Exclusive: Labour ‘under no illusions’ about mess party stands to inherit, as council leaders warn more will go bust next year What are the cost pressures facing English councils? ‘Stuck without it’: Woking elderly residents face losing key transport Barnet council’s ‘Graph of Doom’ now looks prophetic Angela Rayner has […]
Exclusive: New claims come on 25th anniversary of death of Jay Abatan, who was assaulted in Brighton in 1999 Officers in a police force that bungled the investigation into a suspected racist killing, allegedly went on holiday, dined and partied with suspects arrested over the attack, the Guardian has learned. […]
Iranian backed militia took credit for attack that injured 34 troops and killed first US soldiers in battle since start of the Gaza conflict The spectre of a direct US-Iranian military conflict drew closer on Sunday when the US president Joe Biden announced three US servicemen have been killed and […]
Christian Grey actor tells Desert Island Discs how response to the box office hit forced him to seek refuge in the countryside Jamie Dornan fled to a rural hideaway when critics panned his performance in Fifty Shades of Grey, the actor has revealed. An empty house – offered as a […]
Four-storey building ‘showing signs of collapse’ with smoke plumes visible across city A major incident was declared on Saturday after a large fire broke out in a building in Liverpool city centre. The fire service said it had evacuated neighbouring properties as the building was in danger of collapsing. Continue […]
Government follows example of US after allegations that staff took part in attacks on Israel last year Middle East crisis – live updates The decision by the US, UK and other western nations to freeze funding for the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees will significantly worsen the humanitarian crisis in […]
Business secretary Kemi Badenoch tells Henry Staunton he is to be replaced, feeling ‘a need for new leadership’ The chair of the Post Office has been dismissed by the government as the state-owned company reels from the Horizon IT scandal. Henry Staunton was this weekend told by the business secretary, […]
Home Office said refugees’ fear of persecution was ‘well-founded’, undermining Rishi Sunak’s claims about East African country Four Rwandans were granted refugee status in the UK over “well-founded” fears of persecution at the same time as the government was arguing in court and parliament that the east African country was […]
Jonathan Coad also asking for charity donation, saying Mone has suggested he advised her to lie to media Michelle Mone’s former lawyer is demanding that she apologise and make a donation to a charity for allegedly inflicting “severe and irreparable damage” to his reputation by suggesting he had advised her […]
Ex-president vows to appeal against ruling, which comes less than a year after Carroll won $5m in sexual abuse and defamation trial Sign up for Trump on Trial: a free newsletter on all the latest court developments A New York City jury awarded $83.3m to E Jean Carroll in her […]