Monthly Archives: March 2025

I was seven years old when Germany invaded and occupied their unreliable ally, Hungary, in March 1944. This makes me 87 years old now. But my memories of hiding as a hunted Jew on false papers, and the utter devastation of the climactic fighting around us, between a trapped German Army and the Red Army, […]

The Prime Minister said he did not want a ‘trade war’ with the US but that all options remained on the table US President Donald Trump’s decision to slap a 25% import tax on cars is “very concerning” but the UK will not be “jumping into a trade war” with America, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The […]

The King is known for being a workaholic, and even the Queen said after his cancer diagnosis that he “won’t slow down and won’t do what he’s told”. Camilla told author Lee Child at her Reading Room literary festival last year that her husband was “doing fine” but was not heeding her advice. On Thursday, the King “required a short period […]

Months of detailed scrutiny and further votes in the Commons and Lords are required before the bill could become law. At present, laws throughout the UK prevent people from asking for medical help to die. However, proposed laws to give terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their life have been agreed in […]

Sky has said 2,000 call centre jobs are at risk under plans to move more of its customer service online. The media and telecoms company plans to close three of its 10 UK customer service centres, it said on Thursday, citing changing consumer preferences and declining call volumes. The planned cuts – which would see […]

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out her plans for the UK economy in her Spring Statement and is on track to meet her self-imposed rules on the public finances, which she has said are “non-negotiable”. On the face of it, that sounds like a good thing. So why are people saying that she may struggle […]