British cycling trio win women’s team sprint gold Clarke and Woods collect canoe slalom medals Keely Hodgkinson punched the air as she confirmed herself as the poster girl of British athletics with a stunning win in the women’s 800m final, as Team GB’s velodrome campaign kicked off with a world-record […]
Programme may soon be expanded in England after study finds ‘life-changing benefits’ of meal replacement scheme Tens of thousands more people in England living with type 2 diabetes could be offered an 800-calorie-a-day “soup and shake” diet after research found almost one in three on the groundbreaking NHS scheme permanently […]
US calls for democratic elections as soon as possible after Sheikh Hasina fled the country, sparking celebrations Explainer: Why has Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled? The coordinators of Bangladesh’s student protest movement were scheduled to meet with the army chief, Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman, after the military announced it would form an […]
Home secretary condemns ‘utterly appalling’ scenes as bottles and chairs thrown outside Holiday Inn Express A far-right-led mob of masked rioters tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers as further violence flared across the country at anti-immigration protests. Some 700 people gathered outside the Holiday Inn Express […]
Foreign minister’s rare visit to Tehran appears likely to fail given Iranian insistence on making a decisive response Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, has made a rare visit to Iran in a last-ditch effort to persuade it to hold back from attacking Israel in response to the assassination of the […]
Lyles wins 100m gold while Ukraine taste high jump glory Team GB’s Amber Rutter claims shooting silver The world’s No 1 sprinter Noah Lyles ran the race of his life to win gold in the men’s 100m by beating the fastest man in the world this year by just five […]
Maduro told troops he is ‘willing to do anything’ to protect his ‘revolution’ amid growing criticism of crackdown on opposition The Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro has vowed to “pulverise” the latest challenge to his rule and told troops he is “willing to do anything” to protect his “revolution” amid growing […]
Poll reveals emergency contraception, free prescription deliveries and extended opening hours among services hit Pharmacies across England are unable to provide critical NHS and public health services owing to the overwhelming financial and operational pressures they are facing, according to research. A poll of pharmacy owners representing more than 2,100 […]
Disorder spread through several UK cities on Saturday, Yvette Cooper said, pledging full support for police Rioters will “pay the price” for the wave of violent clashes that has spread across the UK, ministers warned on Saturday, after a day in which police battled rival groups of demonstrators in the […]
Consular, border and military officials head to region after threats of reprisals against Israel by Hezbollah and Iran The UK has stepped up preparations for a possible evacuation of British citizens from Lebanon in the aftermath of last week’s assassinations in Beirut and Tehran – killings blamed on Israel that […]