Seven-day average now highest since March as children in Scotland return to the classroom Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Deaths from Covid-19 are now averaging 100 a day across the UK, according to official data, and scientists have warned that case rates will jump again when […]
Two drivers arrested after incident on Essex section of motorway, which also caused major injuries to fourth person Three people have died and two drivers have been arrested after a serious collision involving a lorry, a minibus and a car on the M25 in Essex. A fourth person is in […]
Appointment of Ewen Fergusson, a university friend of Boris Johnson, has led to concerns from members Ministers have been urged to publish the scores of candidates who applied for a top role on Whitehall’s anti-sleaze watchdog, after its chair lamented that the latest appointment – a University of Oxford friend […]
PM’s request to be made at G7 summit as Taliban increases grip on access to flights Boris Johnson will personally lobby Joe Biden at the G7 leaders summit, No 10 said on Sunday night, pleading with him to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end of August, after […]
Shadow work and pensions secretary expected to propose taper rate reduction that will be first element of social security overhaul Labour will promise on Monday to overhaul the universal credit system by allowing low-income workers to earn more without seeing their welfare payments cut, in a move potentially costing billions […]
UK scheme could also illuminate reinfection rates and immunity across different variants, say experts Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Antibody tests are to be offered widely to the UK public as part of a new programme which a leading scientist said could lead to targeted booster […]
Government’s plan to use ‘blue’ fossil-fuel hydrogen alongside green version raises concern, say campaigners Opting for hydrogen that is made using fossil fuels rather than renewable electricity could create up to 8m tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050, according to an analysis of government data. The figures show […]
Tory MPs celebrate demise of a ‘hugely expensive white elephant’ while other northern leaders dismayed Northern leaders have reacted with dismay to further claims that HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds may be scrapped, while some “red wall” Tory MPs celebrated the mooted demise of a “hugely expensive white elephant”. All […]
As deaths are reported in crush at Kabul airport, Keir Starmer leads calls for Dominic Raab to resign over UK’s ‘complacent’ response Afghanistan is facing an “absolute catastrophe” involving widespread hunger, homelessness and economic collapse unless an urgent humanitarian effort is agreed in the wake of the US withdrawal, world […]
Cross-border gunfire earlier on Saturday seriously injured an Israeli soldier and wounded 41 Palestinians Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza late on Saturday, the military said, in an escalation of hostilities after earlier cross-border gunfire seriously injured an Israeli soldier and wounded 41 Palestinians, including two critically. The injuries […]