Sting of latest knockout defeat will linger after Gareth Southgate’s team went toe-to-toe with the world champions The scourge of missed penalties returned to haunt England last night as their World Cup dreams ended in familiar scenes of tears and shattered dreams. At the final whistle, as players slumped to […]
Force agrees to pay damages and costs in settlement with Dijon and Liam Joseph over 2018 incident The Metropolitan police have apologised and paid tens of thousands of pounds in damages and costs to two young black men who were stopped and searched after officers saw them bump fists in […]
Russian president still claims ‘special military operation’ going to plan during Kyrgyzstan press conference Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Vladimir Putin mentioned a potential settlement to end his war in Ukraine on Friday while still claiming that his “special military operation” was going to plan. “The settlement process as […]
Manager wants to see evidence of maturity gained since 2018 Southgate: ‘We’ve got to nail this type of game now’ Gareth Southgate has urged his players to stand up and be counted when England play their World Cup quarter-final against France on Saturday night. England, who have never won a […]
Claim that it would end up costing each household an extra £1,000 a year described as ‘disingenuous’ Rishi Sunak has been condemned for using “disingenuous” figures after he repeated a claim that meeting union demands for public sector pay awards would cost every household £1,000 extra a year. Speaking at […]
Exclusive: Pat Cullen says health secretary is unwilling to negotiate with a woman acting for a largely female workforce Pat Cullen: ‘I follow through on what I believe in’ The leader of Britain’s nurses’ union has accused the health secretary, Steve Barclay, of being a “bullyboy” who is unwilling to […]
Foreign secretary criticised UK’s lack of robust approach at taking action against perpetrators around the world British diplomats have too often acted as “commentators” rather than using leverage against human rights abusers, according to the foreign secretary, who said the culture of his department would shift so that dictators would […]
Discrimination has ‘profound’ effect on health of disadvantaged people, says Lancet review Racism is a “profound” and “insidious” driver of health inequalities worldwide and poses a public health threat to millions of people, according to a global review. Racism, xenophobia and discrimination are “fundamental influences” on health globally but have […]
Charlotte Charles pleased to have kept promise to son, but says US government still has questions to answer The mother of the British teenager Harry Dunn has said her promise to win him justice has been fulfilled after his killer was sentenced, but said it was “despicable” that she had […]
Basketball star released as US agrees to free convicted arms dealer in dramatic prisoner swap Russia freed the jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange for the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, the so-called “Merchant of Death” who had been held in a […]