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Pope Could Bless Same-Sex Couples In Vatican U-Turn

Pope Francis has opened the door for the first time to blessing same-sex unions, in a cautious step away from the Catholic Church's traditional attitude towards gay couples.

Exploring Luxury Hotel Of The Oceans

PLYMOUTH welcomed a new visitor to its shores last month as the Scenic Eclipse II, the sister ship of the world’s first discovery yacht, docked in the city for the first time.

Clear Message On Climate Emergency Lights Up City Centre

A POWERFUL and illuminating message about the climate emergency, which aims to echo Plymouth’s kindness and togetherness, is lighting up one of the city centre’s landmark buildings.

Boss Who Made A Success Of HS1 Was Denied Job On HS2

The man who built the HS1 rail line has said he was denied a job on HS2 because he "lacked the qualifications and experience", despite delivering the project on time and under budget.

Why Are Tories Waging A New Round Of Culture Wars?

Sometimes it is extraordinarily easy to spot a political party's tactics, and the Conservatives' reliance on "wedge" issues is becoming a little embarrassing.

Sunak To Claim He Will Fix Britain's 'Broken' Politics

PM makes pitch for change after 13 years of Tory rule

Our Country Is Facing A 'Hurricane' Of Mass Migration, Warns Suella

Suella Braverman warned a "hurricane" of migrants could hit Britain as she said mass migration is "one of the most powerful forces reshaping our world".

30P Lee: No Real Poverty In 2023

'We didn't moan in the 70s'

Johnson 'Dismissed Long Covid Threat'

Sufferers' fury at obscene note as bereaved families demand answers

This NHS Strike Has Left Me Feeling Scared And Neglected

The NHS is getting frightening. Hairs on the back of the neck, The Exorcist (director's cut) in a dark, empty cinema on your own with no one to hold on for comfort-level frightening.

Smartphones Are Being Used By School Children To Torment Teachers In The Classroom

A trainee teacher in the maths department shifting from foot to foot outside the head of year 9’s office, glancing down anxiously at his phone. I stopped to ask him if he was OK.

New Malaria Jab Developed In Oxford Gets Green Light

A cheap malaria vaccine developed with the help of UK scientists that can be produced on a massive scale has been recommended for use by the World Health Organisation (WHO). R21/Matrix-M has been developed by the University of Oxford in partnership with the Serum Institute of India and costs between $2 (£1.65) and $4 per dose.

Truss's Latest Big Idea? To Pretend She Was Never PM

Sketchwriters were initially banned from the Liz Truss rally. Only news reporters were permitted to add their names to the list. But at some point, someone must have worked out that a Liz Truss rally will, by definition, reduce a news reporter to a satirist, and so they relented.

Who Is Angling To Replace Sunak As Next Tory Leader?

Barring some kind of cataclysmic disaster this week, Rishi Sunak seems safe as Conservative leader. Even if things go moderately wrong for him, his position should be assured this close to a general election.

Trump Tells Court: My Brand's Like Coca-Cola

Tycoon Don 'Lied Year After Year'

Putin 'Foolish' To Think Allied Support Waning

VLADIMIR Putin would be "foolish" to believe internal political rows in the West were a sign that support for Ukraine is beginning to crack, Grant Shapps insisted yesterday.

Rishi's 'Path To Victory' By Delivering What's Best For Britain

Rishi Sunak is planning a series of "bold" announcements that will focus on what is "best for Britain" and put the Tories on the path to election victory.

Sunak Tells Covid Inquiry He Cannot Access Whatsapps From His Time As Chancellor

Rishi Sunak has failed to hand over his WhatsApp messages from his time as chancellor to the Covid inquiry, despite the high court ruling that ministers should disclose their communications for scrutiny.

Ukraine role for UK troops downplayed

Rishi Sunak has made clear that Defence Secretary Grant Shapps’ suggestion that British troops could train forces in Ukraine is not for the “here and now” during the war against the Russian invasion.

Rewired Soucek sets up clash against Gunners

WEST HAM midfielder Tomas Soucek believes he is back to his goalscoring best, after admitting he \"didn't feel that motivated\" last season.

Wes Anderson is the most overrated and self-satisfied director

WES Anderson is exquisite. You might expect the editor of Britain's est-dressed sharpmen's style magazine (incredibly, that's me) to approve of anyone who fits that arcane descriptor for a dandified male.

Soaring citadels defy hybrid working trends

THE View From The Shard, the platform at the top of London's tallest building, has stood head and shoulders above any competition when it comes to vistas of the capital and beyond since it was opened more than a decade ago by then Mayor Boris Johnson.

Bawdy Lucas hits the height of her powers

For her huge new Tate Britain show, Sarah Lucas has swapped Nineties nostalgia for darkly amusing swagger, says Ben Luke

Met officers lose anti-English claim over Swoop Twitter posts

TWO Metropolitan Police firearms officers who were sent home from COP26 in Glasgow over joke Twitter pictures have lost a claim that they were discriminated against for being English.

Sales rise gives AG Barr taste for more takeovers

FAST-GROWING Irn-Bru drinks maker AG Barr today revealed another jump in sales as a string of recent acquisitions help strengthen its bottom line.

Sex Education's World Is Too Contrived To Take Seriously

The Netflix series has built up a bold reputation for tackling sexual truths in unabashed terms. But, writes Louis Chilton, its palatable, culturally arid setting prevents it from baring all

Russky Pink-Up To Spite Putin..

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PM Faces Growing Backlash Over HS2 'Act Of Vandalism'

A major cabinet split has opened up over Rishi Sunak's plan to ditch the northern leg of HS2, as Tory grandees join ministers in pushing the prime minister to rethink the cancellation.

Starmer 'Still Getting It All Wrong On Brexit'

LABOUR will betray Brexit and ignore the democratic will of 17.4 million people, an senior Tory claimed.

All Nissans Electric By 2030

NISSAN will sell only electric vehicles in Europe by 2030, the car giant said yesterday.