15th May 2022

Industry increases donations to charities, but campaigners say more money is needed to protect gamblers

Food writer and activist, who won a libel suit against the Daily Mail’s Katie Hopkins, takes action against Tory Lee Anderson

The universities minister says the National Union of Students will not be eligible for government funding.

Exclusive: Leak reveals that the education department is battling with the Treasury for £13bn needed for rebuilding projects

The FBI is investigating the attack - which left three others injured - as a racially-motivated hate crime.

US law protects Americans from government control of their speech, but lets private companies impose their own standards. It remains to be seen what that means for self-described "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk and his quest to turn Twitter into his vision of a marketplace of ideas.

Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday expressed dismay at the recent leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade, comparing it to "an infidelity" and saying it has changed the culture of the nation's highest court.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky say Ukraine has retaken six settlements from Russian forces since Friday, and 1,015 overall since the start of the conflict in February. Follow here for live updates.

Sinn Fein holds a majority in Stormont but cannot form an executive because of a row with the second-biggest party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

The presenter of the popular BBC podcast, You, Me and The Big C, was visited by Prince William at her home in Surrey on Friday, where she was presented with a damehood.

Promotions such as buy-one-get-one-free (Bogof) offers and extra free deals on products high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) would have been banned under the new measures.

Dartford Conservative councillors have been slammed for posing for happy photos and tucking into a spread at the event.

Now online traders are asking for at least twice the original £95 asking price of the special commemorative doll

The Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

Tory MP Lee Anderson’s claim that food bank use stems from personal failings is a pathetic attempt justify an economic system leaving millions hungry – and proves just how out of touch our political class really is.

TV images show Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh’s coffin falling as police grab Palestinian flags from crowd

Boris Johnson: Working from home doesn't work‘In my experience you make a coffee, go to the fridge, hack off a piece of cheese and walk very slowly back to your computer,’ he saysRead more here:https://t.co/eOoW8Cv5W7— Andrew Neil (@afneil) May 13, 2022

#RainbowEurope 2022 is live! @ILGAEurope benchmarks 49 European countries on their legal and policy situation for LGBTI people 🏳️‍🌈 Check out https://t.co/aTIBONQOI3 now pic.twitter.com/jvhwrj6f3x— ILGA-Europe (@ILGAEurope) May 12, 2022

The lost mobile could have explained it all, the jaw-dropping quotes, the battle of the outfits … the only ones benefiting from this libel case are the rubberneckers, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

In April the Government responded to the fan-led review of football governance. The Government has been supportive of all ten recommendations including creating an independent regulator for English football. Find out more: https://t.co/XfZY3XAUzD— Commons Library (@commonslibrary) May 13, 2022

This is extraordinary… in the worst possible way.Crude callousness completely overriding compassion.Her murder (a journalist on duty) was shocking and devastating enough… but this takes it to a whole new level.No question that tensions will ignite now. https://t.co/B3Ko6XtC5j— Mandu Reid (@ManduReid) May 13, 2022

I've just been told that the entire executive of the Wakefield Constituency Labour Party has resigned in protest at the national Labour party breaking its own rules and refusing to allow local members to freely choose their own candidate.A statement is being released shortly.— Owen Jones 🌹 (@OwenJones84) May 13, 2022

A bright green streak of light is seen over the UK and Somerset is estimated as its endpoint.

Confirmed in #QueensSpeech today! @BylineTV: "We are heading towards an autocracy, it's not coming, it's started"@thatginamiller warns about the ways the Government is using legislation and the courts to bolster its power and silence dissent⬇️ pic.twitter.com/9lK0XqwppF— Gina Miller (@thatginamiller) May 10, 2022

Entrepreneur also praised the advances made by German manufacturer VW

The government today justified not releasing the security service advice Boris Johnson received about Evgeny Lebedev by saying they had handed confidential info to the Intelligence and Security Committee instead.The committee has now released this damning statement in response. pic.twitter.com/p2NjDSFfMT— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) May 12, 2022

Of course it should be legal. Prohibition doesn’t work and creates an underworld. Nonsensical that it’s illegal. https://t.co/q9gAZ9dMkC— Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) May 12, 2022

Priti Patel also claimed that immigration lawyers and Labour members have previously begged her not to deport "dangerous foreign criminals".

Analysis: the two countries are considering applying to join after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The impact on their health, wellbeing and education will now be considered after originally being omitted.