Emergency services called to 92-room Loafers Lodge hostel just after midnight and a number of people remain unaccounted for Follow our Wellington hostel fire live blog for the latest updates At least six people are dead and 11 others missing after a “worst nightmare” fire at a 92-room hostel in […]
Rules on fisheries, sensitive habitats and access to EU-wide criminal database among legislation to be discarded Ministers have published the list of 600 EU laws the government plans to scrap by the end of the year in a much-reduced Brussels “bonfire” that has enraged hardline Brexiters in the Conservative party. […]
Actor urged ‘people in power’ to criminalise harmful digital content when she accepted Bafta award Online safety campaigners have welcomed Kate Winslet’s call on “people in power” to criminalise harmful digital content during her Bafta acceptance speech, as the UK parliament debates legislation to rein in social media platforms. The […]
Reports of explosions across the city as mayor says that rocket debris has fallen in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Follow the latest news What we know on day 447 of the invasion There are no encouraging prospects for extending the Black Sea grain export initiative at the moment, a source familiar […]
Home secretary will tell National Conservatism conference that Britons should train as HGV drivers, butchers and fruit pickers Thousands of Britons should be trained to drive trucks, work in the meat industry and gather crops rather than filling vacancies with foreign workers, Suella Braverman will tell Conservative activists on Monday. […]
President faces serious challenge in elections that could see runoff vote against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in two weeks’ time Report: election could go to second round as Erdoğan attempts to claim victory The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has tweeted to his supporters after polling stations closed: “The voting process has […]
Star of Goodness Gracious Me thanked Bafta for ‘seeing us’ as she accepted lifetime achievement award • TV Baftas 2023: the full list of winners The TV industry needs more diversity, “not just in front of the camera but in the writers’ rooms, in makeup vans and around tables where […]
Exclusive: Victim speaks of feeling violated by hospital doctor incident that expert says is evidence of ‘systemic’ flaw in England ‘I felt anger, fear and horror that she had obtained my data’ The confidentiality of NHS medical records has been thrown into doubt after a “stalker” hospital doctor accessed and […]
Business and trade secretary to meet Swiss counterpart on Monday to boost trade between two ‘services superpowers’ Kemi Badenoch will fly to Switzerland on Monday for talks with her Swiss counterpart on a new post-Brexit trade deal, describing the two countries as “natural trading partners”. The business and trade secretary […]
Ex-ministers attack Rishi Sunak’s leadership as pro-Johnson wing calls for lower taxes Rishi Sunak was losing control of an increasingly anarchic Tory party on Saturday as former cabinet ministers openly criticised the direction of policy under his leadership and dozens of backbench MPs plotted a new rebellion over Brexit. Amid […]