S cottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has said his party can make gains north of the border at the next election despite poor polling numbers. The party – which is currently meeting in Manchester for its UK conference – has struggled in polling over the past year, with Labour surgingContinue Reading
Alex Andrei/Shutterstock Every year, around 2.4 million people in the UK get food poisoning – mostly from viral or bacterial contamination. Most people recover within a few days without treatment, but not all are that lucky. As a microbiologist, I’m probably more acutely aware of the risk of food-borne infectionsContinue Reading
Hubis/Shutterstocl Civil war has broken out in the field of consciousness research. More than 100 consciousness researchers have signed a letter accusing one of the most popular scientific theories of consciousness – the integrated information theory – of being pseudoscience. Immediately, several other figures in the field responded by critiquingContinue Reading
James Cleverly has been embroiled in a dispute with Argentina since earlier this year, when Buenos Aires pulled out of a co-operation agreement for the Falklands. On Sunday, Mr Cleverly told a late-night drinks reception at the Conservative Party Conference he would be visiting the archipelago following a “run-in” withContinue Reading
A mbassadors and high commissioners have been instructed to do “even more” to help tackle the “abhorrent trafficking” of human lives across the English Channel, the Foreign Secretary has said. James Cleverly told party members at the Tory conference in Manchester he personally wrote to senior diplomats and instructed “eachContinue Reading
Review at a glance T here is self-awareness, and then there is the high-drama, über-kitsch, grotesquely overprivileged cinematic universe of Emerald Fennell. The Oscar-winning screenwriter and director of Promising Young Woman takes “write what you know” and runs with it, sets it on fire and dances in the ashes withContinue Reading
I ncreased British military training of Ukrainian soldiers could move into the war-torn country under plans revealed by new Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. Mr Shapps said he has spoken with Army chiefs about moving “more training” into Ukraine and called on British defence firms to set up production in theContinue Reading
T he Prime Minister has vowed to set out his long-term vision for the country at the Conservative Party conference without taking the “easy” choices. The Tories will gather in Manchester on Sunday for the opening of their four-day conference with questions hanging over the future of the High SpeedContinue Reading
G ok Wan has revealed that he met the late Sir Michael Gambon in hospital “many years ago” and said it was “one of the greatest experiences” of his life. It was recently announced that stage and film titan Sir Michael, who was known for playing Professor Albus Dumbledore inContinue Reading
T ransport Secretary Mark Harper said he would not comment on “speculation” about HS2’s Manchester leg facing the chop as senior Conservatives continue to urge ministers to “finish the job”. During a morning round of broadcast interviews, Mr Harper followed the Prime Minister’s lead in refusing to be drawn onContinue Reading
