FSB says business confidence is rising but soaring costs and weakening demand is still slowing growth Small businesses across Britain are warning that the cost of living squeeze is holding back economic growth, after two in five company bosses reported a drop in sales at the start of the year. […]
Exclusive: up to 10 disused cruise liners, ferries and barges sought to help tackle processing delays The Home Office is planning to use 10 redundant cruise ships, ferries and barges to house asylum seekers in ports around the country, with Liverpool expected to be next in line as ministers struggle […]
Critical shortages of basic goods including water, and bodies piling in streets creating ‘environmental catastrophe’ Sudanese medics have described seeing piles of bodies in the streets of the capital, Khartoum, people drinking polluted water, and doctors working under bombardments as the battle between the country’s two warring generals continues despite […]
Musician best known for folk-pop hits such as If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, continued to tour in his later years Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, best known for folk-pop hits such as If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the […]
Local man aged 24 arrested in Bodmin on multiple charges following knife attack A man has died and seven others were left injured after a stabbing near a nightclub in Cornwall. Police were called to Castle Canyke Road in the Victoria Square area in Bodmin at 3.15am on Sunday after […]
Exclusive: algorithm performs more efficiently and effectively than current methods, according to a study Doctors, scientists and researchers have built an artificial intelligence model that can accurately identify cancer in a development they say could speed up diagnosis of the disease and fast-track patients to treatment. Cancer is a leading […]
Regional administration officials in Ukrainian capital have advised all civilians to head for shelters; reports of air defences at work in Kyiv Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 432 of the invasion The Vatican is involved in a secret peace mission to try to end the […]
Turkish president says Abu Hussein al-Qurashi was killed after long pursuit while northern Syria residents report clashes and large explosion Turkish intelligence forces have killed Islamic State’s leader, Abu Hussein al-Qurashi, in Syria, Turkey’s president has said. “This individual was neutralised as part of an operation by the Turkish national […]
Complexity of system and perception of government handouts as ‘shameful’ stopping people from accessing much-needed support Millions of UK households are collectively missing out on at least £19bn a year in unclaimed welfare benefits, at a time when many are forced to use food banks or run up debt as […]
Investigation reveals that at least 440 people appear to have been abandoned in the weeks before the worst Channel disaster in 30 years • Read more: ‘Horror beyond words’: how Channel distress calls were ‘ignored’ Hundreds of vulnerable migrants were abandoned to their fates after the UK coastguard “effectively ignored” […]