Ceremony began as the most downbeat in Olympic history but finished in spectacular fashion Tokyo Olympics – live updates Amid the darkness of the Tokyo skyline, a moment of hope and raging illumination. After nearly four hours of an opening ceremony that veered from the sombre to the spectacular, the […]
Parents of Fatuma Kadir plead with her to let them know she’s safe as police say they are ‘extremely concerned’ for her welfare Police are searching for a missing 11-year-old girl who travelled to London from Greater Manchester overnight. The parents of Fatuma Kadir from Bolton have urged her to […]
Family of missing British hiker have been informed of report and are seeking ‘urgent clarification’, says charity representing them The charity representing the family of British hiker Esther Dingley says it is seeking urgent clarification after reports emerged that possible human remains had been found close to where the woman […]
Separate pilot daily testing programme will be expanded to up to 500 food and drink supply chain employers Workers from 16 key sectors including health, transport and energy will not have to isolate after being pinged by the NHS Covid app, as it was revealed that more than 600,000 people […]
NHS leaders dismayed over having to divert care money as Treasury exempted from meeting full offer Ministers are forcing the NHS to cover part of the cost of its 3% staff pay rise in a move which health service chiefs say could lead to cuts in patient care. The NHS […]
Police officers in England and Wales furious at pay freeze after months on frontline of Covid crisis Rank-and-file police officers have overwhelmingly supported a vote of no confidence in the home secretary, Priti Patel, the first such move in more than a decade. In a scathing announcement, the Police Federation […]
Lords report calls on the government to ensure support remains in place to help late applicants secure their status Significant numbers of Europeans in the UK aged over 65 failed to apply to the EU settlement scheme (EUSS) before the deadline, a parliamentary report has found, warning that this could […]
Director William Burns has initiated a taskforce to investigate the syndrome and tripled the size of the medical team involved About 100 CIA officers and family members are among about 200 US officials and kin sickened by “Havana syndrome”, the CIA director, William Burns, said on Thursday, referring to the […]
Rise is three times higher than initial 1% offer but nurses likely to reject award and may take industrial action in protest Ministers have offered more than 1 million NHS staff in England a 3% pay rise, three times higher than its initial 1% offer which sparked fury among frontline […]
Member of the House of Lords and Briton once detained in UAE among those appearing in database A member of the House of Lords is among more than 400 people whose UK mobile phone numbers appear in a leaked list of numbers identified by NSO Group’s client governments between 2017 […]