The war in Ukraine has entered its 100th day, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admits that Russia now controls about 20% of the country.
Dame Deborah James had a “special gift” which allowed her to have “difficult conversations” with the public that would ultimately save “countless lives”, a charity boss has said. The podcaster, who died on Tuesday, became a patron for Bowel Cancer UK following her diagnosis in 2016 and worked to raise money for and awareness of the charity. Its chief executive Genevieve Edwards told the PA news agency her legacy would live on through her campaigning work.
Maxwell enticed vulnerable teenagers to Jeffrey Epstein’s various properties for him to sexually abuse between 1994 and 2004.
Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner Peter McCall said fuel bills will have a significant impact on costs.
The European Commission vice-president warned that Northern Ireland Protocol Bill had set back progress on the issue by two years.
A look ahead to round 10 of the 2022 Formula 1 season at Silverstone
Lesia Tsurenko, from Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, spoke to journalists during a Wimbledon press conference.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fellow leaders promised to stand with Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’.
They won’t ever admit it but Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz know they got it wrong on Ukraine.
Dominic Raab winked at Angela Rayner as he mocked her over train strikes in a fiery clash at Prime Minister’s Questions.The Deputy Prime Minister suggested Ms Rayner was a “champagne socialist” for attending opera during the national rail walkout last week.Mr Raab’s actions were labelled “bizarre” while Labour MP Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) tweeted: “I will never unsee Dominic Raab’s wink from the despatch box at Angela Rayner. I feel soiled.”Ms Rayner replied on Twitter: “Imagine how I feel!”The moment came after Ms Rayner had quoted Mr Raab’s past view that people who use food banks “simply have a cash flow problem”.
Climate protesters have glued themselves to the frame of a painting in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and spray-painted their logo on the walls and floor of the building.
Proposals to rewrite the law take gender self-identification too far. Here’s the feminist case against, says writer Susanna Rustin
A multinational task force designed to seize Russian oligarchs' wealth has blocked and frozen 30 billion US dollars (£25 billion) in sanctioned individuals' property and funds in its first 100 days in operation, it has been reported.
Judge sets hearing for 12 July, meaning abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy can resume for at least two weeks
Firefighters with the Rochester Fire Department rescued three ducklings from a drain on June 28, the department said on Facebook.A local family called after they spotted the ducklings falling into the drain, local media reported. The family was able to rescue an additional duckling before it fell into the sewer, the report said. Credit: Rochester Fire Department via Storyful
Russia has denied targeting a shopping centre in Ukraine with missiles and claimed it was instead aiming for a nearby building it suspected was filled with weaponry. Its ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, insisted the Kremenchuk mall was empty, while describing the casualties as "collateral damage".
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO makes the alliance “larger, more European, and stronger” during her doorstep remarks at a NATO summit in Madrid on Wednesday, June 29.In video posted by the European Commission, Von der Leyen said, “Putin tried to divide us, but what he got is an even stronger alignment between the European Union and NATO. And therefore it is a good day for the transatlantic alliance, for the European Union, and for Finland and Sweden.”That day, NATO officially extended an invitation for Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO and agreed to sign the Accession Protocols. In a statement, the alliance said, “The accession of Finland and Sweden will make them safer, NATO stronger, and the Euro-Atlantic area more secure.” Credit: European Commission via Storyful
Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for a second Scottish independence referendum on October 19 2023, despite political opponents calling it a “pretend poll”. The vote’s legality will be determined by the Supreme Court in order to settle the argument about the Scottish Government’s right to hold a referendum, she said.
Sir Colin Blakemore, the former Oxford Professor of Physiology and head of the Medical Research Council, who has died aged 78, endured threats, letter bombs and even parcels of HIV-infected hypodermic needles sent to his children, yet he remained Britain’s most outspoken advocate of vivisection and became one of the country’s best-known scientists, campaigning on issues such as drugs policy and libel reform.
Fiasco involves automated system that has led to 200,000 government workers being overpaid, underpaid or not paid at all
Kyle Bevan denies the murder of Lola James, while the toddler’s mother, Sinead James, has pleaded not guilty to causing or allowing her death.
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