Exclusive: Halting distribution would hit Britain badly but not significantly help EU, analysis finds Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain’s Covid vaccine programme faces a two-month delay in the event of an EU export ban, derailing the government’s plans to reopen the economy this summer, an […]
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Ministers challenged over size of army as reduction of 10,000 in troop numbers expected to be announced Labour has accused the government of presiding over “a gulf between ambitions and actions” before a defence review on Monday expected to confirm a cut of 10,000 in the size of the British […]
Exclusive: interview will add to view that deployment of elite SBS was ‘over-reaction’ by UK authorities Further questions have arisen over a decision to deploy special forces against a group of seven asylum seekers accused of hijacking an oil tanker after one of them told the Guardian they only approached […]
The prime minister is under pressure to resist an ‘excess of caution’ as a third wave of infections grips Europe Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson faces mounting pressure from senior Tories to resist attempts to extend the blanket ban on overseas travel or delay […]
The force upheld 119 cases among 600 complaints; they included an officer who was sacked after having sex with a rape victim An extraordinary catalogue of sexual misconduct allegations against Metropolitan police officers, including claims that one had sex with a rape victim and another assaulted a domestic abuse survivor, […]
The women behind Reclaim These Streets and Clapham vigil have announced the funds will go to the charity Rosa Less than two weeks ago they were strangers, furious and sad about the killing of Sarah Everard. Then they connected online to organise a vigil. Two weeks later, the women behind […]
France 32-30 Wales Six Nations to be settled by Scotland’s trip to Paris on Friday It’s never over until it’s over. And, strictly speaking, a final line cannot yet be drawn beneath the 2021 Six Nations championship with one last Parisian tango to come next Friday. This compelling drama, however, […]
Snapshot of Britain will see many reject church as immoral or irrelevant, academics predict The “post-Christian era” in the UK will be cemented by data emerging from Sunday’s census which is expected to show further generational disengagement from organised religion, according to a leading academic. The once-a-decade snapshot of the […]
No-fly zone established and public advised to stay away from area as red cloud lights up night sky A volcano has erupted in Iceland near the capital Reykjavik after thousands of small earthquakes in the area in recent weeks, the Icelandic meteorological office has said. A red cloud lit up […]
More than 400mm falls on parts of mid north coast as flash floods hit state. Follow latest updates NSW floods: Sydney battered by rain and mid north coast evacuated Wild weather: what we know so far about the floods and evacuations 2.54am GMT There are reports of damaged homes across […]