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Weinstein accuser rips defense lawyer: 'You should be ashamed of yourself'

Weinstein accuser rips defense lawyer: 'You should be ashamed of yourself' - A former model has reproached one of Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies

2025-05-14T18:59:41Z

TfL reveals why it shunned social media warning to passengers about Tube power cut chaos

TfL reveals why it shunned social media warning to passengers about Tube power cut chaos - Passenger watchdog says more could have been done to warn passengers after thousands were stranded on Underground and Elizabeth line

2025-05-14T16:02:08Z

2025-05-14T15:32:57Z

1.5m foreign workers already in UK could face longer wait for permanent settlement

About 1.5 million foreign workers who have moved to Britain since 2020 may have to wait a further five years to apply for permanent settlement, in a move that will concern Labour MPs. Under changes set out in the immigration white paper, automatic settlement and citizenship rights will be granted after 10 years instead of five. But the paper did not specify whether this would apply to recent arrivals already in the UK and in the process of their...

2025-05-14T15:26:40Z

Pictured: ‘Charming’ pensioner, 87, murdered in ‘cornflakes and shepherds pie robbery’

Pictured: ‘Charming’ pensioner, 87, murdered in ‘cornflakes and shepherds pie robbery’ - Mr Mackey had bought food and an newspaper before he was attacked in Manor House, North London

2025-05-14T17:09:30Z

The Guardian view on abortion prosecutions: decriminalisation can’t wait

The Crown Prosecution Service has yet to explain why it thought that pursuing a case against Nicola Packer was in the public interest. Thankfully, jurors last week cleared the 45-year-old of illegally terminating her pregnancy. But more than four years of police and criminal proceedings have had a lasting impact on a woman already traumatised by discovering that she was 26 weeks pregnant, not about 10, when she acted. The trial dragged her...

2025-05-14T18:13:56Z

Diana Edwardes obituary

My mother, Diana Edwardes, who has died aged 98, was the founder and director of the West Kent Youth Theatre, and taught English for many years at Tunbridge Wells girls’ grammar school. She had started out on the London stage in the years after the second world war, having trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, but working in the theatre became more challenging after she moved with her husband to Tonbridge in Kent. There...

2025-05-14T16:35:58Z

Leaked recording reveals top Tory admitting flaws in Boris Johnson's Brexit boasts

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said ministers realised that they 'can't any longer rely on sending people back to the place where they first claimed asylum' after Brexit

2025-05-14T18:13:14Z

Recalled prisoners to be released after 28 days under emergency measures to free up 1,400 cells

Recalled prisoners to be released after 28 days under emergency measures to free up 1,400 cells - The justice secretary warned we are five months from running out of prison places – which risks the ‘total breakdown of law and order’

2025-05-14T15:59:24Z

Leaked recording reveals top Tory knew of flaws in post-Brexit plan to return illegal migrants

One of Kemi Badenoch's top team has admitted there were flaws in the plan to return illegal migrants after Brexit, Sky News can reveal.

2025-05-14T16:01:39Z

New Jersey Transit, commuters bracing for potential train engineers strike

New Jersey Transit, commuters bracing for potential train engineers strike - Some 350,000 commuters could soon be scrambling for other ways to reach their destinations if New Jersey Transit engineers walk off the job early Friday

2025-05-14T14:15:20Z

Two arrested after lorry overturns and spills waste in M25 crash

Two arrested after lorry overturns and spills waste in M25 crash - The carriageway closure caused significant disruption for motorists

2025-05-14T16:34:29Z

Taiwo Awoniyi has been left in intensive care by the worst rule in football

Taiwo Awoniyi has been left in intensive care by the worst rule in football - Comment: Awoniyi collided with the post when trying to find a crucial winner for Nottingham Forest – but thanks to a nonsensical rule, his painstaking efforts were in vain

2025-05-14T13:44:23Z

Criminals recalled to jail to serve just a month

Violent criminals, burglars and robbers recalled to jail will serve just a month in prison under emergency measures to tackle the overcrowding crisis. In an effort to avoid running out of prison spaces in the next five months, Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, announced on Wednesday that offenders called back to prison will be automatically r...

2025-05-14T17:56:15Z

King meets social influencer teacher dubbed the ‘pied piper’ at garden party

King meets social influencer teacher dubbed the ‘pied piper’ at garden party - The Buckingham Palace garden party had the theme of education and skills.

2025-05-14T18:29:35Z

Police ‘arrest’ care home resident in 97th birthday surprise

Police ‘arrest’ care home resident in 97th birthday surprise - Officers arrived at the care home with a set of handcuffs and a spoof arrest warrant

2025-05-14T17:09:29Z

‘Rats are leaving the sinking ship’: Lee Anderson says ‘big name’ Tories lining up to join Reform UK after shock poll

Reform UK would welcome Tories into the party and they are lining up in their droves to do so, according to the party’s chief whip Lee Anderson. Speaking on GB News, Lee told Martin Daubney ‘big name’ Conservatives have signalled their intent to join the insurgent populist party. A new YouGov poll has Nigel Farage’s party on 28 per cent - a five po...

