Biles to compete in beam final | GB strike eventing gold Hassan destroys top-class 5,000m field in first leg of unique treble bid Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.47am BST Today promises to be a big day […]
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Human rights activist David Haigh targeted in attack suspected to have been ordered by Dubai A British human rights campaigner and lawyer who was fighting to free Dubai’s Princess Latifa had his mobile phone compromised by Pegasus spyware on 3 and 4 August 2020, according to a forensic analysis carried […]
Jury at Birmingham crown court convicts Carvel Bennett for crime in 1970s in what is thought to be first case of its kind A man has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl 46 years ago, after the daughter conceived during the attack pursued charges against him. Carvel Bennett, 74, […]
Conservatives face questions after report that party co-chair created a club for most generous donors The Conservatives must publish the names of all ministers who secretly met an elite group of party donors, Labour has said. The party is facing questions over the conduct of the party’s co-chair, Ben Elliot, […]
Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe, urged ministers not to ignore the cost of living crisis in constituencies like his Boris Johnson faces another backbench rebellion over the Treasury’s spending this autumn, as a high-profile Tory MP hit out at “intolerable” levels of hunger and poverty in his affluent home counties […]
Decline started before Covid pandemic and continued to drop as country entered first lockdown in March 2020 Wellbeing in England has decreased in the last year while loneliness and mistrust in government has increased, analysis of ONS data shows. The new report from Carnegie UK comes in advance of the […]
Foreign secretary backs Israeli PM’s claims Iran was behind drone strike that killed Briton and Romanian The UK has said it is “highly likely” that Iran carried out an “unlawful and callous attack” on a ship in the Middle East, which left a Briton dead. The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, […]
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Sign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefing Marcell Jacobs becomes new 100m king with glory for Italy Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.41am BST Men’s long jump final: Righto, we are at the business end now: […]
Strategy chief issues stark message to UK opposition leader, but adds that waning support for Boris Johnson provides opportunity Millions of voters who Labour must win back if it is to regain power have little idea what the party stands for or why it would improve their lives, according to […]
Companies will offer credit and price reductions in government push to boost vaccination rates Cheap taxi rides and discounts from the biggest takeaway companies are to be deployed by the government in a desperate effort to boost Covid vaccination rates among the young, amid growing legal and political pressure on […]