In light of revelations in the Pandora papers, we need to be asking what are they getting in return?One big theme has dominated Tory party conference at Manchester this week: levelling up. Boris Johnson, we are being told, is on a mission to rescue Bri…
Skipper recalls ‘evasive’ submarine off Cornwall as trawler sank in 2004
Inquest in London hears crew who went to assist French trawler Bugaled Breizh tell of sub’s movements at scene where five diedA trawler skipper who rushed to the aid of another fishing boat after it capsized off the Cornish coast reported seeing a subm…
UK car sales plunge but electric vehicles soar to record amid fuel crisis
Global chip shortage helps push car registrations to lowest level for more than two decadesThe number of electric cars sold in the UK last month neared the figures for the whole of 2019, with panic-buying at the petrol pumps expected to accelerate cons…
The Tories still need to reconcile their ‘red wall’ and true blue supporters | Salma Shah
Rishi Sunak knows his future depends on bringing together those who want investment, and those who want tax cutsFor all the talk of a smaller scale operation and a reduced number of delegates, there is a surprisingly jolly buzz around the Conservative …
Hundreds of healthy pigs culled amid UK shortage of abattoir workers
Farmers warned that up to 120,000 animals face being slaughtered as they lack space to house them‘Fallen stock’: what happens now to the UK’s unwanted pigs?The slaughter of healthy pigs has begun on British farms, with farmers forced to kill animals to…
Welcome to the Tory conference: this year staged in the Soviet-Union-on-Thames | Marina Hyde
There’s plenty of talk about the ‘British Renaissance’ – and no mention of little things like empty shelves and fuel shortagesExperience wonder this autumn as we head for Tory conference, where, according to Lord Frost, the “British Renaissance has beg…
A space hallucination and Chanel in Paris: Tuesday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
Revealed: how Tory co-chair’s offshore film company indirectly benefited from £121k tax credits
Secret British Virgin Islands firm behind West Indies cricket team documentary raises questions for Ben Elliot and partyPandora papers news and reaction – live updatesSee all of our Pandora papers coverageBen Elliot, the Conservative party’s embattled …
Boris Johnson makes dig at Tony Blair while ducking questions over Pandora papers – video
Boris Johnson has laughed off questions about Conservative donors being named in the Pandora papers. The prime minister said he would ‘have a look’ at the allegations – and then made a dig at Tony BlairTories facing calls to return cash from donors nam…
Bernardine Evaristo picks black authors for London ‘short story stations’
Author teams up with Canary Wharf to distribute short works by five writers during Black History MonthThe award-winning author Bernardine Evaristo has joined forces with the owners of Canary Wharf in London to publish a series of short stories by up-an…