The UN is impotent in the face of horror
It has never been so easy to gather evidence of war crimes. Satellite images now achieve such a level of detail that they can show individual bodies…
Can’t-be-bothered Britain will turn on the do-nothing Tories
We’re entering an acute economic and energy crisis; but where is the sense of urgency? One of the pandemic’s after-effects has been a universal shrug of the…
Should we try to cure dwarfism? Ellie Simmonds’s documentary asked a vital question with no easy answer
“Do you want to be taller?” That’s the loaded question that 27-year-old Ellie Simmonds asks an eight-year-old boy receiving growth hormones on the NHS. The triple gold…
Government plans to ‘send migrants to Rwanda’ could be blocked
Plans to send migrants to countries like Rwanda for processing could be blocked after a Lords rebellion. Amid signs ministers are close to agreeing the “offshoring” of…
Emmanuel Macron under fire for TV no-show as poll shows Marine Le Pen in strongest position yet
Ms Le Pen’s ratings have been buoyed in recent weeks as growing numbers of voters express concern over the cost of living, an issue she has campaigned…
No 10 cancels first LGBT conference over conversion therapy U-turn backlash
Mr Anderson described the Government’s reversal as “deeply damaging” and called for “tolerance and respect in our national conversations”. He added that he was quitting his role…
Boris Johnson tells Russians: Use a VPN to see truth of Vladimir Putin’s war crimes
Speaking over videos of dead Ukrainians lying in the streets, Mr Johnson said: “Civilians massacred – shot dead with their hands tied. “Women raped in front of…
Fracking ‘unlikely’ to be a major earthquake risk for UK
The earthquake risk from fracking is no worse than coal mining and can be mitigated, a government review that could see the ban on the industry lifted…
We’ve been giving Ukrainian refugees wrong guidance, admits Home Office
The Home Office has been forced to rewrite guidance for Ukrainian refugee call handlers after giving families the wrong information that stopped them flying to the UK….
Rishi Sunak blocks green homes plan that would have lowered energy bills
Plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to reduce bills by making homes more energy efficient have been blocked by the Treasury. The Telegraph can reveal…
Volodymyr Zelensky tells UN: Act now to stop Russia or dissolve yourself
Mr Zelensky was speaking at a UK-convened meeting of the UN’s most powerful body in New York, days after the discovery of hundreds of murdered civilians in…
Top 10 most expensive UK towns for council tax in 2022
People living in the London boroughs of Westminster, Wandsworth and the City of London, however, pay £829, £845 and £1,049. A 5pc rise in council tax would…
Questor: a lender the banks won’t compete with at a valuation that catches the eye
However, S&U manages risk in a disciplined manner, as you would expect of a company that dates to 1938 and can point to three generations of management…
Savings deals have failed to beat inflation for 12 months
Rachel Springall, of Moneyfacts, said: “The top deals today can either match or beat the market-leading deals seen this time a year ago, but sadly rising inflation…
Doctors forced into retirement after receiving £9,000 pension tax bills
NHS doctors have been “unfairly targeted” by extortionate tax bills on their pensions, as the system penalised health care workers more than any other profession. One third…
Homeowners turn to new builds to beat the gas price rise
Rising energy prices have driven homeowners towards new-build properties as older and wealthier buyers spurn properties that have become too expensive to run. Applications for unbuilt properties…
Rishi Sunak is raising taxes without you realising – but he will come unstuck
There is something insidious about taxing by stealth. Gordon Brown was frequently accused of raising taxes by freezing personal allowances, in preference to increasing the headline tax…
Vauxhall Grandland review: a plug-in hybrid that’s claimed to cost as little to run as a petrol for private buyers
So where does Vauxhall get its price parity claim from? Delving into the press kit that accompanied the Grandland’s launch reveals the answer: from its predicted monthly…
What’s really in Britain’s favourite crisps?
I went to the local supermarkets and gathered a selection of different flavours of crisps all from different manufacturers and invited 12 colleagues for a blind taste…
Are we right to be looking at images of dead civilians?
There is the worry, too, that somehow we will become desensitised. Dead Syrians, dead Afghans, dead Iraqis. We saw those pictures. We saw the incredible cities of…
Help! My husband and daughter have started ganging up on me
A worrying new theme has developed in our family and it’s threatening my role of mother and wife. My husband and teenage daughter have joined forces and…
We are racing to document war crimes in Ukraine
Seven Ukrainian civilians executed by Russian soldiers in two separate incidents. A case of repeated rape. These are just two of the many Human Rights Watch findings…
Channel 4 could thrive under private ownership – it should seize the opportunity
At a time when heavyweight issues hog the headlines, it is perhaps surprising that a half-forgotten promise to sell off Channel 4 should re-emerge as a priority….
Putin is exposing the fatal flaw at the heart of the UN
The Bucha killings have prompted renewed and urgent calls for Vladimir Putin and his cronies to be “held to account”. The problem is, by whom? The various…
Let rainforests keep their parrots. Britain’s unflashy birds suit us just fine
Excuse me, but are we boring? This is the accusation made against British birds by scientists from the University of Sheffield, who have found that our avians…