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May 19, 2022

'Nothing We Can Do About Inflation Crisis,' Says Sunak

Senior Conservatives have urged the chancellor to do more to help hard-hit families

5 mins

Clarke Attacks Sunak Over Failing To Help 'Lowest Paid'

Cut out all the tax cutting, ex-Tory chancellor says calling for universal credit hikes instead

2 mins

Evasion And Irrelevance Are Johnson's Only Manoeuvres

The PM did not answer if he was for or against a windfall tax at PMQs

3 mins

'Summer of discontent' as rail unions warn of strikes

Action stations? Waterloo, the busiest rail terminus in Europe, could be impacted

3 mins

Two new monkeypox cases found, health officials warn

Symptoms of the virus, spreading in England, include rashes that may turn into blisters

2 mins

'Blood Rain' To Turn Skies Red As Thunderstorms Strike

Red or orange rain could fall in some parts of the country with the changing weather

1 min

Patel rejects plan to prevent repeat of Grenfell tragedy in favour of 'stay put' advice

Fire swept through the residential block in June 2017, killing 72 people, 15 of them disabled

2 mins

Record Heatwaves Likely To Happen Every Year By 2100

An elephant cools off at a zoo in Karachi, Pakistan, where temperatures peaked at 51C on Sunday

2 mins

Truss Aid Plan 'Missing' UN's Poverty-Ending Goals

The foreign secretary was told the omission is 'astonishing'

2 mins

Indian Court Releases Rajiv Gandhi Killer From Prison

AG Perarivalan (left) spent 31 years in jail

2 mins

Pets peeved: town orders cats indoors to protect bird

The decree issued in the southwest German town of Walldorf has upset pet owners

1 min

Don't Tell People Of Colour To Be The 'Bigger Person' When They've Experienced Racism

To say this is to say that hate crime is just part and parcel of living in the UK

3 mins

Analysing trial data is more complicated than you'd think

Evaluating audience interactions all day you sometimes learn that story isn't quite what it seems

3 mins

Satisfying, not electrifying

'Grease' may still be the word, but a stale and stilted script hinders the energetic and talented cast

2 mins

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