Some who backed PM only last week now set sights on ‘clean sweep’ of backbench committee that could allow leadership vote Boris Johnson is facing a fresh threat from Conservative rebels planning a takeover of the powerful backbench committee that could force the prime minister from office. Opponents of Johnson, […]
R&B singer, 55, was found guilty in September of sex trafficking and racketeering on nine counts involving women, girls and boys The singer R Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing women, girls and boys, more than 20 years after first facing allegations. Kelly’s […]
Downing Street said it is almost doubling UK commitment to military support for Ukraine with additional £1bn Britain will commit an extra 1,000 troops and one of its two new aircraft carriers to the defence of Nato’s eastern flank, the defence secretary has announced, as Downing Street unveiled £1bn in […]
Maxwell’s attorneys had pushed for leniency after 60-year-old was convicted in US in December of five of the six charges she faced Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison in her New York sex-trafficking case for procuring teen girls for Jeffrey Epstein for him to abuse. […]
Internet downtime for the city averages 70 hours a year, with 11m Britons losing almost two days a year Almost 11 million consumers have suffered a broadband blackout lasting more than three hours over the last year, with Nottingham named Britain’s “outage capital”. The average UK household lost a total […]
Cassidy Hutchinson tells committee Trump knowingly directed armed supporters to march to the Capitol In explosive public testimony, a former White House aide told the January 6 committee Donald Trump knowingly directed armed supporters to march to the US Capitol in a last-gasp effort to remain in power. Appearing at […]
After announcing she was receiving end-of-life care, James launched Bowelbabe Fund for cancer research Dame Deborah James, the headteacher turned podcaster who raised millions of pounds for charity with her campaigning to raise awareness of bowel cancer, has died, her family has said. James, who was 40, stepped away from […]
Progress report from the Climate Change Committee suggests ministers could renege on greenhouse gas emissions commitment Five things we have learned about the UK’s path to net zero The government is failing to enact the policies needed to reach the UK’s net zero targets, its statutory advisers have said, in […]
The truck was found next to a railroad tracks in San Antonio’s Southwest Side, local media reported At least 42 people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, the state’s governor and local media said on Monday. Governor Greg Abbot said in a tweet the people […]
BMA members’ call for reversal of real-terms cuts over last 14 years increases chances of strike action Doctors have thrown down the gauntlet to the government by calling for a pay rise of up to 30% over the next five years, in a move that increases the chances of strike […]