Keir Starmer hails visitor attraction – set to open in 2031 – as a way to bring jobs and growth to region First Beijing, and now Bedford: a “transformative” new British tourist magnet is coming to the home counties – just off the A421. A former brickworks will be the […]
Year: 2025
Tests ahead of Sunday’s race revealed E coli levels three times above the threshold for poor bathing water Water quality along the stretch of the River Thames which will host the iconic Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race has been classified as poor by clean water campaigners, as a result of […]
Chinese government asks: ‘Who represents the real threat?’ after US defense secretary vows to keep canal secure US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that the Panama canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure. Hegseth’s remarks triggered […]
Beijing says US threat to escalate tariffs against China is a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ and amounts to blackmail Trump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China over retaliatory levies South Korea’s government has approved Tuesday 3 June as the date for a snap presidential election, following the removal […]
Grace Davidson gives birth to baby Amy Isabel after receiving her sister’s womb in 2023 Surgeons are hailing an “astonishing” medical breakthrough as a woman became the first in the UK to give birth after a womb transplant. Grace Davidson, 36, who was a teenager when diagnosed with a rare […]
Ministers and more than 70 MPs attended photo call with Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed whose travel ban was called unacceptable Cabinet ministers and more than 70 parliamentarians staged a show of solidarity with two MPs who were detained and barred from entry to Israel in what was the first […]
President, sitting in Oval Office with Benjamin Netanyahu, warns Tehran of ‘great danger’ if talks are not successful Donald Trump has announced that the US is to hold direct talks with Iran in a bid to prevent the country from obtaining an atomic bomb, while also warning Tehran of dire […]
Prince Laurent had argued that his work entitled him to the same benefits as independent entrepreneurs but a court in Brussels disagreed A Belgian prince has lost a legal battle to claim social security benefits on top of his royal allowance, with a court ruling his claim – the first […]
Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbles nearly 9% on Monday as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng down 8% and South Korea trading temporarily halted amid Trump tariff concerns Hong Kong stocks have plummeted more than 9% at open, while Singapore stocks dropped over 7%, according to reports. Hong Kong and Chinese stocks dived […]
Labour ‘gobsmacked’ by Tory leader ‘cheerleading’ decision to deport Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed UK politics live – latest updates Labour and the Tories have become embroiled in a war of words after the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, defended Israel’s decision to deny two MPs entry into the country and […]