In this issue

January 14, 2023

Johnson is looking for publicity’ in a war zone

Former military chiefs warn ex-PM against Ukraine trip

3 mins

Record levels of NHS staff resign with health service in unprecedented territory’

‘Staff are truly broken, resulting in a workforce post-Covid that cannot do or sacrifice anymore,’ says one nurse PA

3 mins

Starmer: Johnson a threat to Northern Ireland protocol

The Labour leader about to deliver his speech at the University of Belfast on Thursday PA)

3 mins

Can the deadlock over the protocol finally be broken?

As the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement draws near, Sean O’Grady wonders whether there is finally a chance that the problem of the Northern Ireland border will be resolved

3 mins

The Labour Party is setting No 10’s political agenda

The government finds it hard to oppose the sensible proposals coming from the other side of the House UK Parliament/PA)

3 mins

End ministerial loopholes, says former standards chief

Boris Johnson was able to keep value of holiday to Goldmith’s Spanish villa private using ministerial exemption’ PA Wire)

3 mins

Wild camping ruling a step backwards, say campaigners

Some campers cause problems to livestock, it has been claimed PA)

2 mins

Single-use plastic to be banned from October

Plastics and other detritus line the shore of the Thames estuary Getty)

1 min

Travel and flood warnings as snow storm on the way

The cold snap is expected to hit Scotland tomorrow and then work its way south PA)

1 min

Harry cut bombshells’ that family would never forgive

The prince has revealed in an interview that his first draft of Spare’ was 800 pages long (AP)

2 mins

HRT could lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s

(aerey is associated with better memory and larger brain volumes among at-risk gene carriers Alamy

2 mins

Footballer Mendy cleared of rape and sex assault charges

Jurors failed to reach a verdict on two counts against the Manchester City defender AFP/Getty)

3 mins

Biker gang rivalry led to grandfather being killed

David Crawford was attacked for wearing his motorcycle club’s colours’ in a rival area Family handout/PA)

2 mins

‘What madness looks like’

As Russia claims to have seized the town of Soledar after months of fighting, Bel Trew reports on what it means for Putin’s invasion and Ukrainians in the path of the advance

7 mins

Russia claims victory after ferocious battle for Soledar

Russian self-propelled artillery at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk region yesterday EPA)

2 mins

‘Up to 10 dead bodies in one night, sometimes more’

Cold fronts present a deadly threat to Delhi’s homeless as Stuti Mishra reports from a bitter evening in the capital

5 mins

Pope a catastrophe’, says late cardinal in memo leak

Pell, who died on Tuesday, called out Pope Francis for staying silent on human rights issues AP)

2 mins

Sturgeon can’t admit just how much she needs Sunak

There were more subtexts to their conversation than a poststructuralist dissertation Reuters)

3 mins

Fohnson finished? Don’t be silly... were not that lucky

Give me the gun, Rishi, and I definitely won’t shoot you (GC Images)

3 mins

Women are still not allowed to be rowdy in the Commons

In Westminster we are far too often treated like children rather than elected representatives (PA)

4 mins

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