All 10 amendments made by peers voted down, giving much-needed boost to beleaguered PM Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda took a step forward on Monday night after MPs voted overwhelmingly to throw out a series of amendments made to the Rwanda bill by the House of […]
Exclusive: Details made public for first time prompt anger over how many influential figures belong to club that bars women ‘It isn’t acceptable’: Garrick Club remains a bastion of male elitism The full membership list of the men-only Garrick Club reveals its central position as a bulwark of the British […]
‘High-capacity electrical spine’ to run onshore from north-east Scotland to north-west England A £58bn plan to rewire Great Britain’s electricity grid to connect up new windfarms off the coast of Scotland is expected to trigger tensions with communities along the route. National Grid’s electricity system operator (ESO) has mapped out […]
Police appeal for information about incident as woman held on suspicion of murder is released on bail Two men have been found dead at a house in Hartlepool in County Durham, police said. The bodies were discovered shortly before midnight on Friday. A woman in her 30s has been arrested […]
Singer-songwriter best known for 1975 song Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) died on Sunday, family says Alexis Petridis on Harley: Cockney Rebel whose talent was almost as big as his ego Steve Harley, the frontman of the British rock group Cockney Rebel, has died aged 73. The […]
Exclusive: Rob Behrens says ministers and health leaders are doing too little to end ‘cover-up culture’ in England NHS ombudsman Rob Behrens: ‘There are serious issues of concern’ Hospitals are cynically burying evidence about poor care in a “cover-up culture” that leads to avoidable deaths, and families being denied the […]
PM’s allies fight rearguard action as rebellious MPs reportedly plot coup to avoid wipeout at the polls Analysis: Hester row and Anderson defection have left Sunak weaker than ever Rishi Sunak will try to calm Conservative jitters over his leadership this week as he faces yet more speculation over whether […]
Russian president uses victory speech to say war in Ukraine and strengthening military will be his main tasks Vladimir Putin has claimed a landslide victory in Russia’s presidential vote, as thousands in the country and around the world protested against his deepening dictatorship, the war in Ukraine and a stage-managed […]
Israeli negotiators are heading to Qatar after the group dropped calls for a permanent end to hostilities and agreed a 40-day pause Israeli negotiators are expected to arrive in Qatar on Sunday amid intense new efforts to bring the war in Gaza to at least a temporary halt, after Hamas […]
Spokesman for coup government stops short of calling for American personnel to leave but says their presence violates sovereignty Niger’s ruling military junta says it has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows US military personnel and civilian staff on its soil. As of 2023 there were about […]