2025-05-14T15:27:15Z

OPINION - The big problem with the civil service won't be fixed by forcing them out of London

The big problem with the civil service won't be fixed by forcing them out of London -

2025-05-14T17:02:06Z

Bradford rape gangs scandal 'left 72,000 children at risk', warns report

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has been warned that more than 72,000 children may have been at risk of child sexual exploitation across Bradford. The alarming figure was presented during a meeting at the Home Office yesterday. Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore and solicitor David Greenwood delivered a dossier highlighting the potential scale...

2025-05-14T18:56:51Z

Commission's Pfizergate loss hailed as ‘victory for transparency’

The EU Court ruled against the Commission for failing to justify its refusal to release texts between von der Leyen and Pfizer’s CEO. Critics say the Commission’s actions undermine public trust and accountability, calling for greater transparency in decision-making. View on euronews

2025-05-14T16:16:42Z

Texas continues to restrict the care women receive - but hey, moms could soon use the carpool lane

Texas continues to restrict the care women receive - but hey, moms could soon use the carpool lane - The Texas House passed a bill on the eve of Mother’s Day, allowing a woman who is ‘pregnant or is a parent or legal guardian’ to drive in the carpool lane even if there are no other passengers

2025-05-14T18:44:29Z

King swaps cancer stories with student at garden party

The King swapped cancer stories with a student as he hosted a Buckingham Palace garden party in sweltering heat. The monarch, who was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer last February and is still receiving weekly treatment, chatted to Stamford Collis, 22, an international relations student at Exeter University, who is also suffering from ...

2025-05-14T18:56:31Z

140525 man utd media day UEL FINal v spurs part 1.mp4

Manchester Utd training ahead of Europa League final v Spurs part 1 of 2 14/05/2025 Carrington Training centre, Manchester, UK

2025-05-14T18:04:06Z

Jails to be full in just MONTHS as Labour announces plans to let prisoners go free

Labour has said that male prisons are currently running at 99 per cent capacity and there will be "no spare cells" by November if nothing is done. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood gave a Downing Street briefing "to set out the scale of the crisis" facing the prison service. Director general chief executive at the service Amy Rees said the main pro...

2025-05-14T18:26:50Z

Two arrested and 27 cockerels seized in suspected cockfighting raid at Lancashire stables

Two arrested and 27 cockerels seized in suspected cockfighting raid at Lancashire stables - Police investigating potential crimes under Animal Welfare Act after raid on Lytham stables

2025-05-14T17:39:30Z

Pope quiz: inside the 16 May Guardian Weekly

A new American leader just rode into town – and unlike the one we’re more familiar with, he’s got world peace on his mind. In his first Sunday address at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV – until last Thursday a cardinal known as Robert Prevost – set out his stall as new head of the Roman Catholic church by echoing the pleas for peace of his predecessor, Pope Francis, and addressing international leaders with the call “never again war”. Beyond the...

2025-05-14T17:11:48Z

Health Secretary RFK Jr doesn’t believe people should take medical advice from him

Health Secretary RFK Jr doesn’t believe people should take medical advice from him - The former environmental lawyer previously led an anti-vaccine advocacy group

2025-05-14T19:29:31Z

Marjorie Taylor Greene joins calls for Derek Chauvin to be pardoned

Marjorie Taylor Greene joins calls for Derek Chauvin to be pardoned - Georgia Republican calls for release of former Minneapolis police officer convicted over the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to mass demonstrations across the U.S. and around the world

2025-05-14T16:14:37Z

Albania's prime minister thanks voters for landslide win and pledges EU membership by 2030

Albania's prime minister thanks voters for landslide win and pledges EU membership by 2030 - Albania's prime minister has thanked hundreds of thousands of voters who supported his Socialist Party in the last parliamentary elections, backing his pledge to take the country into the European Union in five years

2025-05-14T18:59:47Z

Labour's new prison plans are an 'invitation for dangerous criminals to cause carnage'

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood claims the move, which will create 1,400 additional spaces, is necessary to prevent prison estate from collapsing in November

2025-05-14T18:25:40Z

Man arrested on suspicion of drug driving after woman hit by car in Finsbury Park

Man arrested on suspicion of drug driving after woman hit by car in Finsbury Park - The collision happened shortly after 9pm on Tuesday, the Met Police said

2025-05-14T18:02:11Z

The 150th Preakness is the last at old Pimlico before demolition. Winners share their top memories

The 150th Preakness is the last at old Pimlico before demolition. Winners share their top memories - The wrecking ball is just about hovering over Pimlico Race Course, with a complete knockdown and rebuild of the grandstand and other facilities coming

2025-05-14T18:14:36Z

Fact check: New guidance for veterans’ housing came into force in December

Fact check: New guidance for veterans’ housing came into force in December - A widely shared online post made reference to a Bill to help veterans on housing lists.

2025-05-09T15:32:37Z

'Wind theft' threatens offshore wind farms and climate goals, warn scientists

A growing challenge colloquially known as 'wind theft' could jeopardize global efforts to hit net zero targets, scientists warn. In some conditions, farms can 'steal' each other's wind during the energy extraction process, creating a wake effect that reduces energy output at neighboring sites downwind. A new UK research project aims to better understand and mitigate this phenomenon.

