A couple who feared they would be sent to prison after they were attacked by neighbours in Thailand have been allowed to return to the UK having been fined. Mary Byrne, 69, and her husband Des, 77, said they were punched and kicked in a dispute over a small garden after emigrating to Asia. They […]
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Sunday he was prepared to use industrial policy to “shelter British business from the storm” expected from US President Donald Trump’s recent wave of tariffs. A 10% “baseline” tariff on all imports into the US and a 25% tariff on car imports have now come into effect. Cars In […]
A lawyer hired by former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has questioned whether the investigation into his behaviour was conducted “independently of the influence” of the party. The Great Yarmouth MP strongly denies accusations of bullying and harassment made by two female team members, which an investigation by Jacqueline Perry, a KC hired by Reform […]
London Luton Airport will see annual passenger numbers almost double to 32 million by 2043 after the government approved expansion plans. It comes despite the Planning Inspectorate recommending Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander rejects them over environmental concerns. Luton Rising, the airport’s owners, said the decision could bring “significant economic, employment and social benefits for our […]
Western sanctions on Russia need to be increased, not weakened, in order to bring it to the negotiating table, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The prime minister accused Vladimir Putin of “playing games and playing for time” after the Russian president demanded sanctions were lifted before a US-brokered maritime ceasefire is enacted. “Now is not the time […]
At 3am last Wednesday, as the rain poured down, pro-Palestine students at Bristol University set up an encampment opposite a study centre on campus. Eugenia and five other student activists who had met at previous protests put four tents together. But despite the cold, more sprung up over the next few nights. “It’s now grown […]
On a Sunday morning in February 2011, William Hague, the British foreign secretary, received an unexpected phone call at home from Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the well-connected son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. “He came on the line to say there was now an alarming situation in Libya, and on behalf of his government he was […]
The United Kingdom has announced sanctions on four Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank after a similar move by the United States this month. The sanctions announced on Monday follow what the UK called “unprecedented levels of violence by extremist settlers in the West Bank” over […]
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 […]
