Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000, report says Covid inquiry – live updates Five key takeaways from Covid report The UK’s pandemic planning was beset by “fatal strategic flaws” and citizens everywhere were failed, a damning first report from the UK Covid-19 public […]
People told to stay at home due to unrest in Harehills area of West Yorkshire city A police car was flipped on to its side after unrest broke out in Leeds on Thursday evening, and local people were advised to stay at home. Footage on social media appeared to show […]
Former president talks about shooting at Pennsylvania rally after formally accepting Republican nomination It’s not clear exactly what was discussed when, reportedly, Donald Trump met with the Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, two days ago, not long after an assassination attempt on the former president’s life when he was shot […]
PM wants to rethink UK’s immigration policies but did not make progress on returns deal at summit with EU leaders Keir Starmer is looking into plans to process asylum seekers outside the UK as part of a rethink of the government’s immigration policies, even as a returns agreement with the […]
Funding and staffing shortages mean plan to introduce cap in October 2025 impossible to deliver, councils say Long-awaited changes designed to protect individuals from having to sell their homes to meet large social care bills must be further delayed because of funding and staffing shortages, the leaders of England’s largest […]
Trump’s running mate introduced by wife Usha; speeches condemn Democratic administration’s foreign policy; Trump entered hall to rapturous applause Trump sees former ‘Never Trumper’ Vance as a way to expand base Who is Usha Vance, wife of Trump’s running mate? In his speech to the Republican convention, Greg Abbott gave […]
Warning on ‘cycle of low wages’ comes as government pledges in king’s speech to introduce fair pay agreement A specific minimum wage for social care is needed if England is to avert a staffing crisis, according to leading thinktanks. Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation have also called for the […]
PM’s speech failed to specify measures to tackle issue, angering MPs calling to scrap the two-child benefit cap Keir Starmer sought to ward off the first rebellion of his premiership with the launch of a new cross-government taskforce to tackle child poverty, as backbench Labour MPs were preparing to support […]
The dinosaur remains, which measure 3.4 metres tall and 8.2 metres long, show evidence that it had arthritis The largest and most complete stegosaurus fossil ever discovered sold for $44.6m at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday to become the most valuable fossil sold at auction. The dinosaur remains, nicknamed […]
Although Central Command praises operation, scheme announced by Biden cost $230m and only operated 25 days The US military-built pier for carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food […]