Lionel R, 44, one of 50 men accused, apologises to his victim and tells the court: ‘I have no choice but to accept the facts’ One of 50 men accused of raping the French woman Gisèle Pelicot after she was drugged by her husband accepted the charges on Thursday, saying […]
Cabinet ministers rally around chief of staff as Keir Starmer insists he is in control of No 10 • Why is Sue Gray at the centre of a new political storm? Cabinet ministers have begun rallying around the Downing Street chief of staff, Sue Gray, saying the briefing against her […]
Hassan Nasrallah decries targeting of pagers and walkie-talkies that killed 37, including children, and hurt thousands Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of strikes across southern Lebanon late on Thursday, hours after Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, threatened “tough retribution and just punishment” for the wave of attacks that targeted the organisation […]
CQC issues damning report on maternity services in England as minister admits anxiety over ‘risk of disaster’ Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in childbirth are in danger of becoming “normalised”, the NHS regulator has said. A Care Quality […]
World Health Organization and Great British Menu among accounts that posted ‘this is a hacked account’ British politicians and international organisations have had their accounts on X hacked on Wednesday night. MPs including Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, and the Labour MPs Chris Elmore and Carolyn Harris all shared the […]
Other perks including nine-day fortnight and more planning time at home offered to attract recruits ‘A brave new world for educators’: teachers respond to nine-day-fortnight proposals Teachers in England are being offered a range of incentives to make the job more appealing, including two free periods a week to give […]
Revelation Keir Starmer’s chief of staff is paid more than PM adding to anger over salary cuts, sources say Sue Gray has been given a salary of £170,000 as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff – more than the prime minister – prompting fury among Labour colleagues who have taken lower […]
Twenty killed and at least 450 injured in cities across Lebanon a day after exploding pagers killed 12 Analysis: Pager and walkie-talkie attacks were audacious and carefully planned A new series of extraordinary explosions aimed at Hezbollah – this time targeting walkie-talkies – has killed at least 20 and wounded […]
Centre for Women’s Justice gathered testimony from more than 200 women alleging attacks by police officer partners Male police officers accused of domestic abuse were promoted into positions tackling rape and violence against women, rather than being punished, according to a new report. The report from the Centre for Women’s […]
Microsoft researchers found that the group created a video, paid an actor to appear as the alleged victim, and spread the claim through a fake website A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris was involved in an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work […]