New fraud strategy responding to web- and phone-based scams will result in recruitment of 400 new ‘specialist investigators’ Ministers have announced a clampdown on the use of cold calls to sell financial products and on technology which allows mass texting of numerous phones as part of a strategy to combat […]
Head of civil service Simon Case faces fresh questions after ministers fail to publish outcome of inquiry Sue Gray is refusing to cooperate with a government inquiry into her departure from Whitehall amid concerns that the investigation is politically motivated and not based on any official process. Simon Case, the […]
Home Office claims timing of new powers, taking effect days before king’s coronation, is coincidental Official warning letters have been sent to anti-monarchists planning peaceful protests at King Charles III’s coronation saying that new criminal offences to prevent disruption have been rushed into law. Using tactics described by lawyers as […]
Ukraine president says Discord server leaks were ‘not beneficial’ to the reputation of the US but still values Washington’s support for Kyiv Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said the White House did not advise him about the leak of highly classified US intelligence documents that received widespread attention around the […]
Fashion’s biggest night is under way at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This year’s theme is Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty. Follow along for live updates from the red carpet and dinner And Anna Wintor – Met Gala mastermind – has arrived, arm-in-arm with British […]
FSB says business confidence is rising but soaring costs and weakening demand is still slowing growth Small businesses across Britain are warning that the cost of living squeeze is holding back economic growth, after two in five company bosses reported a drop in sales at the start of the year. […]
Exclusive: up to 10 disused cruise liners, ferries and barges sought to help tackle processing delays The Home Office is planning to use 10 redundant cruise ships, ferries and barges to house asylum seekers in ports around the country, with Liverpool expected to be next in line as ministers struggle […]
Critical shortages of basic goods including water, and bodies piling in streets creating ‘environmental catastrophe’ Sudanese medics have described seeing piles of bodies in the streets of the capital, Khartoum, people drinking polluted water, and doctors working under bombardments as the battle between the country’s two warring generals continues despite […]
Musician best known for folk-pop hits such as If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, continued to tour in his later years Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, best known for folk-pop hits such as If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the […]
Turkish president says Abu Hussein al-Qurashi was killed after long pursuit while northern Syria residents report clashes and large explosion Turkish intelligence forces have killed Islamic State’s leader, Abu Hussein al-Qurashi, in Syria, Turkey’s president has said. “This individual was neutralised as part of an operation by the Turkish national […]