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We’re all hoping for a holiday. But will we enjoy it?

Posted on May 05, 2021

A lot of us are spending an awful lot of time worrying about whether we will get to go on holiday this year. A foreign holiday is spoken of almos


Michel Barnier on Brexit – in his own words

Posted on May 05, 2021

Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, has released his long-awaited diaries. Here he is in his own words on some of Brexit’s key personalities and issu


‘Super Thursday’ elections: what to expect in England, Scotland and Wales

Posted on May 05, 2021

On Thursday voters in every part of the UK apart from Northern Ireland go to the polls in the biggest democratic outing since the 2019 general election. Here is an ind


One in five UK adults have had depressive symptoms during pandemic

Posted on May 05, 2021

One in five adults in Britain have experienced symptoms of depression during the pandemic, with young people, disabled people and renters hit the hardest, according to


Tory quarrels determined UK’s post-Brexit future, says Barnier

Posted on May 05, 2021

Britain’s post-Brexit future was determined by “the quarrels, low blows, multiple betrayals and thwarted ambitions of a certain number of Tory MPs”, the EU’s c


As UK nears zero Covid deaths, there’s good reason for optimism

Posted on May 05, 2021

The handling of the coronavirus crisis in the UK has provided few moments to celebrate, but the day we reach zero deaths from the disease will clearly be one to toast.


‘Like living in a horror film’: UK doctors raise Covid funds for India

Posted on May 05, 2021

The streets of Delhi are known for their noise, crowds, and bustle, but Meenal Vis, a UK doctor, says that when her family there listen out of their windows there is â


Healthcare workers in the UK: share your experiences of the Covid pandemic

Posted on May 05, 2021

With coronavirus rates dropping across the UK, the strain from Covid-19 patients on the healthcare system has begun to ease. However, healthcare workers are now facing


Zoë Wanamaker: ‘I Love Lucy was gentle – but naughty’

Posted on May 05, 2021

W e moved from the US to the UK when I was a child, and so we used to watch a lot of US sitcoms. My mother loved The Phil Silvers Show and I Love


Child marriage ‘thriving in UK’ due to legal loophole, warn rights groups

Posted on May 05, 2021

A legal loophole that allows 16- and 17-year-olds in England and Wales to marry with parental consent is being exploited and used to coerce young people into child mar


Myanmar embassy row could be used as UK test case against junta

Posted on May 05, 2021

A UK-based NGO and solicitors representing Myanmar’s former ambassador to the UK want to use the junta’s efforts to evict him from his London residence as a test case


Boris Johnson: the power to oust this charlatan lies with voters

Posted on May 05, 2021

Jonathan Freedland’s analysis (Scandal upon scandal: the charge sheet that should have felled Johnson years ago, 30 April) is as timely as it is forensic, reminding th


The Money Maker review – Obama guru leads a one-man Dragons’ Den

Posted on May 05, 2021

W hile doing background research on The Money Maker (Channel 4), it was with some relief that I learned that Eric Collins has been based in the UK


Red Cross calls for UK to tackle inequalities exposed by Covid

Posted on May 05, 2021

Major changes are needed to protect the most vulnerable people from the next global emergency, according to a report from the Red Cross that says three-quarters of peo


France threatens to cut off power to Jersey in post-Brexit fishing row

Posted on May 05, 2021

The French government could cut off the electricity supply to Jersey in an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights, a French minister has suggested. Respondin


Elite award-winners allowed fast-track route into UK

Posted on May 05, 2021

Oscar winners, Nobel prize recipients and Brit award-garlanded overseas musicians are among foreign nationals who will be fast-tracked for UK visas under a tweak to im


Sick of the same old route? 14 fabulous ways to get out of your running rut

Posted on May 04, 2021

O ver the past year – perhaps because of stress, boredom, and a need to get a break from video meetings and homeschooled children – an estimated 7


Uber and Arrival team up to produce electric taxis

Posted on May 04, 2021

The electric vehicle maker Arrival aims to start producing cars by 2023 with design help from Uber, in the latest step by the UK-headquartered startup’s ambitious plan


UK and US urge G7 to ally against threats from Russia and China

Posted on May 04, 2021

Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, and the UK foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, have called for a revitalised and broadened alliance of G7 nations determined to


BT to offer under half-price fibre broadband to people on benefits

Posted on May 04, 2021

BT is to offer fibre broadband at less than half price to people receiving universal credit and other state support in the UK, with more than 4 million households able


UK mortgage lending hits record amid stamp duty rush

Posted on May 04, 2021

Mortgage borrowing in the UK has reached its highest level since modern records began as buyers rushed to beat the now-extended stamp duty holiday deadline. Bank of


Johnson and Modi to agree UK-India trade partnership in virtual talks

Posted on May 04, 2021

Boris Johnson will host bilateral talks with India’s prime minister on Tuesday, announcing the potential for up to £1bn of new trade and investment in a virtual meetin


An electoral stamp of approval for the Tories risks dishonesty becoming the new normal

Posted on May 04, 2021

W hat kind of country has this become? We will know more when Thursday’s election results roll in by the weekend. Polls are narrowing but the Tori


New 150-mile Cornish cycle route to open in the autumn

Posted on May 04, 2021

A new Cornish cycling route that takes in some of the UK’s most spectacular coastal scenery as well as atmospheric old industrial works and bronze age monuments is due