PM has clashed publicly with predecessor over failed attempts to elevate several close allies to Lords Rishi Sunak would block Boris Johnson from standing again as a Conservative MP before the next election, sources have told the Guardian, as the two men engaged in an extraordinary war of words. The […]
Woman, 49, held as schools pay tribute to Ethan John, 11, and Elizabeth John, seven, who were found with serious injuries The schools of the two children who lost their lives in a suspected double murder in Stoke-on-Trent have described the “huge hole” left behind in their community. Their schools […]
Women will be able to apply for convictions and cautions under repealed or abolished offences to be wiped A scheme to pardon people unjustly criminalised for alleged gay or lesbian activity has been expanded, the Home Office has announced. For the first time, women will be able to apply for […]
Suspect Dirk Raats has been officially put under investigation for murder of Solaine Thornton A man has appeared in court in France charged with shooting dead an 11-year-old British girl who was playing in the garden of her family home. The suspect, Dirk Raats, 70, originally from Antwerp in Belgium, […]
Eruption began on Sunday and has forced more than 12,000 people to leave their homes The Philippines’ most active volcano began spewing lava on Sunday, putting thousands of people on heightened alert for the possibility of a violent explosion that would force them to suddenly evacuate from their homes. More […]
Details of woman’s final days emerge after four siblings rescued following almost six weeks in Amazon jungle The mother of the four young Colombian siblings who managed to survive for almost six weeks in the Amazon jungle clung to life for four days after their plane crashed before telling her […]
Former first minister questioned ‘as a suspect’ by detectives over Scottish National party funding Nicola Sturgeon has been questioned “as a suspect” by detectives investigating allegations of financial misconduct by the Scottish National party. The former first minister and SNP leader was arrested by police on Sunday morning but later […]
Privileges committee is preparing to sign off what is expected to be damning report into former PM’s conduct Boris Johnson and his allies have been told by senior Conservatives to “shut up and go away” as the privileges committee prepares to sign off what is expected to be a damning […]
Child’s father and mother were also injured in attack while her eight-year-old sister escaped unhurt An 11-year-old British girl was shot dead as she played on swings in the garden of her family home in a village in western France on Saturday. The girl’s father and mother were also injured […]
Downing Street crisis meeting hears that about 8,000 who arrived under Operation Warm Welcome will be evicted this summer with nowhere to go Thousands of Afghan refugees in the UK face homelessness this summer, the government was warned last week at a secret crisis meeting in Downing Street. Council officials […]