Tens of thousands in the US and Canada are without power after an atmospheric river brought record rainfall Search and rescue officials in British Columbia have confirmed multiple fatalities after a deadly storm hit the Pacific north-west, destroying highways and leaving tens of thousands of people in Canada and the […]
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Duke of York and multimillionaire David Rowland have had a close relationship for some years Analysis: questions persist over Andrew’s finances Prince Andrew took out a £1.5m personal loan that was subsequently paid off by companies connected to David Rowland, a multimillionaire Conservative donor and financier, it has been claimed. […]
Rafiq says that no one in leadership stamped racism out Azeem Rafiq gives evidence to MPs – as it happened Azeem Rafiq broke down in tears in front of MPs as he laid bare the racism, bullying and “inhuman” treatment he faced at Yorkshire cricket, which even extended to a […]
Tory fury as backbencher Christopher Chope stops findings over lobbying rules breach being accepted Boris Johnson’s attempt to draw a line under the sleaze scandal engulfing the Conservative party fell apart after a Tory MP blocked parliament endorsing a report that found a former colleague committed an egregious breach of […]
National terror threat raised as counter-terrorism police ‘strongly believe’ dead attacker to be Emad al-Swealmeen A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up with a homemade device outside a maternity hospital in Liverpool, forcing the national terror threat level to be raised for the first time in months amid fears of […]
Joint statement says authorities are determined to make the route ‘unviable’ for migrants entering the UK from France UK and French authorities are determined “to prevent 100% of crossings” over the Channel and make the route “unviable” for migrants hoping to enter Britain from France, it was announced on Monday. […]
Storms forced scorpions from their hiding places into many houses across the province of Aswan More than 500 people have been hospitalised by scorpion stings in southern Egypt after storms forced the creatures out of their hiding places and into houses, state-run media has reported. Over the weekend, the province […]
Guardian audit since August 2020 shows 19 Conservative MPs and nine Labour were beneficiaries On 7 July, the Conservative MP for Blackpool South, Scott Benton, took his seat at Wembley to watch England take on Denmark in the semi-final of Euro 2020, courtesy of the Ladbrokes Coral owner, Entain – […]
Exclusive: Oxfordshire-based Emergex gets go-ahead for trials in Switzerland for skin patch vaccine Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage An Oxfordshire-based company will soon start clinical trials of a second-generation vaccine against Covid-19, an easy-to-administer skin patch that uses T-cells to kill infected cells and could offer […]
Cop26 president says nations will have to ‘explain to climate-vulnerable countries why they did what they did’ India and China will “have to explain themselves to poor nations” after watering down the Glasgow climate pact, warned the Cop26 president, Alok Sharma, adding that their actions had left him “deeply frustrated”. […]