Cop26 president says nations will have to ‘explain to climate-vulnerable countries why they did what they did’ India and China will “have to explain themselves to poor nations” after watering down the Glasgow climate pact, warned the Cop26 president, Alok Sharma, adding that their actions had left him “deeply frustrated”. […]
Exclusive: Oxfordshire-based Emergex gets go-ahead for trials in Switzerland for skin patch vaccine Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage An Oxfordshire-based company will soon start clinical trials of a second-generation vaccine against Covid-19, an easy-to-administer skin patch that uses T-cells to kill infected cells and could offer […]
Living Wage Foundation’s minimum rate rises by 40p to £9.90 an hour, largely due to higher fuel costs and rents More than 300,000 workers in the UK will get a pay rise from Monday as the charity behind the voluntary real living wage raises the minimum hourly rate amid growing […]
Glasgow climate pact adopted despite last-minute intervention by India to water down language on phasing out dirtiest fossil fuel Cop26: the goal of 1.5C of climate heating is alive, but only just Countries have agreed a deal on the climate crisis that its backers said would keep within reach the […]
Exclusive: boosters to be offered five months after second dose as part of major change to vaccination rollout programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The government is to allow people to have their Covid booster jab after five months, a month sooner than under the current […]
• I’ll be your throttle, he told Arcuri as mayor • Diaries could reopen misconduct inquiry Extraordinary details of how Boris Johnson allegedly overruled the advice of staff to promote the business interests of his former lover Jennifer Arcuri and win her affections are revealed in previously unpublished diary extracts […]
Starmer’s party is 1 point ahead in new poll, following Tory sleaze and second-job rows Labour has recorded its first poll lead over the Conservatives for almost a year in the wake of the row over Tory sleaze and second jobs, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer. […]
Richard Ratcliffe walks away with head held high and huge support after 21-day hunger strike Surrounded by brightly painted pebbles, posters and paintings calling for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release, Richard Ratcliffe brought his 21-day hunger strike to an end on Saturday, clinging on to hope his actions have made a difference […]
Exclusive: Costa del Sol property firms owned by Goldsmith family ordered to pay €24m in unpaid taxes and fines The luxury villa where Boris Johnson stayed on holiday last month is linked to Costa del Sol property businesses owned by Zac Goldsmith’s family that engaged in a multimillion-pound tax evasion […]
Musician regains independence after legal arrangement denied her right to make key life decisions A judge has approved the termination of Britney Spears’s conservatorship, freeing the pop star from the controversial legal arrangement that has controlled her life for nearly 14 years. The ruling marks an extraordinary victory for the […]