Jury finds singer guilty of running a criminal enterprise that recruited women and children and subjected them to unwanted sex and mental torment A jury has found the R&B superstar R Kelly guilty of being the ringleader of a decades-long racketeering and sex trafficking scheme that preyed upon Black women […]
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Party to unveil raft of policies and accuse Priti Patel of being ‘soft on crime, soft on the causes of crime’ Labour is attempting to take on Boris Johnson’s government over law and order with a raft of community policing policies and a clampdown on antisocial behaviour. In an evocation […]
Factories were closed to avoid exceeding limits on energy use imposed by Beijing to promote efficiency Widening power shortages in China’s north-east have left homes without power and halted production at numerous factories, while some shops operated by candlelight as the economic toll of the squeeze mounted. Residents in the […]
Ministers to discuss emergency plan Operation Escalin after BP reveals a third of its forecourts have shortages Hundreds of soldiers could be scrambled to deliver fuel to petrol stations running dry across the country due to panic buying and a shortage of drivers under an emergency plan expected to be […]
Latest updates as SPD and CDU battle it out to become largest party in the Bundestag German election results: exit polls and possible coalitions 3.45am BST The CSU, the CDU’s Bavarian sister party, has experienced its worst result since the first Bundestag election in 1949, the Tagesspiegel newspaper is reporting, […]
Rachel Reeves says party will also review tax reliefs, suggesting it would target income from buy-to-let property Labour will scrap business rates and undertake the “biggest overhaul of business taxation in a generation,” the Labour shadow chancellor will say at her speech on Monday, saying the current system punishes entrepreneurs […]
Pandemic behind biggest fall in life expectancy in western Europe since second world war, say researchers The Covid pandemic has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy in western Europe since the second world war, according to a study. Data from most of the 29 countries – spanning most of […]
Waiting lists for routine treatments up 50% in poorest areas compared with 35% in most affluent areas Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS backlog is being disproportionately shouldered by people in poorer areas, according to new research, amid a stark warning that waiting lists are […]
Labour leader bids to stem damage after defeat on rules as deputy Rayner furious over unnecessary conflict Keir Starmer is battling to restore authority over the Labour party after a bruising defeat at the hands of unions and the left sparked a storm of criticism over his performance as leader. […]
Exclusive: deal in which UK government would take stake in Sizewell C would risk inflaming geopolitical tensions Ministers are closing in on a deal that could kick China off a project to build a £20bn nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast and pump in tens of millions of pounds […]