Daughters of Denyse Holt from Illinois grew concerned after she failed to send them a text containing her daily Wordle score The wildly popular online puzzle Wordle has been credited with keeping people across the world sane amid the ravages of the pandemic. But now it has been hailed as […]
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On a day of rushed British diplomacy, military analysts estimate Moscow has now assembled a force capable of invading Boris Johnson said he feared Europe stood “on the edge of a precipice” as some experts declared that Russia has now assembled a force on the borders of Ukraine that would […]
Departing commissioner’s handling of controversies including Daniel Morgan and Sarah Everard cases draws sharp criticism As Cressida Dick confirmed she will be leaving Scotland Yard in the coming weeks, those affected by the controversies during her tenure welcomed her resignation. “The first time I dealt with Cressida Dick was in […]
Foreign secretary told MPs laws would be in place by 10 February but nothing has been put to parliament The British foreign secretary, Liz Truss, will meet her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on Thursday with her plan to have put the UK’s “toughest sanctions regime against Russia” on the statute […]
Exclusive: Solicitors for Labour have written to Cressida Dick suggesting force is ‘duty-bound’ to launch inquiry What do we know about Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat renovation? Scotland Yard is considering whether to investigate Boris Johnson over the funding of his Downing Street flat renovation after Labour’s lawyers claimed there […]
Science Museum hopes fellow travellers of the late cosmologist will join visitors to display of his office miscellany Having devoted his life to the conundrums of the cosmos, Prof Stephen Hawking has left behind a mystery of his own amid the eclectic contents of his former office. The Cambridge cosmologist, […]
Public spending will rise by £76bn a year, requiring income and wealth to be taxed more efficiently and fairly Wealth taxes will be needed to fund a £76bn a year increase in government spending by the end of the decade, caused by an ageing population and more expensive healthcare, a […]
The US agency says Elon Musk’s expansion could flood Earth’s orbit with objects, making flights and observations more difficult Nasa has raised concerns about SpaceX’s plan to deploy about 30,000 satellites for its Starlink, as have some major companies. Elon Musk’s SpaceX previously received authorisation for about 12,000 satellites to […]
More than half members of Net Zero Scrutiny Group were also in group that promoted Brexit vote, as fears grow for UK’s green agenda ‘It’s all a bit cynical’: the politicians behind the Tory attack on net zero agenda A group of Conservative politicians and their allies are on the […]
In the first Brits ceremony to do away with gendered categories, women or female-fronted acts won 10 out of 15 overall awards Adele was the runaway winner at this year’s female-dominated Brit awards, taking home the prizes for artist of the year, album of the year for her fourth record, […]