Fifteen-week-old American bully Zeus was asleep in a makeshift kennel area when RSPCA and police inspectors discovered him among a litter of nine puppies all with cropped ears. The unhealed wounds were red and crusty, the charity said; the scars of a practice it describes as “mutilation” and “barbaric” and which is illegal to carry
Month: June 2021
Boris Johnson has seen “nothing in the data” to mean the 21 June easing of lockdown measures can’t go ahead – although he said there was a need to wait “a little bit longer” for a firm decision. Speaking in Downing Street, the prime minister said: “I can see nothing in the data at the
Long-running hospital drama Holby City will come to an end in 2022, after 23 years on the nation’s TV screens, the BBC has announced. A statement from the broadcaster said: “We are incredibly proud of Holby City but it’s with great sadness that we are announcing that after 23 years, the show will end on
Michael O’Leary, the outspoken chief executive of Ryanair, has said it is “absolutely imperative” that “big tourist destinations” such as Greece and Spain be added to the UK’s green list at the end of this week. “The restrictions should be lifted, we should be allowing British families to travel to the US and Europe, and
Iran’s largest navy warship has sunk in the Gulf of Oman after catching fire. Iranian media did not give an explanation for the fire but said it had started at 2.25am local time on Wednesday. Photos on social media showed sailors in life jackets evacuating the ship as it sank near the port of Jask,
The Department for Education received a 10th of the cash that was wanted to fund a schools COVID recovery plan – as critics branded the package “woefully inadequate”. Sky News understands the proposal put to the Treasury to help schools recover from lost learning during the coronavirus pandemic was worth around £13bn. However, only a
Coachella festival, considered one of the biggest music events in the world, will get under way again next year, after the pandemic forced it to close its gates. Revellers will be able to head back to the Indio desert near Palm Springs in April 2022, organisers have said. The 2020 event was meant to take
A four-legged robot “dog” is helping experts understand how humans working in hazardous environments such as oil platforms and refineries can be supported. The £60,000 robot is being fitted with “telexistance” technology by scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. This can allow humans to experience an environment without being there – using devices like microphones
A COVID rescue plan to help children in England catch up on lost lessons, costing £1.4 billion, is being unveiled by the government. But plans to add half an hour to the school day, extending it from 8am to 5pm or 6pm, are reported to have been postponed after a Whitehall row over the cost.
Joe Biden has become the first sitting US president to visit the site of the Tulsa massacre – 100 years since one of America’s darkest episodes of racial violence. Hundreds of black people were killed by a white mob in the city’s Greenwood district between 31 May and 1 June 1921. Mr Biden led a
Six people, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 14-year-old was chased and stabbed to death in Birmingham. Police said a post-mortem examination confirmed the male victim died from a stab wound to the chest. A 33-year-old man was arrested from an address in Kingstanding, Birmingham, on Tuesday afternoon.
The governor of the Bank of England has warned the risks of climate change are not reflected in the market prices of most financial assets. Andrew Bailey was speaking at the Reuters Responsible Business 2021 conference when he said physical risks, such as property damage, could lead to displacement and conflict. This could cut company
In a safe house in Myanmar, resistance is growing. Quietly, in the gloomy light, a group of men raise their hands in a three-finger salute. Traditionally a sign of defiance and support for pro-democracy protesters, for these men it symbolises so much more. Once police or soldiers, they now plan to fight the forces they
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed that he is an “enormous fan” of the raunchy Netflix period drama Bridgerton. In an interview with the Radio Times, Mr Sunak added that he had spent “a lot of time watching” the smash-hit show, while admitting that his viewing habits are “not quite the same” as those of his
The vast majority of Scotland’s central belt will remain in Level 2 restrictions as Nicola Sturgeon delayed the easing of COVID measures for many parts of the country. The first minister said there would be a “slight slowing down” in the lifting of lockdown rules for much of Scotland due to spread of the Indian
Sarah Everard died from a compression of the neck, police have said. The finding was made in a post-mortem examination into the death of the 33-year-old, who disappeared on 3 March while walking home in Clapham, south London. A major police investigation was launched and her body was found a week later in woodland in