Edward Leung, who came up with ‘Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times’, has spent four years in prison over 2016 riots Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, who coined the now-banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” has been released from prison and placed under strict supervision after […]
Year: 2022
UK ‘little nearer to closing great digital divide’ between cities and rural areas, says committee Boris Johnson’s promise to “level up” the nation by providing next-generation-speed broadband to most homes by 2025 is under threat as rural dwellers are left behind in the internet revolution, according to a report by […]
Johnson told MPs he did not realise 20 May 2020 event was social gathering but ex-aide says PM was advised not to allow it Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Dominic Cummings has accused Boris Johnson of lying after No 10 denied the prime minister was warned […]
A New Zealand defence force surveillance flight has returned from Tonga. Pictures show land and trees coated in ash Some of the first images have emerged from Tonga’s volcano and tsunami-hit islands, after a New Zealand defence force surveillance flight returned from the cut-off country, as two deaths from the […]
Guidance may replace legal requirements as Boris Johnson indicates UK must now live with the virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage No 10 is drawing up plans to phase out England’s remaining pandemic restrictions from as early as March as a beleaguered Boris Johnson signals to […]
Peers vote 242-185 for heavier penalties in England and Wales as ministers lose 14 divisions The House of Lords has voted to make misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales, in a night of several defeats for the government in the upper chamber. The law change would enable judges […]
Defence secretary says ‘support is for short-range and clearly defensive weapon capabilities’ Britain has begun supplying Ukraine with new light anti-tank weapons in response to “the increasingly threatening behaviour from Russia”, the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has announced. The ratcheting up of military support comes as the Kremlin continues to […]
Government insider says announcement about abolishing licence fee was not expected this weekend Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has been accused of targeting the BBC in a desperate attempt to save his own premiership, as the Labour leader insisted he had broken the law […]
Government announcement will force broadcaster to make deep cuts to its programme budgets The BBC will have to make deep cuts to its programme budgets after the government said the broadcaster’s funding would be frozen for the next two years, with the licence fee abolished completely in 2027. The culture […]
Two teenagers arrested in UK after suspect Malik Faisal Akram, 44, was killed when FBI stormed synagogue after 11-hour standoff US president Joe Biden has condemned a tense 11-hour hostage standoff at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday as “an act of terror”, as the FBI named the armed assailant […]