TOUGH new ‘house arrest’ powers could replace some short prison sentences under a shake-up of the justice system to be unveiled today. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland will pledge a new system of ‘smarter sentencing’, which will see serious criminals locked up for longer and greater efforts made to rehabilitate offenders. …...Read More

The Archbishop Bishop of Canterbury has warned against coronavirus restrictions being imposed centrally and is said to be 'deeply concerned' about the impact of the rule of six on family life. The Most Rev Justin Welby said the Government had 'determined the daily details of our lives' during the coronavirus …...Read More

In Bayou La Batre, Ala., where Sally was already turning roads into rivers on Tuesday, Ernest Nelson, a retired commercial fisherman, reached a similar conclusion as he sought refuge under a house raised 10 feet off the ground on concrete pillars. Storms were getting bigger and more intense, he said. …...Read More

Though they called for ambitious new testing and vaccine deployment, it was far from the kind of forward-looking conservative vision that leading Republicans once insisted they needed to offer voters, and that past party leaders have rolled out every two years almost like clockwork. There was no mention of spending …...Read More

Millions of women saw their hopes dashed after judges dismissed an appeal against controversial changes to the state pension age. But campaigners have vowed to press on and take their case to the Supreme Court. Nearly four million women born in the 1950s have lost as much as £50,000 after …...Read More

A second wave of Covid-19 in Britain would not be nearly as bad as the first because we are better at containing and treating the virus now, Government officials have claimed. The experts believe a combination of local lockdowns, social distancing measures and medical breakthroughs would substantially reduce both the …...Read More

It's one side-effect of Covid that has sparked a rise in problem drinking, with middle classes the worst offenders. Health officials have released a questionnaire to work out if you are drinking too much, with a score of 13+ for women and 15+ for men indicating alcohol dependence. Here, our …...Read More

Two men have been indicted on charges stemming from the hacking of dozens of websites based in the United States, actions that the federal authorities said were taken in retaliation for the death in an American drone strike of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani of Iran. The men, Behzad Mohammadzadeh and …...Read More

A young father faces a fight to walk again after shattering both his legs in a horrific balcony fall while on a 'dream holiday' with his family. Jamie Moylan, from Birkenhead, Merseyside, was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning after plunging to the ground while saying …...Read More

Since he was installed at the 80,000-employee department in April by the White House, Mr. Caputo, a media-savvy former Trump campaign aide with no background in health, has worked aggressively to control the media strategy on pandemic issues. But over the weekend, he was engulfed in two explosive controversies of …...Read More