US secretary of state will be most senior US official to have travelled to London since Labour’s election victory The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, will head to London next week to discuss the Middle East and Ukraine, the state department announced on Saturday, in advance of a US […]
Perhaps, Lee Carsley was simply consumed by his focus on the opening minutes of his first game in interim charge of England. Because when the manager emerged to take his seat before kick-off and, yes, before the anthems, he turned right instead of left and sat down on the Republic […]
Employees have lost out on holiday pay worth £2bn, according to new trade union research Workers across Britain have lost out on holiday pay worth £2bn, with more than a million people going without a single day of paid time off, according to new research. With unions gathering in Brighton […]
Prime minister held a summit attended by National Crime Agency, Border Force and senior ministers Keir Starmer has pledged to break up people-smuggling gangs in the same manner used to apprehend and jail hundreds of rioters this summer. After a meeting with law enforcement agencies and cabinet ministers to discuss […]
Interim manager’s side face Ireland in Nations League ‘It’s something I’ve never done. I am in a zone’ Lee Carsley has said he will not sing England’s national anthem when he takes charge of his first match as interim head coach against the Republic of Ireland on Saturday. Carsley, who […]
Lifelong Republican makes announcement day after daughter Liz also endorses Democratic candidate The former vice-president Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, in November’s presidential election, he said in a statement on Friday. “In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual […]
Family of Paula Leeson sued Donald McPherson after criminal prosecution over fatal drowning collapsed A man who stood to claim a £4.4m estate from his wealthy wife has had his inheritance blocked by a judge who ruled he killed her. The family of Paula Leeson, 47, who was found dead […]
Sinner wins 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2 British No 1 struggles physically against top seed After navigating the most important two weeks of his blossoming career with formidable ruthlessness and self-belief, Jack Draper walked on to Arthur Ashe Stadium for the biggest match of his career fully aware that the challenge […]
Lord Macdonald warns of likely delays in criminal justice system as survivors denounce ‘arrogant’ building firms The three Grenfell Tower companies still denying all wrongdoing Justice for those responsible for the 72 deaths in the Grenfell Tower fire may not come until the end of this decade, a former chief […]
Jenny Hastings, who ‘loved the water’, failed to return from Wardie Bay in Edinburgh The wife of Scott Hastings, the former Scottish international rugby player, has gone missing after going swimming in a Scottish estuary. Jenny Hastings, “who loved the water”, failed to return from Wardie Bay in Edinburgh on […]