The UK was hosting the event on behalf of last year’s winner Ukraine and saw Loreen triumph with Tattoo Sweden has won the 67th Eurovision song contest in a helter skelter show that spanned chintzy Europop, anti-war protest and a continent’s support for Ukraine. The Swedish singer-songwriter Loreen started the […]
Young voters demand change but military-appointed senate poses hurdle to a non-establishment candidate becoming prime minister Thais are voting on Sunday in an election that could lead to the defeat of the military-backed leader who has ruled Thailand for almost a decade. However, a skewed election system means the shape […]
Ex-ministers attack Rishi Sunak’s leadership as pro-Johnson wing calls for lower taxes Rishi Sunak was losing control of an increasingly anarchic Tory party on Saturday as former cabinet ministers openly criticised the direction of policy under his leadership and dozens of backbench MPs plotted a new rebellion over Brexit. Amid […]
Pat Cullen raises stakes in dispute with government after nurses reject earlier offer of 5% The head of the Royal College of Nursing union has called for a double-digit pay rise for nurses in England, raising the stakes in the long-running dispute with the government. Pat Cullen, the general secretary […]
Conservative Democratic Organisation founded by ex-PM’s allies insist it only wants party to be more accountable At the inaugural conference of a group promising to restore grassroots control to the Conservatives and ensure that the party’s MPs can never again impose their own leader, one pivotal figure is notable by […]
Impact of Bank of England’s decision to hike rates to 4.5% will be felt mostly by young families, thinktank says Soaring interest rates will cost UK mortgage holders £12bn in extra payments, according to a leading thinktank which said the impact will be felt mostly by young families. In a […]
Moscow statement is first admission that Ukraine is successfully recapturing ground around eastern city Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Russia’s defence ministry has said some of its troops have fallen back “to more advantageous defensive positions” near a reservoir north-west of the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. The […]
Daniel Penny, a former marine who surrendered to police in New York, could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty The man who killed Jordan Neely after putting him in a chokehold while on a subway in New York City has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, the […]
Leader says party must ‘change our culture’ as it faces bigger task in government than his predecessor Labour will have to offer voters at the next general election a radical vision that “goes further and deeper” than Tony Blair’s government because of the scale of the crisis facing the country, […]
The current owner did not reveal the identity of the person, divulging only that she would start in six weeks’ time Twitter’s CEO, Elon Musk, said on Thursday that he has found a new chief executive for the social media platform and that she will be starting in about six […]