Prime minister to meet mutinous Tory MPs this week in effort to shore up her position after U-turns on tax Liz Truss is fighting for her political survival, with Conservative MPs threatening to oust her and even allies warning she has just days to turn around her premiership despite ripping […]
Year: 2022
Casey report uncovers internal failings that let racist, corrupt and misogynist officers remain in their jobs Metropolitan police officers suspected of serious criminal offences including sexual assault and domestic abuse have been allowed to escape justice, a damning review has found, with the force’s leader admitting that hundreds of racist, […]
Russia has been firing on Ukrainian city in the early hours since February, causing death and destruction The Russian missiles come to Zaporizhzhia when the “people’s dreams are at their deepest”, says Oleksandr Starukh. The governor of this south-eastern region of Ukraine since 2020, Starukh, 49, took the call from […]
Unison’s Christina McAnea says winter strikes ‘inevitable’ as only way for workers to get message across Endemic low pay represents a threat to the very future of the NHS, the head of the biggest union representing health staff has warned ahead of an expected wave of strike action this winter. […]
UN calls for a full investigation, as Greek authorities brand Turkey’s behaviour a ‘shame to civilisation’ The discovery of 92 naked migrants on the border of Greece and Turkey over the weekend has prompted accusations of blame between the two countries and condemnation from the United Nations. Greek police rescued […]
As new chancellor Jeremy Hunt rips up prime minister’s economic plans, Conservatives plot route to replace her Senior Conservatives will this week hold talks on a “rescue mission” that would see the swift removal of Liz Truss as leader, after the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt dramatically tore up her economic […]
Defence minister says two assailants shot dead after attack at training ground in region bordering Ukraine At least 11 people were killed and 15 more wounded at a military training ground in the Belgorod region in south-western Russia on Saturday when two volunteers opened fire on other troops, the Russian […]
Suella Braverman to reveal plans to grant police new powers to counter tactics favoured by Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion Ministers are pressing ahead with a dual crackdown on climate protests and strike action, a controversial move that followed a day of direct action in London including clashes with […]
Researchers identify medications that could be repurposed, including treatments for heart conditions and stomach ulcers Scientists have pinpointed a range of commonly used medicines that could be repurposed to treat people suffering from obesity and diabetes. The medicines – to be outlined at the International Congress on Obesity in Melbourne […]
‘We are sure we stopped another killing,’ Stockton police chief says A man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings in northern California was arrested before dawn on Saturday as he drove through the streets of Stockton, armed with a handgun and possibly […]