Ties with Europe are a top priority, says shadow foreign secretary David Lammy, as he calls for Britain to play a lead role in world affairs The shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, has proposed regular meetings between UK and European Union ministers, as part of a major reset of British […]
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Claims related to seven-year period are detailed in Times and Channel 4 investigation after actor had already denied allegations Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse over a seven-year period at the height of his fame. The allegations between 2006 and 2013 were the result […]
Letter from church source in anti-Hitler resistance reporting 6,000 daily killings undercuts Vatican’s claims of lack of knowledge Newly discovered correspondence suggests that the second world war-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day […]
Knighted in 2022, Trinidad-born Ové directed the first black British feature and documented the arrival of reggae to the UK Horace Ové, regarded as the pioneer of black British film-making, died on Saturday at the age of 86, his son has announced. Ové directed the first black British feature, Pressure, […]
Exclusive: Alfie Meadows underwent brain surgery after being struck by officer at tuition fees demonstration The Metropolitan police have apologised and agreed to pay a six-figure settlement to a man who needed emergency brain surgery after being hit by an officer’s baton during the 2010 university tuition fees protests. Alfie […]
Ellis, one of 18 Trump associates charged in Georgia election subversion case, says she ‘simply can’t support him’ again Jenna Ellis – the Donald Trump lawyer who like the former president faces criminal charges regarding attempted election subversion in his defeat by Joe Biden in 2020 – says she will […]
Police arrest 30-year-old after Price attacked by dogs believed to be XL bullies A 52-year-old man who died after being attacked by two dogs believed to be American XL bullies near a school in Staffordshire has been named. Ian Price was mauled to death by the two animals in the […]
Former nurse found guilty of murdering seven infants files bid to challenge her conviction Lucy Letby, Britain’s worst child serial killer, has formally lodged a bid to challenge her convictions at the court of appeal, officials have confirmed. Court staff said on Friday they had received an application for permission […]
Only emergency workers to be allowed into devastated area over fears of contamination from dead bodies in limited water supply Libyan authorities have largely sealed off the flood-devastated port town of Derna from civilians in an effort to give space to emergency aid workers and amid concern that contamination of […]
Women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene variants may be told of higher cancer risk without accounting for family history Women are being unnecessarily alarmed about their risk of breast cancer by consumer genetic test results that do not take family history into account, researchers have said. Women who discover outside […]