Biles to compete in beam final | GB strike eventing gold Hassan destroys top-class 5,000m field in first leg of unique treble bid Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.47am BST Today promises to be a big day […]
Overall cancer rates are higher among the wealthy, finds Cancer Research UK – but smoking and its cancers are now concentrated among the poor Smoking causes almost twice as many cancer cases among the poor than the well-off, according to new findings that underline the close link between cigarettes and […]
Jury at Birmingham crown court convicts Carvel Bennett for crime in 1970s in what is thought to be first case of its kind A man has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl 46 years ago, after the daughter conceived during the attack pursued charges against him. Carvel Bennett, 74, […]
Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe, urged ministers not to ignore the cost of living crisis in constituencies like his Boris Johnson faces another backbench rebellion over the Treasury’s spending this autumn, as a high-profile Tory MP hit out at “intolerable” levels of hunger and poverty in his affluent home counties […]
Conservatives face questions after report that party co-chair created a club for most generous donors The Conservatives must publish the names of all ministers who secretly met an elite group of party donors, Labour has said. The party is facing questions over the conduct of the party’s co-chair, Ben Elliot, […]
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Sign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefing Marcell Jacobs becomes new 100m king with glory for Italy Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.41am BST Men’s long jump final: Righto, we are at the business end now: […]
Foreign secretary backs Israeli PM’s claims Iran was behind drone strike that killed Briton and Romanian The UK has said it is “highly likely” that Iran carried out an “unlawful and callous attack” on a ship in the Middle East, which left a Briton dead. The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, […]
Decline started before Covid pandemic and continued to drop as country entered first lockdown in March 2020 Wellbeing in England has decreased in the last year while loneliness and mistrust in government has increased, analysis of ONS data shows. The new report from Carnegie UK comes in advance of the […]
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Sign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefing In pictures: the best images from day eight in Tokyo Get in touch! Email Jonathan, tweet or comment below 3.56am BST Swimming: Both Team GB and Australia have enjoyed record breaking meets […]
Companies will offer credit and price reductions in government push to boost vaccination rates Cheap taxi rides and discounts from the biggest takeaway companies are to be deployed by the government in a desperate effort to boost Covid vaccination rates among the young, amid growing legal and political pressure on […]