US regulators seize SVB’s assets after a run on the bank, as global institutions monitor situation closely Why did Silicon Valley Bank fail? US regulators rushed to seize the assets of top tech lender Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after a run on the bank, marking the largest failure of […]
Year: 2023
Reports that incident took place in a Jehovah’s Witness centre with gunman thought to be among the dead At least seven people have been killed and dozens were injured after a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness centre in the northern German city of Hamburg, local media have reported, citing police […]
Paris gathering is first such UK-France summit in five years Rishi Sunak and a series of his ministers are heading to Paris for a summit at which he will push Emmanuel Macron to assist him over Channel migrant crossings – but with little apparent chance of securing an immediate deal […]
Exclusive: figure is more than double the comparable fatalities in 2021, in what a union calls a ‘hidden scandal’ of delays More than 500 seriously ill patients died last year before they could get treatment in hospital after the ambulance they called for took up to 15 hours to reach […]
Mother of murdered Hull student says incidents should be treated as red flags for more serious sex offences Just weeks before Libby Squire was raped, murdered and dumped in a river, a stranger exposed himself to her on her way home. Her mother, Lisa Squire, said the assault left the […]
City regulator estimates 356,000 borrowers may be at risk of missing monthly payments by summer 2024 The UK regulator has told banks to consider slashing mortgage payments for borrowers struggling with rising bills, as it revealed that 356,000 homeowners could be at risk of missing their monthly instalments by summer […]
EU commissioner Ylva Johansson warns new migration bill breaches international law, potentially reigniting hostilities Rishi Sunak faces a fresh clash with the EU after a senior comissioner warned that his contentious new migration bill will be in breach of human rights laws. The intervention comes as the prime minister prepares […]
Former prime minister reportedly interviewed by lawyer investigating Raab bullying allegations Boris Johnson previously warned Dominic Raab about his conduct, according to reports that claim the former prime minister has given evidence to the bullying investigation. Johnson has been interviewed by Adam Tolley KC, the independent lawyer who is investigating […]
Two other studies also show there are insufficient places in half of the country’s councils The scale of the childcare crisis in England has been exposed by new data showing some parents face spending as much as 80% of their take-home pay on childcare while others struggle to find a […]
Saturday magazine also awarded supplement of the year, while Aditya Chakrabortty and Jay Rayner receive accolades The Guardian has won daily newspaper of the year and supplement of the year for its Saturday magazine at the prestigious Press Awards. They were two of several accolades received at the ceremony, including […]