group aiming to shore up support for NI protocol is welcomed in Dublin, but DUP meeting expected to be frosty Unionists have responded with scorn and scepticism to a US congressional delegation that is attempting to shore up support for the Northern Ireland protocol. The Democratic Unionist party (DUP) […]
Focussing on carbon dioxide alone will not keep world within 1.5C limit of global heating, warn scientists Cutting methane sharply now is crucial, as focusing on carbon dioxide alone will not be enough to keep rising temperatures within livable limits, scientists have warned. CO2 is the greenhouse gas most responsible […]