Sadiq Khan will launch his campaign for a record third term as mayor of London by promising the “greatest council homebuilding drive in a generation”. Appearing at an event in London on Monday, alongside the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, with whom the mayor has had public policy clashes in recent months, Khan will promise to […]
Read MoreSadiq Khan who is launching his re-election campaign on Monday for a third term in City Hall PA Wire Sir Keir Starmer was joining Sadiq Khan on Monday as he launched his re-election campaign pledging to double his council homes target to 40,000 and trumpeting the prospect of a Labour government and mayor offering a […]
Read MoreSenior research fellow Richard Arm in his lab at Nottingham Trent University’s City Campus (Nottingham Trent University/PA) Researchers have created hyper-realistic models of diseased hearts and lungs – which can beat, bleed and breathe like the real organs – to help train surgeons to perform transplants. The team, led by senior research fellow Richard Arm […]
Read MoreTaoiseach Leo Varadkar and US President Joe Biden during the St Patrick’s Day Reception and Shamrock Ceremony in the the East Room of the White House, Washington DC, during his visit to the US for St Patrick’s Day (Niall Carson/PA) PA Wire Irish premier Leo Varadkar has told the US President it is possible “to […]
Read MoreWhen Gill Castle became pregnant with her first child in 2011, she was over the moon. She had a healthy, straightforward pregnancy, but her labour was traumatic. “I remember saying to my mum, I have gone into hospital perfectly healthy, a working police officer, and I have come out disabled, without my job,” Gill reflects. […]
Read MoreFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails An $11 billion acquisition that backfired on Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard more than a decade ago will be resurrected Monday during a trial that will explore whether […]
Read MoreWhat the papers say – March 18 PA Archive A defiant Prime Minister, Conservative leadership rows, health issues and royalty jostle for attention on the front pages of Monday’s newspapers. The Daily Telegraph focuses on Rishi Sunak, saying he has urged Tory MPs to stick with him and his economic plan after continued speculation about […]
Read MorePunchdrunk’s last immersive production, The Burnt City, drew more than 600 masked theatregoers each night to spend three hours venturing around a sprawling saga based on Greek myths. Their next show, announced on Monday, will invite them to take off their shoes and socks for a slumber party. “This whole thing is a bedtime story,” […]
Read MoreLucia BotfieldPublished Mar 17, 2024, 8:58pm|Updated Mar 18, 2024, 9:30am A man whose wife was shot in the head by a crossbow in London has put up posters calling for justice after police failed to investigate the attack. Nazarine Cazley was harpooned in the back of the head near Arnold Circus, a residential square in […]
Read MoreGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Revellers in Ireland and beyond celebrated St Patrick’s Day on Sunday with colourful parades attended by the masses. Vibrant pictures from the likes of Dublin, London, Belfast and Chicago showed thousands of people […]
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