Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police The comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault. Brand will appear in […]
Bafta endorsement could have escalated actor’s allegedly abusive behaviour towards women, Katharine Viner said The editor-in-chief of the Guardian, Katharine Viner, has told the high court there was a “very high public interest” in reporting allegations made against Noel Clarke after he received a special Bafta award. In a witness […]
Released court statement says alleged Chinese spy helped draft private letters to Chinese president The Duke of York sent letters directly to China’s president, the prince’s former senior adviser told a special immigration tribunal, with an alleged Chinese spy advising him on how to write them. Dominic Hampshire, who worked […]
Retailer’s ‘gift to America’ could be hit by new taxes as it also adjusts to rules on advertising high fat, sugar and salt foods Percy Pig’s US invasion could be called to a halt amid fears that Donald Trump’s tariffs could affect sales of Marks & Spencer’s popular confectionery brand […]
Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcement Full report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall Street Analysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists In the Pacific, Fiji is the hardest hit […]
All three major US index funds close down as Apple and Nvidia, two of US’s largest companies, lose combined $470bn US stock markets tumbled on Thursday as investors parsed the sweeping change in global trading following Donald Trump’s announcement of a barrage of tariffs on the country’s trading partners. All […]
Trade Review Act would require greater checks on tariffs in further sign of congressional disquiet over president’s plans Senior senators introduced new bipartisan legislation on Thursday seeking to claw back some of Congress’s power over tariffs after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new import taxes and rattled the global economy with […]
Economists say levies of between 10% and 50% have dramatically added to the risk of a worldwide downturn Global financial markets have been plunged into turmoil as Donald Trump’s escalating trade war knocked trillions of dollars off the value of the world’s biggest companies and heightened fears of a US […]
Former neonatal nurse’s legal team to hand over 86-page report which they say casts ‘serious doubt’ on guilty verdict The evidence used to convict Lucy Letby of poisoning babies is flawed, seven leading experts have said, in a dossier that will be submitted to the miscarriage of justice watchdog. The […]
Britain gets off comparatively lightly but US president’s action could still cost billions in lost growth US politics – latest updates Donald Trump has hit the UK with tariffs of 10% on exports to the US as he ignited a global trade war that could wipe billions off economic growth. […]