Labour’s Rachel Reeves says Conservatives are ‘playing blame game’ for UK’s economic problems Liz Truss has been accused of being “deeply irresponsible” for threatening to tinker with the Bank of England’s mandate on the brink of a recession. The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, attacked the Tory leadership frontrunner after Truss […]
Year: 2022
Combined amount of $49.3m is still below the $150m Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis sought after his Sandy Hook shooting lies After already ordering him to pay $4.1m to the parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, the jury hearing the defamation case against far-right […]
Retaliatory measures threaten ‘guardrails’ between two countries as Beijing continues military drills Taiwan crisis: latest updates Relations between the world’s two largest economies have plummeted into further uncertainty as China halted ties with the US on a range of critical issues – from talks on the climate crisis to dialogue […]
Services still available but will run at reduced capacity over the weekend People contacting the NHS 111 service have been warned of delays due to a significant computer system outage caused by a cyber-attack. The issue is affecting some services across the UK such as the system used to refer […]
Campaigners say ‘our rivers are dying’ after driest July in England for more than 100 years Most of the UK’s rivers are on “red alert”, according to the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), as campaigners say “our rivers are dying” and call for immediate nationwide hosepipe bans. This […]
Tory leadership rivals disagree on how to turn economy around and avoid predicted downturn in Sky news debate Latest politics news – live Liz Truss has claimed her tax cut plans could avert the looming recession, after the Bank of England forecast 13% inflation and a downturn lasting more than […]
Guardian analysis shows human-caused global heating is driving more frequent and deadly disasters across the planet, in most comprehensive compilation to date The devastating intensification of extreme weather is laid bare today in a Guardian analysis that shows how people across the world are losing their lives and livelihoods due […]
US House speaker repeats defiant tone during Japan visit as region prepares for second day of China’s live-fire exercises Asia on edge as China launches air and sea military drills How worried should we be about military conflict? Wave of nationalistic fervour washes over China US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
Far-right Infowars owner faced defamation trial for repeatedly saying the school shooting was a hoax The jury in Alex Jones’s defamation trial on Thursday ordered the far-right conspiracy theorist to pay $4.1m in damages over his repeated claims that the deadly Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. Jurors in […]
Lawyers had requested that 12-year-old be moved from Royal London hospital to spend his last moments in private A ruling on whether 12-year-old Archie Battersbee can be moved from hospital to a hospice to die is expected at the high court on Friday morning. Lawyers for the boy’s family took […]