Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own ethics adviser has asked him to explain why he believes he has not broken the ministerial code after being fined for a lockdown breach. Lord Geidt said there was a “legitimate question” over whether the code has been broken – which would normally mean a minister would have to resign.
Month: May 2022
Attention is the oxygen of the human soul. A few of us who cannot gain attention by doing good will seek it by doing evil. At 11:30 am on Tuesday, May 24th, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, who did not have a driver’s license, crashed his grandparents’ four-door silver Ford truck at high speed into a ditch near
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner have both received questionnaires from Durham Constabulary in relation to a potential breach of lockdown rules in April 2021. Sir Keir has come under pressure over an event in Durham in April 2021 with party colleagues when he was filmed having a drink and a
Russian forces are now in control of around 70% of Severodonetsk and heavy fighting is ongoing in the eastern Ukrainian city, the regional governor has told Sky News. Speaking from a secret location inside the Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Hayday admitted victory in the city would be a big morale boost for Russia, but he played
The government said it will deport migrants to Rwanda in two weeks on 14 June. The Home Office said it had begun issuing formal removal notices to migrants as the “final administrative step” in its partnership with the east African nation. The home secretary said that there would still be attempts to delay the process.
Sidhu Moose Wala, the Punjabi singer and rapper who was shot dead in India, was hit by 24 bullets, an autopsy report has found. The 28-year-old, formally known as Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, was murdered on Sunday while driving his jeep with two passengers in the village of Jhawahar Ke in the Mansa district. The autopsy
A woman allegedly bit her sister’s eye partially out during a drunken fight. Ashleigh Mason, 26, was intoxicated when she and her sibling got into an altercation while in a car in Utah, according to arresting documents. Mason grabbed her sister’s hair, pulled her forward and bit into her left eye, causing part of it
A cross-party group of MPs has told the logistics industry to “get its house in order”, calling for better overnight facilities for drivers and new ways to boost recruitment. The Commons transport select committee said that if the changes are not made within two years then the most profitable parts of the industry could face
Ofcom is investigating Royal Mail’s failure to meet delivery targets during 2021-22. The regulator said: “Ofcom takes compliance with quality of service targets very seriously. “Our investigation, on behalf of postal users, will gather evidence to understand the reasons behind this substantial lapse in performance, and determine whether Royal Mail has breached its requirements.” Royal
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he has been charged in a new criminal case and faces “up to 15 more years” on top of his existing sentence if found guilty. Mr Navalny has been outspoken against President Vladimir Putin and was sentenced in March to nine years in prison after he was found guilty
The first two of the 19 children killed in one of America’s worst school shootings, are being remembered ahead of their burials. Visitation gatherings are being held for 10-year-olds Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez at the two funeral homes in the small Texas community of Uvalde. Over the next two-and-a-half weeks, people in the
Deutsche Bank has been raided for the second time in less than a month, this time over a $1tn greenwashing scandal that has rocked the bank. Regulators in Germany claim that DWS, the bank’s asset management arm, sold investment products worth $1tn as more environmentally friendly and “sustainable” than they actually were. The former DWS
A damaged human liver was treated and preserved in a machine for three days before being successfully transplanted into a patient in a world-first operation, researchers have revealed. The man involved quickly recovered his quality of life without any signs of liver damage or rejection – and remains healthy a year after surgery. Researchers have
Another Conservative MP has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson, making him the 28th Tory to publicly call for him to go over the partygate scandal. John Stevenson, MP for Carlisle, said he has been “deeply disappointed” in the rule-breaking parties at Number 10 and Mr Johnson’s response to parliament. He said
A former Qatari princess has apparently been found dead at her home in Spanish resort of Marbella. The body of Kasia Gallanio, 45, was discovered by police inside the property on Sunday, according to the French newspaper Le Parisien. Gallanio was the third wife of Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al-Thani, 73, the uncle of the Emir
Mortgage borrowing fell by more than 36% in April when compared with the previous month, in yet another signal that the red-hot housing market in the UK is starting to lose momentum amid rising inflation and a cost of living crisis. The Bank of England said on Tuesday that net mortgage borrowing decreased to £4.1bn