UK News

Windrush victims launch legal action over compensation delays

Henry Vaughan and Fitzroy Maynard sue Home Office, saying delays have caused them years of stress

Amelia Gentleman

21, Sep, 2021 @7:00 AM

The real reason dogs are better than cats | Zoe Williams

They are clever, versatile, pro-social – and tenacious in the extreme, writes Zoe Williams

Zoe Williams

21, Sep, 2021 @6:00 AM

MoD data breach ‘put lives at risk’ for more than 250 Afghan interpreters

Email to people who worked for British forces and seek relocation to UK mistakenly made addresses visible to all recipients

Robyn Vinter

20, Sep, 2021 @10:35 PM

Foxhound body director ‘encouraged’ illegal fox hunts, court hears

Prosecution says Mark Hankinson gave advice on how to use trail hunting as a ‘smokescreen’

Damien Gayle and agency

20, Sep, 2021 @5:23 PM

Ragnhild Sweet-Escott obituary

Other lives: Counsellor and doctor’s wife who loved the Yorkshire Dales

Ellen Sweet-Escott

20, Sep, 2021 @5:21 PM

Tributes paid after deaths of woman and three children in Derbyshire

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after Derbyshire police were called to property in Killamarsh

Josh Halliday and Jamie Grierson

20, Sep, 2021 @3:51 PM

Inability to enforce face masks leaves London mayor frustrated

Sadiq Khan calls for government measures to help ensure coverings are worn on public transport

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

20, Sep, 2021 @3:26 PM

Grimsby doctor who nearly killed partner in ‘exorcism’ rituals jailed

Dr Hossam Metwally injected girlfriend with anaesthetic drugs in belief she was possessed by spirits

Sarah Marsh

20, Sep, 2021 @2:53 PM

Khan and Shapps try to put differences aside as Northern line extension opens

London mayor and transport secretary talk up teamwork for project that has come in under budget and on time

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

20, Sep, 2021 @2:36 PM

Grenfell inquiry: London fire brigade’s water ‘could have reached top floor’

Firefighting equipment was available that ‘might have made the difference’, inquiry hears

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

20, Sep, 2021 @1:57 PM

‘They won’t win’: Oldham council leader speaks out on arson attack

Arooj Shah, town’s first female Muslim leader, says she forced herself to go to council meeting the day after the attack

David Batty

20, Sep, 2021 @12:04 PM

Veterans at UK’s largest barracks at risk of losing mental health support

Charity that has helped 340 homeless veterans at Catterick garrison says it will soon run out of money for service