Profits from Wear It Like A Crown will go to Christie NHS foundation, which treated singer before her deathProceeds from Sarah Harding’s last single are to be used to fund research by the cancer treatment centre that cared for her prior to her death.He…
Rishi Sunak confirms autumn budget to take place on 27 October
Ministers lobby chancellor for their departments before announcement of £140bn in extra spendingRishi Sunak has given the date of 27 October for his autumn budget, announcing plans to support public services and revive the economy with £140bn of extra …
Hampshire crash: families pay tribute to three people killed
Tina Ince, Tom Watson and Alex Britton died on A303 near Andover after collision involving HGVTributes have been paid to three people who died after a lorry crashed on a dual carriageway.Tina Ince, 58, and Tom Watson, 30, who were from Southampton, had…
‘It’s unfair’: Stoke-on-Trent voters see social care tax rise as unjust but necessary
People in the newly Tory seat react to the national insurance hike with a mix of realism and resentment at the effect on the low-paidIn the former red wall seat of Stoke-on-Trent Central, which the Conservatives won for the first time in 2019 with a ma…
Police Scotland apologises for failings that contributed to car crash death
Force fined £100,000 over incident in which woman lay undiscovered for three days after crash was reportedPolice Scotland has apologised after being fined £100,000 for admitting that its failings “materially contributed” to the death of a woman who lay…
Darlington man jailed for four years for killing woman during sex
Campaigners say Sam Pybus’s sentence for strangling Sophie Moss sends ‘dreadful message’A man who strangled a vulnerable woman during sex after drinking 24 bottles of beer has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.Sam Pybus, 32, from …
Hollywood struggles with accents in Branagh’s Belfast
US reviewers have lauded the film, but complain it is too difficult to understand and needs subtitlesKenneth Branagh’s new autobiographical film, Belfast, is tipped for Oscar glory, but his home town will not be happy if it’s in the foreign language ca…
Suspending the pensions triple lock is bad news for young people | Craig Berry
A one-off boost to pensions now isn’t unfair if it means greater security in retirement for generations to comeThe “triple lock” is the most high-profile and contested area of pensions policy. It is also the most misunderstood. The lock, which ensures …
Boris Johnson has created a ‘social care plan’ without any plan for social care | Frances Ryan
The prime minister had a chance to effect real reform. Instead, he chose the Tory base over disabled people and care workersTwo years after Boris Johnson promised a plan for social care, it can hardly be said that today’s announcement was “worth the wa…
No 10 not ruling out ‘firebreak’ lockdown if Covid cases rise
Government denies plan for October half-term lockdown but says option remains open if NHS overwhelmedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDowning Street has not ruled out a “firebreak” lockdown as a last resort if the NHS were to…