Electoral Commission says policy could exclude hundreds of thousands of voters in a general election Hundreds of thousands of people could be excluded from voting in a UK general election because of voter ID laws, the government’s election watchdog has said. The laws could have a disproportionate effect on poorer […]
KCL study finds many leading UK institutions remain highly dependent on Chinese students UK universities would be hugely damaged by a sustained diplomatic rift between Britain and China, according to a report that predicts difficulty in replacing the Chinese students who now take up more than one in four PhD […]
Nine in 10 seven to 21-year-olds feel worried or anxious and only 17% feel very happy, shows ‘devastating’ Girlguiding survey Happiness among girls and young women has hit its lowest level since 2009, according to “devastating” polling for Girlguiding, which shows that nine out of 10 seven to 21-year-olds are […]
The Destilaria Levira in Anadia said it took full responsibility for the incident, which saw 2.2 million litres of wine gush down streets Alcohol flowed freely in the Portuguese town of Levira over the weekend, after two vats holding about 2.2m litres of wine at a local distillery burst and […]
Research will prompt further alarm among medical leaders trying to tackle the spiralling workforce crisis One in three medical students plan to quit the NHS within two years of graduating, either to practise abroad or abandon medicine altogether, according to the largest survey of its kind. Poor pay, work-life balance […]
House speaker tells Commons that ‘MPs who needed to be told were told’ at time of aide’s arrest in March MPs have vented their fury over a six-month silence that followed an aide operating at the heart of parliament being arrested on suspicion of allegedly spying for China and accused […]
Space agency said potential finding of dimethyl sulfide on K2-18 b, produced only by life on Earth, is yet to be confirmed Scientists at Nasa have announced the existence of a possible rare water ocean on a giant exoplanet scores of light years away and also a chemical hint of […]
Government understood to have concluded the disposable nicotine products are mainly aimed at under-18s Ministers are reportedly poised to ban single-use vapes, after a series of calls from councils, leading paediatricians and public waste campaigners to make selling the disposable devices illegal on health and environmental grounds. The move could […]
North Korean leader travelled to Russia on his armoured train for closely watched talks amid concerns Vladimir Putin is seeking an arms deal to support Ukraine war North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Russia, Japanese media reported, after travelling from Pyongyang on his private train for a rare […]
PM says he will not speculate over policy as he grapples with how to fund tax cuts demanded by Tory MPs Rishi Sunak has refused to commit to keeping the pensions triple lock in the next Conservative manifesto, as he grapples with how to fund tax cuts demanded by his […]