Ex-chancellor vows to stop leftwing agitators ‘bulldozing’ British values as Tugendhat backs Truss Rishi Sunak will seek to revive his flagging bid for the premiership on Saturday by wading in to a series of so-called culture war issues, vowing to stop “leftwing agitators” from “bulldozing” British values. With Liz Truss […]
Guests will gather on Saturday at Daylesford House in Cotswolds, owned by JCB’s Anthony Bamford Boris and Carrie Johnson are to hold a wedding party on Saturday at the Cotswolds estate of a major Tory donor. The outgoing prime minister, 58, and his wife, 34, will host family and friends […]
Ukraine president says more than 50 people died, as Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of being behind attack on prison in Russian-occupied Donetsk What we know on day 157 of the invasion Volodymyr Zelenskiy has denounced as a war crime a prison attack that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners […]
Recent extreme temperatures were higher than those simulated by climate models, analysis reveals Climate breakdown made the recent record UK heatwave 10 times more likely, researchers have found. Analysis by World Weather Attribution reveals that temperatures in the UK during the heatwave, when it hit 40.3C, were higher than those […]
Liz Truss and former chancellor take part at first official Conservative party hustings in Leeds Rishi Sunak has said he would back the creation of new grammar schools if he becomes prime minister, as he clashed with Liz Truss at a Conservative party hustings. The former chancellor, who attended one […]
A raging bull, Malala Yousafzai, a Brummie drag queen and Duran Duran all part of festivities With a 10-metre-tall raging bull, a union jack made from 72 cars, and an appearance by Malala Yousafzai, the Commonwealth Games kicked off on Thursday night with an unashamedly loud celebration of everything Birmingham. […]
Russia’s media watchdog demands registration be declared invalid as independent newspaper vows legal fight Russia-Ukraine war: see all our coverage Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s last remaining independent news outlets, is under threat after the country’s media watchdog demanded that its website and print edition be stripped of its licence. […]
News of billion-pound profits comes after UK households warned average annual bill could hit £3,850 by 2023 Soaring profits at two of the UK’s biggest energy companies have been described as an “insult” to millions of people struggling amid the cost of living crisis, with high oil and gas prices […]
Aslef members voted for action in August, while the RMT chief, Mick Lynch, is calling for a general strike Unions warned the UK could face a general strike this year as rail workers voted for fresh action set to intensify a summer of industrial unrest. The vote for further transport […]
Police fired teargas in a bid to stop crowds who entered parliament waving flags, taking photographs, chanting and cheering Hundreds of supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr danced and sang in parliament after storming Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone in protest at a rival bloc’s nomination for prime minister. Police […]