Protesters angry prime minister who they say propped up Rajapaksa dynasty in running to lead country Sri Lanka’s political crisis is looks likely to continue this week after the ruling party decided to nominate the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, as its candidate to be the next president. After the dramatic […]
Head-to-head sees open arguments over tax and identity politics, with no candidate willing to say Boris Johnson is honest Five key takeaways Who’s standing and what are they promising? The Conservative leadership race has exploded into acrimony and recrimination after the first televised debate saw open arguments over tax and […]
JCVI broadens Covid booster offer amid spread of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants in UK Everyone over 50 in England is to be offered another Covid booster and a flu shot from September. Another round of Covid boosters will also be available for staff and residents of care homes for […]
Level 4 heat alert announced for next week means ‘illness and death may occur among the fit and healthy’ Thousands of people could die in the coming heatwave, experts have warned, as the government triggered the first ever national emergency heat red alert with a record 40C (104F) temperature forecast […]
Steve Martin found guilty of gross misconduct after punching and verbally abusing 15-year-old boy A Metropolitan police officer who punched a handcuffed black child in the face has been sacked. PC Steven Martin, who was serving in the firearms command, also verbally abused the 15-year-old despite him not resisting, as […]
Donald Trump’s first wife died aged 73 at her Manhattan home and the fatal injuries are believed to be unintentional Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump and the mother of his three oldest children, died from blunt force injuries to her torso that she suffered after an accidental […]
‘Questions’ follow on MP’s past performance as trade minister after she gains ground over Liz Truss Latest UK politics news – live Rival Tory leadership candidates have turned their fire on Penny Mordaunt as she continues to gather momentum in an increasingly acrimonious race. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, is […]
Conservative MPs are engaged in a series of votes to select two final candidates to be put to the party membership to choose a new leader, and therefore a new prime minister. Find out who’s still in the running Britain’s new prime minister will be announced by 5 September, after […]
Truss had only one thing to throw into the ring once she found the door – and it was still The Convict I eventually found confirmation of my accreditation for Liz Truss in the spam folder. Perhaps my email was trying to tell me something. Meanwhile, it was again standing […]
Monarch enjoys extraordinary exemptions under law – which extend to her private estates and even a royal fishing business What does the Queen’s legal immunity mean? Personalised exemptions for the Queen in her private capacity have been written into more than 160 laws since 1967, granting her sweeping immunity from […]