Disgraced producer was previously convicted of rape and sexual assault in New York and is serving a 23-year term Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 additional years in prison on Thursday, three months after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles. The disgraced film producer, whose pattern […]
Zelenskiy says situation in country’s south ‘dangerous’; China position paper on Ukraine also warns against use of nuclear weapons Russia-Ukraine war at a glance In joyful news: the Ukrainian football team that has not played in their home city since 2014, qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League […]
Thérèse Coffey’s championing of UK ‘specialisms’ causes one Labour MP to retort: ‘Let them eat turnips!’ The UK environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has caused a furore after she suggested people should “cherish” seasonal foods such as turnips as bad weather cleared supermarket shelves of tomatoes and other fresh produce. “It’s […]
University accepts it did not make adjustments for her illness as a form of disability Warwick University has agreed to pay a student who is seriously ill with cancer £12,000 in damages for the “distress and inconvenience” caused by not allowing her to extend her course as a result of […]
New research reveals a 15% pay gap that widens dramatically after women have children Women “work for free for nearly two months” a year, according to fresh analysis which reveals a 15% gender pay gap that widens “dramatically” after women have children. Women in paid employment earn on average £29,684 […]
Senior officer was reportedly approached by two gunmen while coaching a youth football team An off-duty police officer is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot at a sports complex in Omagh, Northern Ireland. The officer is understood to have been attacked “in front of young […]
UN general assembly debates motion calling for unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine on anniversary of war UN secretary general António Guterres has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an “affront to our collective conscience” as the 193-member General assembly meets ahead of a vote that the US said […]
Picture was taken from the jet as the balloon entered US airspace earlier this month, before it was shot down over the Atlantic The Pentagon has released a selfie photograph snapped by the pilot of a U2 spy plane that was hurtling through the skies above the Chinese spy balloon […]
Exclusive: Claimants will have only 20 days to respond or face rejection Plans to cut the asylum backlog by sending questionnaires to refugees instead of conducting official interviews will demand that claimants reply in English within 20 working days or risk refusal, a leaked document shows. The Home Office will […]
Health secretary, Steve Barclay, to take part in talks on pay, conditions and ‘productivity-enhancing reforms’ Ministers and nurses’ leaders will hold “intensive talks” on Wednesday in an unexpected move that has raised hopes that they will thrash out a deal to end the long-running pay dispute. Both sides made clear […]