Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi defends Prime Minister Boris Johnson despite the loss of almost 400 councillors in the local elections.
Australians head to the polls on Saturday to vote in a national election that shows the Opposition ahead in opinion polls. The Labor Party is narrowly ahead of the ruling conservative coalition although a strong showing by climate-focused independents could lead to a hung parliament. Opposition leader Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor Party is a favourite to win its first election since 2007.
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East MP Stuart McDonald won the private members’ Bill ballot.
Charles Leclerc dominated the opening two practice sessions for the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday to suggest Ferrari’s new upgrades will help take the title fight to Red Bull. Leclerc topped the timesheets for the opening hour-long session followed just hundredths of a second behind by teammate Carlos Sainz.
Ukraine has received roughly $530 million in U.S. and British grants from a fund set up by the World Bank for donations to the Kyiv government in the wake of Russia's invasion, the finance ministry said. The U.S. donated around $500 million and Britain 24 million pounds ($30 million) and the money had now arrived in the state budget, the finance ministry statement late on Thursday said. The U.S. Senate approved nearly $40 billion of additional aid for Ukraine on Thursday, and the Group of Seven advanced economies agreed to provide Ukraine with over $18 billion in funds.
Sue Gray’s long-awaited report expected as soon as next week
Boris Johnson confronted by journalist over Tory party's 'toxic culture'
Johnny Depp’s former friend says Marilyn Manson isn’t to blame for actor’s drug use
Analysis of the faeces found at the site of a prehistoric village near the monument has uncovered evidence of the eggs of parasitic worms.
Ancient faeces found near Stonehenge show its builders may have dined on badly cooked cow offal during epic winter feasts. The bizarre find at Durrington Walls, just 2.8km from the ancient stones in Wiltshire, dates from 2,500 BC, when much of Stonehenge was constructed. This, say a team of archaeologists, suggests the inhabitants feasted on the internal organs of cattle and fed leftovers to their dogs.
A cortege followed as a horse-drawn hearse arrived at the church for the funeral of Katie Kenyon.
Derbyshire potter and publican who reinvented traditional ceramics and founded the Wardlow Mires Pottery and Food festival
‘The Underground Railroad’ author joked he would dedicate his speaking time to a discussion of Critical Race Theory as he kicked off the inaugural event in New Mexico
Mr Bayoh died on Sunday May 3 2015 after he was detained by officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
PM says Australians ‘need to vote Liberal and Nationals’ so he can stop future boats, despite Labor’s identical policy on boat turnbacks
Stanley Johnson said he was applying for the passport to maintain his ties with the European Union after Brexit
I CANNOT believe the naivety of Iain Macwhirter and Guy Stenhouse in advocating Scotland’s retention of nuclear weapons nor the distasteful language they use in dismissing our First Minister’s speech in Washington as “nonsense” and “twaddle” (Macwhirter, “Somebody remind Sturgeon that Nato is a nuclear alliance”, Stenhouse, “Wishful thinking from SNP won’t keep us safe in a dangerous world”, both May 18).
There were a record 177 billionaires in the country, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
Yesterday it was announced that inflation has risen to 9% in April, with it rising at the fastest rate in 40 years.
Action movie’s original 2020 release was delayed by the pandemic
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