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France, Germany and UK raise concern over Iran’s nuclear plans

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

France, Germany and the UK have warned that Iran took a dangerous step towards the production of a nuclear weapon by enriching uranium to levels for which there is no


Aerospace body urges government to secure Liberty Steel supply

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

The aerospace industry is calling for the government to intervene to secure the supply of specialist steel products it relies on, amid struggles for funding for Libert


Roman site uncovered in Scarborough hailed as first of its kind in UK

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

When developers broke ground on the outskirts of Scarborough, they were hoping to build a housing estate ideal for first-time buyers, families and professionals, with


Irish-born DUP peer refuses to take Home Office test for British passport

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

A Democratic Unionist peer has said he has been forced to hold an Irish passport because of discrimination by the Home Office. Willie Hay, Lord Hay of Ballyore, told


The Guardian view on Amazon and unions: an unfair fight, but not yet over

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

G oliath beats David isn’t half as good a story, but it is the usual way of the world. So last week’s news that Amazon has fended off an attempt b


The Guardian view on Nato and Ukraine: a time for solidarity

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

T he motive for Russia’s military buildup on the border with Ukraine is unclear, but opacity is the point. Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy is mean


What if police violence was scrutinized as ruthlessly as athletes’ errors?

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

T hirty-three weeks. That’s how long it had been since the Milwaukee Bucks walked away from a playoff game against the Orlando Magic. That boyco


Brexit isn’t the cause of the Belfast riots – but it is harming political reconciliation

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

P oliticians in Northern Ireland share something with the royal family on certain occasions: a heightened sense of the power of the symbolic act.


Boris Johnson is telling Scotland that the union is no longer based on consent

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

T hree weeks from now, if opinion polls are correct, the Scottish National party will win another term as Scotland’s government. It will do so arm


Ukraine still outgunned as Russia prepares for larger conflict

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

Russia’s unexplained buildup along Ukraine’s border set alarm bells ringing in the west last month as military analysts noted unusual flourishes – such as new field ho


UK study on mixing Covid vaccines between jabs to be expanded

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

A major UK study examining whether Covid vaccines can be safely mixed with different types of jabs for the first and second doses is to be expanded. Researchers runn


Court tells Uber to reinstate five UK drivers sacked by automated process

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

Uber has been ordered to reinstate five British drivers who were struck off from its ride-hailing app by robot technology. The five drivers, backed by the App Driver


Authorities clamp down on hospitality in Windsor before Prince Philip’s funeral

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

High-street cafes near Windsor Castle have been banned from putting out pavement tables as authorities seek to deter people from visiting the market town during Saturd


Revealed: the huge British property empire of Sheikh Mohammed

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

T he controversial ruler of Dubai has acquired a land and property empire in Britain that appears to exceed 40,000 hectares (100,000 acres), makin


Biden announces all US and Nato troops to leave Afghanistan by September 11

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

US president Joe Biden has declared it was time “to end America’s longest war” as he announced that nearly 10,000 US and Nato troops would return home in the run-up to


Nato tells Russia to stop military buildup around Ukraine

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

Nato’s secretary general has called on Russia to halt its military buildup around Ukraine, describing it as “unjustified, unexplained and deeply concerning”. Later o


Andy Haldane to leave role as Bank of England chief economist

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist and one of its most prominent public figures, has quit to become chief executive of the Royal Society for Arts thin


Star stock picker Terry Smith paid nearly £30m as Fundsmith booms

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

The popular British stock picker Terry Smith pocketed nearly £30m last year, making him one of the best-paid executives in the fund management industry. Accounts fi


Peers vote to halt plans to limit UK soldiers’ accountability for war crimes

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

Peers have inflicted a significant defeat on the government, voting by 333 to 228 to halt plans to restrict prosecutions of torture and war crimes by British soldiers


Northern Ireland Women make history by beating Ukraine to reach Euro 2022

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

Marissa Callaghan and Nadene Caldwell confirmed Northern Ireland Women’s qualification for the Euro 2022 finals as they secured a 2-0 play-off second leg victory over


The tributes to Prince Philip have revealed so much – about other people

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

D ay five of the period of national mourning for Prince Philip, and the consensus is that “of course, he would have absolutely hated All This!â€


France’s ban on short flights should be a wake-up call for Britain

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

T his week the French national assembly voted to ban domestic flights on routes that could be travelled via train in under two and a half hours. T


‘His spirit lives on’: Vanuatu’s Tanna island mourns Prince Philip as its own

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

Days after the news of Prince Philip’s death reverberated around the world, a young woman and her mother selling snacks in a marketplace on the Vanuatu island of Tan


How UK doctor linked rare blood-clotting to AstraZeneca Covid jab

Posted on Apr 14, 2021

M arie Scully was alarmed and puzzled. “It didn’t make sense,” she said. The consultant haematologist at University College London hospital (UCLH)