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HS2 minister ‘concerned’ as rising costs hit eye-watering figure
Despite it running 10s of billions of pounds over its initial budget and several years behind schedule, Boris Johnson gave HS2 the green light in February 2020.
‘Yemen still urgently needs help:’ UN seeks £3.3 billion in appeal for war-ravaged country
The campaign comes as world attention is gripped by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has overshadowed other humanitarian crises across the world.
Mayor of Kyiv shows how to do a proper TV interview
The former heavyweight boxing champion didn't mince his words in response to questions about the Russian invasion.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe due back on British soil at 10.30pm tonight
She is understood to be on a government-chartered flight via Muscat in Oman.
Tens of thousands of Airbnb hosts offer homes to Ukrainian refugees
The vacation rental company said around 14,000 European hosts and 4,000 US ones offered to receive Ukrainians.
ITV host tells frightened Ukrainian mum and kids that war could ‘go nuclear’
“Perhaps it's not a good idea for Richard Madeley to start talking about the war going nuclear to that poor woman hiding in her basement with her three children in Kiev?," one Twitter user said.
Rees-Mogg admits he doesn’t own two items of clothing in ‘soft’ Marr interview
"So glad to see Marr truly unleashed. Fearsome to behold," wrote one person who wasn't impressed with the interview.
Nadine Dorries lampooned following claims she asked Microsoft to get rid of algorithms
"Have you ever cringed so hard you folded in on yourself because that's how I felt reading that."
Watch: BBC newsreader chokes up as she announces Zaghari-Ratcliffe is coming home
"Sorry, this is a moving moment because these are people who have been detained for some time", she said.