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    Elon Musk's Mars colony plan is 'dangerous illusion', says Astronomer Royal

    In 2016, Musk announced plans to build a settlement on Mars and said that he hoped...

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    ‘Chronic’ low pay hurting civil service staff morale and recruitment, say MPs

    Public accounts committee finds real-terms median pay has decreased for most Whitehall staff since 2013Morale in...

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    Vodafone-Three merger could mean higher prices, UK watchdog warns

    CMA plans in-depth investigation into deal that would create UK’s largest mobile phone operatorThe planned merger...

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    Radical pay-what-you-can restaurant faces eviction from mill it refurbished

    The Long Table says it took thousands of hours of work to turn derelict site into...

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    Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride suggests mental health culture ‘has gone too far’ – UK politics live

    Minister says ‘labelling ups and downs of life as medical conditions holds people back and drives...

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    Andrea Leadsom criticises civil service head’s Garrick Club involvement

    Former Tory leadership contender says she would not join men-only club even if it changed rulesUK...

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    ‘Our bills have tripled’: UK’s first Turkish mosque fights to survive in London

    Young people are slowly stopping attending Dalston mosque that could be forced to accept developers’ offers,...

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    Liverpool museum appeals for information on subject of The Black Boy

    Sitter for William Lindsay Windus’s painting is rumoured to have stowed away on ship, possibly to...

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    EU leaders urged to put economies ‘on war footing’ at Ukraine negotiations

    Prime ministers to examine plans to confiscate billions of euros in interest from frozen Russian assets...

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    Rachel Reeves says Labour wants ‘inclusive’ version of ‘decade of renewal’ that followed Thatcher’s election in 1979 – UK politics live

    Shadow chancellor to deliver prestigious Mais lecture and will announce plans to rewire the TreasuryTribune, the...

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    Black inmates at Wormwood Scrubs ‘disproportionately subjected to use of force’

    Little action has been taken on issue at one of UK’s most notorious jails, Independent Monitoring...

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    ‘Jaw-droppers’: Bentley profits top £500m as rich seek personalised cars

    Wealthy are willing to pay more than double the standard price of £170,000, says luxury carmakerThe...

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    Photo of Queen Elizabeth II and family was enhanced at source, agency says

    Getty Images flags second royal photo days after storm over image of Princess of Wales A...

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    Unilever to cut 7,500 jobs globally and splitt off ice-cream division

    Magnum to Marmite consumer goods group plans productivity programme to save £684mBusiness live – latest updatesUnilever...

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    Tuesday briefing: How the NHS ‘culture of concealment and denial’ hurts patients

    In today’s newsletter: Amid many other crises, the standard of NHS care for patients’ families is...

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    Missing migrants’ families say they were asked to pay hundreds for information on relatives

    Families say they were promised details of relatives’ whereabouts after contacting people they thought were linked...

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    False King Charles death story spread by Russian media outlets

    One site tweeted of monarch’s purported demise only to later concede: ‘Most likely, the information is...

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    Idris Elba reveals ‘dream’ of building eco city on island off Sierra Leone

    Actor and his childhood friend planning development on Sherbro to be a public-private partnershipIdris Elba has...

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    Only ‘one or two’ Tory MPs plotting against Sunak, says Badenoch

    Business secretary dismisses reports of plot and rejects calls for her party to return donations from...

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    Visitors to UK attractions increasing but still below pre-Covid levels

    Figures show many still ‘out of the habit’ of visiting museums, galleries, cathedrals, castles and country...

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    Woman whose baby was stillborn in HMP Styal praises sentencing changes

    Louise Powell says she hopes new guidance means fewer pregnant women are jailed and it can...

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    ‘A farce, not an election’: Russians abroad join ‘Noon against Putin’ protest

    Voters turn out at midday from the UK to Latvia and Turkey to Thailand in action...

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    Low-profile Lib Dems are flatlining in the polls – but don’t write them off

    Reform UK is making the headlines but tactical voting can power Ed Davey’s party in seats...

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    Grant Shapps abandons Odesa trip due to Russian missile threat

    Defence secretary warned by British intelligence that Kremlin was aware of his travel plansGrant Shapps was...