Cabinet minister Mark Harper denies Tories have a problem with race
Watch: Tories ‘don’t have race problem’, says Mark Harper A senior cabinet minister has denied the Conservative Party has a problem with race after accepting…
2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be world’s warmest year on record
EPA It is now “virtually certain” that 2024 – a year punctuated by intense heatwaves and deadly storms – will be the world’s warmest on…
Scotland’s international exports increase while sales to the rest of UK fall
Reuters The Scotch Whisky industry enjoyed strong sales last year The figures showed total international exports excluding oil and gas increased by £460m to £29.8bn…
Aid sector ‘almost complicit’ in sex scandal, say MPs
Oxfam Allegations surfaced about abuse in Haiti after the earthquake in 2010 The aid sector is guilty of “complacency verging on complicity” over an “endemic”…
Why are UK and China relations getting worse?
AFP A Hong Kong resident poses with his British National Overseas passport The UK’s relationship with China, the world’s second largest economy and most populous…
Nottingham Open 2023: Andy Murray, Katie Boulter, Harriet Dart & Jodie Burrage all reach quarter-finals
Murray, having claimed his first title on home soil since Wimbledon in 2016 with his win at Surbiton last week, secured an early break to…
No extra NHS funding without reform, says PM
PA Media There will be no extra NHS funding without reform, Sir Keir Starmer says, as he promised to draw up a new 10-year plan…
US election latest updates: Trump prepares to appoint top jobs after Harris vows to help transition
Trump wins, Harris concedes, and Biden set to speakpublished at 05:03 Greenwich Mean Time 05:03 GMT Good morning from the UK, where we are taking…
Why Kenya hopes blockchain can end land grabbing
BBC People put up signs and notices on their properties to ward off land grabbers Kenya sees itself as a technology giant in Africa and…
Crawley MP Henry Smith to step down at next election
UK Parliament Mr Smith said he was “deeply grateful” to the local people for electing him to an “unprecedented” four terms in office The Conservative…