Guidance may replace legal requirements as Boris Johnson indicates UK must now live with the virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage No 10 is drawing up plans to phase out England’s remaining pandemic restrictions from as early as March as a beleaguered Boris Johnson signals to […]
Peers vote 242-185 for heavier penalties in England and Wales as ministers lose 14 divisions The House of Lords has voted to make misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales, in a night of several defeats for the government in the upper chamber. The law change would enable judges […]
Defence secretary says ‘support is for short-range and clearly defensive weapon capabilities’ Britain has begun supplying Ukraine with new light anti-tank weapons in response to “the increasingly threatening behaviour from Russia”, the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has announced. The ratcheting up of military support comes as the Kremlin continues to […]
Government insider says announcement about abolishing licence fee was not expected this weekend Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has been accused of targeting the BBC in a desperate attempt to save his own premiership, as the Labour leader insisted he had broken the law […]
Government announcement will force broadcaster to make deep cuts to its programme budgets The BBC will have to make deep cuts to its programme budgets after the government said the broadcaster’s funding would be frozen for the next two years, with the licence fee abolished completely in 2027. The culture […]
Two teenagers arrested in UK after suspect Malik Faisal Akram, 44, was killed when FBI stormed synagogue after 11-hour standoff US president Joe Biden has condemned a tense 11-hour hostage standoff at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday as “an act of terror”, as the FBI named the armed assailant […]
There is speculation that an agreement could avert ‘game of corporate chicken’ What will happen if Amazon stops accepting UK-issued Visa credit cards? Millions of people’s credit cards will stop working on Amazon’s UK website from this week – unless there is an 11th-hour resolution to a bitter dispute between […]
‘It’s as simple as that,’ Scott Morrison says, despite immigration minister not disputing tennis star’s belief he had valid vaccination exemption Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, says Novak Djokovic […]
Conservative MPs could force PM out within weeks after furious reaction to Downing Street gatherings Tory MPs will be ready in sufficient numbers to force Boris Johnson out of Downing Street within weeks if he tries to dodge responsibility for rule-breaking parties at No 10, the Observer has been told. […]
Serbian tennis star’s views on vaccination central to federal court case; Queensland tsunami alert cancelled but NSW remains on alert; Victoria records 13 Covid-19 deaths and 28,128 new cases; Perrottet warns of ‘difficult three weeks’ as NSW records 20 deaths and 34,660 new cases; Queensland records three deaths and 17,445 […]