Labour urged to scrap UK road schemes such as £9bn Lower Thames Crossing! B
Suggestion would allow government to divert money earmarked for new roads to rail and other public transport A rendering of the Lower Thames Crossing junction with the M25 in Essex, a project that campaigners have criticised. Photograph: Highways England/PA Campaign groups…
UK weather: Train station is left looking like Venice canal, stranded drivers are saved and dozens of campers are rescued from camp site – with 175 areas still on flood watch _ Hieuuk
Further torrential rain across Britain caused more travel chaos today as flooding left rail lines underwater, drivers stranded on submerged motorways and schools closed. Trains going through Shropshire were blocked by flooding at Wellington station, which was left looking more…
Scottish Tories hope new leader will banish toxic legacy! B
Three candidates – Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher and Murdo Fraser – vie for top job in contest ending on Friday Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher and Murdo Fraser are vying for the top job. Photograph: Getty Images “We’ve used opposition to independence…
Russell Findlay appointed leader of Scottish Conservatives! B
Former crime reporter says Scottish Tories are ‘acutely conscious’ of threat from Reform party in Scotland Russell Findlay has comfortably won the bitterly fought contest to replace Douglas Ross as leader. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Russell Findlay, the newly elected leader…
Future pandemic as big as Covid is inevitable, says Whitty_P
England’s chief medical officer also tells inquiry that UK’s low level of intensive care provision is a political decision Chris Whitty said healthcare systems could not be scaled up in a national emergency without trained personnel. Photograph: James Manning/PA Another pandemic…
Berlin in Farbe: 30 Wundervolle Fotografien aus den frühen 1950er Jahren.H
In den 1950er Jahren war die deutsche Hauptstadt zu einem geteilten Mikrokosmos des Kalten Krieges geworden. Ostberlin wurde von der kommunistischen Regierung Ostdeutschlands kontrolliert, während die westliche Hälfte der Stadt von den Vereinigten Staaten und ihren Verbündeten besetzt und versorgt…
Urgent warning as Britain is paying the highest electricity prices in the world.H
Electricity prices in the UK are four times higher than in the US and almost 50 percent more than in France. The UK is paying the highest electricity prices in the developed world, data shows (Image: Getty) British businesses are paying…
Meghan Markle ‘fuming’ over Royal Family’s snub as she ‘refuses to be pushed out’ – claim_l
A reported snub by the Royal Family on Prince Harry’s 40th birthday left Meghan Markle upset, claims an insider. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visit Nigeria in May Meghan Markle is said to be “fuming” over the Royal Family‘s latest move on the…
Reeves forced to U-turn on key tax pledge as people refuse to pay in latest rookie error_l
Chancellor Rachel Reeves couldn’t wait to kick out the rotten Tories so she could have a go at running the Treasury herself. I bet she thought she’d be really good at it. Newsflash: she isn’t. Rachel Reeves defends ‘difficult’ economic…
The iconic UK seaside town with ‘no-go zones’ and locals too scared to go out after dark.H
A celebrated seaside town which attracts millions of visitors a year has a sinister side with “no-go areas” where locals won’t visit at night. Famed for its iconic pier, sandy beaches and lively centre full of revellers from stag and…