Australia and the United Kingdom were today at odds over why key climate targets were stripped out of the trade deal being negotiated between the two countries. Scott Morrison, the Australian prime minister, confirmed the story reported by Sky News
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Drugs firms Pfizer and Flynn broke law with 2,600% price increase for epilepsy tablets to NHS, UK watchdog finds
Two drugs firms have been accused by the UK’s competition watchdog of illegal pricing and abusing their dominant position to overcharge the NHS for vital anti-epilepsy tablets. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had provisionally found that coronavirus
Ineffective and harmful: New call for physical punishment ban in England
Physically punishing children increases behavioural difficulties and is not effective in improving their behaviour, a new study suggests. A review led by University College London (UCL) analysed 20 years of research on the topic, looking at 69 global studies. Researchers
COVID-19: AstraZeneca and EU both claim win as court rules on vaccine supply row
AstraZeneca and the EU have both claimed victory in a court ruling over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines. The two sides have had a rocky relationship over the past few months, with the European Union accusing the vaccine maker of
COVID-19: Bus and rail passenger numbers bounce back as restrictions ease, says Go-Ahead
Transport operator Go-Ahead said more people are taking its buses and trains than at any time since the start of the pandemic as COVID restrictions ease. It said its regional bus network was seeing passenger numbers at 65-70% of typical
MPs and civil liberties groups hit out at ‘cynical and ugly’ voter ID plans ahead of Queen’s Speech
MPs and civil liberties groups have hit out at plans to require voters to provide proof of identity when casting a ballot, with Labour describing them as “cynical and ugly”. A number of measures to tackle voting fraud are expected
MPs and peers urge government to reconsider cuts to overseas aid for water projects
A cross-party group of more than 60 MPs and peers has asked the government urgently to reconsider plans to cut UK overseas aid for lifesaving water projects to the poorest nations. In a letter to foreign office minister Wendy Morton,
Biden to the nation and world: ‘America is rising anew’
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress that “America is rising anew,” and pointed optimistically to the nation’s emergence from the pandemic as
Why and how is the PM being investigated over his Downing Street flat refurbishment?
The Electoral Commission is now conducting a formal investigation into the funding of the prime minister’s refurbishment of his Downing Street flat. Why is the investigation happening? Questions have been growing over how and when Boris Johnson‘s revamp of his
Jeep, trailer and Harley Davidson MC stolen from driver on U.S. 85.
A driver on U.S. 85 north of Greeley was duped into stopping his vehicle and was then beaten unconscious, his Jeep, a trailer and a motorcycle he was hauling were stolen. The “strong-armed” robbery happened at about 11 p.m. Thursday,