Damning report highlights lack of control over billions in spending and no stockpile plan for future pandemic Britain’s lead public health body has a staggering lack of control over billions of pounds of spending, and there is no plan for stockpiling vaccines or personal protective equipment (PPE) for a future […]
Month: July 2023
Exclusive: Disclosure provokes fury as Rishi Sunak accused of betraying populations vulnerable to global heating The government is drawing up plans to drop the UK’s flagship £11.6bn climate and nature funding pledge, the Guardian can reveal, with the prime minster accused of betraying populations most vulnerable to global heating. The […]
Twelve Palestinians and one Israeli soldier dead after Israel carries out one of the biggest military operations in the occupied West Bank in years Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired five rockets toward Israel, the military said in the early hours of Wednesday, as its forces began to withdraw […]
GMTV host undergoing trials for new drug that scientists hope could slow or reverse the illness The television presenter Fiona Phillips has disclosed she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and is undergoing trials for a new drug that scientists hope could slow or reverse the illness. The 62-year-old said […]
Scotland Yard reopens investigation into party at Conservative HQ and launches new inquiry about gathering in parliament Scotland Yard is reopening its investigation into potential Covid breaches at a “jingle and mingle” lockdown party at Conservative headquarters at the height of the pandemic as the Partygate scandal continues to plague […]
Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson says early-years education key to improving life chances More graduate teachers would be parachuted into nurseries under plans being considered by Labour to improve education for under-fours, the Guardian has learned. There could also be more nursery places in primary school settings as the opposition works up […]
Labour writes to watchdogs about donations recorded as coming from firm linked to multimillionaire businessman UK politics live – latest updates Rishi Sunak is facing transparency questions over private jet travel and thousands of pounds in Conservative party donations after they were recorded as coming from a small company linked […]
The US player, 43, suffered an injury in the first set and lost to Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, 28 Venus Williams was given a hero’s welcome on her return to Wimbledon on Monday, but the 43-year-old could not turn back time and went out of the competition in the first round. […]
Gautier was one of 177 green berets in the Kieffer unit which stormed the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944 Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commando unit that waded ashore on D-day alongside allied troops to begin the liberation of France, died on Monday. He was […]
Telecoms providers added ‘insult to injury’ as prices rose, says report by Which? for year to January 2023 More than half of UK broadband customers have experienced problems with their connections, according to a report that says telecoms providers are adding “insult to injury” after forcing inflation-busting price rises on […]