Visit to Aberdeenshire intended as chance for PM to criticise opposition with reports he could announce 100 new drilling licences Rishi Sunak is to make a visit to north-east Scotland focused on North Sea energy that is intended to draw a dividing line between the government and Labour’s plan to […]
Month: July 2023
‘Improvised and atrocious’ decision in 2019 made Italy the only major western member, says Guido Crosetto, the defence minister Joining China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was an “atrocious” decision, Italy’s defence minister has said, and the issue was how to leave it without damaging ties with Beijing. Guido […]
Exclusive: Costs now 4,000 times amount saved by replacing fire-retardant materials with combustible cladding The financial cost of the Grenfell Tower disaster has reached nearly £1.2bn – 4,000 times the amount that was saved by replacing fire-retardant cladding with a cheaper combustible alternative during the disastrous refurbishment. The bulk of […]
Presidential hopeful makes comment after Senate Republican leader, 81, froze and was unable to speak this week Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has suggested her fellow Republican Mitch McConnell – the longtime powerful US Senate leader – should step aside after an episode in which he physically froze and was unable […]
Nearly 200 injured at gathering of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party ahead of elections expected later this year At least 44 people have been killed and almost 200 injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that targeted a political party gathering. Police said the explosion at a rally […]
Watchdog warns that admin errors, unexplained cancellations and delayed scan reports all contribute to longer waits for patients Patients with suspected cancer are waiting months for diagnosis because of hidden waiting lists or falling into a “black hole” after referral, England’s patient champion warns this weekend. Admin errors, unexplained cancellations […]
Whitehall watchdog gives red rating to set of measures aimed to bring net-zero goals, amid backlash over retreat on climate policy Rishi Sunak has been accused of showing disregard for the climate crisis after Whitehall officials warned that some of his key green pledges were already unachievable. With the prime […]
Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spaces Home Office officials have drawn up secret plans to lobby the independent privacy regulator in an attempt to push the rollout […]
Fifth Test, day three: England 283 & 389-9; Australia 295 Stuart Broad announces retirement after close of play At the end of a day of English dominance came a blond bombshell. Stuart Broad, Ashes warrior and arch-antagonist of Australians, walked off the field and promptly announced this fifth Test at […]
Police have arrested two 19-year-olds after Matthew Daulby, also 19, died in hospital after attack in Ormskirk town centre A “compassionate, loving and funny” teenager who died after a double stabbing in Lancashire has been named by police. Matthew Daulby, 19, from Liverpool, was stabbed in the market town of […]