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Amal Clooney quits as UK envoy over Boris Johnson’s Brexit Bill

Amal Clooney has quit as Britain’s special envoy on media freedom in protest at the UK government’s “lamentable” decision to override the Brexit divorce...

Investec to slash 210 UK banking jobs

Investment banking giant Investec has confirmed plans to axe 210 jobs at its London headquarters after battling the “challenging economic backdrop”. The company said it...

UK’s R value remains above 1 as Sage warns infections may be doubling every week

The reproduction number, or R value, of coronavirus transmission across the UK remains above 1. Data released on Friday by the Government Office for Science...

Scots physicists lead £10m project taking quantum technology ‘to another level’

A team of physicists based in Scotland are to lead a £10 million project to take the development of faster, thumbnail-sized quantum technology “to...

Shoebox-sized Covid-19 test kit could make ‘huge difference’ in winter fight

A portable Covid-19 test which aims to diagnose the disease in 90 minutes could make a “huge difference” in hospitals ahead of the winter...

Trump ‘suggested Covid-19 might stop him shaking hands with disgusting people’

A former adviser to US vice president Mike Pence has said Donald Trump once suggested that Covid-19 might be a good thing because it...

Covid-19 virus analysis suggests low level of mutation

The virus that causes Covid-19 has so far shown a relatively low level of mutation compared to other RNA viruses, meaning it is unlikely...

European nations urged to keep up coronavirus quarantines

The European director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned national governments against reducing the quarantine period for people potentially exposed to coronavirus. Dr...

Five Chinese citizens charged with hacking by US Justice Department

The US Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and abroad,...

At least one person dead and hundreds rescued after Hurricane Sally

Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line on Wednesday, killing at least one person, swamping homes and forcing the rescue of hundreds as...

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