Use of services such as Klarna, Clearpay and Laybuy rising as staff rejected by mainstream lenders Experts have raised concerns over cash-strapped public sector workers turning to controversial buy now, pay later loans after being turned down by mainstream lenders. Analysis by the University of Edinburgh found that one in […]
Royal family procession at Queen’s state funeral to include Prince George and Princess Charlotte The royal family and the country will say a “last farewell” to Queen Elizabeth II during a state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday in which nine-year-old Prince George and his seven-year-old sister, Princess Charlotte, will […]
Mark Fullbrook was interviewed as witness in proceedings against Julio Herrera Velutini Mark Fullbrook, the new Downing Street chief of staff, has been interviewed by the FBI as a witness about work he did for a banker accused of bribery, it emerged on Sunday. Fullbrook was working as a political […]
Doctors say job is too intense to safely work more, with four-hour shifts actually meaning six or seven hours of work Almost two-thirds of trainee GPs plan to work part-time just a year after they qualify because being a family doctor is so stressful, research shows. Their intention to work […]
Exclusive: Ukraine lobbying UN and allies to clear legal path for extracting Russian compensation for war damage Ukraine is facing a battle to persuade its western allies, including the UK, to back its proposal for any peace settlement with Moscow to include multibillion reparations by Russia, in part using seized […]
David Hunter, who has admitted smothering wife, Janice, ‘desperate’ for case to be heard, says lawyer A British pensioner charged in Cyprus with the premeditated murder of his terminally ill wife says he is “desperate” to have his day in court ahead of the trial opening on the island. David […]
Pollster finds those enduring the long wait to see Elizabeth II lying in state lean Conservative and Remain Having waited hours in line to see the Queen lying in state – and with hours more left to go – well-wishers gave the new King Charles and Prince of Wales an […]
Prime minister to lead nation in a minute’s silence to honour the Queen’s legacy ahead of funeral Accession of King Charles and death of Queen Elizabeth – latest updates Liz Truss is facing a political and economic baptism of fire this week with warnings of mass bankruptcies across the economy […]
Fury as ‘explosive’ files reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists Criticism in the US of the oil industry’s obfuscation over the climate crisis is intensifying after internal documents showed companies attempted to distance themselves from agreed climate goals, admitted “gaslighting” the public over […]
As the Ukrainian city’s five-month ordeal ends, the evidence of dead bodies and survivors’ testimonies suggests Izium could be another Bucha Standing in the gloom, Maksim Maksimov pointed to the spot where he was tortured with electric shocks. Russian soldiers took him from his cell in the basement of Izium’s […]