Exclusive: Source says MoJ permanent secretary made move to prevent incident from escalating into formal complaint Dominic Raab behaved so badly in a meeting with the Home Office during his first stint as justice secretary that his department’s top official had to personally apologise to counterparts afterwards, the Guardian has […]

Authorities warn death toll of 162 may rise after 5.6-magnitude quake devastated Cianjur on Indonesia’s main island of Java Indonesian earthquake – in pictures Indonesian rescue workers were racing to reach people still trapped in rubble after an earthquake devastated a West Java town, killing at least 162 people and […]

Andy Hackett catches the Carrot, elusive 30kg leather carp-koi hybrid released into fishing lake 20 years ago Goldfish are normally big enough to live in a bowl in people’s homes, happily whiling the hours away, scarcely taking up enough room to cause any trouble. However, angler Andy Hackett managed to […]

One in 26 journeys disrupted with government accused of ‘abject failure’ to tackle worst offenders such as Avanti West Coast Rail cancellations have reached their highest level on record with more than 314,000 trains fully or partly cancelled across Great Britain in a year, a Guardian analysis reveals. Figures from […]

Closures rise by 60% in past year, including 453 in most recent quarter, says advisory firm Mazars UK restaurants are going bust at a faster rate than during the Covid crisis owing to a “toxic mix” of surging energy costs, staff shortages and falling bookings. Closures in the sector rose […]