Category: News
Starmer warned against approving oilfield after Labour unease over Heathrow
Senior Labour figures are warning of a serious fight if Keir Starmer tries to give the go-ahead to a giant new oilfield off Shetland later [more…]
Case of last wrongly convicted Stockwell Six member referred to court of appeal
The last convicted member of the Stockwell Six, a group of young black men falsely accused of trying to rob a corrupt police officer more [more…]
Prince Andrew adviser’s letter to alleged China spy reveals closeness of ties
The full text of a gushing letter written by Prince Andrew’s adviser to alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo reveals how intimate the relationship between the [more…]
Trump special envoy to meet in Venezuela with Nicolás Maduro
A Donald Trump special envoy has flown to Venezuela to hold talks with its authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, fuelling fresh speculation of a possible deal [more…]
Judicial review must be heard on how UK can sell F-35 parts to Israel, judge rules
A high court judge has ruled a judicial review must be quickly heard on government claims that national security entitles ministers to sell parts for [more…]
Tell us: what has been your experience of Royal Mail deliveries?
Royal Mail is set to be allowed to deliver second-class letters on alternate weekdays and to stop Saturday deliveries under proposals to shake up postal [more…]
‘I curse this war’: hunger and fear in Goma after rebel takeover
People living in Goma on the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern border with Rwanda have spoken of their fear and acute hunger after the [more…]
Weather tracker: Elvis shakes Madagascar after Europe’s triple threat
A compact and stationary area of low pressure brought a sustained period of heavy rain to southern parts of Madagascar this week, with weather stations [more…]
M23 rebels push south from Goma as DRC leader calls for military recruits
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has pushed south from Goma, the border city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that it captured this week, [more…]
British-Egyptian dissident mulls giving up citizenship over failure to be released
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British-Egyptian political dissident held in a Cairo jail for more than five years, has reached such a state of despair over [more…]
