UK weather news – live: Dozens of flood…

Cockermouth in Cumbria experienced heavy rain fall (PA)People have been evacuated from their homes and road have been flooded in Scotland and Cumbria as the UK faces five more days of rain. A “danger to…

Brexit news – live: Sunak reveals £20bn Budget…

(REUTERS)Rishi Sunak has rejected a fresh plea from Marcus Rashford to extend free school meals, saying the government has already acted to help children and has now “transitioned to a more normal way of doing…

Saudi Green Initiative Forum: Follow the action live…

Saudi Green Initiative Forum is being hosted in Riyadh (Independent)Saudi Arabia is hosting the inaugural Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) Forum in the capital Riyadh on 23 October.The event showcases the climate pledges Saudi Arabia has…

Covid news – live: WHO warns vaccines ‘not…

The UK government is being called on to enact other non-vaccine measures to tackle rising numbers of Covid cases (AP)The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the vaccine alone will not be able to…

Alec Baldwin accident: How movie prop guns work,…

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on the set of the film Rust, after a prop gun wielded by Alec Baldwin misfired. The actor was filming the forthcoming Western at Bonanza Creek Ranch, south of…

Boris Johnson news – live: PM ‘selling out’…

(Getty Images)Labour has accused Boris Johnson of “selling out” workers by not attempting to end the “firing and rehiring” of staff on reduced terms.Writing in The Independent, Labour leader Keir Starmer said the pandemic was…