Boris Johnson dispatches two gunboats to protect island from feared blockade Boris Johnson has dispatched two Royal Navy patrol boats to protect Jersey from a feared blockade by French fishing vessels, in an escalation of a dispute over post-Brexit access to waters around the Channel island. The move followed talks […]
Communist party newspaper claims Long March 5B should easily burn up in atmosphere but expert warns pieces will reach Earth The White House has called for “responsible space behaviours” as a Chinese rocket, thought to be out of control, looks set to crash back to Earth on Saturday, US time. […]
Labour leader says he will take responsibility if results go badly, as MPs warn of ‘apathy’ among voters ‘Super Thursday’ elections: what to expect in England, Scotland and Wales Keir Starmer is braced for a challenging 48 hours ahead of a bumper set of elections, as his critics prepare to […]
Limited data from small test trial shows positive results against South Africa and Brazil strains Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The first “tweaked” vaccine against the worrying coronavirus variants that emerged in South Africa and Brazil has successfully neutralised them in laboratory trials, the US company […]
Judicial review proceedings claim government is breaching duty to protect children from pornography Lawyers have begun judicial review proceedings against the government over allegations it failed to stop children in the UK watching online pornography. Age verification for legal pornography sites was introduced under part 3 of the Digital Economy […]
Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s conservatives take 65 of 136 seats and will need support of far-right Vox party Spain’s conservative People’s party has won a resounding victory but fallen just short of an absolute majority in a Madrid regional election dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and marked by a bitter and […]
PC Benjamin Monk also alleged to have used Taser weapon on former Aston Villa player for six times longer than guideline limit A police officer murdered the former Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson, first shooting him with a Taser stun gun for 33 seconds, then kicking him in the head […]
Exclusive: Party’s own figures show only 40% of previous supporters pledge to back its candidate this time Fewer than half of recent Labour voters in Hartlepool say they will back the party in Thursday’s crucial byelection, according to internal data based on the canvassing of more than 10,000 people, leading […]
French minister raises electricity supply as point of leverage in dispute over access to UK waters The French government could cut off the electricity supply to Jersey in an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights, a French minister has suggested. Responding to questions in the national assembly, Annick Girardin, the […]
Attorney Eric Nelson alleges prosecutorial and jury misconduct and errors of law at trial and says the verdict was contrary to law Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has asked a judge for a new trial, according to a court document filed Tuesday. Chauvin’s […]