Foster places in short supply and council budgets buckling as social service referrals increase by up to 40% in some areas Analysis: shocking if not surprising A social worker’s tale: ‘FaceTime isn’t enough’ A looming crisis of children suffering abuse, neglect and poverty has been exposed, with growing numbers of […]
Gerry Layton, a royal supporter from Leeds, bought the cake topping and marzipan base for his collection of memorabilia An ardent royalist has bought the topping from a slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding cake for £1,850 ($2,565) at auction, more than 40 years after the couple married. […]
James Markham is believed to have died after confronting a group of youths in Chingford on Monday evening Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in Chingford, east London. It is believed that James Markham died after he confronted a group of young people […]
Travellers have complained of unfair prices, missed deliveries and slow processing of PCR tests Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The government is coming under pressure to intervene amid concerns that its Covid testing regime for travellers is close to collapse, with thousands failing to be properly […]
Possible ruling in Chinese court comes amid tensions over death sentence handed to another Canadian, and fate of an arrested Huawei executive A Canadian entrepreneur charged in China with spying days after the arrest of a Huawei executive faces a possible verdict on Wednesday, as Beijing steps up pressure ahead […]
Teacher-assessed grades in lieu of exams benefit those at independent schools as gap with state education widens The gap between private and state school A-level grades has grown to its widest in the modern era as part of a record-breaking set of results in which black pupils and male pupils […]
Authorities say about 8,600 people may have been affected See all our coronavirus coverage Authorities in northern Germany have appealed to thousands of people to get another shot of Covid vaccine after a police investigation found that a Red Cross nurse may have injected them with a saline solution. The […]
High commissioner urges Home Office to stop flight because of Covid cases and spread of Delta variant Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The hours before a controversial Home Office charter flight to Jamaica was due to take off were mired in chaos and confusion as more […]
Alok Sharma says chance to limit worst impacts of climate breakdown ‘still achievable, but retreating fast’ The world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases must produce clear plans to cut their carbon output drastically, the president of vital UN climate talks has urged, after scientists warned there was only a small […]
Giuffre accuses Andrew of sexual abuse at Epstein’s mansion when she was under 18 Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an alleged victim of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Monday filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew in federal court in New York. She accused the British royal of sexually abusing her at […]