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The Guardian
Robbins admits officials debated withholding Mandelson file
The former civil servant, Olly Robbins, responded to a question about an alleged “cover-up” yesterday by confirming government officials considered withholding Peter Mandelson’s secretive vetting documents from parliament.
4 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Demonising Albanians makes them a target, says ambassador
Albanians in Britain are paying the price in schools and workplaces of being scapegoated by rightwing media and politicians, the Albanian ambassador has said.
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Airlines push for relaxation of noise rules over potential fuel shortage
Airlines are lobbying the UK government to relax environmental and noise rules, modify passenger rights and cut taxes on flying as they prepare for higher costs and a possible shortage of jet fuel because of the war in the Middle East.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Pollen season in Europe is longer due to climate crisis, study finds
Climate breakdown has extended the UK and mainland Europe pollen season by at least a week since the 1990s, a study has found, adding itchy eyes and runny noses to the harms wrought by fossil fuel pollution.
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Slick Welbeck sets seal on Chelsea's fifth straight loss
As Chelsea’s season lurches, time to celebrate Brighton’s achievements.
3 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Police arrest seven more after series of arson attacks on Jewish targets
Detectives investigating a series of attacks on Jewish sites have arrested seven people for allegedly plotting a further firebombing as a teenager pleaded guilty yesterday to an arson attack on a synagogue on Saturday.
3 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
ABF confirms plan to spin off Primark from food group
Primark is to break free from its sister food company, which owns the Twinings, Kingsmill and Patak's brands, next year despite warning that the conflict in the Middle East would quite likely hit consumer spending and drive up inflation.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
King pays tribute to mother on 100th anniversary of her birth
King Charles has said his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, would have been troubled deeply by current affairs as he paid tribute to her on what would have been her 100th birthday.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Call for curbs on veterinary flea remedies that can harm songbirds
Conservationists have called for restrictions on flea treatments for pets after research found bird feathers were widely contaminated with substances that can damage the birds’ brains and kill unhatched chicks.
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Boots on the ground How threat could be gift to Tehran's military
It is the doomsday scenario that Donald Trump repeatedly swore he would never countenance; putting boots on the ground in a deployment that could embroil the US in a Middle East “forever war”.
4 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Curiosity rover detects chemicals linked to potential life on Mars
Nasa’s Curiosity rover has detected organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals considered to be building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Immigration Mahmood swears at heckler over Reform UK remarks
Shabana Mahmood told “white liberal” hecklers to “fuck right off” after being accused at an onstage event of copying the policies of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Okolie vows to clear his name after drugs test
Lawrence Okolie has pledged to clear his name after a failed drugs test that has led to the cancellation of his heavyweight bout against Tony Yoka this weekend.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Black children more likely to be strip-searched
Black children across England and Wales are almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched by police than their white counterparts, a report has found.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
At odds Where two key players disagree
In the past 24 hours, the two men at the heart of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal have given their version of events: Keir Starmer, the prime minister, and Olly Robbins, the man he sacked as the head civil servant at the Foreign Office.
3 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Woodman ready to step up again for Liverpool
Keeper's first top-flight Reds game came after his dad took Bromley up and now he may face boyhood club Palace
4 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Coventry and Lincoln make sure of titles
Coventry made sure of the Championship title last night by beating Portsmouth 5-1.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Back on course MasterChef's new dynamic duo get the balance right
MasterChef is back, emboldened by the strange and giddy euphoria of an enforced refresh.
3 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Donny Osmond pays tribute to brother Alan, 76
The American musician Donny Osmond paid tribute yesterday to his brother and \"protector\" Alan Osmond, who has died aged 76.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
City watchdog faces legal action over car loan victims' compensation
A consumer group is preparing to take the City watchdog to court in the hope of overhauling a £9.1bn compensation scheme that it claims massively shortchanges victims of the UK car loan scandal.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Tucker Carlson 'tormented' by role in getting Trump elected
The conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson has said he is “tormented” by his support for Donald Trump in an extraordinary mea culpa that called for “a moment to wrestle with our own consciences”.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Foreign Office civil servants 'were told to find top job for Starmer aide'
Downing Street pushed the Foreign Office to find a diplomatic role for Keir Starmer’s communications chief over the head of the then foreign secretary, the former head of the department has revealed.
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Two guilty of drive-by shooting murder of woman outside wake
Two men have been found guilty of murdering a woman and injuring two more people in a drive-by shooting outside a wake.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
President's erratic commentary and casual dismissiveness of Iranians the real block to a deal
Donald Trump's blend of threats and hubristic commentary, often casually dismissive of Iran, has as much as the continuation of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports - been the key stumbling block to restarting peace talks between the two countries under Pakistan's mediation in Islamabad.
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Tobacco buying ban for anyone born after 2008 to become law
A bill banning anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco in the UK has completed its progress through parliament in a move that ministers hope will create a “smoke-free generation”.
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
'Borderline case' Questions raised over whether vetting briefing was misleading
An account of the Peter Mandelson vetting process given by Sir Olly Robbins has raised new questions about whether Robbins was misled about the findings of the agency responsible for vetting.
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Olly comes away as the sort of man Keir believes himself to be - but somehow isn't
Well, what would you do?
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Officials were too slow to act on falling pupil numbers, says audit office
A failure to account for England's falling birthrate is leading to a glut of school places and a potential £1bn fall in pupil funding over the next three years, according to a National Audit Office report.
1 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Deaths of 104 children linked to temporary accommodation
Living in temporary accommodation contributed to the deaths of 104 children in England in the past six years, 76 of whom were under the age of one, according to data.
2 min |
April 22, 2026
The Guardian
Premier League clubs unhappy at rising costs of football regulator
Premier League clubs are increasingly unhappy at the Independent Football Regulator’s (IFR’s) costs and uncertainty about how much each club will be made to pay.
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