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June 08, 2023

Harry 'must provide hard evidence' of hacking claims

Prince Harry was repeatedly asked to provide “hard evidence” to support his newspaper phone hacking claims yesterday, as he told the High Court he brought the case to protect his wife Meghan from abuse

4 mins

More like a boy than a man, Harry shrank on the stand

Breezing into the building with a smile flickering around the edges of his beard, Prince Harry started the day cheerfully enough, clutching a wad of notes nervously like a GCSE student rolling out of bed for finals

3 mins

Being namechecked in court by Harry reveals his ignorance about journalism

Kim Sengupta wrote a version of a story the Duke of Sussex wrongly claims could only have come through phone hacking

4 mins

Tory donor's libel action against ex-MP thrown out

Press freedom campaigners claimed a “landmark victory” yesterday after a High Court judge threw out a libel action by a multi-millionaire Tory donor against a former Conservative MP

4 mins

Trade Deal With US Has Not Been A Priority, Says Sunak

A full-blown trade deal with the US has not been a priority for a while, Rishi Sunak has acknowledged ahead of talks with Joe Biden

2 mins

Johnson and wife hosted friend during restrictions

Chequers visit by events organiser concerned wedding plans

2 mins

Could the NHS weight-loss jab also shrink your tax bill?

A £40m NHS pilot scheme in which obese people will be offered weight-loss jabs has been announced by the government in the hope of getting them back into work and reducing waiting lists

2 mins

Small boats push won't win back voters, says poll guru

Rishi Sunak is wrong to believe his promise to solve the small boats crisis can win back former Conservative voters, the polling guru Professor John Curtice has claimed

3 mins

Health alert as temperature is expected to soar to 29C

The UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office have issued the first heat-health alert of the year in six regions of England

2 mins

Summer Holidays At Risk Due To Heathrow Security Strike

A summer of travel chaos looms as thousands of security officers at Heathrow airport are set to strike for 31 days during the peak holiday period

3 mins

Children's focus post-Covid is 10 minutes, say teachers

Primary school children’s attention spans are “shorter than ever” post-pandemic, forcing teachers to spend less than 10 minutes on each activity to maintain their pupils’ focus, a survey has revealed

2 mins

Aspiring lawyer mistakenly killed in 'gang-style' attack

An aspiring lawyer was stabbed to death in a gang-style” attack in a case of mistaken identity after a trip to Waitrose, a court heard yesterday

2 mins

Ukraine on manoeuvres for a Russian counteroffensive

The blowing up of the Nova Kakhovka dam will delay an expected armoured thrust in the area by Ukrainian forces but military action in the preliminary stages of Kyiv’s counteroffensive continues across the frontline

3 mins

Families of India's train crash victims take DNA tests to identify bodies

Distressed family members of victims of the Odisha train crash are being forced to take DNA tests before claiming the corpses of their loved ones, following chaos and confusion over bodies with multiple claimants

3 mins

Pope Recovers In Hospital Following Intestinal Surgery

Pope Francis is recovering in hospital having undergone a threehour operation without complications to repair a hernia, the Vatican has said

3 mins

Kherson dam attack could 'turn fields into deserts'

Destruction of Nova Kakhovka may also spark food crisis’

3 mins

A LIGHTWEIGHT BIO

‘Competitive maniac’ Arnold Schwarzenegger has led an astonishing life, writes Louis Chilton but it’s not the whitewashed one shown in Netflix’s timid three-part series

3 mins

Telegraph Media Group is up for sale after lender row

The Daily and Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator magazine are to be put up for sale after talks between their owners and lenders collapsed

1 min

Sainsbury's for its chief £5m pay deal is indefensible

“A reward for delivering profiteering profits,” is how Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham described Sainsbury’s chief executive Simon Roberts’s bumper 5m package, revealed in its annual report

3 mins

First golf, now Saudi Arabia aims to take over football

If you want a little insight into just how much the sporting world has changed in the last 72 hours, take the story of one prime footballer who previously didn’t even consider an offer from the Saudi Pro League

8 mins

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