Statement confirms involvement of 12 clubs Uefa, Premier League and politicians condemn proposal European football was thrown into turmoil on Sunday night after new plans for a European super league were revealed that would mean six English clubs – Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham – joining […]
Calls for clarity about Lord Prior’s involvement with Greensill as former PM David Cameron is under fire The Conservative peer who chairs NHS England is facing demands to explain why he helped arrange for Greensill Capital to lobby senior health service bosses, with Labour describing his role as “shocking”. David […]
Retiring head of Merseyside force says if he had £5bn he would spend 20% on policing and 80% on cutting poverty Cutting poverty and inequality is the best way to reduce crime, a police chief has said, calling for more money for deprived areas to thwart criminals’ attempts to recruit […]
If all goes to plan, craft will ascend to 10 feet above the surface of Mars, hover for 30 seconds, then rotate before descending Nasa on Monday will attempt to fly a miniature helicopter above the surface of Mars in what would be the first powered, controlled flight of an […]
NSPCC fears end-to-end encryption of messages will make tools that identify grooming and images of abuse useless Home secretary Priti Patel will call for tech companies including Facebook to “live up to their moral duty” and do more to safeguard children in a roundtable discussion about end-to-end message encryption. Major […]
Prime minister ‘will lose trust of ex-Labour supporters’ over Cameron lobbying scandal, leading Tory Sir Bernard Jenkin says Boris Johnson will lose the trust of former Labour voters who helped put him in Downing Street unless he tackles the burgeoning sleaze crisis now threatening to engulf his government and the […]
News follows announcement of expulsion of 18 Russia diplomats identified as spies linked to 2014 blast that killed two people Czech police said on Saturday they were seeking two Russian men in connection with a 2014 blast that killed two people. The men, they said, hold passports used by the […]
Social distancing, face masks and only 30 mourners at service for the Duke of Edinburgh When future historians come to retell the story of the pandemic, the image of the Queen sitting alone, masked and in mourning, will surely rank among the most poignant. The Duke of Edinburgh’s final farewell […]
Actor did not want her professional or charitable work overshadowed by illness in final weeks, says friend Helen McCrory, the Peaky Blinders actor who died from cancer on Friday, “swore friends to secrecy” as she underwent treatment, her friend Carrie Cracknell has revealed. Cracknell, who directed McCrory in a 2014 […]
World’s biggest polluters release joint commitment to climate action following John Kerry visit to Shanghai The US and China are “committed to cooperating” on the pressing issue of climate change, the two sides said in a joint statement Saturday, following a visit to Shanghai by US climate envoy John Kerry. […]