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 […]
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 […]
