by James Stocks | Apr 15, 2024 4:36PM | News, Top Story
On 15 April 1989, during an FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield’s Hillsborough Stadium, a tragic crush killed 97 and left hundreds injured. The causes of the Hillsborough tragedy are deeply rooted in a series of systemic...
by Marti Stelling | Mar 18, 2024 2:46PM | Live News
Sir Keir Starmer has praised Sadiq Khan’s commitment to clean air in London after last year urging the mayor to “reflect” on the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez). The Labour leader, who lives in north-west London, said he did not want his children to...
by Marti Stelling | Mar 18, 2024 2:04PM | Live News
Sadiq Khan accused the Tories of an “abject failure” to tackle the housing crisis as he launched his mayoral campaign with a pledge to build 40,000 new council homes by the end of the decade. In a speech on Monday alongside Sir Keir Starmer, he said London would go...
by Rei Takver | Nov 24, 2023 12:45PM | Long Reads
This week scientists campaigned MPs at Westminster to end new oil and gas drilling. The question is – will their MPs listen? On normal days, scientists are doing science where they normally do it – in a lab. But this week, a strong-minded coalition of them...