Conservative rightwingers push PM to create dividing line with Labour on environment after narrow byelection win in Uxbridge Rishi Sunak has signalled the government could delay or even abandon green policies that impose a direct cost on consumers, as he comes under pressure from the Conservative right to create a […]
Month: July 2023
Cases of dementia, diabetes, cancer, depression and kidney disease expected to soar as growing numbers reach old age Nine million people in England will be living with major illnesses such as dementia, diabetes, cancer, depression and kidney disease by 2040, according to projections health leaders called “catastrophic”. In a rapidly […]
Kyriakos Mitsotakis warns parliament that difficult days lie ahead as blazes also rage on islands of Evia and Corfu Greece wildfires – latest updates The battle to contain wildfires across Greece continued for a seventh straight day as firefighters struggled to extinguish flames amid scenes of pandemonium prompted by the […]
Police say finding is ‘common when dealing with cases of this type’ a month after actor’s body was recovered in California mountains Julian Sands’ cause of death has been deemed undetermined due to the condition of his body, six months after the British actor went missing while hiking in California. […]
Home secretary’s withholding of payments for healthy food for children and pregnant women found to be unlawful The home secretary acted unlawfully in failing to provide basic support to asylum seekers, including young children and pregnant women, a judge has ruled. Suella Braverman must introduce changes that will benefit thousands […]
Conservative People’s party and prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists both declare victory, with weeks of negotiations likely ahead Spain’s opposition conservative party secured the most number of seats in national elections but looked unlikely to secure a coalition rightwing majority after a vote that had raised fears of the far […]
Sergei Sobyanin says there were no serious injuries after drones hit two non-residential buildings in centre of Russian capital At a glance: what we know on day 516 of Ukraine invasion The debris of a drone has been found in central Moscow, Russia’s state-owned Tass news agency is reporting. It […]
Travel companies cancel holidays to Greek island as holidaymakers describe scenes of chaos on beaches British tourists said they had been left in “a living nightmare” after wildfires caused the emergency evacuation of 19,000 people on the Greek island of Rhodes. More than 3,000 people were rescued from beaches and […]
Barbie made $377m while Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer took home $174m, making ‘Barbenheimer’ biggest box office weekend of 2023 so far Greta Gerwig has made history as Barbie scored a US$377m (£293m, A$560m) opening weekend around the world, making it the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman. […]
Make UK report says post-Brexit structural shift in trade is particularly hurting factories in north-west and West Midlands Factories in England and Wales are seeing a downward trend in the share of their trade going to the EU, an analysis from the manufacturers’ trade body shows. Make UK said that […]