Boris Johnson’s extra income accounts for almost half of figure, of which vast majority was made by Tory MPs Analysis: Bumper income shows little has changed MPs have been paid £10m from second jobs and freelance work over the past year, largely driven by the size of Boris Johnson’s earnings […]
Month: August 2023
Metropolitan police approved their use at Notting Hill carnival and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 The only events for which Metropolitan police chiefs authorised the potential use of baton rounds in the past six years were black-led gatherings, documents show. The weapons, intended to be a less lethal alternative […]
Armed forces stand ready, says junta representative, as west African country defies threat of military intervention by regional bloc Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from a regional bloc after coup leaders rejected a deadline to reinstate the country’s ousted president. […]
Installation appears on hillside overlooking seaside town of Bray, where singer is to be buried A fleeting installation honouring Sinéad O’Connor has been unveiled on a hillside overlooking the Irish seaside town of Bray, where she is to be buried on Tuesday. A message in 30ft-tall letters spelling out “ÉIRE […]
Committee’s report says devices including home security systems used to coerce and control victims MPs have called on the UK government to tackle “tech abuse”, as they warned devices including smart home security systems were being used to coerce and control victims of domestic abuse. The culture, media and sport […]
Observer investigation finds system is in ‘worst state ever’ as senior figures warn of inmates ‘being warehoused’ The vast majority of prisons are providing inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment, according to an Observer investigation that has led to claims of prisoners being “warehoused” in a system in crisis. An analysis […]
Peace bell tolls at 8.15am, when Little Boy was dropped, with those who died instantly or afterwards totalling about 140,000 by end of 1945 Japan has marked the 78th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima where the mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the G7 […]
Ukrainian president says ‘dead and wounded reported’ after strike on facility in Kharkiv The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said Russia has attacked a blood transfusion centre in the country as he condemned the fatal strike as a “war crime”. A separate attack struck a key factory, both incidents on […]
The government has scrapped controversial guidance over deductions to compensation in miscarriage of justice cases People who have been wrongly convicted will no longer have to pay living expenses for the time they spent in prison, the government will announce on Sunday after widespread outrage over the case of Andrew […]
Former Lostprophets frontman reportedly taken to hospital after being held hostage by other inmates at HMP Wakefield Ian Watkins, the former lead singer with Lostprophets who was jailed for 29 years for child sex offences, has reportedly been stabbed at HMP Wakefield. He is said to have been taken to […]