Neighborhoods under orders now include Encino and Brentwood, with the Getty Center and its art collection Thousands of firefighters labored to contain the four wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area Saturday before evening winds forecasted to fan additional flames. In the Pacific Palisades, incarcerated firefighters dug wide trenches across […]
Year: 2025
Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings Retail assistants have accused a gig economy firm of “holding them to ransom” by making them pay a fee if they want to receive their wages within a month. A […]
Dan Carden says government must heed calls for justice and show ‘whose side it on’ A Labour MP has become the first to break ranks and publicly call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs and has urged the prime minister to “use the full power of the state to […]
Exclusive: Health secretary points to New Zealand mosque massacre and says entire communities must not be tarred with the same brush The use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities and could lead to atrocities such as the mosque massacre in New Zealand that killed more than […]
Exclusive: Departures will add to scrutiny of party leader after Elon Musk said he was ‘not up to the job’ A group of 10 councillors representing Reform UK have given notice of their intention to resign en masse in protest at Nigel Farage’s leadership. The resignations will add to pressure […]
President-elect, who was found guilty of committing 34 felonies, sentenced to unconditional discharge in New York Trump hush-money sentencing – latest updates Donald Trump will avoid jail time for his felony conviction in the New York hush-money case, a judge determined on Friday, marking both a dramatic and anti-climactic development […]
Azov, a volunteer brigade, plans to form international battalion to boost numbers as Ukraine heads into fourth year of war The Britons killed fighting for Ukraine against Russia Ukraine’s highest profile combat unit is seeking English-speaking recruits at a time when the impending presidency of Donald Trump means that Kyiv […]
UK chancellor will be first to make an official visit to China in a decade Labour MPs have urged Rachel Reeves to demand Jimmy Lai’s release when she becomes the first UK chancellor to make an official visit to China in nearly a decade. Nine Labour MPs have joined a […]
Chancellor could slash departmental spending in spring after ruling out tax increase, officials reveal Rachel Reeves is considering imposing steeper cuts to public services to repair the government’s finances after a bruising week in which investors drove up the cost of UK borrowing and pushed the pound to a 14-month […]
Martin Rosenbaum fought for 18 months to reveal who had supported nominations of two former special advisers The reasons given for a peerage awarded by Boris Johnson have been described as “inadequate” and a “mystery” by a freedom of information campaigner after an 18-month struggle. Charlotte Owen, a former special […]