Village of Aceredo in Galicia was flooded in 1992 to create Alto Lindoso reservoir A ghost village that has emerged as drought has nearly emptied a dam on the Spanish-Portuguese border is drawing crowds of tourists with its eerie, grey ruins. With the reservoir at 15% of its capacity, details […]
Year: 2022
Journalist and several other reporters freed after being held while on assignment with UNHCR The Taliban have released a British journalist and several other reporters they had been holding for several days, in an incident that deepened concerns about pressure on media inside Afghanistan. The group were on assignment for […]
Chief to leave role two years early after London’s mayor accused her of failing to deal with misogyny and racism in the force Latest updates: Dame Cressida Dick to stand down – live Cressida Dick has been forced out as head of the Metropolitan police after London’s mayor accused her […]
Departing commissioner’s handling of controversies including Daniel Morgan and Sarah Everard cases draws sharp criticism As Cressida Dick confirmed she will be leaving Scotland Yard in the coming weeks, those affected by the controversies during her tenure welcomed her resignation. “The first time I dealt with Cressida Dick was in […]
On a day of rushed British diplomacy, military analysts estimate Moscow has now assembled a force capable of invading Boris Johnson said he feared Europe stood “on the edge of a precipice” as some experts declared that Russia has now assembled a force on the borders of Ukraine that would […]
Daughters of Denyse Holt from Illinois grew concerned after she failed to send them a text containing her daily Wordle score The wildly popular online puzzle Wordle has been credited with keeping people across the world sane amid the ravages of the pandemic. But now it has been hailed as […]
Public accounts committee chair Rachel Reeves condemns tax authority after billions written off HM Revenue & Customs has been accused by an influential group of MPs of “ignorance and inaction” on recouping £6bn of fraudulent Covid-19 support payments, drawing an angry backlash from the tax authority. The public accounts committee […]
Exclusive: Solicitors for Labour have written to Cressida Dick suggesting force is ‘duty-bound’ to launch inquiry What do we know about Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat renovation? Scotland Yard is considering whether to investigate Boris Johnson over the funding of his Downing Street flat renovation after Labour’s lawyers claimed there […]
Foreign secretary told MPs laws would be in place by 10 February but nothing has been put to parliament The British foreign secretary, Liz Truss, will meet her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on Thursday with her plan to have put the UK’s “toughest sanctions regime against Russia” on the statute […]
Public spending will rise by £76bn a year, requiring income and wealth to be taxed more efficiently and fairly Wealth taxes will be needed to fund a £76bn a year increase in government spending by the end of the decade, caused by an ageing population and more expensive healthcare, a […]