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July 27, 2022

Tory debate cut short as presenter collapses

The second TV debate between Conservative leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak was halted dramatically last night after presenter Kate McCann fainted, cutting short a bitter clash over funding for the NHS and tax cuts.

2 mins

Ministers ‘played fast and loose’ with £777m in Covid contracts

Ministers ‘played fast and loose’ with Covid contracts

4 mins

Rail strike begins as union tells ministers to ‘stop interfering’

The railways will grind to a halt again today as workers strike over pay, job security and working conditions.

3 mins

Starmer blames PM’s ‘appalling’ attitude to women for lack of progress over violence

Rape and domestic violence cases will be fast-tracked through the courts under a Labour government so that no victim has to wait more than a year for justice, Keir Starmer has pledged.

3 mins

British geologist to be freed from Iraqi prison after 15-year sentence overturned

A retired British geologist is to be released from an Iraqi prison after his 15-year jail sentence for smuggling antiquities was quashed, according to his family and lawyer.

2 mins

‘It has to come home’ England fans soak up festival atmosphere

Rachel Gould and her friends have been watching women’s football together for five years, including travelling to watch England in the 2019 World Cup.

4 mins

Party members should not select next prime minister, says senior MP

Conservative party members should be stripped of their power to pick Britain’s next prime minister, a senior MP has said, citing concerns about how the increasingly hostile attacks between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are playing out in public.

2 mins

Security PM denies talking official business with ex-spy at ‘social’ event

Boris Johnson has told MPs that no government business was discussed “as far as I am aware” when he met the former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev at an Italian palazzo without officials present when he was foreign secretary.

2 mins

Facebook could end restrictions on coronavirus misinformation

Facebook is turning to its “supreme court” to decide whether to end restrictions on Covid misinformation, more than two years after the company first started to take special action on posts promoting falsehoods about the disease.

1 min

Greggs and Primark on a roll with second fashion collection

The name of a high street sausage roll vendor may not seem an obvious choice for consumer for three times its original price on eBay within a week .

2 mins

EU Agrees Plan To Ration Gas Use This Winter As Moscow Squeezes Supplies

The EU has been forced to water down its plan to ration gas supplies this winter despite the threat of an energy crisis generated by further Russian supply cuts .

3 mins

Myanmar Activists vow to defy junta after executions

On Monday night at 8pm the familiar, defiant sound of clashing pots and pans returned to the streets of Yangon.

3 mins

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