Make UK report says post-Brexit structural shift in trade is particularly hurting factories in north-west and West Midlands Factories in England and Wales are seeing a downward trend in the share of their trade going to the EU, an analysis from the manufacturers’ trade body shows. Make UK said that […]
Barbie made $377m while Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer took home $174m, making ‘Barbenheimer’ biggest box office weekend of 2023 so far Greta Gerwig has made history as Barbie scored a US$377m (£293m, A$560m) opening weekend around the world, making it the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman. […]
Travel companies cancel holidays to Greek island as holidaymakers describe scenes of chaos on beaches British tourists said they had been left in “a living nightmare” after wildfires caused the emergency evacuation of 19,000 people on the Greek island of Rhodes. More than 3,000 people were rescued from beaches and […]
Sergei Sobyanin says there were no serious injuries after drones hit two non-residential buildings in centre of Russian capital At a glance: what we know on day 516 of Ukraine invasion The debris of a drone has been found in central Moscow, Russia’s state-owned Tass news agency is reporting. It […]
Observer investigation shows that majority of Nice drug appraisals involve groups financially linked to maker of pharmaceuticals Drug companies are systematically funding grassroots patient groups that lobby the NHS medicines watchdog to approve the rollout of their drugs, the Observer can reveal. An investigation by the Observer has found that […]
Science and business leaders say lurch away from climate agenda after byelections would be deeply unpopular with voters and damage UK’s reputation Britain’s leaders have been warned against a “politically suicidal” lurch away from their green pledges as concerns grow that both major parties may dilute their plans to combat […]
Fossil fuel-producing members dispute goal of tripling renewable capacity by 2030 The G20 bloc of wealthy economies meeting in India failed to reach a consensus on phasing down fossil fuels on Saturday after objections by some producer nations. Scientists and campaigners are exasperated by international bodies’ foot-dragging on action to […]
Review could show that thousands more Jews and prisoners of war died on Alderney than previously thought The full horrors of the only Nazi concentration camps to exist on British soil will finally be investigated in an official government inquiry, the Observer can reveal. Eighty years on from one of […]
Israeli prime minister vows to push ahead with controversial reforms even as tens of thousands protest against them Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be fitted with a pacemaker overnight, he has said, adding that he will be discharged from hospital in time for a key vote on his controversial […]
Starmer hails results as ‘cry for change’ as Sunak’s party loses Selby and Ainsty and Somerton and Frome, but clings on in Uxbridge Rishi Sunak’s chances of guiding the Conservatives to victory at the next general election looked increasingly slim on Friday after his party suffered two shattering byelection defeats. […]