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 […]
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 […]
Stock markets down from Australia to Japan and Taiwan as Trump presses ahead with plans to hit China with huge retaliatory tariffs Today’s tariffs follow Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from many countries, including Australia, which came into effect at the weekend. US customs agents began collecting the unilateral […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Building society makes warning to fans desperate not to miss out as resale for Glastonbury festival approaches One in four Britons say they have fallen victim to a ticket scam involving an in-demand event and lost £82 each on average, according to research issued ahead of the official Glastonbury festival […]
John Lithgow, Imelda Staunton, Romola Garai and Layton Williams are among the winners at the annual stage awards Olivier awards: full list of winners The play Giant, which portrays children’s author Roald Dahl amid an outcry about his antisemitism, has triumphed at the Olivier awards on a star-studded night at […]