Government bows to pressure from industry over costs of switching over to British marking The UK will retain the EU’s product safety mark indefinitely, in the latest climbdown from proposed post-Brexit changes, after the government bowed to pressure from industry and manufacturers. The CE (Conformité Européenne) mark is used by […]
Russian defence ministry blames Ukraine for attack in which Moscow tower struck for second time See all our Ukraine war coverage Russian air defences have shot down “several” drones targeting the Moscow region, mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said, with one hitting a tower that had been struck on Sunday. The […]
Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’ The Home Office has been forced to delay moving people seeking asylum on to a controversial giant barge in order to carry out last-minute fire safety checks amid concerns the vessel has not received approval from […]
The city building department had logged 24 complaints after the new logo went up, with neighbors upset over its intrusive lights It is gone. A giant, glowing X no longer marks the spot on the San Francisco high-rise that is headquarters to Elon Musk’s company X, formerly known as Twitter. […]
Visit to Aberdeenshire intended as chance for PM to criticise opposition with reports he could announce 100 new drilling licences Rishi Sunak is to make a visit to north-east Scotland focused on North Sea energy that is intended to draw a dividing line between the government and Labour’s plan to […]
Nearly 200 injured at gathering of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party ahead of elections expected later this year At least 44 people have been killed and almost 200 injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that targeted a political party gathering. Police said the explosion at a rally […]
Presidential hopeful makes comment after Senate Republican leader, 81, froze and was unable to speak this week Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has suggested her fellow Republican Mitch McConnell – the longtime powerful US Senate leader – should step aside after an episode in which he physically froze and was unable […]
Exclusive: Costs now 4,000 times amount saved by replacing fire-retardant materials with combustible cladding The financial cost of the Grenfell Tower disaster has reached nearly £1.2bn – 4,000 times the amount that was saved by replacing fire-retardant cladding with a cheaper combustible alternative during the disastrous refurbishment. The bulk of […]
‘Improvised and atrocious’ decision in 2019 made Italy the only major western member, says Guido Crosetto, the defence minister Joining China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was an “atrocious” decision, Italy’s defence minister has said, and the issue was how to leave it without damaging ties with Beijing. Guido […]
Whitehall watchdog gives red rating to set of measures aimed to bring net-zero goals, amid backlash over retreat on climate policy Rishi Sunak has been accused of showing disregard for the climate crisis after Whitehall officials warned that some of his key green pledges were already unachievable. With the prime […]