Scientists’ warning comes as government comes under pressure to explain border policy Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Covid variant first detected in India is set to be the dominant strain in the UK within days, experts have said, with the government and health teams struggling […]
Excavation work will go ahead where missing 15-year-old Mary Bastholm worked, police have said Excavation work will go ahead in a cafe in Gloucester where missing 15-year-old Mary Bastholm worked and the serial killer Fred West was a customer, after “possible evidence” to suggest a body could be buried there, […]
Benjamin Netanyahu signals Israel’s bombardment will continue as Joe Biden issues statement supporting ceasefire Two hundred Palestinians, including 59 children, have been killed during a week of attacks in Gaza, health officials in the territory have said, as Benjamin Netanyahu signalled Israel’s bombardment would rage on despite mounting global pressure […]
Long-term citizens alarmed at letter saying they risk losing rights to work and healthcare unless they apply for post-Brexit status A number of long-term British citizens have expressed alarm at receiving letters from the Home Office telling them they risk losing the right to work, benefits and free healthcare unless […]
Unprecedented influx comes amid tensions with Morocco over the hospitalisation of Western Sahara’s independence leader in Spain More than 5,000 migrants, about 1,000 of them presumed to be minors, crossed into Spain’s northern African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, in an unprecedented influx that left Spanish officials scrambling to bolster […]
Leading specialists call on the public to avoid socialising indoors to prevent a third wave of the disease Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage People should ignore Monday’s easing of lockdown and avoid socialising indoors in pubs and restaurants to prevent the new Covid-19 variant first detected […]
There has been a 27% increase over four years in avoidable illnesses and injuries caused by failures in care Tens of thousands of people with dementia are taken to hospital each year for emergency admission because inadequate social care has left them unprotected from infections, falls and dehydration, an investigation […]
Strikes early on Monday appeared broader and more intense than Sunday’s, in which 42 Palestinians died in the deadliest single attack yet Israeli warplanes have launched what appeared to be the heaviest airstrikes yet on Gaza City, hours after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled the bombardment would rage on. […]
Green paper calls for misogyny to be made hate crime and bans on street harassment and sex-for-rent Labour would create a slew of new offences concerning violence against women and girls, including prohibiting street harassment, making misogyny a hate crime and banning sex-for-rent. The proposals also include introducing criminal sanctions […]
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer condemn ‘utterly disgusting’ footage of convoy in St John’s Wood Four men have been arrested by officers investigating a video that appeared to show antisemitic abuse being shouted from a car in north London. Politicians had earlier condemned the footage, which was posted on Twitter […]