Moscow bans Labour figures including Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper and Rachel Reeves under new sanctions Russia has banned cabinet ministers including Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper and Rachel Reeves from entering the country under new sanctions announced by Moscow’s foreign affairs ministry. More than a dozen other senior Labour politicians are […]
Variations in time a person goes to sleep and wakes up ‘strongly associated’ with higher risk of negative impacts Failing to stick to a regular time for going to bed and waking up increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and heart failure by 26%, even for those who get […]
US-brokered ceasefire officially begins at 02.00GMT; Macron says deal should ‘open the path’ for an ending of the war in Gaza Full report: Biden announces ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah Down to the final half-hour before the ceasefire comes into effect and AFP is reporting strikes […]
Authorities have enforced a lockdown for the last two days after Khan called for a march on parliament to demand his release At least one police officer has been killed and dozens of people injured in Pakistan as supporters of jailed former rime minister Imran Khan clashed with security forces […]
‘Worrying evaporation’ in skills among professionals meant to protect victims of intrafamilial sexual abuse, report says Safeguarding agencies are failing to listen to children who have been sexually abused by family members with devastating consequences, amid a “worrying evaporation” of skills among the professionals meant to protect them, a report […]
Hundreds of properties flooded and Welsh town hit by landslip as major incident declared in Northamptonshire Forecasters, environment officials and politicians have been strongly criticised over the warnings issued before Storm Bert and the fitness of flood defences to cope with increasingly common extreme weather. A huge clear-up is under […]
Sea Story was on diving trip with 31 tourists and 14 crew when it sent distress signal Two Britons are reported to be among 16 people missing after a tourist boat on a diving trip capsized in the Red Sea. The Sea Story was carrying 30 tourists from several countries […]
Ministers to announce sweeping changes to welfare and out-of-work support, aiming to get people off benefits Teenagers will get skills training at the Premier League, Royal Shakespeare Company and Channel 4 as part of a government drive to get hundreds of thousands into jobs or education and make sure “no […]
Ministers also ban government advertising from critical newspaper that is widely respected internationally Israel’s government is set to punish the country’s leading left-leaning newspaper, Haaretz, by ordering a boycott of the publication by government officials or anyone working for a government-funded body and halting all government advertising in its pages […]
Some patients across UK turning to A&Es five or more times a year due to unresolved medical issues, charity says One in seven A&E patients are repeat visitors with unmet medical needs who feel they have nowhere else to go, according to research that found most are over 70 with […]