Ørsted to cut 800 jobs amid rising costs for windfarms

The Danish company developing the world's largest offshore windfarm in the North Sea is to cut hundreds of jobs and pause its dividend to try to recover from a chaotic 12 months.

Dozens held in Sicily over farm subsidies fraud case

Police in Sicily have arrested 37 people, including alleged mafia members, in an investigation into fraud involving EU agricultural subsidies.

Republican party 'wants Haley to dropout to boost funds'

Top officials at the Republican National Committee want the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley to drop out of the race for the GOP nomination so it can launch a joint fundraising committee with Donald Trump to bolster its finances, according to insiders.

'Another attack on our state' as more missiles rain down on Ukraine

A barrage of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities killed five people yesterday and injured 50 more, including a pregnant woman.

'One part of the solution' Care at home on virtual NHS wards given cautious welcome

Harold Chugg spent much of early 2023 in hospital because of worsening heart failure. In June, the 75-year-old received several blood transfusions, which led to fluid accumulating in his lungs and tissues.

Hypnotist back in the room after 1950s ban is repealed

It was put in place more than 70 years ago to protect citizens from the \"dark arts\", but now an old-fashioned law banning hypnosis and mesmerism has been overturned by a comedy hypnotist and he did it without putting anyone under.

'Betrayed': Primodos patients excluded from health scandals review

Campaigners have accused the UK government of betraying them after a review of redress for victims of health scandals excluded families who might have been affected by the hormone pregnancy test Primodos.

'The destruction is massive' Israeli soldiers tell of fighting in Gaza war

Demobilised Israeli reservists have described how they deployed massive firepower in a brutal, complex and often one-sided war of sporadic but intense clashes that has reduced much of Gaza to ruins.

Man sues landlord for subletting home while he was stranded abroad

A social housing tenant is suing his landlord for £1m in damages, alleging a housing officer illegally sublet his home when he was stranded abroad at the start of the pandemic in 2020.

Saturn's 'Death Star' moon hides 45-mile deep ocean beneath crust

A moon of Saturn that resembles the Death Star from Star Wars because of a massive impact crater on its surface has a hidden ocean buried miles beneath its battered crust, researchers say.

Palace and No 10 push idea king in close contact for 'core duty' meetings

Buckingham Palace and Downing Street were keen to demonstrate that King Charles remained in close contact with the government yesterday, and is continuing to carry out his core constitutional duties as much as possible, as he recovered from his first session of cancer treatment.

Chemical attack suspect had been in relationship with victim

The woman injured when she was doused with a corrosive liquid in south London had been in a relationship with her suspected attacker, police have said.

Government 'failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste'

The Environment Agency and the UK government failed to protect the River Wye from catastrophic decline by allowing pollution from industrial chicken farming to saturate the land and fill the protected river, a legal challenge argues.

Masked protesters could face prison under tough new police powers

Protesters who wear masks could face arrest, up to a month in jail and a £1,000 fine under measures that human rights campaigners claim are pandering to \"culture war nonsense\".

While Esther Ghey behaves with compassion and dignity, it is too much to expect the same at No 10

It's not hard to count the things that are out of Rishi Sunak's control. He can't really help being less popular than everyone in the Tory party except for Liz Truss.

Theatre review Jez Butterworth tale of four singing sisters comes to pained life

Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem is often cited as the best play of the century so far, but for outliers who think of The Ferryman as a better work, this play comes with all the hope (and pressure) of the same wondrous alchemy.

Brianna Ghey's father condemns Sunak's 'dehumanising' trans jibe

The father of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has demanded Rishi Sunak apologise following the prime minister's jibe at the expense of transgender people, which he made just after being told Brianna's mother was watching him in the Commons.

Revealed: Mone told government she wouldn't benefit from PPE deal

Leak shows Tory peer denied conflict of interest ahead of £203m contract

City's ruthless control makes double-treble seem like the default option

Pep Guardiola’s team look poised to enter annihilation mode inthe title run-in: but are they actually interesting?

Steward wants England fans to help make Twickenham a fortress

Freddie Steward has heralded England’s first match at Twickenham since the World Cup as a chance to “draw a line in the sand”.

'Running is my job. Not being able to race makes you feel useless'

Jake Wightmanis back on the track after a frustrating 2023 with his eye on Paris and taking on Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Real living wage Future of scheme in question as BrewDog and Capita bail out

The outsourcing company Capita has become the second high-profile business to inform employees it would be dropping its commitment to the real living wage, the independently calculated rate meant to ensure the lowest-paid can afford the basic necessities of a decent life.

Ministers still do not know how HS2 will work, say MPs

The cancellation of the northern leg of HS2 has raised “urgent unanswered questions” and the government does not yet understand how the £67bn high-speed railway will function, according to parliament’s spending watchdog.

EU scraps plan to cut pesticide use as farmers' protests spread

The European Commission is shelving plans to cut pesticide use and has taken the pressure off agriculture in its latest emissions recommendations, as farmers around Europe continue protests demanding higher prices for their products and an easing of EU environment rules.

Hamas Internal divisions dent prospects for ceasefire deal

When Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, launched his devastating assault on Israel on 7 October last year, the militant group’s exiled leadership, like the rest of the world, was apparently caught unawares.

Care workers from Africa claim agency charged them thousands to come to UK

A care company serving NHS patients has been charging migrant workers from Africa thousands of pounds to work in the UK when the cost of a visa is only a few hundred pounds, the Guardian has learned.

Rwanda bet Sunak rows back from £1,000 wager with Morgan

Rishi Sunak has rowed back on a £1,000 bet with the broadcaster Piers Morgan on whether deportation flights to Rwanda would take off before the general election, saying he was “not a betting person”.

Quitting smoking at any age cuts cancer risk, study finds

Stopping smoking at any age helps to reduce the risk of cancer, according to a major study, which found the most substantial drops in cancer risk came after the first decade of stubbing out.

Business as usual Palace poised to pick up any slack for sovereign

With the king’s cancer diagnosis and uncertainty over when he might return to full public duty, the palace machinery, primed to deal with foreseeable eventualities, will be swinging into action.

Sunak accused of personally holding up deal to end NHS doctors' strikes

Rishi Sunak has been accused of personally holding up a deal to end doctors' strikes despite warnings from the health department and NHS England that waiting lists will continue to soar unless industrial action is resolved.