Research from three Cambridge grave sites suggests poor people were at greatest risk of injury A friar crushed by a cart, another the victim of an attack by bandits: it sounds like the plot of a medieval mystery. But according to new research these are some of the possible misfortunes […]
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Measure would be an ‘effective closure of our borders’, the airline industry says Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson is expected to sign off sweeping new quarantine rules for travellers in airport hotels on Tuesday as cabinet ministers rebuffed pressure from Tory MPs to set […]
Stories from the Guardian, Daily Mail, Economist and more will appear in a dedicated feed Stories from news outlets including the Guardian, the Daily Mail and the Financial Times will appear in a dedicated Facebook feed from today. The UK launch of the Facebook News service is the first outside […]
Cabinet ministers and scientists say more protection needed against unknown variants entering UK Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson is facing increasing pressure from cabinet ministers and scientists to impose blanket border control measures against Covid instead of his preferred option of a targeted approach […]
UCLA athlete says routine ‘reflects everything that I am’ Routine clinches victory for team over Arizona State US gymnast Nia Dennis’s latest floor routine, which she dedicated to black culture, has won praise from fans such as Missy Elliott and Simone Biles after it attracted millions of views on social […]
Data from Environment Agency shows thousands of people and businesses ‘at risk from ruined assets’ Thousands of England’s vital flood defences were in such a state of ruin last year they would fail to protect communities from extreme weather, an investigation has found. More than 3,400 of England’s “high consequence” […]
President mulls third party amid impeachment debate Conviction over US Capitol attack still seems unlikely Robert Reich: Don’t believe corporate anti-Trump hype Lloyd Green: Will Trump really start his own party? Republican divisions over Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial came into clearer focus on Sunday, as the former president spent […]
First minister says she will hold advisory referendum, whether Westminster consents or not Nicola Sturgeon has said she will hold an advisory referendum on independence if her Scottish National party wins a majority in May’s Holyrood elections, regardless of whether Westminster consents to the move. Her party is setting out […]
Former prime minister calls for total rethink on support for unemployed and assessment of data after new report The full scale of Britain’s jobs crisis is being underestimated because hundreds of thousands of people are being missed by official unemployment figures, Gordon Brown has warned. At least 300,000 out-of-work people […]
Texan who took part in Capitol riot faces five criminal charges Garret Miller alleged to have said police officer ‘deserves to die’ A Texas man who participated in the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January has been charged with threatening to “assassinate” the New York Democratic representative Alexandria […]