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Making speeding fines fairer would help fill the budget ‘black hole’ | Letter
As a magistrate of more than 25 years, I am exasperated by talk of a black hole in the nation’s finances when a solution is at hand (
‘We had no alternative’: Reeves defends her budget to the CBI, 25 November
). Take a motorist caught doing 26 in …Atmospheric analysis shows Venus never had Earth-like life, scientists say
With a surface hot enough to melt lead and with clouds of sulphuric acid above it, it is a planet often called Earth’s “evil twin” – similar in size, yet worlds apart.
Some scientists have long believed it was once much more hospitable, home to cooler temperatures and oceans of …
What will happen if France’s government loses no-confidence vote?
France’s centre-right prime minister, Michel Barnier,
that he will push the government’s proposed social security budget through parliament without a vote, using a constitutional measure known as article 49.3.The decision means France’s government will probably face a vote of confidence from opposition parties, …
Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo
The Belgian state has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the forced removal of five mixed-race children from their mothers in colonial Congo.
In a long-awaited ruling issued on Monday, Belgium’s court of appeal said that five women, born in the Belgian Congo and now in their 70s, …
Lucy Letby inquiry: parents expressed ‘intolerable anguish’ at police investigation
Lucy Letby’s parents wrote to hospital bosses expressing their “intolerable anguish” after police began investigating their daughter, and asking for an urgent meeting with senior managers, a public inquiry has heard.
Two months after officers from Cheshire constabulary were brought into the hospital to investigate an increase in the number of …
Formula One teams demand more from FIA after punishment for Norris in Qatar
Formula One teams are demanding more from the sport’s governing body after controversy over decisions at the Qatar Grand Prix which have caused criticism within the sport and prompted McLaren to call for a review into the penalty imposed on Lando Norris.
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Max Verstappen accuses George …
At least 56 people killed in crush at Guinea football stadium
At least 56 people have died and dozens of others were injured in a crowd crush at a football stadium in southern Guinea, authorities in the west African state said.
The Stade du 3 Avril in Nzérékoré, the country’s second largest city, was hosting the final of a football tournament …
‘There was a catalogue of errors – but once we opened, we were on fire’: how we made Fabric nightclub
Cameron Leslie, co-founder/co-owner
I was introduced to Keith Reilly [Fabric co-owner] by the landlord of a restaurant I was working with: “This guy wants to do a project in our basement. He’s got some money, but you should go to the bank to get the rest.” We had lunch and …
Dawn Sturgess’s family condemn security ‘failure’ that led to novichok poisonings
A titan in world archaeology, Colin Renfrew, Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, who has died aged 87, tackled questions key to understanding who we are – what makes us human, how migration changes culture, why civilisations appear, what art means – with new evidence as well as argument. His determination to …