A US court document showed paperwork was filed at Royal Lodge and a response is due by 17 September Prince Andrew has been served with an affidavit for a lawsuit say lawyers for Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleges she was forced to have sex with the royal when she was […]
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Inquiry into Jess Barnard was mistake made while clearing complaints backlog, party says Labour has apologised for briefly placing the chair of its youth wing, Jess Barnard, under investigation for “hostile or prejudiced” behaviour, saying this was an error that happened amid an attempt to clear a backlog of complaints. […]
Villagers report school students mong those killed amid fighting with government troops near Gangaw township Fifteen to 20 villagers, including several teenagers, have been killed in some of Myanmar’s deadliest fighting since July between government troops and resistance forces, a villager and reports by independent media said. The fighting near […]
New research finds scrapping the £1,000-a-year benefit uplift will ‘trigger mental illness and poorer health’ for thousands Scrapping the £1,000-a-year boost to universal credit next month will trigger mental illness and poorer health for thousands of people, and hit the sickest areas of the UK hardest, new research suggests. Boris […]
Winner will play Leylah Annie Fernandez in final Email Bryan with your thoughts or tweet him @BryanAGraham 3.52am BST First set: *Raducanu 5-1 Sakkari (*denotes next server) Raducanu rips a backhand winner for love-15 and she’s three points from the first-set finish line. But Sakkari is able to serve her […]
Antony Blinken thanks Qatar and Taliban for facilitating flight that he says shows US commitment to help citizens and others who assisted US A flight carrying more than 100 international passengers out of Kabul has landed in Doha, the first such civilian flight since the chaotic evacuation of 124,000 foreigners […]
Party under pressure to set out alternative after condemning PM’s plan to increase NI contributions Labour is considering taxing wealth more heavily to raise funds in order to tackle the social care crisis, Keir Starmer has confirmed, as his party comes under pressure to set out its own costed plan. […]
21-year-old singer-songwriter adds to Brit award win earlier in the year Arlo Parks has won the 2021 Mercury prize, awarded to the year’s most outstanding British album, for her debut Collapsed in Sunbeams. Presenting the award at the ceremony in London on Thursday night, judge Annie MacManus said: “We chose […]
Care sector leaders become increasingly concerned about limited resources set out in proposals Boris Johnson has won the backing of MPs for his controversial health and social care plan, amid a growing backlash from experts and professionals who warned it will fail to fix the urgent crisis in the care […]
Briton defeats Olympic champion Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4 Raducanu just the fourth qualifier to reach a major semi For all that Emma Raducanu has achieved and how far she has come over only a few fleeting weeks as a full-time professional, one of the opportunities she was still waiting for […]