Abandoned policy ‘misinterpreted … by the media’, Tory leadership frontrunner tells party members at hustings in Cardiff Liz Truss has said an £8.8bn black hole in her savings budget caused by her abandoning a policy to cut public sector wages was not part of her “central costings” for funding a […]
Year: 2022
Parents of 12-year-old say they should be allowed to choose where their son takes ‘his last moments’ The parents of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee have pledged to “fight” to get him moved to a hospice, insisting they should be allowed to choose where he takes “his last moments”. After the rejection […]
Unidentified aircraft, probably drones, flew over island close to China’s shores on Wednesday night, says Taipei, ahead of Beijing’s expected live-fire drills around Taiwan China to begin series of live-fire drills off Taiwan coast China can’t stop world leaders visiting Taiwan: Nancy Pelosi China-Taiwan relations: what’s behind the tensions? The […]
Scunthorpe neighbourhood rallies to replace £1,000 of chocolate liquified in July’s heatwave An online appeal has raised funds for the owners of a corner shop whose entire stock of chocolate worth nearly £1,000 melted after its air conditioning failed to cope during the recent heatwave. More than £630 has been […]
Stunning revelation contradicts claims Jones had nothing on his phone pertaining to deadly 2012 shooting he long called a hoax Attorneys for Alex Jones “messed up” and sent to his legal adversaries “every text message” Jones had written in the past two years – contradicting claims Jones had nothing on […]
Trip by house speaker, who is due to make an address with Tsai in Taipei today, described as ‘extremely egregious’ by China’s vice foreign minister 30-second explainer: what’s behind the China-Taiwan tensions? Another area of tension lies between the US and Russia, which Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has ratcheted up […]
Drivers are paying nearly £9 more for a tank of fuel than they should be, data shows Petrol prices at the pumps are not falling fast enough and in line with wholesale price drops, according to the RAC. Over the last eight weeks, the average price paid for unleaded by […]
Peter Fahey critical of proposal to widen definition of ‘extremism’ and include people who ‘vilfy’ Britain Rishi Sunak’s proposals to strengthen the government’s anti-terrorism programme risk “straying into thought crimes” and are potentially damaging to national security, a former senior police chief has said. The former chancellor announced measures to […]
Archbishop indicates he will not seek to punish churches that allow same-sex marriage in balancing act Anglican church still tying itself in knots over same-sex marriage Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the global Anglican church, has sought to mollify conservative bishops around the world by “affirming […]
Announcement made hours after attempt to postpone withdrawal of life support was rejected by UK supreme court ‘with a heavy heart’ The mother of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee has said his life support treatment will be removed at 11am on Wednesday, hours after a last-minute attempt to postpone the hospital taking […]