2025-05-14T17:08:04Z

‘I’m absolutely disgusted’: Brexit fishing row erupts as Labour accused of ‘codswallop’ with EU reset

Reform UK's fisheries spokeswoman June Mummery has launched a scathing attack on both Labour and Conservative governments over their handling of fishing rights post-Brexit. The former Brexit Party MEP expressed her disgust at reports that Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to grant EU fishing boats access to British waters as part of his EU reset. Mumme...

2025-05-14T17:26:51Z

Europe ‘lagging’ behind on human rights by not recognising right to healthy environment, experts say

There is now a robust legal framework to tackle serious environmental crimes, but experts say the Council of Europe missed a chance to protect human rights. View on euronews

2025-05-14T14:07:30Z

Nothing can ‘put right’ infected blood delay damage, minister says

More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with viruses, including HIV and hepatitis C, after receiving contaminated blood.

2025-05-14T16:03:50Z

How to play Doom: The Dark Ages for free and early on Xbox

How to play Doom: The Dark Ages for free and early on Xbox - Doom: The Dark Ages from Bethesda and id Software is available on Xbox, PS5 and PC

2025-05-14T17:09:35Z

Police given another 36 hours to question Starmer arson suspect

Police have been given another 36 hours to question a man arrested in connection with suspected arson attacks on properties in London linked to Keir Starmer. The 21-year-old was arrested early on Tuesday at an address in Sydenham, south London, on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. Police can now hold him until Friday morning. The prime minister’s family home in north-west London, which he now rents out, a flat he once owned, and a...

2025-05-14T16:42:18Z

Labour-run council sparks outrage after attempting to 'CRIMINALISE Christianity' with blanket ban on Evangelism: 'No respect for freedom of speech!'

Rushmoor Borough Council has been lambasted by a Christian street speaker and evangelist, after attempting to impose a blanket ban on all Christian-related activity in the town centre. The Labour-run authority has sensationally U-turned on its controversial decision to seek an injunction that would have prohibited Christians preaching and praying i...

2025-05-14T13:57:00Z

Hotline between military and air traffic controllers in Washington hasn't worked for over 3 years

Hotline between military and air traffic controllers in Washington hasn't worked for over 3 years - Sen. Ted Cruz asked whether a hotline between military and civilian air traffic controllers in Washington, D

2025-05-14T18:14:30Z

TV presenter accuses police officer of sexual misconduct

TV presenter accuses police officer of sexual misconduct - Jackie Adedeji has described the police misconduct investigation she was part of as ‘traumatising’.

2025-05-14T19:32:06Z

More emergency measures to cut jail overcrowding before ‘zero capacity’ reached

More emergency measures to cut jail overcrowding before ‘zero capacity’ reached - Legislation to bring in the changes is expected to be introduced in the coming weeks.

2025-05-14T17:32:07Z

Wisconsin judge argues prosecutors can't charge her with helping a man evade immigration agents

Wisconsin judge argues prosecutors can't charge her with helping a man evade immigration agents - A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents who were trying to detain him at her courthouse have filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that there’s no legal basis for it

2025-05-14T18:29:32Z

Climate change is damaging capital's trees, experts warn London Assembly

Climate change is damaging capital's trees, experts warn London Assembly - Warning to London Assembly comes as experts acknowledge a ‘really big cultural shift’ in the public’s attitude towards trees

2025-05-14T18:47:06Z

BBC reporter denies excluding ‘unhelpful comments’ about Adams claim

BBC reporter denies excluding ‘unhelpful comments’ about Adams claim - Jennifer O’Leary denied taking out statements from the Spotlight programme to emphasise the claim against Gerry Adams.

2025-05-14T17:59:30Z

Teacher banned from the classroom after drinking cider in school and walking into door

Teacher banned from the classroom after drinking cider in school and walking into door - Jon Downs, from Westhoughton High School in Bolton, has been banned indefinitely

2025-05-14T13:59:17Z

Queen jokes about ‘spooky’ skeletons at Westminster Abbey ceremony

The Queen has unveiled the foundation stone for a new public entrance to Westminster Abbey, joking about her “spooky” last visit when she saw “quite a lot of skeletons” on the construction site. She is patron of the £13 million building project, which will see the new entrance named the King Charles III Sacristy, in her husband’s honour. During a s...

2025-05-14T16:11:40Z

Max streaming service is reviving the HBO name — the one it discarded two years ago

Max streaming service is reviving the HBO name — the one it discarded two years ago - Warner Bros

2025-05-14T16:34:23Z

‘I am completely dead now’: Pilot, 72, who died in a crash penned his own obituary detailing his close brushes with death

‘I am completely dead now’: Pilot, 72, who died in a crash penned his own obituary detailing his close brushes with death - “I had several close calls throughout my lifetime,” Gary Wolfelt wrote. “I guess that I was just lucky that something didn’t get me long before now.”

2025-05-14T17:39:29Z