Benedict’s body displayed in chapel of the Vatican monastery and will lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former pope Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, in the days leading up to his funeral this week. Benedict’s body was displayed […]
• Rachel Reeves says Tory approach is ‘increasingly reckless’ • Business leaders claim that small firms are being ‘hammered’ The UK economy faces a “massive hit” in 2023 because Rishi Sunak’s government is refusing point blank to negotiate with unions over ending public sector strikes, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has […]
Kami Carpenter, 21, and Remy Gordon, 22, have been charged over Boxing Day killing of footballer Two men have been charged with the Boxing Day murder of footballer Cody Fisher. Kami Carpenter, 21, and Remy Gordon, 22, have been charged with killing the 23-year-old at the Crane nightclub in Digbeth, […]
Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak among world leaders offering tributes to the former pope who died aged 95 Pope Francis called former pope Benedict XVI a noble, kind man who was a gift to the church and the world, in his first public comments since the death of his predecessor […]
More than dozen also injured as over 20 rockets launched in second major strike in three days Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least one person in the capital Kyiv and injuring more than a […]
Jubilant crowds ushered in 2023 with the first large gatherings without restrictions in many cities since before the pandemic Countries around the world welcomed in an uncertain new year amid economic woes, fears of new Covid variations arising in China, and the political backdrop of conflict in Ukraine. Many cities […]
Flights delayed, rivers flooded and roads and railways disrupted by after-effects of deadly US ‘bomb cyclone’ Flooding has caused widespread travel disruption across Scotland with warnings over strong winds and ice heading into Hogmanay on Saturday, as the impact from the US “bomb cyclone” continues. Train services across western, eastern […]
Returns date from 2015 to 2020 and span nearly 6,000 pages as former president rails against effort by ‘radical left Democrats’ Six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns were made public by a congressional committee on Friday, ending the former president’s long-running effort to break precedent and keep them secret. […]
Department of Health confirms that from 5 January anyone travelling to England will be asked to take a pre-departure test Rishi Sunak has performed a major U-turn by imposing Covid checks on travellers from China from 5 January, after criticism from a growing number of Conservative MPs over his “dithering”. […]
Prime minister’s new year message makes no mention of the chaos that has plagued the Tory party in 2022 Rishi Sunak has blamed Covid and the Ukraine war for what he acknowledged had been a “tough” 12 months, and warned in a prime ministerial new year message that the country’s […]