Storm that sent US temperatures plunging triggers yellow weather warning for heavy rain over Scotland on Friday The deadly bomb cyclone that has sent temperatures plunging in the US is also causing the UK to experience wet and windy weather, the Met Office has said. On Wednesday, the forecaster issued […]
Exclusive: only £18m has been retrieved by Department of Health, out of suspect Covid contracts potentially worth £630m Ministers have been accused of making a “pitiful attempt” to recoup taxpayers’ money wasted on fraudulent Covid contracts, after it emerged that only a fraction of the estimated total had been recovered […]
The House ways and means committee confirmed that the former president’s tax records from 2015 to 2021 will be released Donald Trump’s redacted tax returns will be made public on Friday after a powerful congressional committee voted last week to release them. A spokesperson for the US House of Representatives […]
Some voluntary groups have closed and farmers report problems after slow disbursal of UK funds to replace EU money UK traders on Brexit: ‘It’s increased paperwork, stress, everything’ Hundreds of voluntary organisations have been forced to shut up shop or scale back their operations because of government delays in replacing […]
Party insiders say manifesto was made up of fresh Starmer ideas and Corbyn-era commitments Labour drew up plans to govern in case of a snap election while Boris Johnson was struggling to thwart a mutiny by his own MPs over summer, party insiders have revealed. The “oven-ready” policies were a […]
Families losing millions of pounds to unsolved crimes, party says, as it pledges to put 13,000 extra officers on the streets More than 1m thefts went unsolved last year, Labour has said, as it branded the figures “disgraceful”. The party’s analysis of crime statistics found that 1,145,254 cases of theft […]
Delays and cancellations linked to 20 years of privatisation, rising costs and labour shortages worsened by pandemic, say experts Rail passengers have been delayed or disrupted on more than half of all train services departing from 15 of Great Britain’s busiest stations in the last year, Guardian analysis shows, exposing […]
Man, 30, arrested on suspicion of murder and woman, 19, held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Two people have been arrested in connection with the “cold-blooded shooting” of Elle Edwards in Wallasey Village, Merseyside police said. A 30-year-old man from Tranmere has been arrested on suspicion of murder and […]
Growing numbers of students are experiencing hidden homelessness or accepting poor accommodation Student housing is reaching a “crisis point” not seen since the 1970s, when students slept in sports halls and their cars, and is set to worsen in the new year, a charity has warned. Since the start of […]
Russia can only be invited if it has faced a war crimes tribunal first, says foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba Ukraine is aiming to hold a peace summit by the end of February – preferably at the United Nations with its secretary general, António Guterres, as a possible mediator – according […]