In this issue

June 07, 2024

Pressure on Tories to return £15m donations after new Hester claims

The Conservative party is facing questions over its decision to keep more than £15m given by its biggest ever donor, Frank Hester, after former employees made a series of fresh allegations.

4 mins

'Nowhere to go' Missiles strike UN school used as shelter in Gaza

Israel bombed a UN school sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians in central Gaza in the early hours of yesterday morning, killing at least 33 people including 23 women and children, according to hospital records and a witness.

3 mins

Fears for missing TV doctor Mosley

A search is under way for the TV doctor and newspaper columnist Michael Mosley, who went missing after going on a coastal walk on the Greek island of Symi.

2 mins

EU elections Bloc braces for a new reality as hard right seek big gains

When the results of the European parliamentary W elections start to emerge on Sunday night, polls suggest they will show that the world's only directly elected transnational assembly will have tilted unambiguously to the right.

3 mins

Poo flies south, and K-pop north as Korea balloon wars' intensify

The \"balloon wars\" between the two Koreas have intensified after activists in the South said they had sent balloons carrying antiNorth Korean propaganda over the countries' heavily armed border.

1 min

Henry fears 'many black dramas' will be axed after just one series

Lenny Henry says \"many black dramas\" are being axed after one series, with his Windrush ITV drama Three Little Birds being the latest victim.

3 mins

Public services Parties must come clean over scale of crisis - thinktank

Political parties must be honest about the immediate crisis of collapsing public services facing the next government, according to a hard-hitting report that lays bare the crisis affecting the NHS, criminal justice system, prisons and local government.

3 mins

Capital gains Reeves under pressure to raise tax rate

Rachel Reeves is under pressure from Labour shadow ministers to raise capital gains tax as part of an autumn budget at which the shadow chancellor is considering up to a dozen new revenue-raising measures.

2 mins

Antisemitism Lawsuit over report leak abandoned

Labour has withdrawn a costly lawsuit against five former staffers accused of leaking an internal report on antisemitism and \"conspiring\" against Keir Starmer.

2 mins

'An absolute priority': Kendall vows to investigate carer's allowance scandal

Unpaid carers being left with crippling debts and threatened with prosecution after Department for Work and Pensions overpayments is \"unforgivable\" and would be investigated by a Labour government, the shadow work and pensions secretary has told the Guardian.

3 mins

'Good grief.It's you!' Evil penguin is back for new instalment

The evil penguin Feathers McGraw, who terrorised audiences in the 1993 Bafta- and Oscar-winning short The Wrong Trousers, will return to play a central role in the Wallace and Gromit film series.

2 mins

Actor Jeannette Charles, Queen Elizabeth II impersonator, dies aged 96

Jeannette Charles, the British actor best known for her striking resemblance to Queen Elizabeth II, which landed her roles in The Naked Gun, Austin Powers and a host of TV shows, has died at the age of 96.

1 min

Two-year-old found next to father's body died of dehydration, inquest hears

Two-year-old Bronson Battersby, who was found dead next to his father's body at their home after not being seen for several days, died from dehydration, a coroner's court heard yesterday.

1 min

'I was a boy' D-day veterans honour comrades as king urges free nations to stand together

It was not the profound silence of the moment of reflection, broken only by gentle birdsong, or even the spectacular sweeping flypast from the Red Arrows that left deep red, blue and white trails hanging in the sky, that most stirred the thousand people honouring the events of 80 years ago among the white French Massangis stone of the British Normandy memorial.

3 mins

'We will not go away' Demolitions in the desert leave Bedouins homeless

Under the unrelenting heat of the Negev desert, for the fifth time in the last two weeks, Tayaeer Abu Asda has set up an improvised tent that will serve as a temporary home for his wife and five children for at least the next three days.

3 mins

'Emotionally it's difficult' Mobilisation squads face hostility on streets of Kyiv

When Pavlo Pimakhov and Yuriy Pikhota walk through the suburbs of Kyiv, men who spot them approaching from afar often turn on their heels and scurry off.

4 mins

Allies demand cabinet seats as Modi tries to form government

Narendra Modi is facing the first test of coalition politics after his Bharatiya Janata party lost its outright majority in India's election, with smaller allies emerging as powerful kingmakers in the formation of the government.

2 mins

Is Great British Energy a great idea? It will be a nice thing to have but don't expect miracles

Great British Energy, Labour's proposed publicly owned energy company, scores well with voters, according to the pollsters, and one can understand why.

2 mins

Officials considered sacking Post Office chief 10 years ago

UK government officials expressed serious doubts about Paula Vennells' suitability as the chief executive of the Post Office and considered sacking her in 2014, five years before she resigned, the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has heard.

2 mins

Swiatek crushes Gauff to set up final with Paolini

In recent years, Coco Gauff has found herself reflecting on the long-term relationships tennis forges.

3 mins

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