Figures in and around Hollywood express disappointment and frustration after the Pennsylvania supreme court’s decision The surprise reversal of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction by Pennsylvania’s highest court on Wednesday drew widespread shock and fury – particularly in and around Hollywood, where the comedian was once a sitcom titan known […]
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Allen Weisselberg charged by New York district attorney Charges mark turning point for former president The Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, have been charged in a tax-related investigation, marking the first criminal charges against the former president’s company since prosecutors began investigating it three years ago, […]
Tight security in Tiananmen Square as country marks CCP centenary and China’s president warns against oppression by ‘foreign forces’ 3.16am BST Our China affairs correspondent Vincent Ni has written about what today means for Xi and the CCP: Related: ‘Making China great again’: pomp and propaganda as CCP marks centenary […]
Cross-party group says prioritising speed and relaxing controls meant increased exposure to potential abuses Taxpayers will lose tens of billions of pounds to Covid-19 support schemes because the government dropped basic fraud checks and rolled out the programmes in haste, a parliamentary report has claimed. The report, published by the […]
For England, it was always going to be about finding the moment, the one to blow apart a tight game, to cut through so much negative tournament history – particularly at the hands of Germany. And for long spells, as the tension rose to near unbearable levels at a raucous […]
Tory and Labour MPs back police protection for England’s chief medical officer after he was targeted twice over weekend Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage England’s chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, has been harassed four times in recent months, including by anti-lockdown protesters, prompting growing concerns […]
Public health expert’s report says Covid figures from Manchester reveal sharp decline in social conditions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson’s post-Covid levelling-up agenda will fail unless it addresses declining life expectancy and deteriorating social conditions in England’s poorest areas, a leading authority on public […]
High political stakes in NI protocol shown in research released hours before unveiling of new UK-EU deal Voters in Northern Ireland are evenly split over the need for Brexit checks on goods coming in from Great Britain, a new survey has shown just hours before a new deal between the […]
TUC takes legal advice over fake leaflets as Labour MP criticises some of own party’s literature The Batley and Spen byelection has descended into allegations of dirty tricks as Labour’s campaign was targeted by fake leaflets and the party was accused by one of its own MPs of using “dog-whistle […]
Move means hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren will no longer have to stay at home after contact with Covid case Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hundreds of thousands of pupils will no longer have to automatically isolate after contact with a positive Covid case when schools […]