PM challenged as Cabinet Office battles to withhold Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages from Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak has been accused of attempting to cover up the actions of ministers during the pandemic as the Cabinet Office intensified its battle to withhold Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages from the Covid inquiry. The […]
Month: May 2023
State media say the projectile plunged into the sea, after briefly sparking emergency warnings in South Korea and Japan North Korea’s first spy satellite launch has ended in failure after its second stage malfunctioned, sending the projectile plunging into the sea, the country’s state media has said, with the regime […]
Reports say members of CMS committee will discuss the handling of the issue with executives MPs are reportedly planning on questioning ITV executives over This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield’s affair with a younger male colleague. It came as the Prince’s Trust said it had dropped Schofield as an ambassador. “In […]
Gender-critical feminist’s speech temporarily stopped after protester glues themself to floor The gender-critical feminist Dr Kathleen Stock was forced to temporarily halt her contested appearance at the Oxford Union after a trans activist glued themself to the debating chamber close to the speaker’s chair. Stock, who argues that transgender people […]
Ex-leader of Conservatives says Canadian Security Intelligence briefed him on a ‘Chinese-orchestrated campaign’ to manipulate the vote Canada’s spy agency told former Conservative party leader Erin O’Toole that China campaigned to discredit him and suppress votes ahead of the 2021 election he lost to Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, O’Toole has said. […]
Exclusive: If elected next year, party would allow officials to buy up land at fraction of potential cost as part of ‘pro-building’ agenda Labour is planning to give local officials sweeping new powers to buy land cheaply and develop on it, as part of the party’s new “pro-building” agenda. Party […]
But property website warns that rebound in activity could be hit by rising mortgage rates More prospective house sellers are returning to the UK’s property market, pushing agreed home sales to their highest point of the year in May, according to Zoopla, although it warned that the rebound in activity […]
Such a challenge over Lady Hallett’s request for unredacted diaries and messages would be seen as unprecedented The Cabinet Office could take unprecedented action to prevent Boris Johnson’s unredacted diaries and WhatsApp messages being handed over to the official Covid inquiry, the Guardian had been told. Officials are preparing to […]
Beluga whale was first spotted in Norway wearing a harness marked ‘Equipment St Petersburg’ in 2019 A beluga whale that turned up in Norway wearing a harness in 2019, prompting speculation it was a spy trained by the Russian navy, has reappeared off Sweden’s coast. First discovered in Norway’s far […]
Russia launches drone strikes on Kyiv, hours after Monday’s day and night-time attacks Russia-Ukraine war at a glance If you’re just joining us: Russia launched a fresh “massive” wave of attacks on Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday and air defence systems were engaging incoming targets, city officials said, […]