PM is embarking on frantic weekend of diplomacy in attempt to break post-Brexit deadlock Rishi Sunak faces the threat of a fresh Conservative rebellion as he sets off on a weekend of frantic diplomacy in an attempt to break the post-Brexit deadlock in Northern Ireland. With some in his party […]
Month: February 2023
Hundreds gather to remember killed 16-year-old as appeal raises more than £100,000 for family A candlelit vigil has been held in the home village of Brianna Ghey close to where the 16-year-old was stabbed to death last weekend, as a fundraising appeal for her family surpassed £100,000. Brianna, 16, a […]
Christo Grozev features in the film, Navalny, based on plan to poison Kremlin critic and nominated at the awards An investigative journalist who helped to reveal the plot to kill Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has claimed he and his family have been “banned” by police from attending the ceremony on […]
Model ‘disgusted’ following letter from force concerning Whatsapp messages about son, Harvey Katie Price’s disabled son has allegedly been the target of “inappropriate and discriminatory” WhatsApp messages shared by Metropolitan police officers. In a post on Instagram, Price shared a letter from the police force informing her that “a number […]
Chairman of Qatari bank joins race to buy Premier League club Sir Jim Ratcliffe also makes his bid for the club official Manchester United were the subject of an official bid of a minimum £4bn on Friday from Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, the chairman of QIB, a Qatari bank. […]
SNP scraps conference on first minister’s proposal to use next general election as ‘de facto referendum’ Senior figures in the Scottish National party believe Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation could delay their effort to stage another independence referendum by at least five years. The party’s national executive committee confirmed on Thursday […]
Visit suggests announcement of UK-EU solution on Northern Ireland could come as early as Friday Rishi Sunak arrived in Belfast on Thursday night, in a sign that a deal on the Northern Ireland protocol is imminent. The foreign secretary, James Cleverly, will also travel to Brussels on Friday for talks […]
Former PM will warn in Tokyo ‘free world is in danger’ in apparent attempt to put pressure on Rishi Sunak Britain and the rest of the G7 should urgently agree a tough package of sanctions to impose on China if it escalates military tensions with Taiwan, Liz Truss will argue, […]
Spend increases by 40% to $14m after dismissing 11,000 employees Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has said in a filing that it is increasing its spend on the personal security of chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg by $4m (£3.3m) to $14m, at a moment when the company has […]
Strikes to begin on 16 March after union rejects offers from train operators and Network Rail The RMT union has announced further national strikes and wider action on the railways after rejecting offers from both train operators and Network Rail last week. The union’s 40,000 members across Network Rail and […]