Whitehall watchdog gives red rating to set of measures aimed to bring net-zero goals, amid backlash over retreat on climate policy Rishi Sunak has been accused of showing disregard for the climate crisis after Whitehall officials warned that some of his key green pledges were already unachievable. With the prime […]
Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spaces Home Office officials have drawn up secret plans to lobby the independent privacy regulator in an attempt to push the rollout […]
Fifth Test, day three: England 283 & 389-9; Australia 295 Stuart Broad announces retirement after close of play At the end of a day of English dominance came a blond bombshell. Stuart Broad, Ashes warrior and arch-antagonist of Australians, walked off the field and promptly announced this fifth Test at […]
Police have arrested two 19-year-olds after Matthew Daulby, also 19, died in hospital after attack in Ormskirk town centre A “compassionate, loving and funny” teenager who died after a double stabbing in Lancashire has been named by police. Matthew Daulby, 19, from Liverpool, was stabbed in the market town of […]
Leading scientists and medics back London and other clean air schemes and urge politicians to keep their nerve Leading doctors and scientists have warned politicians against watering down plans to expand city-wide schemes aimed at reducing traffic pollution levels linked to thousands of deaths each year. They urged politicians not […]
Rianna Cleary, who was 18 at the time, gave birth to Aisha alone in Surrey prison cell after officers ignored calls for help Serious systemic failings contributed to the death of a newborn baby in a cell at Europe’s largest women’s prison, a coroner has concluded. Rianna Cleary, who was […]
Ty Cobb, who represented Trump in Mueller investigation, says classified documents case is ‘tight’ after new charges filed A former Trump White House lawyer said the evidence against the former president over his handling of classified documents was now “overwhelming” and would “last an antiquity”, after new charges were filed […]
Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani appeals to governments who backed democratically elected Mohamed Bazoum Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Nigerien military leader behind the coup against the country’s democratically elected president, has been declared head of state by soldiers backing him as he made a televised address calling for support. Tchiani, the head […]
Four-year-old Navy is the daughter of the US president’s son Hunter and was revealed after her mother sued for child support The US president, Joe Biden, has for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a four-year-old girl, Navy, fathered by his son Hunter with Arkansas woman Lunden Roberts […]
Head of World Meteorological Organization also warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar US climate blog – latest updates The era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived”, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said after scientists […]