Gething rejects Covid inquiry perjury claim as donations scandal rumbles on

The Welsh first minister, Vaughan Gething, has expressed regret over the donations scandal that has beset his first weeks in office but rejected a fresh allegation that he may have committed perjury in statements made to the UK Covid inquiry concerning deleted messages.

Awkward fit A politician at odds with new friends

Natalie Elphicke, who has become Labour's newest MP, has a record that puts her on the right of UK politics.

'Lives put at risk' by Met police policy on mental health calls

The Metropolitan police has said its refusal to routinely send officers to mental health calls means that they can spend more time at crime scenes - but charities said the policy could endanger lives.

In the pharmacy Chemists face customers' anger

A survey of thousands of pharmacists has found that patients' health is being put at risk by record drug shortages in the UK, leaving patients and pharmacists frustrated over not being able to get the medicine they need.

Mayday at Stinky Bay: local place nicknames added to rescuers' tool

From Stinky Bay to Sausage Island local nicknames for UK landmarks have long been a source of amusement. But in an emergency the last thing rescuers need to grapple with is how to find Crazy Mary's Hole.

'We don't need people like that' Labour fury over Tory defector

Keir Starmer is facing shadow cabinet anger for welcoming a rightwing Conservative MP who has repeatedly attacked Labour over migration into the party.

US could delay more Israel arms shipments

US officials have signalled to Israel that more arms shipments could be delayed if the Israeli military pushes ahead with an offensive in Rafah, Gaza, in what would mark the start of a major pivot in relations between the two countries.

Scientists despair amid forecast of at least 2.5C temperature rise

Poll shows climate experts expect catastrophic heating

‘We demand a decision now’ Everton shareholders call for an end to 777’s takeover farce’

Everton shareholders have urged the club’s owner, Farhad Moshiri, and the Premier League to end the farce” of a proposed takeover by 777 Partners after the troubled company was accused of fraud worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Ancelotti to spur on Madrid in search of revenge

Carlo Ancelotti said he was on the \"good side\" of European football's grandest rivalry and, on the eve of the Champions League semi-final second leg between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, revealed the Bavarian club did not support him when he was coach.

Ten Hag exit may be inevitable but when will the cycle stop?

Change is surely coming with Manchester United playing so badly, so often, but this is a club trapped in constant transition, writes

'I contemplated what my life would be without tennis'

Jack Draper on his coaching experiment, his long climb up the rankings and why he considered quitting the sport

US regulator investigates Boeing over quality tests on 787 planes

Boeing faces a new investigation after the planemaker told US regulators it might have failed to carry out some quality inspections properly on its 787 Dreamliner planes.

Disney plans to scale back Marvel films to 'focus more on quality'

Disney said yesterday it planned to release fewer movies and \"focus more on quality\" in its key franchises after a string of high-profile flops at the box office.

P&O Ferries boss asked if he is modern pirate’ for paying crew 4.87 an hour

The boss of P&O Ferries has been asked if he is \"a pirate\" who appears to be \"robbing staff blind\" - as he confirmed to MPs that the group's seafarers have been paid rates lower than he previously told parliament.

Woman pleads not guilty to mushroom poisonings

Erin Patterson, a woman accused of murdering and attempting to murder her relatives by serving them a meal laced with deadly mushrooms, has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Venezuela is first country to lose all of its glaciers in modern era

Venezuela has lost its last remaining glacier as it shrunk so much that scientists reclassified it as an ice patch.

Death toll hits 90 in southern Brazil's worst climate disaster

The death toll from what authorities are calling the worst climate disaster ever to strike southern Brazil has risen to 90, after ferocious rain flooded huge stretches of Rio Grande do Sul state, displacing more than 155,000 people.

Locked out How racism in Europe is hurting minorities' access to housing

The apartment had everything that Hamado Dipama was looking for: one bedroom, a bath and a good location in the southern German city of Augsburg. When he called to set up a viewing, however, the landlord kept asking him where he was from.

Prince's yellow Cloud guitar could sell for £480,000

One of the iconic guitars Prince used on stage at the height of his stardom in the 80s and 90s will be auctioned this month.

‘You have confirmed the correctness of our course’: Putin sworn in for fifth term

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for his fifth term as leader in a ceremony attended by Russia's political elite but boycotted by the UK, US and most European envoys.

Green party inquiry into Gaza remarks by Leeds councillor

A Green party councillor at the centre of an antisemitism row has apologised \"for the upset caused\" by his remarks but hit back at \"Islamophobic\" attacks against him.

Swinneytakes over in Scotland and says: T'll stop my heckling’

The new Scottish National party leader, John Swinney, will become Scotland's seventh first minister after winning the backing of MSPs.

Chinese network thought to operate one of world's largest online scams’

More than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online designer shops apparently operated from China.

Cass tells MSPs gender review did not put too high a bar on evidence

The Cass review on gender identity \"absolutely\" did not set an unfairly high bar for evidence, its author said yesterday, as she addressed \"significant misinformation\" about her assessment of healthcare provision for gender-questioning young people in England and Wales.

Campaign group appalled’ as Sizewell C gets nuclear licence

A planned nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk has been granted the first site licence in more than a decade as investors and government officials race to finalise a deal for the multibillion-pound project this year.

Ex-leader of NUS settles sacking case over antisemitism claim

A former president of the National Union of Students is said to have accepted a \"substantial\" settlement to end her legal action against the union following her dismissal over allegations of antisemitism.

Labour needs to rebuild voters' trust lost over Gaza, say Reeves and Khan

Two of Labour's most senior figures admitted yesterday that the party had lost the trust of some voters over its response to the Israel-Gaza conflict and will have to \"engage and listen\" to win them back.

Long and short of cat life expectancy may be determined by breed, say researchers

The name may sound ancient but you should avoid a sphynx cat if you want a pet to grow old with, research suggests. Experts have calculated how many years on average domestic cats in the UK have left to live based on their current age.

US campus clashes President says commitment to Israel is ironclad’ as protests continue

Joe Biden warned against a \"ferocious surge of antisemitism in America\" at a Holocaust event yesterday, as student protests against Israel's military strikes in Gaza continued on campuses across the US.