Former committee members tell Channel 4 News investigation of efforts made to persuade them to toe line Current and former members of the government’s honours committees have said they faced pressure from Downing Street to reward Tory donors, and that if they failed to comply with requests they were informed […]

Charity documents experiences of some of England’s 121,000 children housed in temporary accommodation Children in temporary accommodation are living in cramped conditions and alongside former prisoners, in hostels up to 55 miles away from school, according to a leading housing charity. One 16-year-old from Manchester, who is sharing a single […]

Bodies representing NHS care in England also call for Rishi Sunak intervention but PM refuses to budge on pay NHS leaders have urged the public to avoid risky activity on Wednesday for fear they may be left helpless and unable to reach A&E during the ambulance strike. The industrial action […]

Paleontologists say they have identified foot of mouse-sized mammal in fossilised rib cage of predatory microraptor It may have been a pressing fear for the fictional characters in the 1993 film Jurassic Park, but scientists believe they have uncovered the first known incident of a mammal being eaten by a […]

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band • Alexis Petridis: ‘Terry Hall was the self-assured eye of the Specials storm’• Terry Hall: a life in a […]

The referral marks the first time in US history that Congress has taken such action against a former president The January 6 committee has referred Donald Trump to the justice department to face criminal charges, accusing the former president of fomenting an insurrection and conspiring against the government over his […]