Pilot and a family with three children who are believed to have been Spanish tourists were killed onboard aircraft A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday, killing all six people onboard, including the pilot and a family of Spanish tourists with three children. The sightseeing […]

U-turn by medicines watchdog means about 3,000 women with advanced forms of disease could benefit each year Thousands of women with advanced breast cancer in England and Wales are to be offered a “gamechanging” twice-a-day pill on the NHS after a U-turn by the medicines watchdog. Experts hailed the decision […]

Nikkei plunges 5.4% and other Asian markets reverse many of Thursday’s gains after historic rally following US president’s tariffs reprieve US stocks fall again after rally following Trump’s shock retreat on tariffs The US dollar slumped on Friday as waning confidence in the US economy prompted investors to ditch US […]

China’s 84% retaliatory tariffs on US goods, announced on Wednesday, are due to come into effect on Thursday Read the latest full report China and the European Union have exchanged views on strengthening their economic and trade cooperation in response to US tariffs, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, […]

With white paper imminent, Institute for Government urges ministers to abandon ‘reactive, kneejerk’ decisions Ministers should introduce an annual migration plan to put an end to decades of “incoherent, disconnected and unpredictable” policies around work visas, according to a Whitehall thinktank. The Institute for Government (IfG) said that successive governments […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]