Claire Holmes is Conservative candidate to be MP in seat Nigel Adams suddenly stood down from after winning large majority The Tories have named a local councillor as their candidate in the upcoming Selby and Ainsty byelection, triggered by the resignation of a Boris Johnson ally. Nigel Adams, who had […]
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Suspected people smugglers to appear in court in Kalamata, as police in Kashmir announce 10 arrests Nine suspected people smugglers are to appear before a Greek court accused of piloting the fishing trawler that sank off the coast of Greece last week leaving hundreds missing and presumed dead in one […]
Letter sent to home secretary warns tens of thousands of children could be locked up indefinitely if illegal migration bill passes The UK’s top medical bodies have called for an urgent meeting with ministers after suggesting that tens of thousands of children could be locked up indefinitely if the illegal […]
Tories campaigning in looming byelections acknowledge public’s anger at footage of HQ gathering Rishi Sunak’s attempts to move on from the legacy of Boris Johnson’s chaotic premiership have suffered a further setback as police announced they were “considering” fresh Partygate video footage of an event during lockdown at Conservative headquarters. […]
President enlists support of union members against GOP tax cuts for the wealthy at first political rally of 2024 re-election campaign At his first political rally since announcing his re-election campaign for president in April, Joe Biden told a crowd of labor union supporters: “Wall Street didn’t build America – […]
US secretary of state’s trip seeks to clear the air but issues such as Taiwan, semiconductors and human rights leave limited room for compromise Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, arrived in China on Sunday on the highest-level trip by a US official in nearly five years – one […]
No 10 aims to move on from political dramas with prime minister seeing his predecessor as a political irrelevance Close allies of Rishi Sunak on Saturday night dismissed Boris Johnson in contemptuous terms as “just an ex-MP” of no particular importance, as the former prime minister’s political power base appeared […]
Headteachers say situation is critical as they try to fill vacancies for September ‘Trying to find a maths or science teacher is like looking for a unicorn’: inside English schools’ recruitment crisis Schools in England are struggling to recruit English teachers, with hundreds still trying to fill vacancies in time […]
Met police launch investigation after bodies, including two children, discovered on Friday Four family members found dead in a flat in west London, including two children, have been named by police. The Metropolitan police launched an investigation after the four bodies were discovered at a property in Hounslow on Friday […]
UN calls for urgent action to prevent further tragedies as police believe up to 500 people remain missing Greek authorities have rejected claims that a fishing boat that sank in the Mediterranean this week with the loss of potentially hundreds of lives capsized after the coastguard attempted to tow it, […]