Figures in and around Hollywood express disappointment and frustration after the Pennsylvania supreme court’s decision The surprise reversal of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction by Pennsylvania’s highest court on Wednesday drew widespread shock and fury – particularly in and around Hollywood, where the comedian was once a sitcom titan known […]
Chief coroner says more than 300 deaths could be attributed to the extreme temperatures At least 486 sudden deaths were reported over five days during British Columbia’s unprecedented heatwave, suggesting the extreme weather that affected western Canada in recent days was far deadlier than initially believed. Typically, 165 sudden deaths […]
Tight security in Tiananmen Square as country marks CCP centenary and China’s president warns against oppression by ‘foreign forces’ 3.16am BST Our China affairs correspondent Vincent Ni has written about what today means for Xi and the CCP: Related: ‘Making China great again’: pomp and propaganda as CCP marks centenary […]
Public health expert’s report says Covid figures from Manchester reveal sharp decline in social conditions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson’s post-Covid levelling-up agenda will fail unless it addresses declining life expectancy and deteriorating social conditions in England’s poorest areas, a leading authority on public […]
Tory and Labour MPs back police protection for England’s chief medical officer after he was targeted twice over weekend Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage England’s chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, has been harassed four times in recent months, including by anti-lockdown protesters, prompting growing concerns […]
For England, it was always going to be about finding the moment, the one to blow apart a tight game, to cut through so much negative tournament history – particularly at the hands of Germany. And for long spells, as the tension rose to near unbearable levels at a raucous […]
Cross-party group says prioritising speed and relaxing controls meant increased exposure to potential abuses Taxpayers will lose tens of billions of pounds to Covid-19 support schemes because the government dropped basic fraud checks and rolled out the programmes in haste, a parliamentary report has claimed. The report, published by the […]
High political stakes in NI protocol shown in research released hours before unveiling of new UK-EU deal Voters in Northern Ireland are evenly split over the need for Brexit checks on goods coming in from Great Britain, a new survey has shown just hours before a new deal between the […]
Move means hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren will no longer have to stay at home after contact with Covid case Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hundreds of thousands of pupils will no longer have to automatically isolate after contact with a positive Covid case when schools […]
TUC takes legal advice over fake leaflets as Labour MP criticises some of own party’s literature The Batley and Spen byelection has descended into allegations of dirty tricks as Labour’s campaign was targeted by fake leaflets and the party was accused by one of its own MPs of using “dog-whistle […]