No 10 aims to move on from political dramas with prime minister seeing his predecessor as a political irrelevance Close allies of Rishi Sunak on Saturday night dismissed Boris Johnson in contemptuous terms as “just an ex-MP” of no particular importance, as the former prime minister’s political power base appeared […]
Headteachers say situation is critical as they try to fill vacancies for September ‘Trying to find a maths or science teacher is like looking for a unicorn’: inside English schools’ recruitment crisis Schools in England are struggling to recruit English teachers, with hundreds still trying to fill vacancies in time […]
President enlists support of union members against GOP tax cuts for the wealthy at first political rally of 2024 re-election campaign At his first political rally since announcing his re-election campaign for president in April, Joe Biden told a crowd of labor union supporters: “Wall Street didn’t build America – […]
Met police launch investigation after bodies, including two children, discovered on Friday Four family members found dead in a flat in west London, including two children, have been named by police. The Metropolitan police launched an investigation after the four bodies were discovered at a property in Hounslow on Friday […]
UN calls for urgent action to prevent further tragedies as police believe up to 500 people remain missing Greek authorities have rejected claims that a fishing boat that sank in the Mediterranean this week with the loss of potentially hundreds of lives capsized after the coastguard attempted to tow it, […]
Some settlements may be cut off by flooding as warm, humid air causes storms to develop, says Met Office Thunderstorms set to sweep across the UK this weekend could cause flash flooding, forecasters have warned. Parts of the UK could face train and bus delays and some communities may be […]
Former PM in fresh controversy as he is accused of ‘clear breach’ of rules by taking up new job as Mail columnist Boris Johnson called off his parliamentary supporters threatening to vote against the finding that he misled parliament, as he appeared to run out of road in his battle […]
First Ashes Test: England 393-8 declared; Australia 14-0 Australia survive tricky late spell after hosts pile on runs The opening day of this Ashes series was a belter, with a packed Edgbaston treated to an absorbing arm-wrestle between England and Australia, a sublime Joe Root century, and the latest aggressive […]
Knighthood for late novelist Amis is dated 18 May as honours cannot be given posthumously Two giants of the literary world, the novelists Ian McEwan and the late Martin Amis, are recognised in the king’s first official birthday honours along with the fashion colossus Dame Anna Wintour. The Booker prize-winning […]
Man held by police after triple knife killings is understood to be Valdo Amissão Mendes Calocane The suspect in the Nottingham triple knife killings is a former student at the University of Nottingham named Valdo Amissão Mendes Calocane, sources have said. Calocane, 31, was born in Guinea-Bissau and settled in […]