44 h. ago 'I predicted Covid pandemic now I'm issuing warning to Royal Family'

Athos Salome, a 38-year-old influencer who is dubbed the 'Living Nostradamus', has made multiple worldwide predictions

Events

50 h. ago Key economic data and trends that will shape Rachel Reeves’ Budget

Government borrowing for the current financial year is the highest on record outside the Covid-19 pandemic.

Economics

62 h. ago Boris Johnson 'took a minibreak' as Covid pandemic ravaged UK

EX-Tory PM Boris Johnson claimed he worked while on a half-term trip away from London just before the pandemic took over - files have suggested he walked his dog and hosted pals instead

Politics

63 h. ago Boris Johnson had a four day break in crucial period before Covid pandemic struck

The official records have raised questions over whether the former prime minister may have misled the Covid inquiry

Politics

64 h. ago Moderna is most shorted stock in S&P 500 as Americans skip jabs

Maker of Covid-19 shots has slumped since pandemic as people turn against vaccines

Politics

4 d. ago Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say | Devi Sridhar

To prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system?It feels as though a collective amnesia has set in around Covid-19. We all just want to move forward and pretend it didn’t happen. But, as the saying goes, those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.On 20 April 2020 I tweeted, “At what point will the British public realise what has happened over the past 9 weeks?” On Thursday, the Covid inquiry published its module 2 report on the political response to the pandemic. The answer finally to my tweet, more than five years later.Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghFit Forever: Wellness for midlife and beyond On Wednesday 28 January 2026, join Annie Kelly, Devi Sridhar, Joel Snape and Mariella Frostrup, as they discuss how to enjoy longer and healthier lives, with expert advice and practical tips. Book tickets here or at g...

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4 d. ago Voices: ‘We need leaders to lead’: Readers have their say on the UK’s delayed Covid pandemic response

Our community largely agreed with the Covid inquiry findings that Boris Johnson’s government was chaotic and poorly prepared, though many also stressed the broader context of conflicting scientific advice, years of underfunding, and systemic failings that compounded the crisis

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4 d. ago Stormont response to Covid characterised by ‘petty party politics’, say bereaved

Relatives of people who died in the pandemic said the latest Covid inquiry report vindicated their criticism of the official response in the region.

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4 d. ago Boris Johnson could face legal action over pandemic failings after damning Covid inquiry report

Nadine Dorries and Lord Michael Gove have led attempts to undermine the damning report by Baroness Heather Hallett after it found inaction by Boris Johnson’s government may have cost 23,000 people their lives

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4 d. ago Top Tory insists Boris Johnson can come back despite damning Covid findings

Michael Gove apologised on behalf of the Conservative Party for the shambolic response to the Covid pandemic, but said Boris Johnson's political career shouldn't be over as a result

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4 d. ago Leaked Matt Hancock messages show furious reaction to secret affair and CCTV snog

Leaked messages capture former Health Secretary Matt Hancock's furious reaction after footage of him kissing aide Gino Coladangelo during the Covid pandemic was published

Society

5 d. ago BBC Question Time audience applaud as guest skewers Tory MP for 'fobbing UK off'

During Thursday's Question Time, members of the audience in Loughborough, Leicestershire, asked Conservative MP Joe Robertson if he would apologise for the party's errors amid the Covid pandemic

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5 d. ago Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots

Release of report comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan presidentThe White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that disclosed the CIA’s role in assassination attempts against foreign leaders and ultimately led to a radical overhaul in how the agency was held to account, documents released to mark the 50th anniversary of the report’s publication reveal.The documents, dating from 1975, were posted on Thursday by the National Security Archive, an independent research group, as it sought to highlight the report’s significance amid conjecture that Donald Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, amid a massive US military build-up against the country. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Covid inquiry latest: UK’s pandemic response ‘too little, too late’, says inquiry chair

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

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5 d. ago The key players who presided over the government’s ‘chaotic’ Covid pandemic response

Baroness Heather Hallett's report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson's excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic and "oscillation" on key lockdown decisions

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5 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon 'sidelined' key advisers as SNP Government's Covid

UK Covid-19 Inquiry Chair Baroness Hallett said in her second report the SNP administration’s ‘failure’ to ‘take a grip of the situation and make adequate preparations are inexplicable’

Politics

5 d. ago Covid Inquiry concludes Boris Johnson’s late lockdowns killed thousands

The inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic says Boris Johnson’s ‘toxic’ government repeatedly acted ‘too little, too late’ and 23,000 lives could have been saved if the first lockdown had come a week earlier

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5 d. 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

5 d. ago Covid inquiry set to publish findings into pandemic decisions made by Boris Johnson

Inquiry heard wide-ranging criticisms of ‘flip-flopping’ former prime minister and his team, with No 10 described as ‘chaos as usual’

Politics

5 d. ago Live Covid inquiry report updates as Wales' response to pandemic judged

A major report is being published today about how the different governments handled the pandemic

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