Beefier roles for Cooper and others suggest drive to move Labour party further towards political centre Today’s politics news – live updates Keir Starmer has carried out a wholesale overhaul of his shadow cabinet, bringing Yvette Cooper back on to the frontbench as part of a ruthless shakeup widely viewed […]
Pandemic lockdowns and continued expansion in China helped the Danish company to continue building its global toy empire Lego, the world’s largest toymaker, has awarded its 20,000 employees three extra days of holiday and a special bonus after a year of bumper revenues. The succession of pandemic-forced lockdowns has seen […]
New boss Richard Moore to say adversaries are ‘pouring money’ into technology and the agency needs outside funding to keep up MI6 will have to become “more open to stay secret” and work with tech companies to counter threats posed by China and Russia who seek to gain advantage by […]
Change to criteria could happen as soon as Monday as No 10 tries to combat variant’s spread Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Covid booster vaccination scheme could be significantly expanded as early as Monday as ministers try to combat the seemingly inevitable spread of the […]
The 12-year-old suffered ‘catastrophic injuries’ after attending city’s Christmas lights switch-on on Thursday A teenager has been charged with the murder of a 12-year-old girl in Liverpool city centre, police have said. Ava White had been in the city with friends on Thursday after the switching on of Christmas lights […]
Exclusive: Gérald Darmanin says UK ministers must stop saying one thing in private while insulting his country in public The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, has said British ministers including his counterpart, Priti Patel, should stop saying one thing in private while insulting his country in public if there is […]
The fashion maverick, also creative head at Louis Vuitton, had been suffering from an aggressive form of cancer for two years Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has died after suffering from cancer, it has been announced. The 41-year-old, who was the creative director for Louis Vuitton and Off-White, had cardiac angiosarcoma, […]
Expect more wintry conditions says Met Office, after three people killed and half a million households left without power A minus 10C Arctic blast is forecast to follow the blizzards and close to 100mph winds of Storm Arwen which left half a million households temporarily without power at the weekend […]
Masks made mandatory in shops and on buses and trains. New arrivals must take PCR tests Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has expressed “absolute confidence” that people would enjoy a better Christmas this year than last, despite re-imposing a range of restrictions – including […]
Mandatory mask-wearing in shops and transport reimposed in England; Anthony Fauci says new variant is probably already in the US; Australia scrambles to prevent outbreak Johnson ignored my plan to deal with new variants – ex-official Omicron’s worst impact will be in nations with low vaccination rates What do we […]