Stockholm International Peace Institute’s annual report finds UK was region’s biggest spender in 2022 at $68.5bn Defence spending in western and central Europe has surpassed that of the last year of the cold war, an annual report has found, as military expenditure across the world hit an all-time high of […]

Big showering of affection at beginning of relationship can be used to confuse victims and gain control, CPS warns New guidance on how to prosecute abusive partners for controlling and coercive behaviour has highlighted the phenomenon of love-bombing, a tactic used by suspects to confuse victims and gain more control. […]

Exclusive: Labour says ‘alarming’ NHS figures show rising number of people on waiting lists for support reaching out to 999 in a crisis Ambulance crews in England are spending 1.8m hours a year – the equivalent of 75,000 days – dealing with patients with mental health problems, new NHS figures […]

Mobile on-the-spot screening initiative begun in 2018 hailed as having ‘turned a huge corner’ Growing numbers of poorer people are being diagnosed early with lung cancer after the NHS began on-the-spot chest screening in the back of trucks at supermarkets and health centres. Lung cancer is the third most common […]

Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military honour in 1966 for an act of gallantry The last remaining Gurkha recipient of Britain’s Victoria Cross has died in Nepal at the age of 83. Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military decoration by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 1966 […]

PM blamed both Dominic Cummings and his wife to disguise his own reluctance to take difficult decisions, author claims Boris Johnson fell out with his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings after growing tired of being treated like a “young and inexperienced king” who needed to be kept in order, Michael […]

Wildlife presenter urges people to join action on climate crisis during mass protest supported by more than 200 organisations Wildlife presenter Chris Packham has made a rallying call for “every last person who cares” about the planet to join Extinction Rebellion after thousands took part in a demonstration on Saturday. […]

No 10 adviser urges political appointments in a radical plan following crisis over bullying Radical plans to bring in more “politicisation” of Whitehall by allowing ministers greater powers to appoint their own civil servants – including some with overt political affiliations – are being considered by the government’s own adviser […]

Josep Borrell says safeguard would show Europe’s commitment to the ‘absolutely crucial’ area European navies should patrol the disputed Taiwan Strait, the EU foreign policy chief has said, echoing earlier comments stressing how crucial Taiwan is to Europe. Josep Borrell wrote in an opinion piece in the Journal Du Dimanche […]

Dominic Raab has quit over bullying findings that he dismisses as a ‘Kafkaesque saga’ – here is how the UK front pages are covering it Dominic Raab has resigned as deputy prime minister after an official report found he had bullied civil servants. Let’s look at the reaction on the […]