At least six killed and 30 injured after shooting in Highland Park just after 10am local time Police arrest person of interest In a new statement, Biden condemned the shooting in Highland Park as a “senseless act of violence” and vowed to deliver the “full support of the federal government […]
Month: July 2022
Political parties cannot be trusted to deal with misbehaviour by their own MPs, claim general secretaries Parliament must act to stop the “seemingly endless” allegations of sexual misconduct by MPs as political parties cannot be trusted to make it a safe place to work, two leading unions have warned. As […]
Campaigners from Just Stop Oil pressure group reimagine The Hay Wain by John Constable Supporters of Just Stop Oil have once again glued themselves to a significant artwork in a major UK gallery, a day after invading the track at Silverstone and disrupting the British Grand Prix. Just before 2.30pm, […]
Corporation reviewing six complaints, raising questions over what it said in public about presenter accused of sexual misconduct The BBC has revealed it received complaints against Tim Westwood – including one that was referred to the police – despite previously insisting it was unaware of any concerns about the DJ’s […]
Aiden Aslin, a marine in Ukrainian army, sentenced with UK citizen Shaun Pinner by proxy court in Donetsk Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates A British citizen who has been sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine has launched an appeal against the verdict. Aiden Aslin, 28, a […]
Exclusive: IFS study shows impact of Tory cuts to benefits and cost of living crisis on single mothers ‘I’m feeling the squeeze’: single mothers on the living costs crisis Half of all children in lone-parent families are now living in relative poverty, according to exclusive research that shows how a […]
Parliamentary staffers and Tory MPs say allegations of sexual misconduct were not acted on by whips Boris Johnson is facing a backlash over the promotion of his ally Chris Pincher, as a group of Conservative parliamentary staffers accused the prime minister of a “failure to act on warnings” of sexual […]
Twenty-two-year-old Danish man charged with manslaughter and will face court on Monday Danish police have said three people were shot dead and three critically injured after a gunman opened fire at a busy Copenhagen shopping centre on Sunday evening. A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested after the shooting, Copenhagen police […]
Exclusive: shadow health secretary says service in England would be brought in over several parliaments Labour will aim to bring in a national care service in England with just as much ambition as the 1945 government that brought in the NHS, the shadow health secretary has said, launching a review […]
Government launches consultation on ways to reduce childcare costs in effort to tackle cost of living crisis Plans to ease childcare staffing ratios in nurseries in England have drawn an angry response from providers and parents who say their concerns have been ignored. The government has announced it is launching […]