Getty Images Millions of people will now feel the impact of an unprecedented £700-a-year rise in energy costs – at the same time as a host of bill hikes take effect. The 54% rise in the energy price cap means a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will now pay £1,971 per
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Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misled by advisers who are too scared to tell him how badly the war in Ukraine is going, the White House says. Meanwhile British intelligence says Russian troops in Ukraine are demoralised, short of equipment and refusing to carry out orders. Mr Putin is also not being told
PA Media Sweeping changes to maternity services in England are expected after a report laid bare catastrophic failures at an NHS trust that may have led to the deaths of more than 200 babies. Over 20 years, errors at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust led to babies being stillborn, dying after birth or being left
PA Media Repeated catastrophic failures at an NHS trust meant more than 200 babies may have died and many others left with life-changing injuries, a report said. Senior midwife Donna Ockenden’s review examined maternity care at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust (SaTH) spanning 20 years. Her report found babies’ deaths were often not investigated
Pool Senior members of the Royal Family are to attend a service of thanksgiving for the Duke of Edinburgh later. The memorial at Westminster Abbey for Prince Philip, who died last year aged 99, will celebrate his public service and a “long life lived fully”. Representatives of his charities, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award,
EPA Twenty fines will be issued as part of the police inquiry into Downing Street parties that breached Covid rules. The police will not be saying who is fined or confirming which events the fixed penalty notices relate to. However, Downing Street has said it would say if the prime minister is among the recipients.
Reuters Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning at talks in Kyiv earlier this month, sources close to him say. The Chelsea FC owner – who has now recovered – reportedly suffered sore eyes and skin peeling. Two Ukrainian peace negotiators were also said to have been affected. The Wall Street Journal reported
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face on stage at the Oscars after the comic made a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith. “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2,” he said, in an
Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denied that the United States has any plans to bring about regime change in Russia or anywhere else. Mr Blinken’s comments come a day after President Joe Biden said his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, should not be allowed to remain in power. Mr Biden made the unscripted
EPA Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had marijuana, opioids and other drugs in his system before he died, Colombian investigators say. Hawkins, 50, died at a hotel in Bogota, with the band due to play at a music festival this weekend. Local officials said an ambulance was sent to the hotel after a man reported
Reuters Several explosions hit the city of Lviv, in western Ukraine, regional officials said. The governor of the Lviv region, Maksym Kozytskyi, said five people had been injured, and that rocket fire had hit a fuel storage facility and a factory. Lviv has so far escaped much of the shelling that has come to be
Getty Images The drummer with US rock group Foo Fighters, Taylor Hawkins, has died aged 50, the band have announced. The band said they were “devastated by the tragic and untimely loss” in a statement on social media. No cause of death has been given. Hawkins played with Foo Fighters for more than two decades,
Getty Images Covid cases have climbed by a million in a week in the UK, data from the Office for National Statistics reveals. Swab tests suggest about one in every 16 people is infected, as the contagious Omicron variant BA.2 continues to spread. That’s just under 4.3 million people, up from 3.3 million the week
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boss of P&O Ferries Peter Hebblethwaite is facing mounting pressure to resign over the no-notice sackings of 800 staff. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps called for him to step down after his “brazen” and “breathtaking” law breaking
It is a month since Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine with a force of nearly 200,000 men. One of the first cities to feel the full force of the invasion was Kharkiv in the north-east. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Darren Conway have spent time with two fighters who have been at the front
Getty Images Rishi Sunak’s mini-budget will not prevent millions being pushed into poverty by the soaring cost of food and energy, a think tank has warned. The chancellor said measures in his Spring Statement would help “hard-working British families” through the “challenging months ahead”. But the Resolution Foundation said 1.3 million people would not be
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