Athlete was twice the Commonwealth champion World’s Strongest Man title won in 1983 and 1985 Geoff Capes, who competed for Great Britain in the shot put at three Olympic Games, won two Commonwealth titles and twice won the World’s Strongest Man competition, has died aged 75. A family statement said: […]
After weeks of speculation, chancellor will tell IMF in Washington that UK’s debt measure will be redefined to permit borrowing for investment Rachel Reeves will announce at the International Monetary Fund a plan to change Britain’s debt rules that will open the door for the government to spend up to […]
Stacey Williams says the ex-president, whose spokesperson denied the allegations, touched her in an unwanted sexual way in 1993, after Epstein introduced them US politics live – latest updates A former model who says she met Donald Trump through the late sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein has accused the former president […]
Russian president ‘willing to gamble on food security’ by stepping up strikes on grain ships, says UK prime minister Keir Starmer has accused Vladimir Putin of disrupting food supplies to Gaza after British intelligence suggested Russia had stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian ports. Starmer said it was clear the […]
VP says she’s focused on ‘the challenges, the dreams’ of Americans as opposed to Trump ‘who is focused on himself’ Kamala Harris said that she has no doubt that the US was ready for a female president, insisting that Americans care more about what candidates can do to help them, […]
Exclusive: Campaigners say calls to redraw rules are cynical attempt to secure ‘effective immunity’ for officers Police chiefs have formally asked the government to make it harder to investigate and prosecute officers after the fatal shooting of Chris Kaba led to a Scotland Yard sergeant being acquitted of murder, the […]
Defra body, created to overhaul system amid public fury, may force firms to be run for public good rather than shareholder returns New water regulator must create environmental enforcer that is feared | Nils Pratley Water companies in England could be banned from making a profit under plans for a […]
IDF says strikes in Beirut in early October also killed the head of the militant group’s intelligence branch Israel has confirmed the killing of the presumed next leader of Hezbollah in an airstrike on southern Beirut earlier in October. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Israeli military said strikes […]
Justin Welby says ancestor owned enslaved people in Jamaica and was paid compensation upon abolition Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has revealed that his ancestor owned enslaved people on a plantation in Jamaica and was compensated by the British government when slavery was abolished. Welby disclosed his ancestral links […]
Loans will be repaid using interest generated by $300bn of frozen Russian assets held in the west Britain is to lend Ukraine an additional £2.26bn and allow Kyiv to spend the money on weapons to fight off the Russian invasion as part of a wider $50bn (£38.5bn) loan programme expected […]