Immigration minister says he would have brought in plans to curb net migration ‘before last Christmas’ if he could Robert Jenrick has appeared to distance himself from Rishi Sunak’s immigration policies amid new calls from hardline Conservatives for a clampdown on net migration. The immigration minister, once seen as close […]
Poisoning of Kyrylo Budanov’s wife, Marianna Budanova, suggests Moscow has undercover assets in Ukraine The wife of Ukraine’s top spy chief is recovering in hospital after being poisoned, a spokesperson for the country’s military intelligence agency said on Tuesday, after apparently eating food laced with “heavy metals”. Marianna Budanova is […]
Criticism comes after UK report shows ‘clear and persistent problem’ six years after death of Molly Russell Social media firms have been accused of a “despicable” failure to act on harmful content after new research showed that material related to suicide, self-harm and depression is still prevalent on Instagram, TikTok […]
Tory source says ‘it became impossible for meeting to go ahead’ after Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged return of antiquities to Athens Greece’s prime minister has criticised the decision of his British counterpart Rishi Sunak to cancel planned talks at which he had hoped to raise the issue of the Parthenon marbles, […]
Thirty Palestinian children and three women released from Israeli prisons; more Israeli hostages to be released as part of ceasefire extension Israel and Palestine: a complete guide to the crisis Hani Mahmoud, reporting for Al Jazeera from Khan Younis inside Gaza, says that people there consider it “an incomplete and […]
Natural History Museum prepares to study pristine material gathered in Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission A teaspoon’s worth of dark dust and granules scooped from an asteroid 200m miles from Earth has arrived at the Natural History Museum in London, where scientists are preparing to unlock its secrets. Researchers at the museum […]
Warning: sensitive contentBoy and girl on trial at Manchester crown court over fatal stabbing of Brianna in a Cheshire park in February Two teenagers accused of murdering a 16-year-old girl in a park near Warrington had a list of five children they wanted to kill, a court has heard. The […]
Imprisonment for public protection sentences will now have an end date under changes in England and Wales ‘It’s bittersweet’: MoJ sentencing changes will bring freedom for some More than 1,800 offenders in England and Wales who have been released on licence but remain under indefinite threat of recall to jail […]
Exclusive: figures include one man who died during 18-minute wait for the ambulance service to answer his 999 call ‘You feel frustrated and scared’: patients left waiting for NHS care Almost 8,000 people were harmed and 112 died last year as a direct result of enduring long waits for an […]
Report says lack of ‘intellectual diversity’ at senior level and too wide a range of priorities led to errors and fall in public confidence The Bank of England’s reliance on “inadequate” forecasting models and a lack of intellectual diversity within its most senior ranks contributed to inflation sticking at among […]