Number of couples tying knot fell 800,000 in 2022 amid birthrate ‘crisis’ The number of marriages in China last year dropped to 6.83 million, the lowest since records began in 1986. Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed the number of couples tying the knot in 2022 fell […]
Police arrest man but keep ‘open mind’ on motive, while university cancels graduation ball after two students are among the dead Two 19-year-old students and a man in his 50s were stabbed to death, and a further three people injured when a stolen van was driven into them, in an […]
Former PM’s lawyers submitted fresh arguments to privileges committee, which it will report on before publishing findings Boris Johnson has made an 11th-hour intervention that looks set to delay the publication of a report expected to find he misled parliament over Partygate until Thursday at the earliest. Having quit as […]
Former president accused of wilfully withholding classified documents and obstructing justice, and is charged with 37 counts Hours after facing criminal charges for the alleged mishandling of classified documents, Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters at his golf resort in New Jersey that his indictments were a “corrupt” and […]
Helen Whately declines to endorse former health secretary’s 2020 assertion as pandemic public inquiry begins in earnest The care minister, Helen Whately, has declined to back Matt Hancock’s claim that the government threw a “protective ring around care homes” at the start of the pandemic. Whately worked under the former […]
PM has clashed publicly with predecessor over failed attempts to elevate several close allies to Lords Rishi Sunak would block Boris Johnson from standing again as a Conservative MP before the next election, sources have told the Guardian, as the two men engaged in an extraordinary war of words. The […]
Woman, 49, held as schools pay tribute to Ethan John, 11, and Elizabeth John, seven, who were found with serious injuries The schools of the two children who lost their lives in a suspected double murder in Stoke-on-Trent have described the “huge hole” left behind in their community. Their schools […]
Women will be able to apply for convictions and cautions under repealed or abolished offences to be wiped A scheme to pardon people unjustly criminalised for alleged gay or lesbian activity has been expanded, the Home Office has announced. For the first time, women will be able to apply for […]
Suspect Dirk Raats has been officially put under investigation for murder of Solaine Thornton A man has appeared in court in France charged with shooting dead an 11-year-old British girl who was playing in the garden of her family home. The suspect, Dirk Raats, 70, originally from Antwerp in Belgium, […]
Former first minister questioned ‘as a suspect’ by detectives over Scottish National party funding Nicola Sturgeon has been questioned “as a suspect” by detectives investigating allegations of financial misconduct by the Scottish National party. The former first minister and SNP leader was arrested by police on Sunday morning but later […]