While Peter R de Vries fights for life in an Amsterdam hospital the nation reflects on how to end the grip of drug gangs Five gunshots blasted like fireworks on a sunny evening, just behind Amsterdam’s busy Leidseplein. To the horror of the Netherlands, a cold-blooded shooting has left prominent […]
Barty wins 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 to seal second grand slam title Australian was ‘touch and go’ before the tournament There was nothing in the world that was going to stop Ashleigh Barty from taking the Wimbledon title she had arrived on these shores to claim. Not the weight of the […]
Angela Rayner says move by BBC board member Robbie Gibb shows ‘Tory cronyism’ at heart of corporation Labour is calling for the resignation of a BBC board member with close links to Downing Street after he was accused of trying to block an appointment on political grounds. The Financial Times […]
Serving officer Wayne Couzens is suspected of committing indecent exposure three times before murder A major chance to identify PC Wayne Couzens as a sex offender while he served as a constable may have been missed by police six years before he abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard, the Guardian […]
Privatised firm dumped billions of litres of raw sewage off north Kent and Hampshire coasts to avoid costs and penalties Timeline: from privatisation to pollution fines ‘The sea was milky white’: how the scandal unfolded Southern Water has been fined a record £90m for deliberately dumping billions of litres of […]
Mixture of resignation and anger on frontline, but bosses expect ‘slow burn’ rather than crippling pressure “NHS staff have a sense of dread about what’s around the corner. While we understand things need to open up some time, the timing feels like utter madness while we are so close to […]
Brussels’ accounts reveal amount expected, but London says: ‘We don’t recognise that figure’ The government has rejected claims it owes the European Union £41bn for a Brexit “divorce bill”, even as it emerged the first payments have been made. Brussels and Westminster reopened a dispute about the size of the […]
Another 62 people remain unaccounted for as rescue workers in Surfside focus on finding remains instead of survivors The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 78 on Friday, a number the mayor called “heartbreaking” and “staggering” as recovery workers toiled for a 16th day […]
Figure of £40.8bn buried in EU’s 2020 accounts dismissed by UK as not reflecting amount it will pay The UK’s Brexit “divorce bill” is €47.5bn (£40.8bn) according to estimates from Brussels that are higher than the government’s forecasts. The first tranche, €6.8bn, is due for payment by the end of […]
Lashkar Gah still under control of government forces but local activist says city is under siege As Boris Johnson announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters pressed in on the capital of Helmand province, once the centre of the UK’s presence there. Militants are less than […]