The coronavirus inquiry will be conducted “as speedily as possible” so lessons can be learned before another pandemic strikes, the chairwoman of the probe has pledged. Baroness Heather Hallett said preliminary hearings will begin as soon as September this year, ahead of substantive public hearings starting in late spring 2023.
The Tory leadership contender also insisted he is not out of the race, as many members are yet to make up their minds.
A man has died after being mauled by a dog in a park in a town near Portsmouth. Hampshire Police said they had arrested a 20 year-old man from Fareham on suspicion of being the owner or person in charge of a dangerously out of control dog causing injury resulting in death. The dog was also secured and removed from the scene.
Extradition proceedings for an alleged US fugitive who is said to have faked his own death to escape sex charges have been delayed for another week after he instructed a new solicitor.
There is something indisputably dark and even seedy about what’s happening across our media landscape
Boris Johnson has doubled down on his insistence that it is for his successor to "make significant fiscal decisions" after talks with energy bosses ended with no new measures to ease the cost of living crisis. But Labour accused the government of showing a lack of urgency and of being "missing in action".
Erik ten Hag expects Marcus Rashford to remain at Manchester United amid speculation linking the forward with Paris St Germain. Reports in France suggest Rashford’s representatives have spoken to PSG about a switch to the Ligue 1 champions after a frustrating year at Old Trafford.
Government officials were reportedly concerned information was ‘potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands’
Karen Dunbar teamed up with Glasgow Girls Club to create a ‘Good in Glasgow’ platform that will “shine the spotlight” on heart-warming projects.
The alert will be implemented just six hours after an amber extreme heat warning ends on Sunday
Christine McGuinness reveals recently family death ‘hit harder’ than she expected
Immigration authorities say former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who last month fled anti-government protests in his country, has left Singapore
A waterspout was spotted off the coast of Destin, Florida, on Thursday, August 11.This footage posted to Facebook by Eric J Westbrook shows the waterspout spinning in the distance. Other social media users posted similar videos of the phenomenon.“That is nuts, man. It’ll be raining fish here soon,” Westbrook says in the background of the video.According to the National Weather Service, waterspouts are similar to tornadoes over water. Onlookers should never move closer to investigate a waterspout as they can be just as dangerous as tornadoes, the NWS said. Credit: Eric J Westbrook via Storyful
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Tyson Fury has announced his second retirement from boxing after failing to entice Derek Chisora into a trilogy fight. The 34-year-old revealed he would step back into the ring and had publicly revealed he was keen to face Chisora, who he has twice beaten before. Fury turned 34 on Friday and posted a message on social media saying: "Massive thanks to everyone who had an input in my career over the years & after long hard conversations (I’ve finally) decided to walk away & on my 34th birthday I say Bon voyage."
A second firefighter has died in Cuba, where crews have controlled a massive blaze that began last week at a key oil storage facility amid a deepening energy crisis
With Scotland recording the biggest increase in home working of all the UK regions during the first quarter of this year, one recruitment expert is warning of a growing divide between the “haves” and “have-nots” of hybrid employment.
The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to the highest level since records began 15 years ago, while victims of crime are facing long delays for their cases to be heard in court. As Conservative Party members chose a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson this summer, the problems his successor will have to deal with are stacking up. Last month, 6.7 million people were waiting to start treatment in Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS), the highest number since records began in August 2007, new data released on Thursday showed.
Authorities are investigating the motives of an armed man who they say tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office, fled, and was shot and died hours later in a rural standoff with law enforcement
New York State Police have named the suspected attacker of Sir Salman Rushdie as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, who was taken into custody following the incident.Source: PA
A mother who suffered ten miscarriages in the space of seven years says employers need to be more understanding towards parents dealing with their “traumatic loss.”
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