In October 2019 Facebook put out a press release after its founder made a speech. The headline was “Mark Zuckerberg stands for voice and free expression”. Today, that document could stand for the sort of unironic doublespeak that Facebook...
A dossier compiled by a former MI6 officer and leaked to the Daily Telegraph claims that Lord Mandelson was considered a “privileged contact” by Russian intelligence. The report, codenamed Project Fish, was written by Christopher Steele,...
Members of the British Medical Association have voted to accept a new deal for resident doctors in England and Wales, ending three years of strikes. The doctors will receive a pay rise of 3.5% this year, rising to 6.6% in 2027, while the...
Asylum seekers could be ordered to pay about £10,000 once they start earning to cover their accommodation and benefit bills before they are eligible for settlement in the UK, under a law before MPs. The means-tested scheme was compared by...
At least 30 people were killed in a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv. Several areas were evacuated and some 52,000 people took shelter in underground stations. President Volodymyr Zelensky said lives could have been saved if their...
Two teenagers who raped two girls in Hampshire and filmed their abuse have had their sentences increased to four years in prison by the court of appeal. The boys had originally been given a youth rehabilitation order and restraining order,...
The Vatican has excommunicated four bishops who were consecrated without papal authority along with members of the conservative Society of Saint Pius X who took part in the ceremony, described as a “schismatic act”. The society was...
German workers will be required to get a medical certificate on the first day of any illness, signed in person by a doctor, to certify that they need time off work. Previously, they could get a sick note over the telephone on their third...