Sources say the PM wants to scrap the section to Manchester before the party’s annual gathering in the city next weekend Rishi Sunak is facing a huge backlash from senior Tories and business leaders amid signs he is ready to scrap the northern section of the HS2 high speed rail […]
Month: September 2023
At least 70 police firearms officers are reconsidering carrying a gun after marksman to go on trial over death of Chris Kaba Dozens of Metropolitan police firearms officers are refusing to go out on armed patrols after one of their colleagues was charged with murder. More than 70 police marksmen […]
Pool B: South Africa 8-13 Ireland No 1 side see off defending champions in physical encounter The Rugby World Cup still has five more weeks to run and this was only a pool game. It is almost impossible to conceive, even so, of a heavier-duty occasion than this impossibly physical […]
Celebrities lend their voices to ‘kick the Tories out’ as the party gathers in Bournemouth for the first time in three years The Liberal Democrats have kicked off their annual conference with a call for people to vote tactically in the general election to remove Conservative MPs, until proportional representation […]
Michael Alford, 59, of Harlan county was moving a bag of potting soil when bees attacked him from inside the package A Kentucky man has died after a swarm of bees attacked him on his porch. On Monday, the 59-year-old man whom local reports identified as Michael Alford was moving […]
Exclusive: Sources say law could gradually increase smoking age to ultimately prevent sales to people born after certain year Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, the Guardian has learned. […]
Exclusive: Poll finds fewer than a quarter of people trust PM to tackle climate crisis after policy U-turn Only 22% of people trust Rishi Sunak to tackle the climate crisis after his announcement that he will weaken the UK’s net zero policies. An exclusive poll for the Guardian found that […]
Comedian accused of rape thanks followers for their support in first public comments since allegations Russell Brand has posted a new video online describing the allegations of rape and sexual assault against him in the past week as “extraordinary and distressing” while accusing the government of seeking to censor him. […]
Sudiksha Thirumalesh, 19, and her family had opposed her being moved to palliative care A 19-year-old woman who died after a legal battle with an NHS trust over her treatment for a rare mitochondrial disorder can be named, a judge has ruled. Sudiksha Thirumalesh, an A-level student, and her family […]
Former Australian prime minister’s nomination revealed a day after Rupert Murdoch retired as chair of Fox and News Corp Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Former prime minister Tony Abbott has been nominated to […]