Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Meet the 46-year-old skateboarder who fended off a jaguar Tokyo 2020: the best images from day 13 at the Olympics Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.53am BST Women’s beach volleyball: Team USA’s April Ross and Alix Klineman […]
A shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points. The research found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” […]
Move comes despite Home Office ‘agreement’ not to remove those who arrived in Britain under age of 12 Preparations are being made for the deportation of a number of Jamaican nationals who came to the UK as children, in an apparent reversal of an earlier agreement not to deport people […]
More students could join medical and dentistry courses in England after exams cancelled The government has been forced to fund hundreds of extra places on medical and dental courses at universities in England, as rampant grade inflation unleashed by cancelling exams has meant unexpectedly high numbers of students qualified. The […]
Lesbian couple faced hate campaign after supermarket chain VkusVill called the promotion ‘a mistake’ A lesbian couple and their family, who were featured in an advert for a Russian supermarket chain that led to a national scandal have fled the country after facing online abuse and death threats. Mother Yuma, […]
Ministers ditch plans for watchlist of amber countries such as Spain Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Millions of Britons have been given the green light to travel to Europe’s holiday hotspots, avoiding quarantine on return from France and Spain where concerns have been raised about Covid […]
McLaughlin wins 400m hurdles gold in world record time Tokyo 2020: the best images from day 12 at the Olympics Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.46am BST Men’s 4x100m relay heats: both of today’s heats have just […]
Thinktank says longer wait for treatment since Covid pandemic is main reason, in study of 11 countries The NHS has lost its prestigious ranking as the best health system in a study of 11 rich countries by an influential US thinktank. The UK has fallen from first to fourth in […]
Muğla’s population evacuated by sea amid fears fire could spread to coal inside Kemerköy plant A coal-fired power station in south-west Turkey and nearby town on the Aegean Sea were evacuated late on Wednesday as a deadly wildfire reached inside the plant. Firefighters and police fled the 35-year-old Kemerköy plant […]
Newspapers and broadcasters send open letter to Boris Johnson raising safety fears about locals who did vital work for the west Open letter warns of brutal Taliban reprisals against Afghan reporters A coalition of British newspapers and broadcasters has appealed to the government to expand its refugee visa programme for […]