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How about HMS Backpedal for the new Royal Navy submarine? | Letters
Never mind the possibility of offending the French by naming a submarine HMS Agincourt, Emma Brockes (
). What is often conveniently forgotten is thatAgincourt (1415)
was a strictly English victory. Scotland was on the other side, allied with France. Naming a vessel …Blame ministers for AstraZeneca U-turn | Letter
AstraZeneca’s £450m Speke U-turn looks terrible for a pro-growth government, 3 February
), when I was minister of health from 1974 to 1976 under Barbara Castle as secretary of state, I was the sponsoring minister for the pharmaceutical industry, a responsibility I took very …England team’s struggles remind me of Manchester United, says Wigglesworth
Steve Borthwick’s England squad have been compared to Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United side before this Saturday’s massive Six Nations fixture at home to France. Both teams have been having difficult seasons but inside the red rose camp there remains a firm belief that, given a little patience, the tide will …
GSK delivers a syringe full of crowd-pleasers | Nils Pratley
You could have made good money during Dame Emma Walmsley’s eight years as chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline by buying the shares whenever they fell to £13 and shorting them whenever they hit £18. The yo-yo pattern has repeated three or four times. Optimism breaks out regularly, but something always turns …
Gwen Watkins, who has died aged 101, deciphered German air force codes at Bletchley Park during the second world war, helping RAF and US Army air force fighter aircraft to combat Luftwaffe bombers, and allied reconnaissance aircraft and bombers to evade German air defences.
Watkins joined the Women’s Auxiliary …
My friend Molly Bodinetz, who has died aged 46, was an inspiring clinical psychologist committed to working with young people at risk of going into care and custody, and their families.
Time in the national and specialist adoption and fostering team at the Maudsley hospital in London in the 2000s …
Rahim al-Hussaini named as 50th Aga Khan after death of father
Rahim al-Hussaini, 53, has been named the new Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims, after the death of his father, the Ismaili community has announced.
The Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, was designated in his father’s will “in accordance …
Doctor faces inquiry after giving his cat a Cat scan at Italian hospital
An Italian doctor has been placed under investigation after giving his cat a Cat scan at a hospital in Aosta before performing a life-saving operation on the feline.
Gianluca Fanelli took the animal, called Athena, to Umberto Parini hospital in the northern Italian region, where he is a manager of …
Labour restores whip to three more MPs who opposed two-child benefit cap
Labour has restored the whip to a further three MPs who voted against the two-child benefit cap, the Guardian understands.
Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon were among seven parliamentarians who were suspended in July for supporting an amendment to the king’s speech, tabled by the SNP.
They had …
Rugby’s concussion trial moves a step closer to reality after high court progress
The class action being brought by hundreds of former rugby union and league players over the devastating effects of repetitive head injuries has taken a significant step forward at the high court in London.
Four years after the Guardian first reported that a group of eight former union players, including …