Our resident cartoonist on this summer’s Women’s European Championship and the sometimes bumpy journey to get here
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Activists target London HQ of Rupert Murdoch’s media company after UK weather treated as upbeat story Extinction Rebellion protesters have smashed windows at the London headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s media company, in protest at his outlets’ coverage of the climate crisis. Activists targeted the News UK building next to London Bridge station early this morning, […]
Potts and Adil Rashid to come into England side in Durham Coach says new captain having a ‘baptism of fire’ in role England will hand Matt Potts an ODI debut and recall Adil Rashid at the earliest opportunity amid an insistence from their white-ball head coach, Matthew Mott, that it is too soon to make […]
Predicted wind gusts could cause fire to jump containment lines as crews in New Mexico try to stop growth of US’s biggest wildfire Warnings of critical fire conditions are peppered across much of the US south-west this weekend, as crews in northern New Mexico worked to stop the growth of the nation’s largest active wildfire. […]
DP World Tour is expected to prevent LIV Golf players such as Phil Mickelson from playing the Scottish Open in July The latest move in golf’s epic power struggle is likely to see those rebels who have committed to the LIV Series prevented from playing in the Scottish Open. Although still to be completely finalised, […]
Kira Obedinsky, 12, was taken to Russian-controlled Donetsk after being injured in a blast in Mariupol that killed her father Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates A 12-year-old orphan from Mariupol, who ended up in Russian-controlled Donetsk after being injured in a blast that killed her father, has been discharged from a children’s hospital in Kyiv […]
Ukraine braces for revenge attacks after Russian warship Moskva sunk; bodies of more than 900 civilians found in Kyiv region Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The captain of the Russian warship Moskva has been killed during the attack that sank it, Ukraine has claimed. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Kyiv’s ministry of internal affairs, said Anton […]
The combination of BA.2 and BA.1 is thought to be highly contagious and comes as mandatory negative Covid tests for travellers to Australia is scrapped See all our coronavirus coverage Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Health authorities are urging caution following the emergence of a hybrid Omicron variant of Covid-19 […]
A 2013 meeting at an LA hotel was not a scheme to depose Paul Kagame but an intricate but abortive FBI sting The would-be plot to topple the Rwandan government was supposed to have been hatched on the eighth floor of a Los Angeles hotel. Representatives of a shadowy Chinese mining company had taken over […]
Leicester court found gross negligence at Greenfeeds Ltd led to deaths of Nathan Walker and Gavin Rawson in 2016 The managers of a food waste plant have been imprisoned and the company fined £2m after two staff members drowned in a tanker of pig feed. Nathan Walker, 19, died after falling into the tanker while […]
Sir Graham Brady, chair of the Conservative 1922 Committee, is announcing the results of the first ballot. Rishi Sunak – 88 votes Penny Mordaunt – 67 Liz Truss – 50 Kemi Badenoch – 40 Tom Tugendhat – 37 Suella Braverman – 32 Nadhim Zahawi – 25 Jeremy Hunt – 18 He says that means Hunt […]
ONS estimates suggest 2,585,400 people in the UK were infected in the week to 26 July The UK’s latest wave of Covid continued to subside at the end of last month, with infections falling by more than half a million for the second week running, according to the Office for National Statistics. Estimates from the […]
Host of November’s summit wants focus to be on ‘moving from pledges to implementation’ Financial assistance for developing countries must be at the top of the agenda for UN climate talks later this year, the host country Egypt has made clear, as governments will be required to follow through on promises made at the Cop26 […]
Can books unite us in divided times? Writers appearing at this year’s Hay Festival recommend the best reading to reconnect us Jennifer Egan: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier Lanier’s provocatively titled book may in itself appear divisive, but the tools for unity are abundant within this brief […]
Former health secretary says he has now recovered as he prepares to take part in Race for Life charity run The former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed he had cancer and has since recovered. The Conservative MP said he would be taking part in a 5km race to raise money for cancer charities after […]
Same pay for same work on same day a ‘landmark’ deal, says NZC Men will still earn more due to number of matches played New Zealand’s women’s cricketers will be paid the same as their male counterparts after a “landmark agreement” was reached to close the gender pay gap across all formats and competitions. From […]
Prix de Diane at Chantilly goes to Gosden youngster Nashwa holds off late surge from 50-1 La Parisienne Nashwa provided Hollie Doyle with her first Classic success after a thrilling victory in the Prix de Diane at Chantilly. So impressive in winning her first two starts of the season at Haydock and Newbury, the Frankel […]
