In this issue

May 11, 2023

Morgan was aware of hacking, court told

Piers Morgan knew about illegal phone hacking when he was the editor of the Daily Mirror, it has been alleged at the high court.

3 mins

'Morally unacceptable': Welby in stinging attack on migration bill

Archbishop condemns plans as isolationist and politically impractical

4 mins

Gove's plan to scrap leaseholds abandoned

Plans to abolish the \"feudal\" system of leaseholds across England and Wales have been dropped after a battle between Downing Street and Michael Gove.

3 mins

Sunak Risks Missing Target To Halve Inflation This Year, Economists Say

Rishi Sunak is at risk of missing his flagship target to halve inflation this year, one of Britain's leading economic forecasters has warned, as households are left thousands of pounds worse off amid higher prices.

2 mins

Taylor Swift effect sends orders for mystery book up the charts

The formula to a bestselling book is a mystery publishers have wrestled with for centuries. Now they may finally have their answer: encourage Taylor Swift fans to believe she may have written it.

2 mins

Mosquito magnet? It could be your choice of soap, study finds

Lathering up with soap might seem a reasonable mosquito evasion strategy on the basis that if they can't smell you, they can't bite you.

1 min

Carroll 'overwhelmed with joy for women' after Trump assault verdict

E Jean Carroll said she was \"overwhelmed with joy for the women in this country\" after a jury found the former US president Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store in 1996.

2 mins

Bong gone: a moment of silence from Big Ben as Westminster's clock stops

Time stood still in London yesterday, it has emerged. Big Ben, the bell at the top of the 96-metre Elizabeth Tower of the Houses of Parliament, failed to chime when the dials of the clock briefly stopped.

1 min

Number of adults living with their parents rises by 620,000 in 10 years

There are about 620,000 more adult children now living with their parents in England and Wales than a decade ago, and most of those doing so are young men, census figures reveal.

3 mins

Wagner Set To Be Proscribed As Terrorists In Move That Will Help Ukrainians' Legal Case

An imminent government decision by the British to proscribe the Wagner mercenary group will speed up plans by Ukrainian refugees to sue it for up to £5bn in damages in the UK courts, the lawyer leading the case has told the Guardian.

2 mins

Police reopen rape case after alleged victim's libel win

Police in Northumbria are reopening a sexual assault investigation after a woman who was sued for writing about her experience defeated a libel action against her.

2 mins

Deadly violence continues across Pakistan in wake of Khan's arrest

Shah Meer Baloch, Hannah Ellis-Petersen

3 mins

Santos pleads not guilty to 13 charges including fraud and money laundering

The Republican congressman George Santos, exposed for lying extensively about his background and campaign finance disclosures, appeared in federal court in New York yesterday on charges of fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and false statements.

3 mins

Asos drops £291m into the red as high street revival hits online fashion sales

Asos has dived £291m into the red after sales slumped in what the online fashion retailer called a \"challenging trading backdrop\", with shoppers returning to physical high street stores and cutting spending on non-essentials.

2 mins

Energy saving at peak times over winter was equivalent to the usage of 10m homes

Households and businesses in Great Britain moved enough of their energy usage to non-peak times last winter to power 10m homes and help to avoid blackouts.

1 min

High rollers return to London property market after post-Brexit slump in sales

More than 160 properties worth £10m or more have been sold in London over the past year - the most since 2016, when Brexit spooked the global super-rich from investing in Britain's \"super-prime\" market.

2 mins

Unorthodox Busquets changed the game

The key figure as the pivot for club and country, who often went unnoticed, is leaving Barcelona at end of season

4 mins

Haaland denied in Madrid on a night of high quality to leave tie on razor's edge

Holders' defence snuff out threat of Norwegian and both sides put positive spin on tantalising first leg

2 mins

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