Party figures say decision to tack to right on issues such as immigration could also diminish predicted landslide ‘Lesser of two evils’: voters in Sheffield Hallam look to Labour with reluctance Labour risks losing in a number of its target seats as previously loyal progressive voters turn away from the […]
Month: April 2024
Exclusive: Science secretary’s legal fees of £19,000 more than doubled sum previously admitted by government UK taxpayers have paid out more than £34,000 to cover the cost of the science secretary Michelle Donelan’s libel case, the Guardian can reveal, more than double the sum the government had previously admitted. The […]
Former American football player who was acquitted of murder in 1995 died of cancer, according to a statement by his family OJ Simpson, the former American football star, actor and notorious suspected double murderer, has died of cancer at 76, his family said in a statement on Thursday. His 1995 […]
BBC presenter made statement as Parky Charter – a list of recommendations about condition – delivered to No 10 Jeremy Paxman has said Parkinson’s disease “makes you wish you hadn’t been born” as he delivered a list of recommendations about the condition to Downing Street. The former University Challenge and […]
Samantha Power becomes first US official to confirm famine, while aid workers decry continuing lack of help ‘Man-made starvation’: the obstacles to Gaza aid deliveries – visual guide A promised surge in aid into Gaza that Benjamin Netanyahu promised Joe Biden a week ago has so far failed to materialise, […]
US president and allied officials fear ‘significant’ strike within days in retaliation for Israeli bombing of consular building in Damascus Joe Biden has vowed that US commitment to defend Israel against Iran was “ironclad” as concerns rose in Washington that a “significant” Iranian strike could happen within days, in retaliation […]
Habibur Masum, 25, accused of fatally stabbing Kulsuma Akter, 27, who was shopping with a friend in city centre A 25-year-old man has been charged with murdering a woman who was with her baby in a pram in Bradford city centre. Habibur Masum is accused of fatally stabbing Kulsuma Akter, […]
NHS England to review seven specialist services after staff share misgivings privately Adult transgender clinics in England are facing a Cass-style inquiry into how they treat patients after whistleblowers raised concerns about the care they provide. NHS England has announced that it is setting up a review of how the […]
The Met said it was making ‘further enquiries’ into the actions of officers who appealed against the initial decision not to charge the TV presenter The Metropolitan police will reinvestigate the lead-up to the decision to charge TV presenter Caroline Flack as “new witness evidence may be available”, the force […]
Additional measures from 30 April for imported animal and plant products could hike costs by 10% in first year, says Allianz Trade New post-Brexit UK border controls coming into force later this month will cost British businesses £2bn and fuel higher inflation, according to a report warning that UK-EU trade […]