Democrats will discuss whether to initiate impeachment proceedings, a move opposed by House speaker Nancy Pelosi, at afternoon conference call Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.50pm BST Senator Amy Klobuchar announced five new staffers Monday for her presidential campaign, Politico reports. She also named Read more
Innovative scheme is Europe’s first to train convicts to code and connect them with employersPrisoners in English jails are being taught computer code to give them the chance to earn up to £600 a day and plug a major shortage of web developers on release.Code 4000, the first European initiative Read more
Shooter told to ‘do the decent thing’ after injuring Gerald Corrigan, 74, in HolyheadPolice have made a direct appeal for the person who shot a pensioner with a crossbow in north Wales last week to come forward.Gerald Corrigan, 74, remains in a critical condition after he was struck as he Read more
Protesters have been cleared from Waterloo Bridge, Oxford Circus and Parliament Square after days of demonstrations Via: Extinction Rebellion: More than 1,000 protesters arrested after climate change activists cleared, Metropolitan Police say
Stephen Smith, who had never claimed benefits prior to falling ill, made headlines when photographs emerged of him emaciated in hospital after pneumonia left him unable to walk Via: 'Let down by the system': Six-stone emaciated man deemed fit for work by DWP dies
Father says every new stabbing ‘brings me back to the morning when I woke up and realised that Stephen was murdered’ Via: Stephen Lawrence's parents call for young people to reject violence on first memorial day for murdered black teenager
Former foreign secretary criticises ‘smug, irritating and disruptive’ activists as Extinction Rebellion protest continues Via: Boris Johnson suggests his climate change opinions are as important as young people's because 'I intend to be alive for a very long time'
‘They romped past as if they hadn’t a care in the world,’ onlooker says Via: Horses spotted galloping wrong way along motorway: 'They were totally oblivious to the danger'
Anita Nicholson, 42, and her son Alex, were killed as they ate breakfast at the Shangri La hotel in Columbo. Anita’s husband Ben survived the blast but the whereabouts of their daughter are unknown. Via: Pictured: British lawyer mother and her son killed in Easter Sunday Sri Lanka bomb attacks
Robin McKie, the Observer’s science and environment editor, discusses an innovative drug that may soon offer ways to fight Huntington’s disease, while Mark Newnham describes being diagnosed with the inherited condition. Plus: Peter Beaumont describes his trip to the Costa Rican cloud forest, at threat from climate changeFor Mark Newnham Read more