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Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:56:59 GMTDominic Raab says Pentagon leaks blaming Britain for Kabul airport bomb attack ‘just not true’
UK did not push to keep key airport gate open, foreign secretary insists
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:56:37 GMTGovernment will answer unread emails about trapped Afghans ‘within days’, says Dominic Raab
Foreign secretary admits some emails were unread, while others were ‘triaged on’ to other departments
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:51:02 GMTBritish ex-soldier stranded in Afghanistan plots escape with 400 workers and families
Former bodyguard faces ‘long trip’ through Taliban-controlled areas
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:14:15 GMTOwner of doomed alpaca Geronimo counts down the days till his death warrant expires
‘There are holding me in this limbo situation,’ says Helen Macdonald
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 07:35:03 GMTBoris Johnson ‘allergic to truth,’ says Labour – as Tory HQ finally reveals how donor paid toward flat refurb
Conservative HQ sets out details of ‘bridging loan’
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 06:13:45 GMTBulk of ‘affordable homes programme’ will be for buyers, not renters
Some affordable home ownership schemes are open to people on incomes as high as £90,000
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 06:06:27 GMTOfgem backs green innovation with new fund, as efforts to improve UK housing stall
Fresh technology can help, but it doesn’t answer the question holding green efforts: who’s going to pay for it? Writes Anna Isaac
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:16:48 GMTAfghanistan: RAF prepared to strike against IS despite western withdrawal, officer says
Armed forces prepared to fight terrorism ‘whether it’s strike, or whether it’s moving troops,’ says Sir Mike Wigston
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:04:19 GMTHartlepool sun city: Trio of massive solar projects set to turn northeast town into clean energy powerhouse
Three facilities will cover an area the size of 250 football pitches and power 43,000 homes – but nearby residents say they feel overwhelmed by ‘sheer magnitude’ of schemes
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:18:44 GMTGovernment says parents responsible for preventing new Covid wave when schools reopen
Education secretary Gavin Williamson says it is not only schools who need to act
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:16:52 GMTBritain and France to call for UN safe zone around Kabul airport for Afghans fleeing Taliban
Warning of a ‘serious underestimate’ of the numbers of eligible Afghans who have been left behind
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:44:05 GMTLabour shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard steps back from job
Plymouth MP to temporarily focus on supporting his local consituency following shooting
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:33:22 GMTLiving with beavers: How the wild creature finally returned to British rivers after 400 years
After 400 years beavers could return to populate England’s rivers, land managers talk to Holly Bancroft about the government’s new consultation and the ups and downs of living alongside the animals
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:32:58 GMTMet Police ‘considers gender neutral uniforms’
Met Police’s gendered uniforms could constitute form of discrimination under the Equality Act 2010
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:29:19 GMTLondon bus driver spat at after asking passenger to wear mask
Although national mask laws now lapsed, Transport for London still demands face coverings
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:28:39 GMTPen Farthing ‘embarrassed’ by expletive-laden message to government aide
Animal rescue charity founder threatened MoD aide in bid to evacuate pets
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:27:44 GMTEngland needs more bank holidays to thank workers after tough time, say trade unions
‘The number of holidays we get is so stingy compared to other nations’
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:06:40 GMTEstonia's Parliament fails to elect president in first round
Estonia’s Parliament on Monday failed to elect a new president to the Baltic country after lawmakers rejected the only candidate in the first round of voting
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:57:26 GMTHilary Mantel and William Boyd warn of book industry collapse if ‘disgraceful’ post-Brexit change goes ahead
Exclusive: Former poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy said prospect of new rules makes her ‘blood run cold’