Mixture of resignation and anger on frontline, but bosses expect ‘slow burn’ rather than crippling pressure “NHS staff have a sense of dread about what’s around the corner. While we understand things need to open up some time, the timing feels like utter madness while we are so close to […]
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Privatised firm dumped billions of litres of raw sewage off north Kent and Hampshire coasts to avoid costs and penalties Timeline: from privatisation to pollution fines ‘The sea was milky white’: how the scandal unfolded Southern Water has been fined a record £90m for deliberately dumping billions of litres of […]
Serving officer Wayne Couzens is suspected of committing indecent exposure three times before murder A major chance to identify PC Wayne Couzens as a sex offender while he served as a constable may have been missed by police six years before he abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard, the Guardian […]
Figure of £40.8bn buried in EU’s 2020 accounts dismissed by UK as not reflecting amount it will pay The UK’s Brexit “divorce bill” is €47.5bn (£40.8bn) according to estimates from Brussels that are higher than the government’s forecasts. The first tranche, €6.8bn, is due for payment by the end of […]
Two staff may have failed to pass on information over 19-year-old who was later found dead in Epping Forest Two Metropolitan police officers have been given misconduct notices over potential failings in the disappearance of teenager Richard Okorogheye. The student, 19, went missing after leaving his home in Ladbroke Grove, […]
Plane went down near runway shortly after takeoff from Orebro and caught fire on impact Nine people have been found dead after a skydiving airplane crashed outside Orebro in Sweden. “It’s a very severe accident,” Swedish police said on their website. “Everyone on board the crashed plane has died.” Police […]
Prospect of day off arises as ministers urged to release Covid data from previous matches Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson is poised to call an extra bank holiday if England win Sunday’s football final at Wembley, as the government is being urged to publish […]
Lashkar Gah still under control of government forces but local activist says city is under siege As Boris Johnson announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters pressed in on the capital of Helmand province, once the centre of the UK’s presence there. Militants are less than […]
More than 100 scientists and doctors say move risks creating a generation with problems due to long Covid Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Lifting the remaining Covid restrictions in England this month is “dangerous and premature”, according to international scientists and doctors, who have called on […]
PM says he is ‘apprehensive’ and situation is ‘fraught with risks’ as Taliban make advances Boris Johnson has admitted he is “apprehensive” about the future of Afghanistan as he confirmed that the UK government would mark the end of a 20-year deployment in the country when he gives a statement […]