The International Olympic Committee has called on sports organisations to ban all Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from international events. The IOC decision follows an Executive Board meeting where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was discussed and it is set to pave
Furious British father brands Government ‘heartless’ over refusal to get his wife a visa as they flee Ukraine for Poland with their two children Ken Stewart, his Ukrainian wife Tanya and two children battling to reach Poland He posted photos after ‘18 hours
The first rule of PPE donations is: don’t talk about PPE donations – especially if they come from China. I discovered this while enquiring about the million facemasks quietly provided to the UK Government during the pandemic by Tencent, the Chinese tech
More than 50 charities plead for Britain to play a ‘leading role’ in evacuating and resettling Ukrainians displaced in Putin’s war The Refugee Council said Britain should play a ‘leading role’ in helping refugees More than 100,000 people have been displaced so
Now all of Whitehall is told to ditch Stonewall amid row over charity’s divisive diversity scheme Number of departments signed up to controversial £5,000-a-year programme It gives advice on how to create inclusive environment for LGBT staff members Stonewall then ranks organisations
Labour MPs branded ‘a disgrace to the nation’ for accusing UK and Nato of provoking Russia over Ukraine – as they perform embarrassing U-turn to slam Vladimir Putin’s invasion and Keir Starmer warns they must ‘reckon with their own consciences’ Eleven Labour
Ukraine President vows to confront invading army and says Putin REFUSED to take last-ditch phonecall
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed that the Ukrainian people will ‘fight back’ if Vladimir Putin threatens their freedom and lives by launching a full-scale invasion. President Zelenskyy made an emotional address to his nation after Moscow-backed rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine
A transgender Berkeley English professor who once backed the burning of books was suspended from Twitter after tweeting to the UK government that she hoped the Queen of England would die of COVID. Prof. Grace Lavery, a prominent trans activist, was in
The UK is coming under pressure to follow the US and EU lead to call for Covid vaccine patents to be ditched so companies can make cheaper versions to send to poor countries. Jab-makers currently own the rights to their vaccine recipes
French officials today sent in a 95ft patrol vessel to Jersey which is less than half of the size of two Royal Navy warships which are already roaming the Channel amid an ongoing row over post-Brexit fishing rights. The Athos boat travelled