Fossil fuel-producing members dispute goal of tripling renewable capacity by 2030 The G20 bloc of wealthy economies meeting in India failed to reach a consensus on phasing down fossil fuels on Saturday after objections by some producer nations. Scientists and campaigners are exasperated by international bodies’ foot-dragging on action to […]
Year: 2023
Starmer hails results as ‘cry for change’ as Sunak’s party loses Selby and Ainsty and Somerton and Frome, but clings on in Uxbridge Rishi Sunak’s chances of guiding the Conservatives to victory at the next general election looked increasingly slim on Friday after his party suffered two shattering byelection defeats. […]
Former PM’s spokesperson says ‘relevant’ messages will be handed over to Covid inquiry ‘unredacted’ UK politics live – latest updates Boris Johnson has vowed to pass his pandemic WhatsApp messages over to the Covid inquiry after experts managed to recover them from an old phone he had been advised not […]
Sucession star Brian Cox tells gathered members of Equity union ‘we are at thin end of horrible wedge’ Brian Cox, Imelda Staunton, Naomie Harris and Simon Pegg were among the British A-list actors leading a demonstration in Leicester Square on Friday in solidarity with the US strikes disrupting the film […]
Actor, who starred in films including 1971’s Canterbury Tales, died in Paris on 13 July, her family said Josephine Chaplin, the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O’Neill, died on 13 July in Paris, her family said on Friday. The actor, who starred in films including Pier […]
Lawsuit filed against FTX founder, 31, includes memo that detailed plans to purchase Pacific island in case world came to an end The disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded the FTX exchange, had planned to purchase the small Pacific island nation of Nauru in case the world came to […]
Byelection results come in for the constituencies of Somerton and Frome, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Selby and Ainsty Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine said her party was “quietly confident” about victory in Somerton and Frome. The party is tipped for victory in the byelection and Jardine told BBC Newsnight […]
Details published by Treasury show royal family’s grant is expected to increase from £86m to £125m in 2025 King Charles III is to receive a huge pay rise from the UK taxpayer, according to government plans to boost public funding of the monarchy by 45% from 2025. Details of the […]
Banking group CEO apologises for comments about former Ukip leader in internal report Explainer: What the new rules on bank account closures mean Analysis: Farage affair is ‘a monumental PR disaster’ for Coutts The head of NatWest has apologised to Nigel Farage for what she called “deeply inappropriate comments” about […]
Though some neighbours still object to Miranda Dickson’s front door colour, the council has backed down First it was an unacceptable pink, and then an unacceptable green. Now the owner of Edinburgh’s most famous front door has won, with a colour which can perhaps charitably be called off-white. After nearly […]