Ties with Europe are a top priority, says shadow foreign secretary David Lammy, as he calls for Britain to play a lead role in world affairs The shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, has proposed regular meetings between UK and European Union ministers, as part of a major reset of British […]
Ken Paxton, impeached in May, has been found not guilty of bribery and dereliction of duty and may resume office After a dramatic impeachment trial that lasted more than a week, Ken Paxton, the ultraconservative Texas attorney general, has been acquitted and will be able to resume his work in […]
Knighted in 2022, Trinidad-born Ové directed the first black British feature and documented the arrival of reggae to the UK Horace Ové, regarded as the pioneer of black British film-making, died on Saturday at the age of 86, his son has announced. Ové directed the first black British feature, Pressure, […]
Letter from church source in anti-Hitler resistance reporting 6,000 daily killings undercuts Vatican’s claims of lack of knowledge Newly discovered correspondence suggests that the second world war-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day […]
Exclusive: Alfie Meadows underwent brain surgery after being struck by officer at tuition fees demonstration The Metropolitan police have apologised and agreed to pay a six-figure settlement to a man who needed emergency brain surgery after being hit by an officer’s baton during the 2010 university tuition fees protests. Alfie […]
Police arrest 30-year-old after Price attacked by dogs believed to be XL bullies A 52-year-old man who died after being attacked by two dogs believed to be American XL bullies near a school in Staffordshire has been named. Ian Price was mauled to death by the two animals in the […]
Ellis, one of 18 Trump associates charged in Georgia election subversion case, says she ‘simply can’t support him’ again Jenna Ellis – the Donald Trump lawyer who like the former president faces criminal charges regarding attempted election subversion in his defeat by Joe Biden in 2020 – says she will […]
Only emergency workers to be allowed into devastated area over fears of contamination from dead bodies in limited water supply Libyan authorities have largely sealed off the flood-devastated port town of Derna from civilians in an effort to give space to emergency aid workers and amid concern that contamination of […]
Former nurse found guilty of murdering seven infants files bid to challenge her conviction Lucy Letby, Britain’s worst child serial killer, has formally lodged a bid to challenge her convictions at the court of appeal, officials have confirmed. Court staff said on Friday they had received an application for permission […]
Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik charged after Sara, 10, found dead at her Surrey home in August The father, stepmother and uncle of 10-year-old Sara Sharif have been charged with murder after police found her body at their Surrey home in August. Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41, her […]