Chancellor says businesses will understand balancing the books is necessary for fiscal stability Elton John and Michelin meals: Labour pulls out all the stops to woo investors Rachel Reeves has dropped her strongest hint yet that she is planning to raise employer national insurance contributions in the budget, prompting accusations […]
Month: October 2024
Data compiled by EEA shows quality of water bodies falls far short of target first set for 2015 and since extended to 2027 Only about one-third of Europe’s surface water is in good health or better, a report has found, despite an EU target first set for 2015 to bring […]
At a Pennsylvania rally, the vice-president focused on Trump’s threat to use armed forces against his adversaries Kamala Harris has said a second Trump term would be “a huge risk for America”, in a renewed effort to paint her Republican opponent as a threat to democracy, after the former president […]
Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv in wake of Israeli attack on Christian town, as UN security council voiced strong concern over IDF attacks on peacekeepers More than 20 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Christian town in northern Lebanon, prompting Hezbollah to fire rockets at […]
Energy crisis panel warns country is ‘dangerously unprepared’ and must shift away from gas quickly Britain is at risk of experiencing a repeat of the sharp increase in energy costs which has fuelled the continuing cost of living crisis because it relies too heavily on gas, according to an expert […]
Unions express concern as PM to say government will ‘rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment’ Keir Starmer will promise to slash red tape and “rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment” as he hosts hundreds of global business executives for a major summit in central London. After a troubled […]
The suspect, identified as Las Vegas resident Vem Miller was, apprehended by authorities about half-mile from entrance to Coachella rally A man armed with guns and false press and VIP passes was apprehended by authorities at a campaign rally in California on Saturday being held by Donald Trump. The suspect, […]
Strike on base near Binyamina city is deadliest since Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon, and follows rare US commitment to deploy Thaad battery to Israel See all our Middle East coverage A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others […]
John Mason posted ‘if Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed 10 times as many’ An MSP has been expelled from the SNP over comments about the Israel-Hamas conflict, which his party described as “utterly abhorrent”. The Glasgow Shettleston MSP, John Mason, posted on social media in August: […]
Men aged 20 and 22 on police bail after animal was ‘deliberately attacked and seriously injured’, and died from injuries Two men have been arrested in connection with a fatal attack on an XL bully dog in Slough. Thames Valley police said the dog was “deliberately attacked and seriously injured” […]