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Badenoch says 10% of civil servants are ‘very bad’ and jokes they are ‘should be in prison bad’ – UK politics live
6.36pm.) Robert Jenrick has almost caught up with Badenoch in terms of popularity with members, a poll suggests. (See 9.37am.) 1.01pm.James Cleverly or Tom Tugendhat.the [more…]
Covid inquiry told how putting on PPE delayed treatment of dying patients
Dying patients experienced vital delays in being treated by paramedics because of the time it took ambulance crews to put on protective personal equipment, the [more…]
Treasury asking ministers to draw up billions of pounds of infrastructure cuts
Ministers are being asked to draw up billions of pounds in cuts to infrastructure projects over the next 18 months despite Rachel Reeves pledging to [more…]
Man arrested after bow and arrow found in car parked next to House of Lords
A man has been arrested after a bow and arrow were found in a car parked next to the House of Lords. The Metropolitan police [more…]
Met settles £1m civil case after wrongful arrest of black bank manager in 2017
A black executive who sued the Metropolitan police for £1m has told of the “bitter-sweet moment” of reaching a settlement with the force after alleging [more…]
Many feared dead after fire on school bus in Thailand
A devastating fire has torn through a bus carrying 44 students and teachers on a school trip outside Bangkok, with up to 25 feared dead. [more…]
Seoul crowd crush police sent to jail for deadly failings in Itaewon disaster
A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that [more…]
Parrots overwhelm Argentinian town with screeching, poo and power outages
The town of Hilario Ascasubi near Argentina’s eastern Atlantic coast has a parrot problem. Thousands of the green, yellow and red birds have invaded, driven [more…]
‘Do they take us for fools?’: Argentina vice-president lambasts Falklands pact
Argentina’s vice-president has lambasted a new UK-Argentina Falkland Islands agreement, saying her nation had been offered “crumbs”. The pact, announced last week, includes resuming flights [more…]
Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Hall of Famer and humanitarian, dies at 58
Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, whose towering presence dominated basketball on and off the court, has died from brain cancer at the age of [more…]
