Newly elected MP Samantha Dixon urges general election after securing huge majority for Labour Labour have easily held the City of Chester following a byelection, winning by a majority of 10,974 in a brutal first electoral test for Rishi Sunak. Receiving 17,309 votes with 61.22% of the vote share, Labour […]
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Exclusive: Evidence to UK Covid inquiry describes missed chances to improve test-and-trace regime in early days of pandemic Public health leaders were slow to act on repeated warnings over Christmas 2020 that contact tracing and isolation should be triggered immediately after a positive lateral flow test result, leaked evidence to […]
Family say Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died from pneumonia due to a lack of beds at Rotherham general hospital An independent investigation is being launched into the death of a five-year-old boy whose family say he died from pneumonia after he was sent home from hospital because there were “no beds”. […]
Family say the musician, who was in one of the best-known rock bands of the 1970s and 80s, died after a short illness Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie has died at the age of 79, her family has said. A statement on Facebook said: “On behalf of Christine McVie’s family, it […]
As Lionel Messi zigzagged this way and that it sometimes seemed that Argentina’s No 10 must be electrically powered and perhaps operated by remote control. Although Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister scored the vital breakthrough goal for Lionel Scaloni’s side, it was Messi’s dedication to, in equal measure, bewitching his adoring […]
Former lady-in-waiting to queen issues apology after Ngozi Fulani questioned over where her ‘people’ came from The late queen’s lady-in-waiting has resigned and apologised after a black guest at a reception hosted by the queen consort was left feeling traumatised and violated after she questioned her repeatedly about where she […]
Role of church in parliament and schools questioned as census shows 5.5m fewer holders of faith in England and Wales Census results revealing that England is no longer a majority-Christian country have sparked calls for an end to the church’s role in parliament and schools, while Leicester and Birmingham became […]
Tory-led Essex authority is on brink of bankruptcy and has appealed to government for emergency bailout A Tory-led council has admitted a series of disastrous investments in risky commercial projects caused it to run up an unprecedented deficit of nearly £500m and brought it to the brink of bankruptcy. The […]
Antibody therapy lecanemab removes clumps of protein called beta amyloid that builds up in brain Researchers have hailed the dawn of a new era of Alzheimer’s therapies after a clinical trial confirmed that a drug slows cognitive decline in patients with early stages of the disease. The result comes after […]
Jury convicts leader of rightwing group which supported Trump’s attempt to overturn 2020 election Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the rightwing Oath Keepers militia, has been found guilty of seditious conspiracy, a charge arising from the attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump. Rhodes and co-defendant Kelly […]