Five new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling Royal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered “postbox of the future” with a built-in barcode reader and a hatch to accept parcels larger than letterbox size. In the “biggest change to postbox design since […]

Exclusive: Question of visas for Indian workers said to be nearly resolved and deal may be finalised this year The UK and India have agreed 90% of their free trade agreement, businesses were told on a call with negotiators this week. There are hopes the UK government will succeed in […]

More schools also reducing spending on trips, IT, extracurricular activities and GCSE subject choices Half of secondary schools in England have been forced to cut staff this year due to financial pressures that are pushing many “towards breaking point”, according to polling. As well as cuts to teaching and support […]

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 […]

Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’ The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]