Helen Whately declines to endorse former health secretary’s 2020 assertion as pandemic public inquiry begins in earnest The care minister, Helen Whately, has declined to back Matt Hancock’s claim that the government threw a “protective ring around care homes” at the start of the pandemic. Whately worked under the former […]
Suspect Dirk Raats has been officially put under investigation for murder of Solaine Thornton A man has appeared in court in France charged with shooting dead an 11-year-old British girl who was playing in the garden of her family home. The suspect, Dirk Raats, 70, originally from Antwerp in Belgium, […]
Women will be able to apply for convictions and cautions under repealed or abolished offences to be wiped A scheme to pardon people unjustly criminalised for alleged gay or lesbian activity has been expanded, the Home Office has announced. For the first time, women will be able to apply for […]
Woman, 49, held as schools pay tribute to Ethan John, 11, and Elizabeth John, seven, who were found with serious injuries The schools of the two children who lost their lives in a suspected double murder in Stoke-on-Trent have described the “huge hole” left behind in their community. Their schools […]
Privileges committee is preparing to sign off what is expected to be damning report into former PM’s conduct Boris Johnson and his allies have been told by senior Conservatives to “shut up and go away” as the privileges committee prepares to sign off what is expected to be a damning […]
Former first minister questioned ‘as a suspect’ by detectives over Scottish National party funding Nicola Sturgeon has been questioned “as a suspect” by detectives investigating allegations of financial misconduct by the Scottish National party. The former first minister and SNP leader was arrested by police on Sunday morning but later […]
Details of woman’s final days emerge after four siblings rescued following almost six weeks in Amazon jungle The mother of the four young Colombian siblings who managed to survive for almost six weeks in the Amazon jungle clung to life for four days after their plane crashed before telling her […]
Eruption began on Sunday and has forced more than 12,000 people to leave their homes The Philippines’ most active volcano began spewing lava on Sunday, putting thousands of people on heightened alert for the possibility of a violent explosion that would force them to suddenly evacuate from their homes. More […]
Child’s father and mother were also injured in attack while her eight-year-old sister escaped unhurt An 11-year-old British girl was shot dead as she played on swings in the garden of her family home in a village in western France on Saturday. The girl’s father and mother were also injured […]
MPs tell Rishi Sunak that the former PM must not be allowed to stand again, while Johnson ally Nigel Adams quits and triggers third byelection Read more: what’s next for Boris Johnson after leaving the Commons? Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure to bar Boris Johnson from standing as a […]