UK has lost leadership in climate action and almost all targets are being missed, Committee on Climate Change finds The government’s plans to hit net zero have been comprehensively criticised in a withering report by its own advisers that warns targets are being missed on nearly every front. Fewer homes […]
Month: June 2023
British actor, 65, had been missing since January after going hiking in Mount Baldy area Obituary A life in pictures Peter Bradshaw’s appreciation A body that was discovered in wilderness near Mount Baldy in California on Saturday was confirmed last night to be that of the missing British actor Julian […]
Exclusive: Government accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ after firms push through biggest round of price rises since 1991 Why are UK telecoms firms imposing inflation-busting bills? Case study: ‘I’m being forced to make difficult choices’ The UK’s largest mobile and broadband companies have been accused of fuelling “greedflation” […]
BMA members overwhelmingly back stoppage after talks with ministers break down UK politics live – latest updates Senior doctors have voted in overwhelming numbers to go on strike over pay for the first time in nearly 50 years, in an attempt to put pressure on ministers to reverse deep cuts […]
Report by RSPB, ELF and Friends of the Earth say even cases with good prospects of success are being abandoned Prohibitively high costs are pricing individuals and community groups out of bringing legal challenges to protect the environment, major NGOs say. A joint report by the RSPB, the Environmental Law […]
Russian president attacks ‘organisers of rebellion’ after Yevgeny Prigozhin also makes first public appearance since incident Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Vladimir Putin has claimed that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s uprising was “doomed to fail” and said the country showed “unity” in the face of a “treacherous” rebellion. In […]
Daniel Korski denies the historical allegations ‘in strongest possible terms’ following article by Daisy Goodwin A woman has accused Conservative London mayoral candidate Daniel Korski of groping her in Downing Street a decade ago. Daisy Goodwin, a TV producer, wrote in the Times that Korski had put his hand on […]
Independent Commission finds problems ‘widespread’ ECB chair recognises need for significant reform English cricket suffers from “widespread and deep-rooted” racism, sexism, elitism and class-based discrimination at all levels of the game and urgently needs reform, a landmark report has found. The 317-page report from the Independent Commission for Equity in […]
Watchdog identified further details that ‘could and should’ have been handed over to Macpherson inquiry An official investigation has concluded that Scotland Yard had information that “could and should” have been handed to the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence’s murder but failed to disclose it, the Guardian has learned. The unpublished […]
Ex-president is heard discussing a Pentagon paper detailing plans to attack Iran with people who did not have security clearances A recording that was made at Donald Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club in July 2021, has been obtained exclusively by CNN and provides new evidence that the former president […]