The impact of Storm Arwen on the power network has been “unprecedented”, Energy Secretary Michael Matheson has said. The Scottish Government minister said the number of faults across the network was around three times higher than in the Beast from the East...
Downing Street today insisted that Boris Johnson complies with all rules on mask-wearing after a report that he was spotted in the theatre with his face uncovered. An audience member at Tuesday night’s performance of Macbeth at the Almeida Theatre in north London told The...
Theresa May has blasted Boris Johnson’s government for a “misplaced, ill-judged and just plain wrong” attempt to save Owen Paterson from punishment for sleaze, telling MPs that the botched attempt to dodge standards rules had damaged the reputation of parliament. The former prime minister was...
Under-fire MP Sir Geoffrey Cox is reportedly renting out a London home that taxpayers helped fund while also claiming £1,900 a month for a second home in the capital. It comes after Labour demanded a probe amid the allegation the former Conservative attorney general...
Boris Johnson was forced into an extraordinary U-turn during yet another “sleaze” storm following his attempt to save a Conservative MP from suspension while trying to rip up conduct rules. Owen Paterson resigned as Tory MP after No 10 promised the Commons...
Three refugees are arguing the UAE funded war crimes by ISIS terrorists in the Syrian civil war in a landmark case in British legal history. The men, who are from Syria but are now asylum seekers in the UK, claim Arab officials...
Hopes for a breakthrough on tackling the climate crisis at Cop26 are fading after Boris Johnson admitted he is “very worried” the summit will fail and it was revealed poor nations will not receive the $100bn of help they were promised until 2023 – three years...
Police confirmed a man had grabbed the dog's lead from the woman. He then proceeded to press a sharp object into the woman's arm, police said. The incident occurred at 2.45pm at Herringthorpe Playing Fields in Rotherham. The woman managed...
The UK's new security agreement with the US and Australia will make it safer and could create hundreds of new jobs, the new foreign secretary has said. The pact, known as Aukus, will see Australia being given the technology to...
The UK government must allow retailers to recruit HGV drivers from abroad to avoid a supply chain crisis that could ruin Christmas, a senior supermarket chain boss has warned. Richard Walker, Iceland’s managing director, said the UK faced a shortage of...
