Secretary of state offers US support for plans to set up committee to negotiate peace deal after three-day pause in hostilities Sudan news: live updates The two opposing forces in Sudan’s civil war have agreed a three-day ceasefire, according to the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken. “Following intense negotiation […]
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In letter to members, Brian McBride says group did not have sufficient measures in place to ‘protect our people from those seeking to cause harm’ ‘We failed’: read CBI president’s letter to members in full The Confederation of British Industry has admitted it failed to “filter out culturally toxic people” […]
MP unlikely to have Labour whip restored before end of internal party investigation into comments about racism, say insiders Diane Abbott could lose the chance to fight for the London seat she has held since 1987 if a Labour party investigation into her comments about racism drags on for months. […]
Far-right cable news host leaves with immediate effect with interim presenters replacing him The far-right host Tucker Carlson has left Fox News, it was abruptly announced on Monday. “Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the network said in a statement. “We thank him for his […]
Ant and Dec pay tribute to fellow Byker Grove alumni as ‘the loveliest of guys’ after family announce death The Emmerdale actor Dale Meeks, who recently starred in ITV drama The Hunt for Raoul Moat, has died aged 47, his family has said. Meeks played the character Simon Meredith in […]
Stockholm International Peace Institute’s annual report finds UK was region’s biggest spender in 2022 at $68.5bn Defence spending in western and central Europe has surpassed that of the last year of the cold war, an annual report has found, as military expenditure across the world hit an all-time high of […]
Big showering of affection at beginning of relationship can be used to confuse victims and gain control, CPS warns New guidance on how to prosecute abusive partners for controlling and coercive behaviour has highlighted the phenomenon of love-bombing, a tactic used by suspects to confuse victims and gain more control. […]
Exclusive: Labour says ‘alarming’ NHS figures show rising number of people on waiting lists for support reaching out to 999 in a crisis Ambulance crews in England are spending 1.8m hours a year – the equivalent of 75,000 days – dealing with patients with mental health problems, new NHS figures […]
Mobile on-the-spot screening initiative begun in 2018 hailed as having ‘turned a huge corner’ Growing numbers of poorer people are being diagnosed early with lung cancer after the NHS began on-the-spot chest screening in the back of trucks at supermarkets and health centres. Lung cancer is the third most common […]
Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military honour in 1966 for an act of gallantry The last remaining Gurkha recipient of Britain’s Victoria Cross has died in Nepal at the age of 83. Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military decoration by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 1966 […]