German Foreign Office apologises for Twitter immigration joke
‘Being funny is apparently not always our strong suit.’
Tommy Robinson ‘attack’ video admissible in football banning order case
Lawyers acting for Robinson claimed that video footage appearing to show him punching an England football fan was ‘unreliable and unfair’.
Guy Verhofstadt: UK rejoining the EU ‘will happen’ because younger Brits will demand it
The European Parliament’s Brexit co-ordinator also warned that the scope of a trade deal during the upcoming negotiations would depend on Boris Johnson’s “willingness to comply with a number of standards of the European Union”.
‘Social media helped kill my daughter’: Molly Russell’s dad warns of ‘rabbit hole of suicidal content’ online
The father of schoolgirl Molly Russell, who took her life in 2017, backs the recommendations, which include tech firms paying for research.
British food companies still using palm oil irresponsibly named and shamed
Long-standing commitments by brands and industry to eliminate destruction caused by their palm oil supply chains have failed, the WWF said.
Twitter revealed to allow adverts targeted at racists, neo-Nazis and homophobic groups
Discriminatory keywords such as ‘transphobic’, ‘white supremacists’ and ‘anti-gay’ were not excluded by the platform.
Climate change moment of crisis has come, warns Sir David Attenborough
Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough said action has been put off ‘year after year’ but there is no more time to ‘prevaricate’.
Justice system dealing with highest number of knife crimes in decade as police plead for proper funding
“All of the predictions we made about the cuts to policing, the devastation that it would bring, the rise in crime that it would bring, have come true,” warned the Police Federation chief this week.
Trump impeachment arrives at Senate, setting scene for third ever trial to remove a US President
Democrats said yet more new evidence had come to light about Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to harm a political rival and his subsequent attempts to cover up of his collusion.
Trump aide warns Johnson not to back Iran nuclear deal if UK wants post-Brexit US deal
Boris Johnson has suddenly contradicted Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in echoing Donald Trump’s calls to scrap Iran nuclear deal.
2010s hottest decade on record, with 2019 second hottest year
2019 was the second warmest year in records dating back to the 19th century, an assessment shows.
Police deny trying to stop publication of grooming investigation report to bury truth
A 145-page report concluded: “The authorities knew that many were being subjected to the most profound abuse and exploitation but did not protect them from the perpetrators.
Starmer says Labour can win with moral socialism relevant to people’s everyday lives
Meanwhile fellow Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy said US trade deal should be contingent on Trump not dumping Paris climate agreement.
Jeremy Corbyn backs concerns over ‘racial undertones’ in press treatment of Meghan Markle
The Labour Party leader backed the assessment of the Duke of Sussex, who has railed against press coverage of his relationship with the Duchess of Sussex after Home Secretary Priti Patel dismissed such suggestions
Johnson admits record NHS waiting times unacceptable as Corbyn reveals ‘life-threatening’ cancer treatment delays
Jeremy Corbyn quizzed Boris Johnson at PMQs about growing cancer treatment delays, asking: “how many more patients will face are life-threatening delays because our NHS is understaffed an underfunded?”
Matt Hancock’s reaction to record NHS A&E waiting time target failure is to scrap target…
Official data showed one in five emergency patients were not seen within four hours in November, the worst figure on record.
Watch Helen Mirren and Olivia Colman voice turtles in ‘heartbreaking’ Greenpeace animation
Wallace And Gromit creators Aardman have made the film with Greenpeace who urge people to sign petition for global ocean treaty
Government criticised for prioritising FlyBe shareholders like Virgin over environment as airline collapse averted
“Cutting the cost of domestic flights while allowing train fares to rise is the exact opposite of what we need if we’re to cut climate-wrecking emissions from transport” said Greenpeace
Lack of government action on ‘decimated’ police ‘unforgivable’ warns top cop
“All of the predictions we made about the cuts to policing, the devastation that it would bring, the rise in crime that it would bring, have come true,” warned John Apter, national chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales
Underwhelming crowdfund support for Johnson’s plea for public to pay for Big Ben Brexit bongs
Leave.EU say churches should mark leaving EU with bell ringing like when the Allies beat the Nazis in World War II
Mail on Sunday could call on Meghan Markle’s father to testify against her in privacy case
Court documents reveal the Mail on Sunday’s defence includes evidence from Mr Markle. The Duchess of Sussex and her father may testify against each other in court.
