Science » 1 week ago
Police and military personnel were seen helping people evacuate the highway connecting Jerusalem to Tel Aviv as wildfires raged. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, declared the situation a national emergency as the fire threatened to reach the city. Israel’s Magen David Adom ...
Politics » 1 week ago
Labour face first electoral test since general election with more than 1,600 council seats up for grabsOne of the signs that Bluesky is functioning as a decent alternative to Elon Musk’s X is the fact that it has become a decent source for #dogsatpollingstations. Here are...
Politics » 1 week ago
Decline in output and new orders in April allied with rising uncertainty is prompting layoffs, survey finds...
Politics » 1 week ago
County councils across England are being elected on 1 May, along with four regional mayors. Find out which areas are voting and search for your ownIn many other years, the first set of local elections with a new government and prime minister in place would be scrutinised ...
Politics » 1 week ago
All eyes on Reform as 24 councils, six mayoralties and a parliamentary byelection are contestedPolling has opened across England in a series of local, mayoral and parliamentary races that will be the first major electoral test of Keir Starmer’s Labour government....
Politics » 1 week ago
Exclusive: Sun reporter also wrote that former MP ‘must die’, according to claims in newly disclosed documentRebekah Brooks, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s UK company, took a “deeply concerning interest” in the phone-hacking campaigner Tom Watson while one of her...
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Wrack, whose appointment as NASUWT chief faced legal challenge, condemns ‘ludicrous’ efforts to undermine himThe head of a teaching union has said he plans to stay in post despite a “ludicrous” and “coordinated” attempt by political enemies to undermine his position....
Politics » 2 weeks ago
Before this week’s local elections, John Harris is on the road in Doncaster – which could prove to be a canary in the coalmine for the government. Labour has been in power here for decades but this time Nigel Farage’s Reform UK fancies its chances. So why are people turning away from Labour...
Politics » 2 weeks ago
Two permanent members of UN security council could make move at conference in June on two-state solutionThe UK is in discussion with France and Saudi Arabia over the recognition of a Palestinian state at a June conference convened by the two countries on keeping alive the...
Politics » 2 weeks ago
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story herePMQs is starting soon.Here is the ...