‘Line has been crossed’ say English universities, after request to drop scheme identifying barriers to ethnic minority students Universities in England have launched a fightback against government attacks on their autonomy, telling ministers they “crossed a line” by pressurising them to abandon a scheme designed to improve equality on campus. […]
Abdeslam was only survivor of 10-man terrorist unit that struck in city, killing 130 people, in 2015 Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the 10-man unit that carried out coordinated terror attacks in Paris in 2015, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to full life in prison, the […]
Downing Street said it is almost doubling UK commitment to military support for Ukraine with additional £1bn Britain will commit an extra 1,000 troops and one of its two new aircraft carriers to the defence of Nato’s eastern flank, the defence secretary has announced, as Downing Street unveiled £1bn in […]
Some who backed PM only last week now set sights on ‘clean sweep’ of backbench committee that could allow leadership vote Boris Johnson is facing a fresh threat from Conservative rebels planning a takeover of the powerful backbench committee that could force the prime minister from office. Opponents of Johnson, […]
R&B singer, 55, was found guilty in September of sex trafficking and racketeering on nine counts involving women, girls and boys The singer R Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing women, girls and boys, more than 20 years after first facing allegations. Kelly’s […]
Outsourcing accelerated by Lansley’s shakeup in 2012 linked to drop in care quality in landmark review The privatisation of NHS care accelerated by Tory policies a decade ago has corresponded with a decline in quality and “significantly increased” rates of death from treatable causes, the first study of its kind […]
Maxwell’s attorneys had pushed for leniency after 60-year-old was convicted in US in December of five of the six charges she faced Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison in her New York sex-trafficking case for procuring teen girls for Jeffrey Epstein for him to abuse. […]
After announcing she was receiving end-of-life care, James launched Bowelbabe Fund for cancer research Dame Deborah James, the headteacher turned podcaster who raised millions of pounds for charity with her campaigning to raise awareness of bowel cancer, has died, her family has said. James, who was 40, stepped away from […]
Cassidy Hutchinson tells committee Trump knowingly directed armed supporters to march to the Capitol In explosive public testimony, a former White House aide told the January 6 committee Donald Trump knowingly directed armed supporters to march to the US Capitol in a last-gasp effort to remain in power. Appearing at […]
Progress report from the Climate Change Committee suggests ministers could renege on greenhouse gas emissions commitment Five things we have learned about the UK’s path to net zero The government is failing to enact the policies needed to reach the UK’s net zero targets, its statutory advisers have said, in […]