Month: October 2024

She'll be replaced by Morgan McSweeney Sue Gray has quit as as Downing Street chief of staff because of fears she was “becoming a distraction” to Sir Keir Starmer’s Government. There have been reports of tensions in Number 10 involving Ms Gray, including between her and Sir Keir’s chief adviser Morgan McSweeney, who will succeed her in the role. In a statement on Sunday, Ms Gray said she was “pleased […]

The Government has backed police to take action against protesters who show support for Hezbollah, after one man was arrested for allegedly shouting support for the proscribed organisation during a march in central London. Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through the capital on Saturday, meeting counter-protests at several points on their route. The Metropolitan Police arrested two people on suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation, with one man […]

Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during a Saturday appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.” The chief executive of SpaceX, Tesla and social media platform X, joined Mr Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the former president survived an assassination attempt in July. He warned that “this will be the last election” if Mr Trump does not […]

Strictly Come Dancing’s professional dancers are to perform a “rom-com-inspired” routine at the start of Sunday’s results show. The performance will see Neil Jones, who is partnered with singer Toyah Willcox on the BBC dancing show, take the role of leading man for the dance which is said to be “full of romance, comedy and a few twists”. Choreographed by Jason Gilkison, the BBC says viewers can expect “sparks to […]

Four people were injured after a black cab hit pedestrians in Glasgow city centre. Two women, aged 60 and 61, and the male driver of the taxi, aged 62, were taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital following the crash which happened around 1.50pm on Union Street. A 61-year-old woman was taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and a 50-year-old woman was assessed by paramedics at the scene. Sergeant Christopher […]

Chris Packham is challenging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to support rewilding across the Church of England’s vast estate. The broadcaster is taking to the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday, to call on the Church to commit to rewilding 30% of Church Commissioners – the Church’s investment arm – to rewild its extensive landholdings. Packham, dressed in a medieval costume, will unveil a nine metre-long scroll, outlining […]

New cancer treatments will be trialled in the UK, the Government has confirmed, announcing a series of medical tech investments. Projects looking into AI diagnoses and personalised immunotherapy treatments are among those that could benefit from public and private sector investment totalling £148 million. Research hubs will also be created at universities across the country, with money coming from the Government and other investment, to encourage businesses. In total, there […]

A two-year-old boy, a woman and two men died in “two tragedies” off the coast of France, the Prefect of Pas-de-Calais region has confirmed. Jacques Billant, said that in the first incident on Saturday, the French coastguard responded to a boat carrying nearly 90 people on board which was suffering engine failure. A total of 15 people were recovered from onboard to a tow vessel called l’Abeille, including the boy […]

Authorities in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday began vaccinating against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread to several African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation. The 265,000 doses donated to by the European Union and the US were rolled out in the eastern city of Goma in North Kivu province, where hospitals and health workers have been […]