Six people have been arrested following death of Dea-John Reid on Monday evening A 14-year-old boy was subjected to racist abuse before being chased and stabbed to death in Birmingham, police have said, as he was named as Dea-John Reid. Six people, four men in their 30s and two boys […]
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The project in Wyoming – the country’s top coal-producing state – is a small advanced reactor that runs on different fuels to traditional ones Power companies run by billionaire friends Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have chosen Wyoming to launch the first Natrium nuclear reactor project on the site of […]
Commons revolt led by former international development secretary Andrew Mitchell includes senior Tories and ex-ministers Boris Johnson could face a shock Commons defeat over plans to cut foreign aid after dozens of his own MPs backed an amendment to reverse the cuts, in a rebellion led by the former international […]
Craig Zobel, director of Mare of Easttown, offered to show actor in a more flattering light but Winslet said: ‘Don’t you dare’ Kate Winslet has said she refused a director’s offer to edit a sex scene in which she showed a “bulgy bit of belly” for her latest television series. […]
Yair Lapid’s 28-day mandate to forge majority and end Netanyahu’s time as PM ends on Wednesday Israeli opposition politicians have until midnight on Wednesday to hash out final negotiations to build a coalition government that would end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year run as prime minister. Under the country’s election laws, opposition […]
Government’s £1.4bn programme of tutoring courses won’t be enough, warns its education recovery tsar Pupils will be offered an extra 100m hours of tuition under post-pandemic catch-up plans unveiled today – but the government faced immediate criticism of the £1.4bn programme, with its own tsar warning “more will be needed”. […]
West Midlands police refer themselves to police watchdog amid claims killing was racially motivated Police in Birmingham hunting for a group of men who chased then stabbed a 14-year-old black child to death have made six arrests and referred themselves to the police watchdog amid claims the killing was racially […]
Employees at public broadcaster RTHK voice fears for future amid gradual erosion of media freedoms Normally at this time of year Hong Kong media are bustling to prepare coverage of Friday’s anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre which, before Covid restrictions hit, usually included a huge vigil in Victoria Park. […]
Government urged to delay decision on ending lockdown restrictions amid fears of third wave Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Scientists are urging the government to speed up second doses of Covid vaccines and delay a decision on easing lockdown restrictions in England on 21 June in […]
World No 2 pulls out of event after being fined by organisers Osaka says speaking to press causes her ‘huge anxiety’ Naomi Osaka has announced her withdrawal from Roland Garros one day after she was fined $15,000 by the French Open and warned that she could face expulsion from the […]