Narrowing rate now stands at 37% with tenants in north paying £960 a month compared with £1,317 in south The gap in rents paid by those in the north and south of England has closed to its lowest level in at least 11 years, figures have shown. In its latest […]
Bedfordshire police believe Juliana Prosper, 48, Kyle, 16, and Giselle, 13, were victims found in flat Tributes have been paid after the “devastating” loss of a mother and two of her teenage children who were found dead at a flat in Luton. Bedfordshire police said it believed the victims to […]
Experts say ‘baffling’ lack of equivalent to fuel duty means motorists are more strongly taxed than private jet owners Campaigners have urged the chancellor to start taxing jet fuel – with a report showing that charging duty at the same rate paid by motorists would raise up to £6bn a […]
US president Joe Biden and British PM Keir Starmer fear secret arms link-up amid talks in Washington over Ukraine Britain and the US have raised fears that Russia has shared nuclear secrets with Iran in return for Tehran supplying Moscow with ballistic missiles to bomb Ukraine. During their summit in […]
State department says allegations of American collusion are ‘categorically false’ as US navy member identified among foreign citizens detained The US state department rejected wild allegations of CIA involvement in an alleged assassination plot against Nicolás Maduro after Venezuelan officials announced the arrest of three Americans, two Spaniards and a […]
Two hospitals sent into lockdown, government buildings shut down and local schools evacuated Two hospitals in Springfield, Ohio, were sent into lockdown after bomb threats, police said Saturday, marking the fourth such case in as many days that appears linked to false claims circulating among the far right that Haitian […]
Mike Jeffries, now 80, has been accused of exploiting young men for sex in cities around the world from 2009-15 The former chief executive of the American fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch faces new allegations this weekend of exploitation and abuse at sex events held around the world. One witness […]
Military claims the sanitation worker had been throwing explosive devices at its troops from the roof of his home in the el Far’a camp A sniper killed a UN worker on the roof of his home in the northern West Bank, the UN has said, as friends and family gathered […]
US and UK leaders’ talks dominated by row with Russia over use of Storm Shadow missiles Joe Biden dismissed sabre-rattling threats made by Vladimir Putin as the US president met with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, at the White House on Friday. Biden said he did not accept that […]
Exclusive: Ormiston academies trust says impact of phones on learning and mental health has been ‘catastrophic’ How going phone-free taught pupils ‘to socialise, old school’ A national academy chain is to become the first in England to be phone-free, removing access to smartphones from its 35,000 pupils during the school […]