Police say four-year-old recovered after they broke into a house about 1am and a man is in custody Cleo Smith live updates: Western Australia police speak after missing four-year-old girl found alive Follow live updates of all today’s other news Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing […]
Commons spending watchdog says out of 20 projects, 13 were running late by a cumulative total of 21 years The Ministry of Defence’s system of procurement is “broken” and is repeatedly wasting billions in taxpayers’ money, according to a scathing assessment by a watchdog committee of MPs. The Public Accounts […]
Analysis of 400 studies found risk of secondary cancer ranges from 6% to 22% depending on different factors Women diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 35 face a higher risk of it spreading, according to the first global study of its kind. Breast cancer is the most common […]
Historic declaration at Cop26 commits countries to ending major cause of CO2 emissions World leaders have agreed a deal that aims to halt and reverse global deforestation over the next decade as part of a multibillion-dollar package to tackle human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Xi Jinping, Jair Bolsonaro and Joe Biden […]
UK was braced for immediate measures but French president says ‘talks need to continue’ France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has shelved his threat to clog up UK exports and ban its fishers from landing catches at French ports from midnight in a dispute over access to British fishing waters, as his […]
Study reveals scale of impact that poverty, racism and discrimination has on women and babies Thousands of babies in England are being born prematurely, smaller than expected or stillborn because of “alarming” and “devastating” socioeconomic and racial inequalities across the country, a landmark study has suggested. Both are known risk […]
Potentially fatal, hemlock water dropwort smells and looks like parsnip Plants that look and smell like parsnips but are highly poisonous and potentially deadly have been washed up on beaches in Cumbria after the recent stormy weather. Coastguards have warned people to avoid the plants called hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe […]
UK experts say accusing Giuffre of seeking a ‘payday’ at prince’s expense is risky Prince Andrew’s attacks on Virginia Giuffre’s character in an attempt to get her sexual assault lawsuit against him thrown out may fail and risk doing further damage to his reputation, British lawyers have said. Having initially […]
UK PM says climate crisis talks at G20 over weekend only ‘inched forward’ The Cop26 climate summit is at serious risk of failure because countries are still not promising enough to restrict global temperature rises to below 1.5C, Boris Johnson has warned. In a blunt admission after two days of […]
French president criticises Scott Morrison and expresses scepticism that Aukus pact will deliver on schedule Emmanuel Macron has accused the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, of lying to him over an abandoned $90bn submarine contract, in a significant escalation of tensions between Paris and Canberra. The French president levelled the […]