Exclusive: Privacy campaigners say clause in new criminal justice bill will put all UK drivers on ‘permanent police lineup’ The police will be able to run facial recognition searches on a database containing images of Britain’s 50 million driving licence holders under a law change being quietly introduced by the […]
Option likely to be available from September 2025 in bid to increase life skills and boost inclusivity in schools After becoming the first deaf contestant on Love Island, the model Tasha Ghouri urged others to learn sign language, saying people often felt uncomfortable trying to talk to those who are […]
Schools fear that ministerial advice on pupil transitioning could spark court action Schools in England could face legal action if they follow new guidance on how to treat transgender children, ministers’ own lawyers have reportedly warned. Advice issued prior to the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, and the equalities minister, Kemi […]
Exclusive: ‘Significant’ number of staff sacked from digger firm after drug and alcohol tests JCB, one of the UK’s biggest manufacturers, is investigating a spate of drug use among workers based at its headquarters and has sacked a “significant” number of staff, the Guardian can reveal. A message sent to […]
State’s highest court declares former president ineligible for White House under the US constitution’s insurrection clause The Colorado supreme court on Tuesday declared Donald Trump ineligible to hold office again under the US constitution’s insurrection clause. In a historic decision, the justices ordered that he be removed from the state’s […]
Work continues on UN security council text of resolution that the US could at least abstain on, as Qatar says hostage talks have been ‘positive’ A vote on a Gaza ceasefire resolution was postponed for a second time at the UN security council on Tuesday, amid reported policy differences inside […]
MP tells Covid inquiry that then prime minister’s chief of staff ignored repeated attempts to discuss matter Penny Mordaunt has told the Covid inquiry that a series of WhatsApp messages with Boris Johnson mysteriously disappeared from her phone, and that Johnson’s then chief of staff ignored 14 attempts by her […]
Jonathan Coad, who represented former Tory peer, says sorry for unwittingly misleading the media A lawyer who represented Michelle Mone has offered an “unqualified apology” for incorrectly claiming she was not connected to a firm that received PPE contracts worth £200m during the coronavirus pandemic. Two other lawyers who acted […]
US says it cannot support a reference to a ‘cessation of hostilities’, but might accept a call for a ‘suspension of hostilities’ The United Nations security council has postponed a vote calling for a sustainable cessation of hostilities in Gaza to give more time for diplomats to meet US objections […]
ECB security staff advise players not to leave building Livingstone says England have taken ‘big step’ in T20 series England’s players have been sequestered in their Port of Spain hotel after a man was shot dead yards from the front door of the building during their first night in Trinidad. […]