Deniz Jaffer and Jamie Lewis sentenced to two years and nine months for taking and sharing photos of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa HenryTwo Metropolitan police officers who “dehumanised” two black murder victims” by taking and sharing photos from the scene…
Covid antiviral pill molnupiravir/Lagevrio set for UK at-home trials
People most vulnerable to Omicron would reportedly be offered experimental pill within 48 hours of testing positiveThe first at-home treatment for Covid-19 could reportedly be offered to UK patients before Christmas as an attempt to protect the most vu…
UK’s progress on Covid now squandered, warns top scientist
Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome Trust, suggests emergence of Omicron variant means pandemic is far from overCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe emergence of the Omicron variant shows that the world is “closer to the …
Call for Tory peer Michelle Mone to resign as accuser speaks out in alleged racism row
Exclusive: Lord Strasburger says conduct rules need to be strengthened after no action taken against peer following complaintThe Liberal Democrat peer Lord Strasburger has called for the House of Lords’ conduct rules to be strengthened after no action …
Priti Patel’s plan to offshore refugees is costly, wrong and doomed to fail | David Davis
The home secretary’s proposal won’t stop asylum seekers trying to reach the UK. Creating safe legal routes is the solutionHow do we put a stop to the Channel crossings? There is no doubt that our relationship with France is pivotal. I’m not naive about…
Home Office borders bill could ‘create a British Guantánamo Bay,’ says Tory MP
Former Brexit secretary David Davis says Priti Patel’s plans could foster a situation similar to notorious US detention campA former Conservative cabinet minister has warned that the Home Office’s controversial borders bill risks creating a “British Gu…
Johnson faces trust crisis as sleaze shatters faith in MPs
Poll reveals huge public cynicism, with just 5% of respondents believing politicians work for public goodTrust in politicians to act in the national interest rather than for themselves has fallen dramatically since Boris Johnson became prime minister, …
Labour MPs report Boris Johnson to police over 2020 Christmas parties
Met asked to investigate reports of alleged breaches of Covid lockdown rules at No 10Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe prime minister has been reported to the police by Labour MPs over allegations there were at least two p…
RNLI takes down its website after suspected hacking attempt
Charity’s site reduced to a landing page after ‘suspicious activity’ and staff sent threatening emailsThe Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has taken down its website after “suspicious activity” and said its staff had been sent threatening ema…
Act now against Omicron to stop new Covid wave, UK ministers warned
Government privately being urged by advisers to tell people to work from home as UK cases of variant hit 134UK ministers have been warned they cannot wait for new research on the Omicron variant and must act now to prevent a potentially “very significa…