Agreement to provide contingency travel services terminated over layoffs of nearly 800 seafarers Ministers have cancelled a contract with P&O Ferries after it sacked nearly 800 seafarers without notice in March. The Home Office announced that the agreement with the Border Force agency would come to an end with “immediate […]
Even people who take sugar seem at lower risk, say experts, but results may be due to coffee drinkers being more affluent People who drink coffee – whether with or without sugar – appear to have a lower risk of an early death, although experts caution the finding may not […]
EDF Energy tells staff reactors will be shut down in summer despite concerns of blackouts later this year The owner of one of the UK’s six nuclear power plants has said it will not extend its life beyond a planned shutdown in summer, despite officials raising concerns over the danger […]
Exclusive: legislation has been designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population, according to leaked government paper The racist laws that led to the Windrush scandal The origins of the Windrush scandal lay in 30 years of racist immigration legislation designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population, according to a leaked […]
Russian forces are hitting largest city in Donbas still held by Ukraine ‘200 times an hour’, causing huge damage Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Officials in eastern Ukraine say Russian shelling of Sievierodonetsk has been so intense that it has not been possible to assess casualties and damage, as Moscow closes […]
Former president intensifies attacks on Liz Cheney at Wyoming rally and endorses her Republican primary challenger in midterm elections As the House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol by extremist supporters of Donald Trump prepares to start public hearings next week, the former president called the insurrection on […]
Gathering was said to have taken place on PM’s birthday but not included in Sue Gray’s report Labour has called for an investigation into leaked text messages suggesting there was a second gathering in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat during lockdown, held by his wife, Carrie, on his birthday. The […]
Proportion of sellers reducing asking price and time taken to sell have both increased, says Zoopla The average price of a UK home has topped £250,000 for the first time, but the proportion of sellers reducing their asking price and the time taken to sell a home have both increased, […]
For Liverpool, it was a game too far. No 63 of a season in which they have contested every single one that has been open to them was supposed to bring the crowning glory, the moment to define Jürgen Klopp’s era. There have been six trophies under the manager, including […]
Met assistant commissioner will ask Home Office why he was overlooked for top job Neil Basu has said he will be demanding an explanation from the government about why he was overlooked to be the next leader of the National Crime Agency (NCA). The Met assistant commissioner, 53, said he […]