Christian Tein among 11 people detained for ‘organised crime’ offences in police operation that saw many business in capital close Police in New Caledonia have arrested a pro-independence leader, Christian Tein, and 10 others over their alleged roles in the deadly protests that swept the archipelago last month, prosecutors have […]
Scotland came into this game with the sole aspiration of not being sent homeward to think again. Defeat in Cologne would have left them needing unlikely favours from other groups, even if they were to beat Hungary in Stuttgart on Sunday. On that front, it was job done. Scotland now […]
Exclusive: Elizabeth Philp denies allegations that she used trade secrets gained from former employer A leading businesswoman who is married to the policing minister, Chris Philp, has been reported to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) by a former employer and is being sued in the high court over allegations of […]
Food Foundation says height of five-year-olds falling, child obesity up by a third and type 2 diabetes by a fifth Children across the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker amid an epidemic of poor diets, food insecurity and poverty, according to a report warning that millions are facing a […]
Russian president and Kim exchange ‘pent-up inmost thoughts’ on trip expected to deepen trade and security ties Vladimir Putin receives warm welcome in North Korea See all our Ukraine war coverage Gordon Black, the US soldier who was arrested last month in the Russian city of Vladivostok on suspicion of […]
Party says plan would free up thousands of England hospital beds occupied by patients whose discharge has been delayed NHS money will be used to buy thousands of beds in care homes under Labour plans to reduce overcrowding in England’s hospitals, long waits in A&E and patients becoming trapped in […]
The contaminants have also recently been found in testes and semen amid concerns about falling male fertility Microplastics have been discovered in penises for the first time, raising questions about a potential role in erectile dysfunction. The revelation comes after the pollutants were recently detected in testes and semen. Male […]
Signoff on planning for a Lebanon offensive follows release of Hezbollah drone footage of Haifa in northern Israel The Israeli foreign minister, Israel Katz, has said a decision on an all-out war with Hezbollah was coming soon, as Israel generals announced late on Tuesday that they had signed off planning […]
Leader says election is first step ‘for our party and for me’ as Gove dismisses idea of Farage in No 10 as ‘ridiculous’ Nigel Farage has unveiled a raft of populist pledges, massive tax cuts and £140bn in spending commitments in a Reform UK manifesto that economists said did “not […]
A quarter of secondary school staff say they have witnessed sexual harassment in their place of work Sexual harassment is still “rife” in schools in the UK, according to a poll of mainly female support staff, some of whom complained of inappropriate sexual comments and physical harassment by male pupils […]