11 h. ago South African party launches legal challenge against new diversity and equity labor law

South Africa’s second biggest political party has launched a legal challenge against a new labor law aimed at boosting the hiring of Black people and other groups in some industries

Society

22 h. ago Wes Streeting: I will defend the tax rises funding 8.3m GP appointments

Exclusive: Health secretary to challenge Reform on how it would fund investment in NHSWes Streeting will launch a vocal defence of the party’s tax rises on Tuesday, pledging an extra 8.3m GP appointments to “end the 8am scramble” and telling his opponents that the investment would not be possible without the national insurance rise.The health secretary, who has been the party’s most vocal challenger on Reform, is expected to step up the attacks on opposition parties, which have dubbed the NICs rise for employers a “job tax” and said he would challenge those who had criticised the rise on how they would fund investment in the health service. Continue reading...

Economics

25 h. ago South Africa’s Rabada cleared to play Australia in World Test Championship

Proteas fast bowler has completed one-month drug banRabada is aiming to take 50th Australian Test wicket next monthSouth Africa’s pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada has been cleared to face Australia in the final of the World Test Championship at Lord’s next month. The 29-year-old had been under a provisional suspension since 1 April after testing positive for a recreational drug during a South African T20 match on 21 January.The South African Institute of Drug-free Sport announced on Monday the bowler had accepted responsibility for the offence and served a one-month period of ineligibility, making him free to resume playing. Rabada may be back in action as soon as Tuesday, for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. Continue reading...

Politics

37 h. ago Nigel Farage ally pledges costly legal battles after hollow migrant hotel vow

Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf said his party would launch judicial reviews and injunctions when challenged whether Nigel Farage had made a pledge he cannot keep

Events

64 h. ago Downing Street fury at Farage plot to tie up Starmer government in legal challenges

Exclusive: Reform’s new Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns has revealed that Farage plans to use the party’s control of councils across England to launch a series of legal challenges to block Labour government policy on net zero and housing asylum seekers

Politics

67 h. ago The village that battled for almost eight years to get a pharmacy

Attempts to open the community pharmacy have been dogged by legal challenges from rival pharmacies.

Events

3 d. ago How Harry's disastrous interview was crafted in the shadows as sources reveal what stunned producers

The Duke of Sussex launched a series of scathing attacks on his family in an astonishing interview with the broadcaster on Friday after losing a legal challenge in the UK.

Events

3 d. ago Prince Harry: Five key moments from the interview after losing legal challenge over security

“I would love a reconciliation with my family. There's no point in continuing to fight any more,” the Duke of Sussex said

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry gives astonishing scathing interview about his father who 'won't speak to him'

The Duke of Sussex says he wants 'reconciliation' with the rest of the Royal Family and has forgiven them after losing a legal challenge over his security.

Politics

4 d. ago Battle royal: how Prince Harry’s four years of family exile unfolded

The prince has offered Buckingham Palace an olive branch after years of recrimination and lost litigationPrince Harry says king ‘won’t speak to him’ and he would ‘love’ to be reconciledPrince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex made the decision to step away from royal duties in September 2020 as tensions mounted between the Sussexes and the rest of the royal family over their independence and treatment of the duchess.Now after losing a legal challenge over his security arrangements, Harry has opened the door to reconciliation and said that he had forgiven his family for the “many disagreements”. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry writing to Home Secretary to 'urgently examine' security matter

Prince Harry has continued an eventful day by releasing a new statement after his legal challenge regarding security after the Duke of Sussex dropped a bombshell interview

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry tells the BBC of his pain, and it’s queasy viewing. But who will switch it off? | Hugh Muir

Real-life anguish or confected entertainment? One thing is clear – the soap opera endures because millions still love to watch itWell, isn’t this a plot turn? You switched on for the latest cinematic episode of Prince Harry fights the fight – not against the Mirror this time, not against Murdoch either, but against those who have stripped him of his security protection – and then the script goes to places that no one expected.He loses his legal challenge in the court of appeal over the degree of security he is entitled to on the public purse while in the UK – that was pretty much expected. But then, in the second instalment of Britain’s longest-running potboiler, he exclusively opens an anguished heart to the BBC, post the appeal court verdict, and all sorts of dramatic twists ensue.Hugh Muir is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Buckingham Palace breaks silence after Prince Harry's bombshell interview with BBC News

Prince Harry today told the BBC he was "devastated" at losing a legal challenge over his security in the UK, admitting his father King Charles does not speak to him because of the issue

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry gives astonishing scathing interview about his father who 'won't speak to him' but claims to want 'reconciliation' with his family because HE has 'forgiven them'

The Duke of Sussex says he wants 'reconciliation' with the rest of the Royal Family and has forgiven them after losing a legal challenge over his security.

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry says it's 'impossible' to bring Meghan and his children back to the UK after losing legal challenge over his security

Harry said that on the occasions he has ventured back to the UK since his armed Met Police bodyguards were removed, he felt that he was 'putting myself at risk'.

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry says king ‘won’t speak to him’ and he wants ‘reconciliation’

Duke of Sussex says he does not know how long King Charles has left to live and has ‘forgiven’ himPrince Harry has said he wants “reconciliation” with the rest of the royal family after a legal challenge over his security that has left him “devastated”.The Duke of Sussex told the BBC his father, King Charles, “won’t speak to me because of this security stuff”. He said he did not know how long his father had left to live. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry says king ‘won’t speak to him’ and he would ‘love’ to be reconciled

Duke of Sussex says he does not know how long King Charles has left to live and that he has ‘forgiven’ himThe Duke of Sussex has said it is “impossible” for him to bring his wife and children back to the UK after losing his legal challenge over personal security, and revealed he would “love” a reconciliation with his family.In an emotional interview with the BBC, Prince Harry said his father, King Charles, will not speak to him “because of the security stuff”, but said he wanted reconciliation as life was “precious” and he did not know how long his father, who has been diagnosed with cancer, had left to live. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry says he's open to 'reconciliation' with Royal Family

The Duke of Sussex said he was cut off from his father King Charles, and that there was "no way" he would bring his family back to the UK after losing a legal challenge over their security

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry reveals Charles ‘won’t speak to me’ and wants ‘reconciliation’ with royal family

Prince Harry has said his father King Charles no longer talks to him as he admits he was "devastated" about losing a legal challenge against the Home Office over his security in the UK.

Politics

4 d. ago Prince Harry gives astonishing interview about his father who 'won't speak to him' but claims he wants 'reconciliation' with his family because he has 'forgiven them'

The Duke of Sussex says he wants 'reconciliation' with the rest of the Royal Family and has forgiven them after losing a legal challenge over his security.

Politics