Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says party would force banks to take a range of steps to protect borrowers Labour has piled further pressure on Rishi Sunak to take action to help struggling mortgage holders as the Bank of England prepares to raise interest rates again to levels not seen since […]
Month: June 2023
Rescue team says every noise being tracked and analysed; ‘every possible effort’ being made to bring missing crew home, says Polar Prince co-owner Full report: Titanic sub search team still hearing underwater noises An oceanographer has told the BBC the underwater noises give hope that those on board are still […]
Charity calls for prioritisation of NHS heart care after nearly 100,000 excess deaths since March 2020 England is engulfed in a cardiovascular disease emergency, health bosses have said, as stark figures reveal there have been almost 100,000 excess deaths since the start of the Covid pandemic. Analysis of official government […]
India’s prime minister will eat vegetarian state dinner, address Congress and give rare press conference alongside Joe Biden Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has performed yoga poses ranging from cobra to corpse at the UN headquarters as he began the public portion of his US visit. On the UN’s north […]
UK defence secretary had earlier shown interest in the role, but the US is believed to want Jens Stoltenberg to stay in post The defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has said he does not expect to be the next head of Nato, amid claims that the US wants the current leader […]
Rescue teams race to find crew of the submersible Titan, which went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic Missing Titanic sub – latest updates US Coast Guard officials said on Tuesday afternoon that the crew of the submersible Titan, which went missing in the Atlantic during […]
WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos among more than 200 firms that failed to pay workers legal minimum wage Some of the UK’s best known retailers including WH Smith, Marks & Spencer, Argos and LloydsPharmacy are at the head of a list of more than 200 companies collectively fined […]
Judge in case brought by Prince Harry notes that some journalists happy to comment on sidelines The judge presiding over the privacy case brought by Prince Harry and others has questioned why journalists including Piers Morgan have not appeared to give evidence, noting that some have been happy to commentate […]
Exclusive: Comedian among stars who publicly withdrew from British LGBT Awards after climate campaigners warned of sponsorship deals with oil giants Joe Lycett has pulled out of the British LGBT Awards after climate campaigners said they would protest outside over its sponsorship deals with Shell and BP. The comedian, who […]
Oria Henry was passenger in car driven by Ashley Henry, 35, when it collided with a lorry in Anwick, Lincolnshire A murder inquiry has been launched into the death of a two-year-old girl who died along with a driver in a road crash. Ashley Henry, 35, and passenger Oria Henry, […]