Gargoyles, stained glass and the spire: How Notre-Dame was restored
Paris’s Gothic cathedral has been painstakingly returned to its former glory. Here’s how it was done....
Month : November 2024
Badenoch blames ‘cowardly’ Labour for Kneecap settlement
A funding award of £15,000 to the band was blocked by former Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch....
Louise Haigh’s swift resignation prompts questions
Keir Starmer is under scrutiny after the rapid departure of the transport secretary from his cabinet....
Government to review second miners’ pension scheme
Former pit miners protested their exclusion from the £1.5bn pensions pot returned to miners....
What happens next to the bill on assisted dying?
MPs have backed a change in the law, but the measure still faces many hurdles before coming into force....
Sweden asks China to co-operate over severed cables
Two cables in the Baltic Sea linking Sweden to Lithuania, and Finland to Germany, were damaged....
Syria rebels enter Aleppo city, reports say
Government forces say they have repelled fighters elsewhere amid the biggest rebel offensive in years....
China sentences journalist to jail on spy charges
Dong Yuyu, a senior staffer at the Guangming Daily and a Harvard Nieman Fellow, has been detained since 2022....
Kremlin critic jailed for three more years over Ukraine war opposition
Former Moscow councillor Alexei Gorinov had already been serving a seven-year sentence....
Canada watchdog sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct
The suit is the latest regulatory headache for Google, which is facing similar action in the US....