A primary school has been destroyed by a ‘devastating’ fire, forcing 300 children to go back to learning from home. The blaze ripped through the St Mary’s School in Darley Abbey, Derbyshire, in the early hours of Saturday morning. Pictures showed classrooms have been gutted and the roof of the building has fallen in. It’s […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Nicholas Timothy, Theresa May’s former chief of staff, has warned the Prime Minister there is “trouble brewing in the Tory party” over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Timothy explains there is […]
ROME — After decades of bureaucratic delays, corruption and resistance from environmental groups, sea walls designed to defend Venice from “acqua alta,” or high water, went up on Saturday, testing their ability to battle the city’s increasingly menacing floods. By 10 a.m. all 78 floodgates barricading three inlets to the Venetian lagoon had been raised, […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Princess Eugenie, 30, delighted fans last week with news that she and husband Jack Brooksbank are expecting a royal baby. The happy couple marked the pregnancy on Instagram with fans in an […]
Could a bridge or tunnel actually be built between Scotland and Northern Ireland? It’s an idea that has been suggested several times by Boris Johnson and will now be looked at as part of a national review into UK transport connections. The study will investigate the feasibility of a fixed link between the two nations […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two, feature in a powerful new video. The royal siblings put pressing questions about the environment to national treasure David Attenborough in a […]
The Conservative Party’s virtual conference got off to a bumpy start today as many viewers reported that the website crashed during a talk with cabinet minister Michael Gove. Party members and observers who registered for the event posted screenshots on social media of error messages received as they logged in to watch the ‘fireside chat’ […]
Two men who were found shot dead in a car parked on an industrial estate have been named. William Henry, 31, and Brian McIntosh, 29, who are both from Bartley Green, Birmingham, were discovered in a car park off Moor Street, Dudley, shortly before 3.30pm on Wednesday. Mr Henry’s family described him as ‘the light […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has wished Donald Trump ‘a full and swift recovery’ following his coronavirus diagnosis. But Dr Michael Ryan, the executive director of the WHO’s Emergencies Programme, refused to comment on the US President’s past refusal to wear a mask or his mocking of those who do. He instead doubled down on […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Queen was pushed forward in the order of succession at the age of ten after the unprecedented abdication of her uncle Edward VIII. Royal commentators suggested the duty facing the young […]