Biden marks start of presidency with flurry of executive orders Five key takeaways from Biden’s historic inauguration US records second-highest daily toll of Covid deaths at 4,229 Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 8.54am GMT Here’s something to get your ears around – a […]
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Pledging ‘truth and transparency’, Biden’s press secretary was startlingly civil – as far from Sean Spicer as it is possible to be At the end of Sean Spicer’s debut press briefing at the dawn of the Donald Trump presidency, a journalist remarked to me: “I feel like I’m back at […]
Whatever his post-presidency life entails it will unfold at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach Donald Trump departed the White House on Wednesday with the promise: “We will be back”. But on Thursday the now former US president was awakening to a different reality as the newest of Florida’s 4.5 […]
Deadly explosion at Beirut’s port comes amid coronavirus pandemic and economic meltdown Beirut explosion: latest updates Full report: Huge blast rocks Lebanese capital ‘We’re cursed’: shock and despair in Beirut as explosion devastates city Lebanon has been crippled by a number of long-running, seemingly intractable crises for decades. The country […]
Lebanese capital in state of chaos as people grapple with scale of blast that has injured thousands Beirut explosion – live updates Full report: huge explosion rocks Beirut As a ghostly brown haze began to clear, the streets of east Beirut emerged in apocalyptic ruin. Even 4km from the centre […]
Hassan Diab appeals for international assistance as search continues for missing in devastated city Full report: Lebanon in mourning ‘We’re cursed’: shock and despair as explosion devastates city Crisis upon crisis: blast rocks a Lebanon already on its knees Ammonium nitrate: what is the chemical blamed for blast? Beirut explosion […]
Report finds workload and lack of career development having an adverse effect on the sector One in eight childcare workers in England earn less than £5 an hour, according to new research which warns that low pay, high workload and a lack of career development are having an adverse effect […]
Agents report ringing numbers that don’t exist and occupying time with barbecues and quizzes Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage It was hailed as a “world-beating” service by prime minister Boris Johnson at its launch, but three months on and contract tracers hired to work on England’s […]
Radio is the most trusted source of news in the UK, beating both TV and the internet, according to a report from Ofcom.
News updates: Unemployment grew by 74,000 in June Full story: number of workers on UK payroll falls by nearly 650,000 Train passengers to be tempted back with ‘safe travel’ campaign NHS boss who blamed outbreak on staff pictured without mask Children in Scotland need post-Covid-19 mental health care Global coronavirus […]