What attracted attention in the first half of April 2024

April 1 2024 Watch: Swastikas ‘need to be taken in context’, Met officer tells Jewish woman Vigilantes lynch woman suspected of role in kidnap and killing of young girl ‘I’m doing my best’: King greets well-wishers on surprise walkabout April 2 2024 JK Rowling dares police to arrest her over SNP’s new hate crime law

The second part of March 2024 in the spotlight

March 16 2024 Johnny Mercer faces the threat of prison for refusing to reveal the identities of whistleblowers to the Afghanistan inquiry. The veterans minister, Johnny Mercer, is facing the threat of prison because he is refusing to hand over to an inquiry the identities of whistleblowers. Mr Mercer is declining to cooperate with official

The first part of March 2024 in the spotlight

Friday, March 1 2024 Russians chant ‘no to war’ near Navalny’s grave Crowds in Moscow chanted anti-Ukraine war slogans as they lined the streets to pay their respects to Alexei Navalny. Thousands of people, including senior diplomats, headed out to mourn the Russian opposition leader, who died in prison last month and was buried on

Frontpage headings for the forth week of February 2024

Monday February 19 2024 Grant Shapps: Woke culture is rife in the Army The Army’s time and resources are being “squandered to promote a political agenda”, the Defence Secretary has said, as he held crisis talks with military chiefs over plans to relax security checks to increase diversity. The move came as my colleague Steven

In the news February 12-18, 2024

Monday February 12 2024 Two Israeli hostages rescued as Rafah bombed The Israeli military confirmed the hostages were found during a special forces raid in Rafah, a city on Israel’s border with Egypt. Egypt has since confirmed it will not oppose the move into the area after initially threatening to suspend its peace treaty with

The West and the Houthi rebels – January 2024

Breaking news on 12 January: Britain and US launch air strikes on Houthi rebels An explosion in Hodeidah in western Yemen. CREDIT: SKY NEWS The Royal Air Force has launched targeted strikes against military bases used by Houthi rebels in Yemen, with Rishi Sunak saying the UK will “always stand up for freedom of navigation

Voters turn on ‘spineless and out of touch’ Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak is facing a landslide general election defeat because he is seen as “spineless and false” and makes people “cringe”, according to a top pollster.   The verdict came as a major new survey indicated Labour is heading for a repeat of Tony Blair’s victory over the Tories in 1997. Tory alarm at the results – and a fresh

Wednesday January 10 2024 Frontpage

Architect of postal scandal demands immunity Gareth Jenkins, a former senior computer engineer at Fujitsu understood to have been instrumental in Horizon’s development, has demanded immunity before agreeing to appear at the public inquiry. Mr Jenkins previously gave evidence that was used to convict sub-postmasters. Gwyneth Hughes | ‘My Post Office drama got people to

The start of 2024

2024 starts with a bang Tens of thousands of revellers started 2024 with a bang as fireworks and drones lit up the sky over London. In Edinburgh, Pulp headlined a special concert before a firework display over Edinburgh Castle. Take a look at the best of the night’s photographs. Thousands gather to watch New Year’s

What happened in the last week of 2023

Monday – Tuesday December 25-26 2023 Boxing Day. Well-wishers have greeted Prince Louis and second cousin Mia after a youthful service, part of our coverage of the Royal family’s Christmas. There’s also concern at a new analysis showing menopausal women face a “health lottery” in HRT. Watch: King preaches ‘universal’ values of Christians, Jews and