Lucy Fisher
The Times of London
Westminster, CO, United States
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Labour and antisemitism: the key points and people
Labour has been found guilty of three charges of breaching equalities law: unlawful harassment of Jewish members through the acts of two party agents, and indirect discrimination relating to political → Read More
China blamed for Barbados ditching Queen
Chinese pressure is fuelling a drive to remove the Queen as head of state in Barbados, a Tory MP has claimed.Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, said yesterday that Beijing had → Read More
Fears about shuffling pack saved ‘vindictive’ Gavin Williamson from axe
The whip was on Gavin Williamson’s desk when the photographer arrived.Deliberate or not, it was taken as a warning of his reputation for dark arts as he fought for his political life. The education → Read More
Concerns for £500m satellite stake
Doubts have been cast on a government proposal to buy a stake in a private US satellite company.Boris Johnson is poised to secure the $500 million part-purchase of One-Web as the first step in → Read More
Secret history behind HMS Glorious disaster during Second World War revealed
Britain’s worst naval disaster in the Second World War resulted from an ambitious secret mission rather than the folly of the main warship’s commander, a new investigation by the grandson of one of → Read More
Military operation begins to supply NHS with ‘armour’
The British Army transported 50,000 medical masks to St Thomas’ Hospital in London yesterday, launching a nationwide military operation to deliver protective kit to the NHS.Soldiers from 101 Logistic → Read More
Inquiry into usefulness of overseas aid
The effectiveness of Britain’s £14 billion annual aid budget is to be investigated by parliament.MPs on the international development committee have begun an inquiry into spending on overseas → Read More
Speaker urges bullying victims to speak up as Bercow’s book targets staff
The Commons Speaker has urged anybody who believes they have been bullied by John Bercow to come forward, dealing a blow to his predecessor’s hopes of a peerage.The call from Sir Lindsay Hoyle came as → Read More
UK sells white phosphorus to Turkey as evidence grows of chemical attacks on Kurds
Concerns have been raised over Britain’s sales of phosphorus products to Turkey, amid evidence the incendiary chemical has been used against Kurds in northeast Syria.Ministers have issued more than 70 export licenses for military products that can contain phosphorus to Ankara in the past two decades → Read More
British-owned ships smuggle coal out of North Korea
When a British-owned ship loaded cargo at a coal berth on the west coast of North Korea earlier this year, its operators hoped that the mission would remain low-key.The Lucky Star’s public tracking system was switched off and was not reactivated until six days later when it had sailed across the Yel → Read More
MoD apologises for issuing ‘housewife’ sewing kits
The army has been accused of sexism because regiments refer to sewing sets carried by soldiers as “housewife kits”.Nia Griffith, the shadow defence secretary, described the phrase as outdated and Jamie Stone, the Liberal Democrats’ armed forces spokesman, said it was sexist and embarrassing. On → Read More
Isis babies will not be brought home
Children of British foreign fighters stuck in warzones will be left to their fate, the government has ruled.Sajid Javid made the decision in one of his last acts as home secretary before his promotion to chancellor last month, The Times has learnt.He concluded that it was too dangerous to dispatch m → Read More
Tanker crisis: Iran seizes British ship Stena Imperio as tensions rise in Gulf
A British-flagged oil tanker was seized by Iran yesterday in an escalation of tensions between London and Tehran. The cargo vessel Stena Impero had been sailing through the Strait of Hormuz en... → Read More
Second warship will head to Gulf as Iran tanker row escalates
Britain will deploy a second major warship to the Gulf next week amid surging tensions with Iran. HMS Duncan, a Type 45 destroyer, will be dispatched ahead of schedule to the region to help to... → Read More
Queen leads international tributes to D‑Day veterans on 75th anniversary of Normandy invasion
Seventy-five years ago the leaders of Europe took momentous decisions that would change the course of the Second World War. Yesterday the politicians who walk in their shadow all played their part in remembering the events of June 6, 1944. The heads of the nations that participated in the invas → Read More
Trump visit: Downing Street detour for briefcase that can destroy the world
The US president’s “nuclear football” was seen leaving Downing Street yesterday after he had visited No 10 during his state visit to Britain.Donald Trump is always accompanied by the black briefcase, officially titled the “presidential emergency satchel”, in order for him to be able to launch a nuc → Read More
Cyber-peril grows as attacks become bolder and smarter
The UK is more vulnerable than ever to cyberattacks as they evolve and become more frequent, a report by MPs has warned.The Commons public accounts committee said that the threat was evolving fast and becoming technically more complex as the boundaries between “state-orchestrated attacks and those o → Read More
Spy watchdog kept in the dark over torture policy quits early
The head of Britain’s security watchdog is set to step down early after The Times revealed last week that a “secret” government policy on torture had not been disclosed to him. Sir Adrian Fulford... → Read More
MoD issued guide to spotting right-wing extremism in army
Soldiers who brand themselves “patriots” and dismiss opponents as “traitors” display some of the warning signs of right-wing extremism, according to a leaked guide for the British Army. The... → Read More
Penny Mordaunt promises to review MoD torture police
The defence secretary has vowed to review her department’s policy on intelligence-sharing after widespread anger followed The Times’s revelation that it could lead to torture.Penny Mordaunt faced calls in the Commons yesterday to scrap the policy because it includes a provision for ministers to → Read More