Новости за 22.07.2015

Everything was in place. The perma-tan. The suit and open-necked shirt. The glottal stop working overtime. (He now doesn’t even pronounce the “t” in “But”.) The trademark pregnant pause which answers a tricky question as eloquently as words. And the walk on to the podium to an ecstatic welcome.

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei will travel to Britain to personally curate his upcoming Royal Academy exhibition later this year – after the Chinese government unexpectedly returned his passport.

The ICC chief executive David Richardson has admitted television demands are behind the controversial decision to reduce the size of the 2019 and 2023 World Cups to 10 teams from 14. He had previously suggested the decision was driven by a desire to ensure the tournament was played between “evenly matched and competitive” teams.

Poppi Iris Worthington was just 13 months old when she died in December 2012 and still, nearly three years later, the reasons why remain a secret. This is despite the efforts of several pathologists, a “fact-finding” judgment that remains unpublished, an ongoing Serious Case Review, and a failed police investigation that saw three officers accused of misconduct.

Australia remain confident that Chris Rogers will play in the third Test against England at Edgbaston next week despite the dizziness that forced him to retire hurt at Lord’s, the cause of which so far has been the subject of theory rather than definitive explanation.

The two women vying to become Labour leader are locked in a fight to avoid being knocked out of the contest following a surprise surge in support for the left-wing candidate Jeremy Corbyn.

Moeen Ali has hit back at claims from Australia’s former Prime Minister John Howard that England’s batsmen have “psychological issues” in dealing with the pace of Mitchell Johnson.

Ministers are preparing to slash the subsidies paid to households which install solar panels on their roofs in an attempt to rein in runaway spending on renewable energy schemes.

Tobias Ellwood, the Foreign Office minister, has – as I wrote this week – refused to answer questions in the Commons about the fate of the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, on the grounds that his case is still being considered by the Saudi Supreme Court and the UK could not interfere in another country’s judicial process. Everyone else who has followed the case thinks that his right of appeal is exhausted, and his public flogging could resume at any time. I asked the Foreign Office either to confirm or correct what Ellwood told MPs... Читать дальше...

Cannabis users and growers in the United Kingdom fear the Home Office will begin a crack-down against any police force attempting to decriminalise the drug, after a north-east police commissioner said his officers would no longer prosecute those growing the substance for personal use.

The decision by Durham’s police and crime commissioner to effectively decriminalise people who grow small amounts of cannabis in their homes met with a warm response form drugs reform campaigners yesterday.

Relatives of the innocent Brazilian man killed by armed police on the London Underground 10 years ago have said his memory “can never be forgotten” as they marked the anniversary of his death.

Teacher supply agencies are being forced to search as far afield as Canada and Singapore to plug school staffing gaps as a result of a shortage of fully trained recruits in the UK.

The newly-established Women’s Equality Party (WEP) will stand candidates against female MPs who fail to demonstrate support for its goals, the leader of the fast-growing movement has said.

Police failed to find the body of a woman under her boyfriend’s bed, despite searching the house on two occasions.

The chief executive of the Rugby Football League, Nigel Wood, is spending much of the week before the game is turned on its head again walking across the country to commemorate the RFL’s 120th anniversary and raise money for its charities.

Tony Blair’s criticism of the SNP for having a “cave man” ideology is ridiculous considering his “primitive” policy on Iraq, one of the Scottish nationalists’ rising stars has said.

David Cameron moved to heal a rift with Boris Johnson as he invited the Mayor of London to join senior ministers at a meeting of the Cabinet.

An Indian politician has called for Britain to pay reparations to India and other former colonies for its decades of imperial rule, in a speech at the Oxford Union.

What was supposed to be a normal ride home nearly became a tragic accident for a London motorcyclist. He managed to escape being crushed by an oncoming lorry - the driver of which completely failed to see the biker.

A teenager has unknowingly unearthed never-before-seen photos of Nirvana’s very first gig and tweeted them.

A teenager has unknowingly unearthed never-before-seen photos of Nirvana’s very first gig and tweeted them.

A court in Glasgow has been shown CCTV footage of the moment a bin lorry lost control and careered on to a pavement in the city just days before Christmas in 2014, killing six pedestrians.

Scientists have welcomed the first evidence of a drug that can slow the underlying causes of Alzheimer's disease.

Scientists have welcomed the first evidence of a drug that can slow the underlying causes of Alzheimer's disease.