Watch the moment Douglas Ross is excluded from the chamber at FMQs Former Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has questioned the neutrality of Holyrood’s presiding officer after he was ordered to leave the Holyrood chamber. Ross was ejected from First Minister’s Questions at the Scottish Parliament for talking over John Swinney as he was answering […]
People walk past Hungary’s parliament building in Budapest in May. Claire Harbage/Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/Newsportu BUDAPEST, Hungary — This capital city doesn’t have the trappings of an autocracy. There are no tanks on the streets or intelligence agents stamping out whispers of dissent. While strolling through the streets it’s easy to be […]
Jo Lonsdale BBC North East and Cumbria Investigations John Wright A golden eagle named Talla, photographed here in Scotland, was seen on a crag in Northumberland in March After years of absence, golden eagles are beginning to venture back into England from the south of Scotland, leading to hopes they might nest. Among those crossing […]
Oklahoma City Thunder closed out the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 and advanced to their first NBA Finals since 2012. Even before the basket went in, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander spread his arms wide in celebration. Cason Wallace left his right arm high in the air, waiting for the ball to drop through the basket. Soon enough, […]
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has accused Nigel Farage of “fantasy” economics after the Reform UK leader set out a number of policies earlier this week. In a speech later this morning, Sir Keir is expected to liken Farage to former PM Liz Truss and say that Reform’s policies would lead to an increase in […]
Two major new reservoir projects have been fast-tracked in a bid to shore up England’s water supplies, the government has announced. The projects in East Anglia and south Lincolnshire have been declared “nationally significant”, allowing them to speed through the planning process. But overriding local objections can be unpopular and the reservoirs could still be […]
PA Media Jules was married to The Alarm’s Mike Peters for 39 years Thousands of fans are expected to gather in Denbighshire for the funeral of The Alarm’s Mike Peters. The musician and charity fundraiser died last month aged 66 after living with cancer for 30 years, following his diagnosis of lymphoma in 1995 and […]
Healthcare staff will start encouraging patients to enjoy nature and the outdoors in a new scheme in the West Midlands. More than 40 health organisations have received training and free booklets to share with people they support in the hope of boosting their well-being as part of the scheme from the RSPB and the West […]
Covid inquiry Dido Harding said she had repeatedly urged greater financial support payments during the pandemic If the UK had spent more money helping people to self-isolate during the pandemic then fewer people would have been infected or died, the former head of NHS Test and Trace has said. Baroness Dido Harding, who was in […]
I have written a lot about the heart-piercing trials and tragedies of Palestinians for a long time. I have treated every word of every column that has appeared on this page, devoted to Palestine’s precarious fate and the indefatigable souls who refuse to abandon it, as an obligation and a duty. It is the obligation […]