Police arrested 22-year-old on Sunday over shooting at service outside Euston church that left seven-year-old with life-threatening injuries A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a drive-by shooting at a church left a seven-year-old girl in a life-threatening condition. Officers were called to St Aloysius church […]
$26tn of new wealth created since start of pandemic went to richest, Oxfam report reveals Oxfam has called for immediate action to tackle a post-Covid widening in global inequality after revealing that almost two-thirds of the new wealth amassed since the start of the pandemic has gone to the richest […]
Industrial action also set to escalate in other sectors while government gears up anti-strike legislation A wave of further teaching, ambulance and civil service strikes is likely to move forward this week as nurses are set for their second major period of industrial action. While ministers signalled a new deal […]
Foreign nationals from Australia, France, Ireland and India among the passengers onboard At least 68 people were confirmed dead and hope faded for any survivors after a plane with 72 onboard crashed in Nepal, the Himalayan country’s deadliest aviation disaster in three decades. “Thirty-one [bodies] have been taken to hospitals,” […]
Health secretary Steve Barclay urges unions to lobby PM over improved pay offer for striking nurses and ambulance workers The health and social care secretary Steve Barclay has privately urged trade unions to help him make the case to the Treasury and No 10 for extra money for nurses, ambulance […]
Another child and four women also injured in incident close to Euston following joint service for a mother and daughter A seven-year-old girl is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a suspected driveby shooting outside a memorial service in north London, the Metropolitan police have said. A second child, a […]
Britain and EU expected to coordinate response to hanging of British-Iranian accused of spying The UK and the European Union are expected to coordinate moves to brand the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation after the execution of Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian dual national who was lured […]
The government wrote to the then Prince of Wales in 2019, seeking approval for legislation that had implications for his estates The government asked King Charles for permission to pass its post-Brexit “world-leading” Environment Act because laws requiring landowners to enhance conservation could affect his business interests. Environment minister Rebecca […]
Joan Salter, 83, said language over migration was akin to what the Nazis used to justify murdering her family Suella Braverman has said she will not apologise for her language after a Holocaust survivor told the home secretary her description of migrants as an “invasion” was akin to rhetoric the […]
Research suggests hormone replacement therapy may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s in some women Hormone replacement therapy may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease in millions of women at risk of developing the condition, research suggests. Dementia is one of the world’s biggest health threats. The number of people living with the condition […]