Oct
Source close to royal speaks as Met says it will take no further action over Virginia Giuffre’s allegations of sexual assault The Metropolitan police’s decision to take no further action over Virginia Giuffre’s allegations of sexual assault against Prince Andrew “comes as no surprise”, a source close to the royal has said. The force said […]
Sep
Boats carrying migrants across the English Channel could be turned back from the UK, if personally approved by Home Secretary Priti Patel. The government has authorised Border Force officials to use the new tactic – but only in limited circumstances. However France is strongly against the plan, saying it breaks maritime law and accusing the […]
Jul
Almost two-thirds of women in the armed forces have experienced bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination during their career, according to a parliamentary report that says the UK military is “failing to protect” female recruits. Heralding its inquiry into the treatment of women in the armed forces as one of the most vital in its history, […]
Mar
Robert Jenrick has told LBC that he is “deeply troubled” by reports a teacher is “under police protection” after allegedly showing an “inappropriate” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad to students. On Thursday, Batley Grammar School apologised and suspended a teacher pending an investigation following the angry protest over an “inappropriate” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad […]
Jan
When pharmacist Ifeoma Onwuka, known to her friends as Laura, went into hospital to have her daughter, she and her husband hoped the delivery would go smoothly, and that they would soon be able to take their new arrival home to meet her siblings. Onwuka’s labor was induced at James Paget University Hospital in Great […]
Jan
The government is under pressure to explain why a series of air strikes in Yemen, many involving civilian casualties, have not been recorded in its confidential log of alleged breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL). The existence of the database, which has been kept by the Ministry of Defence since 2015, emerged only when the […]
Oct
The Home Office moved dozens of asylum seekers involved in a Covid outbreak more than 120 miles despite an enforcement order saying they should remain in self-isolation for 14 days, the Guardian has learned. Home Office contractors have been accused of being “beyond reckless” in their handling of the initial outbreak. Among those who were […]
Oct
It all started yesterday, with an article from Financial Times, according to which the Johnson government would have considered, among the various options on the table in the fight against irregular immigration, the possibility of transferring all asylum seekers or migrants awaiting status on Ascension Island, a small and rocky British territory in the Sea South […]
Sep
Priti Patel asked officials to explore the construction of an asylum processing centre on Ascension Island, a British overseas territory more than 4,000 miles from the UK in the south Atlantic, for migrants coming to Britain. The home secretary’s officials also looked at the possibility of building an asylum centre on St Helena, part of […]
Aug
A first-hand account of Britain’s role in the 1953 coup that overthrew the elected prime minister of Iran and restored the shah to power has been published for the first time. The account by the MI6 officer who ran the operation describes how it took British intelligence years to persuade the US to take part in the […]
