Exclusive: Malware may still be present and potential effects have been covered up by staff, investigation reveals ‘Bottomless pit of hell, money and despair’ at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site The UK’s most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, […]
Month: December 2023
Measures designed to cut number of migrant workers and their dependants entering UK could damage health sector, say experts James Cleverly has announced a package of measures designed to cut the number of migrant workers and their dependants entering the UK, making it far harder for employers to bring in […]
Israel orders people to evacuate areas marked on maps online, but move criticised as many in Gaza do not have internet access Israel-Hamas war – live updates Israeli tanks, armoured personnel carriers and bulldozers have entered the southern part of the Gaza Strip near Khan Younis, as an Israeli commander […]
Domestic legislation also planned so parliament can assert country is a safe destination for asylum seekers James Cleverly is travelling to Kigali to sign a new treaty with Rwanda, as Rishi Sunak responds to the UK supreme court’s ruling against the policy to send people there. Domestic legislation is also […]
Tory MPs revolt in vote for amendment to victims and prisoners bill to establish compensatory body Rishi Sunak has suffered a parliamentary defeat as MPs voted to establish a compensatory body for victims of the infected blood scandal. MPs voted 246 to 242 in favour of an amendment to the […]
Labour leader to warn that Britain is in worst economic state for over 50 years and spending will need to be constrained Labour will not “turn on the spending taps” if it wins the next election, Keir Starmer will say on Monday, bolstering the view of some senior Labour MPs […]
Committee head says report of £15m being paid on top of £140m already spent shows ‘total disregard’ for parliamentary scrutiny Ministers are deliberately hiding the mounting costs of the Rwanda deportation scheme from the public, the head of an influential parliamentary watchdog has told the Guardian, as insiders expect a […]
This blog has now closed. You can read our full report on the latest developments here Al Jazeera is carrying a quote from Unicef’s global spokesperson, James Elder, who had this to say about conditions inside al-Nassar hospital in Khan Younis: Everywhere you turn to, there are children with third-degree […]
Machine learning used to analyse compounds in a bottle of wine and trace them back to estate Fraudsters who pass off ropey plonk as a high-end tipple may soon have artificial intelligence on their case; scientists have trained an algorithm to trace wines to their origins based on routine chemical […]
Competition among sellers will increase as mortgage rates settle at ‘elevated’ level, website predicts Average house prices in the UK will fall by 1% next year as competition increases among sellers, Britain’s biggest property website has forecast. Sellers were likely to have to price more competitively to secure a buyer […]