International rescue effort brings 130 young footballers and their families to London after Taliban takeover Shortly before 4am on Thursday morning, a private chartered plane touched down on a freezing London runway. On board were 130 exhausted, nervous but extremely relieved female footballers and their families, whose dramatic journey to […]
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‘At the time, I did not realise the offensive nature,’ he said Azeem Rafiq apologises for sending antisemitic messages Cricket’s bruising week took yet another hit on Thursday night when the former England batsman Alex Hales admitted painting his face black for a New Year’s Eve party in 2009. Hales, […]
Home secretary says policy to blame as France ‘overwhelmed’ with migrants trying to reach UK Priti Patel has described the build-up of people seeking to travel to the EU as “a mass migration crisis” and blamed the bloc’s open borders policy for allowing it to happen. The home secretary said […]
British Columbia premier declares a state of emergency amid the flooding which has killed one person with more deaths expected Pacific north-west storm wreaks havoc, with Vancouver cut off Canada hit by heavy rains and floods in British Columbia – pictures How poor forestry fuels floods and fires in western […]
Boris Johnson warned ‘red wall’ MPs could revolt when cap on home and care costs put to a vote The UK social care cap: how will it work and is it fair? Tens of thousands of England’s poorest pensioners face paying the same for their old age care as wealthier […]
Exclusive: Impact of standards rule change on 99 MPs with jobs outside parliament likely to be limited Fewer than 10 MPs are likely to be affected by Boris Johnson’s proposed rule changes on second jobs, analysis of the register of interests suggests. It came as the prime minister conceded it […]
Scientists in React study suggest virus from dominant Delta variant more likely to cause asymptomatic infections Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage An offshoot of the Covid Delta variant that is on the rise in England appears to be less likely to cause symptoms than the dominant […]
Safe injectable antiretroviral drugs, approved by health bodies, ‘could lift burden of daily oral therapy’ Thousands of people living with HIV in Britain are to be freed from the burden of taking daily pills, after health chiefs gave the green light for a revolutionary treatment by injection every two months. […]
David Meller’s company was among 47 awarded PPE contracts after referrals from politicians and officials Five Tory MPs and peers who referred firms to controversial VIP lane A Conservative party donor who supported Michael Gove’s Tory leadership bid won £164m in Covid contracts after the minister referred his firm to […]
Emad al-Swealmeen contacted office of Labour’s Paula Barker last year about Home Office application The suspected Liverpool bomber sought help from his local MP as he tried to secure leave to remain in the UK from the Home office, the Guardian understands. Emad al-Swealmeen, also known as Enzo Almeni, contacted […]