Miraculous escape as high winds blow roof off apartment block in Slough
Luckily nobody was injured as the roof was lifted onto cars below.
All the women make the ballot last minute as Labour leadership and Deputy contenders announced for next round
Some last minute nominations make a full list for the next rounds.
Restricting Julian Assange’s access to lawyers ahead of extradition case breaches his rights they say
Assange is currently being held in HMP Belmarsh, awaiting the outcome of an extradition request by the US, where he faces 18 charges, including conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer. Sweden dropped an investigation into Assange last year.
Boris Johnson set to shell out ‘up to £2 billion’ on Northern Ireland powersharing deal
Edwin Poots said Stormont is expecting the Government to stump up at least £2bn to support the New Decade, New Approach agreement.
Vegetables dropped from sky in Australia for fire-affected wallabies
Sweet potato and carrots were dropped for the animals in New South Wales.
Villagers flee as lava spews from Philippines volcano
Tsunami fears as Taal Volcano spews ash and pebbles
Business optimism ‘flatlined’ following general election
Companies are waiting to see the impact of the Government’s policies, and the PM’s Brexit transition time limit of the end of the year.
Lorry load of Pringles burnt to a crisp
Highways England confirmed that nobody was hurt in the incident.
WARNING GRAPHIC: Two brothers convicted after deer stabbed repeatedly
Jimmy Price, 25, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to two dogs just a month after a gruesome video emerged of him knifing the deer
PM accepts Australia must fight wildfire danger of climate change
Australian firefighters turn from defence to offence, risking lives in wildfire battle.
London commuters strip down to their pants for No Trousers Tube Ride
The annual event began in New York City in 2002 and has since grown into “an international celebration of silliness” according to Improv Everywhere, the group behind the tradition.
Brexit campaigners used racism to divide our country says Clive Lewis
The shadow treasury minister and Labour leadership candidate Clive Lewis says the campaign to leave the EU was used as a mechanism to divide communities, though he added that doesn’t mean people who voted Brexit are racist.
Mothercare disappears from the high street after 59 years
Retail competitor Debenhams also confirmed that 19 of its stores across the UK will also shut their doors for good between January 11 to 19.
Rebecca Long-Bailey says she would abolish House of Lords if she was PM
Long-Bailey also said Corbyn bore responsibility for antisemitism in party.
Momentum steering group backs Rebecca Long-Bailey as Labour leader
The left wing campaign group also said Angela Rayner should become the party’s deputy.
Iran arrests British ambassador as protests sweep nation over flight downed by mistake
The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Iran faces being a pariah state
Corbyn warns of ’spiral of violence,’ saying there’s no excuse for Iran downing plane
There were peace rallies on Saturday in London, Liverpool, Chesterfield, Warrington, Canterbury, Swansea, Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol.
Aboriginals call for indigenous fire controls as Australian wildfires merge into one big inferno
‘Good fire breeds good fire’: fundraiser to empower aboriginal return to cultural burning in Australia
20 years on: veterans who fought to lift the ban on gays in armed forces
The restriction on lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers was lifted on January 12 2000.
Iran admits it shot down Ukrainian passenger plane ‘by mistake’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani blamed the tragedy on ‘threats and bullying’ by the US.
Sir Keir Starmer vows to expose Boris Johnson and win back Labour voters who voted Tory
The leadership frontrunner launches his leadership campaign with a promise to hound Boris Johnson relentlessly in Parliament.
Jeremy Corbyn addresses ‘No War on Iran’ rally as people demonstrate against war around UK
Protesters say the situation in the Middle East remains ‘critical’ following the killing of Iran’s General Soleimani by a US drone.
Extinction Rebellion shocked as ‘astonishing’ leaked terror list includes the environmental protesters
Documents seen by the Guardian show that the environmental protest group was listed alongside National Action and Islamic extremists.
Full list of MPs who voted to abandon lone refugee children
Ahead of the debate, Labour’s Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer and Lord Alf Dubs, who fled from the Nazis on the Kindertransport to Britain when he was aged six, wrote to all Tory MPs calling on them to vote against the Boris Johnson’s “disgraceful” abandonment of the ‘Dubs' children.