Force cites policy of not investigating past alleged breaches of Covid rules and lack of evidence The Metropolitan police has said it will not investigate the Downing Street Christmas party widely reported to have been held last year. In a much awaited statement, the force said it had a policy […]
No 10 says Trudy Harrison gave permission as an MP rather than in her capacity as aide to Boris Johnson Allies of animal charity boss Pen Farthing and a Labour MP have cast doubt on Downing Street claims about a letter by Boris Johnson’s parliamentary aide Trudy Harrison giving him […]
Sanna Marin says she should have checked guidance given to her after her foreign minister tested positive Coronavirus – latest updates Finland’s prime minister has come under sustained criticism after it was revealed she stayed out dancing until the early hours on the weekend despite knowing she had been exposed […]
Exchange between Ed Oldfield and Allegra Stratton took place last December days after alleged party took place Boris Johnson is facing accusations of lying after senior No 10 officials were filmed joking about a lockdown Christmas party that Downing Street insists did not take place. Johnson and his aides have […]
NHS halves wait for third jab for over-40s from six to three months in ‘boost to booster programme’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Millions of people in England will be able to book their Covid booster vaccine on Wednesday as the NHS cuts the qualifying time […]
Chris Bryant reveals Pen Farthing was sent a letter from Boris Johnson’s PPS confirming evacuation A leaked letter suggests Boris Johnson and the Foreign Office may have covered up the prime minister’s involvement in airlifting more than 150 dogs and cats from Afghanistan, a senior MP has said. On Tuesday […]
Updates from the series opener at the Gabba in Brisbane The Spin: sign up and receive our free cricket newsletter Any thoughts? Email Geoff or tweet @GeoffLemonSport Here comes Patrick Cummins in his green blazer, and the crowd breaks out into applause as he walks to the middle for the […]
Users in North America and Europe report patchy service after cloud computing goes down Several Amazon services – including its website, Prime Video and applications that use Amazon Web Services (AWS) – went down for thousands of users on Tuesday. Amazon said the outage was probably due to problems related […]
Ex-diplomat claims string of failings within department led to ‘people being left to die at the hands of the Taliban’ Whistleblower’s main accusations Fresh questions about Dominic Raab’s role How Afghan reporter was left to the Taliban Tens of thousands of Afghans were unable to access UK help following the […]
Health secretary says cocaine trade causes ‘suffering, violence and exploitation at every stage’ Our strategy will reduce the misery of drugs | Sajid Javid Which top UK politicians have admitted to drug use? Sajid Javid has said recreational drug users are fuelling an international criminal enterprise, as the government announced […]