New figures show the Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of overseas development assistance for 2025/26 – only marginally down on last year.
Month: June 2025
Doctors trialling ‘poo pills’ to flush out dangerous superbugs
Can a dose of good bacteria clear superbugs from their hiding place in the bowels?
Dawn French says sorry for posting ‘one-sided’ Gaza video
The video sparked a backlash with critics accusing her of appearing to “mock” the 7 October 2023 attack.
Government outlines £86bn science and tech package
The government says every corner of the country will benefit, but research backers call for a long-term plan for science.
MI5 misled watchdog about neo-Nazi spy case after lying in court
The regulator rewrote a draft report which had contradicted MI5’s false evidence, the BBC can reveal.
Trans ex-judge says gender ruling risks lives
Victoria McCloud, who is planning on challenging the ruling, was accused of alarmism by campaign group Sex Matters.
Ruthless England seal series clean sweep v Windies
Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt finishes unbeaten on 57 as England thrash West Indies by nine wickets at Taunton to secure a series clean sweep.
Restaurant asked Tommy Robinson to leave after staff ‘felt uncomfortable’
A London steakhouse says staff and guests felt uncomfortable and complained about the far-right anti-Islam activist.
Second boy dies after M4 slip road minibus crash
Othniel Adoma, 11, has died more than three weeks after a minibus overturned on the M4 near Reading.
Plane returns to Heathrow due to windscreen crack
The aircraft was flying to the US when the pilot reported an issue with the windscreen.
