The Voepass aircraft crashed into a residential area, although there were no reports of casualties on the ground A passenger plane with 61 people on board has crashed in a fiery wreck in Brazil’s São Paulo state, killing all passengers and crew. The airline Voepass initially reported 62 people had […]
Vice-chancellors fear weaker institutions need bailout to avert failure due to fewer students and higher costs • Analysis: Still waiting for help to stop slow-motion crisis Universities in England face a “tipping point” this autumn engulfing some of them in financial crisis, according to vice-chancellors, who say urgent government intervention […]
‘So relieved’: heptathlete takes silver in thrilling contest ‘Terminator’ Roberts triumphs, Burgin into 800m final Britain’s heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson ran the fastest 800m race of her life to take Olympic silver while the women’s 4x100m relay team missed out on gold by seven-hundredths of a second after a fumbled […]
Exclusive: London mayor warns law must be revisited ‘very, very quickly’ due to falsehoods that contributed to unrest Sadiq Khan on the riots: ‘Like a lot of people of my generation, I felt triggered’ Laws designed to counter misinformation are “not fit for purpose” and must be revisited after the […]
The ex-model was apprehended on return from Turkey after no-show at hearing relating to her bankruptcies The former model Katie Price has been arrested at Heathrow airport after failing to appear at court. Price, 46, from Surrey, has been remanded in custody at a west London police station after returning […]
Another animal-based work appeared on Rye Lane in Peckham, one of a series completed in the capital this week Banksy’s latest animal-themed artwork has been stolen from London just hours after it went on display. The latest piece is a stencil of a wolf howling towards the sky, painted on […]
McLaughlin-Levrone stars on thrilling night in Paris Johnson-Thompson leads heptathlon after day one Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone led a triumphant night for US athletics by beating her own world record in the women’s 400m hurdles and further golds at the Paris Games went to Americans in the women’s long jump and men’s […]
Nuclear site awaits sentencing over breaches that it admitted could have threatened national security Sellafield has apologised after pleading guilty to criminal charges relating to a string of cybersecurity failings at Britain’s most hazardous nuclear site, which it admitted could have threatened national security. Among the failings at the vast […]
Demonstrators form human shields in towns and cities across England, after 6,000 police drafted in to tackle disorder Thousands of anti-racism protesters gathered across England and formed human shields to protect asylum centres after police warned of unrest from more than 100 far right-led rallies. Holding placards saying “refugees welcome” […]
Matt Hudson-Smith narrowly misses out on 400m gold George Mills restored to 5000m final after collision Matt Hudson-Smith missed out by four-hundredths of a second on a first British gold in the men’s 400m since the flying Scotsman Eric Liddell in 1924, but a slew of silver medals keeps Britain […]