Respondents say their trust in both Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond dented by Holyrood inquiry Most Scots would vote to remain in the UK if an independence referendum were held tomorrow, a new poll has found. The survey of 1,015 Scots suggests that 46% would vote against Scottish independence, compared […]
Nurses leaders set up industrial action fund as Tory MPs fear another U-turn by the government Ministers are on a collision course with millions of NHS staff as they insisted the country could not afford a more than 1% pay rise for health workers even as nurses leaders raised the […]
Labour accuses Boris Johnson of spending on ‘vanity projects’ while pressing for 1% pay rise for NHS workers Downing Street has spent more than £2.6m on renovations to hold White House-style press briefings – prompting a call for Boris Johnson to “hang his head in shame” given the 1% pay […]
Previously unknown individual who tested positive for variant located in south London after massive search Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A person who tested positive for the Brazilian variant of Covid has been tracked down to Croydon and appears not to have infected anyone else, the […]
Vehicle had no problem going 6.5 metres, turning and backing up, then photographed its own wheel marks on planet’s surface Nasa’s Mars rover Perseverance has taken a short drive two weeks after touching down, mission managers have said. The six-wheeled, car-sized probe went 6.5 metres (21.3 feet) during a half-hour […]
Two men arrested in connection with tragedy in Ynyswen, Rhondda Cynon Taf A 16-year-old girl has died after emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing in a small Welsh village. Two men have been arrested in connection with the tragedy in Ynyswen in Rhondda Cynon Taf and were […]
Richer areas with Conservative MPs prioritised for help, Guardian analysis finds A fund intended to boost the UK’s most deprived places appears overwhelmingly skewed towards Tory-held areas, with dozens of Conservative regions in the top tier for assistance despite being relatively affluent, a Guardian analysis has found. Among 93 English […]
Residents on North Island instructed to evacuate after three earthquakes felt across the country in one day Follow our live blog on the New Zealand earthquakes Thousands of people have been told they can return home after being evacuated from coastal areas of New Zealand’s North Island in the wake […]
Row continues between EU and drug firm after shortfall in vaccine deliveries to bloc Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Italy has blocked the export of 250,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia in an escalation of a row with the Anglo-Swedish company. In the first […]
School Prints campaign ‘will tell black children they should expect to see themselves in galleries’ A project that will place work by six prominent black artists in schools has the potential to transform how children think about art and who can be an artist, according to its participants. The Hepworth […]