5 h. ago Disgraced Andrew's Royal Lodge rental agreement launches inquiry into royal home leases

The Public Accounts Committee, Parliament's spending watchdog, will launch an inquiry into the Crown Estate after details emerged about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's Royal Lodge lease.

Society

5 h. ago Grooming gangs expert calls on SNP Government to launch urgent child sexual exploitation review

Professor Alexis Jay said a review could be a "precursor" to a public inquiry.

Politics

6 h. ago Russian interference in UK politics: Why more than 100,000 people want a public inquiry

It is clear that Russia is trying to undermine democracy in this country, but we need to know the size of the threat

Politics

32 h. ago Two Met officers running spycops unit were ‘incredibly racist’, inquiry told

Undercover unit monitored Stephen Lawrence’s family, as well as thousands of mainly leftwing political activistsTwo senior officers who supervised an undercover Scotland Yard unit spying on political campaigns were “horribly and incredibly” racist, a whistleblower has told a public inquiry.Peter Francis, a former member of the unit, testified that one regularly used the “N-word”, while the other used a repertoire of explicit racist slurs. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago NHS surgeon urges public not to ignore key symptoms of deadly pancreatic cancer

Dubbed the 'silent killer' due to its subtle symptoms, pancreatic cancer kills around 100,000 people in the UK every year.

Science

5 d. ago John Swinney sets deadline on Scotland grooming gangs inquiry final decision

John Swinney has revealed when he will confirm whether Scotland will hold a public inquiry into grooming gangs

Events

5 d. ago Tom Phillips case: New Zealand to hold public inquiry into disappearance of fugitive father and children

Hearings will be held in private to assess ‘whether government agencies took all practicable steps to protect the safety and welfare of the Phillips children’, says attorney generalA public inquiry will be held into the authorities’ handling of the disappearance of fugitive father Tom Phillips with his three children, who hid in New Zealand’s wilderness for nearly four years, the government has announced. Phillips disappeared into the rugged North Island wilderness with his children just before Christmas in 2021, following a dispute with their mother. He did not have legal custody of his children.In August, he was killed in an exchange of fire with police after reports of a burglary in the remote town of Piopio, in the central North Island. A police officer was shot and required surgery. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago NHS Tayside destroyed 40 logbooks for patients treated by disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel

A total of 138 former patients who were harmed by the disgraced neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel are listed as core participants at the public inquiry

Science

6 d. ago Logbooks relating to rogue surgeon Sam Eljamel destroyed months before public inquiry

A representative for patients and families affected by the neurosurgeon’s treatments described this as either “gross negligence or possible malice”

Politics

9 d. ago Community fears right to inquiry for Skye's biggest wind farm could be dropped over planning delays

The wind farm would see 33 turbines at 200m high near Dunvegan.

Politics

1 week ago Deadly mpox variant Clade 1b spreads in Europe amid rush for vaccines

Mpox cases continue to rise in parts of Africa, three years after a major outbreak infected nearly 100,000 people

Events

1 week ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should Britain have gone into Covid lockdown?

UK coronavirus lockdowns could have been avoided altogether if the Government had approached the pandemic differently, a public inquiry has concluded.

Politics

1 week ago Major breakthrough for bereaved families of Chinook helicopter tragedy victims as they battle for public inquiry

Families of the Chinook helicopter tragedy victims have made a major breakthrough in their campaign for a public inquiry after UK Government ministers agreed to a meeting.

Events

1 week ago Covid inquiry latest: Boris Johnson put his reputation above public safety, say bereaved families

Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier

Politics

1 week ago I haven’t been able to grieve my son properly for 32 years – Doreen Lawrence

The peer told a public inquiry she had to constantly battle for justice and her family had been punished despite her son having done nothing wrong.

Politics

1 week ago 'Too little, too late:' Former UK government slammed for its initial COVID

A public inquiry has criticized the U_K_'s initial COVID-19 response in early 2020 as “too little, too late.”

Politics

1 week ago Divided Stormont led to ‘chaotic’ Covid response, public inquiry finds

The report published on Thursday focuses on the core political and administrative decision-making across the UK in response to the pandemic.

Events

1 week ago Police ‘tried to pit grieving parents of Stephen Lawrence against each other’

Baroness Lawrence told the public inquiry into undercover policing that officers tried to manipulate her relationship with her ex-husband Neville.

Society

1 week ago Covid Inquiry report LIVE as Baroness Hallett set to announce findings

The second part of the UK Covid inquiry will be made public this afternoon.

Politics

1 week ago Covid Inquiry report LIVE as Boris Johnson slammed over handling of pandemic

The second part of the UK Covid inquiry will be made public this afternoon.

Politics