Many of the people who drowned in the biggest ever loss of life in a migrant dinghy in the Channel could have been saved if rescue services had searched for them for longer, lawyers for their families have said. Their comments came after the independent Cranston inquiry which is scrutinising the circumstances surrounding the mass…
A childhood friend of Noel Clarke saw one of the women accusing the former Doctor Who star of sexual misconduct grope him in a “playful” manner, the high court has heard. Clarke, 49, is suing Guardian News and Media (GNM) for libel over seven articles and a podcast containing allegations of misconduct against him, published…
More than £4bn has been wiped off the value of Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer stock since Friday amid fears that rival Asda will step up the grocery price war. Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket, took the biggest hit as its share price fell more than 12% on Monday, while second-place Sainsbury’s was down…
Clean up efforts have started in several US states which endured destructive storms that killed more than 40 people over the weekend. The massive storm system in question swept across at least eight states in the south and midwest over the weekend, with multiple tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms hunkering down on the region, destroying…
The Saxons knew the West Sussex village of Storrington as Estorchestone, the “abode of the storks”. But the graceful white birds disappeared from its skies more than 600 years ago, when they became extinct in Britain. Now, after the white stork’s successful return, Storrington and the nearby Knepp estate have been designated a “European stork…
The former Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean has warned the chancellor against making kneejerk cuts in next week’s spring statement to try to hit fiscal targets that are five years away. Rachel Reeves is preparing to slash spending, including on disability benefits, in response to weaker forecasts from the independent Office for Budget…
Donald Trump claimed on Monday that pardons signed by Joe Biden were “void, vacant and of no further force and effect” because they were signed with an autopen. In a post to his social media platform, Trump used his abusive nickname for Biden and referred to members of the House January 6 committee when he…
Japan is planning to deploy long-range missiles on its southern island of Kyushu amid concerns around the Trump administration’s stance towards its security pacts and ongoing regional tensions. The missiles, with a range of about 1,000km, would be capable of hitting targets in North Korea and China’s coastal regions, and are due to be deployed…
Donald Trump’s trade wars are splintering the global economy and unpicking progress made to reboot growth and tackle inflation, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned. In its latest update on the health of the world economy, the leading Paris-based institution downgraded the prospects for global growth this year and next, including…
At least 34 people have died across six states in the US in the past week as a powerful storm system swept through the midwest and south, affecting Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Mississippi. The storms brought a devastating combination of dust storms, tornadoes, wildfires, flash flooding and large hailstones, and left behind a…
