BBC Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “very pleased” MPs will get the chance to debate and vote on the issue of assisted dying. The prime minister confirmed his government would remain neutral on the subject and that his MPs would be given a free vote, rather than having to follow a party line. […]
The government will prioritise and increase investment in major projects at this month’s Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. In addition, she announced a nearly £22bn investment in two major new carbon capture schemes over 25 years. She criticised plans she inherited from the previous government to cut investment as a share of the economy, […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Nike stock (NYSE: NKE) fell 6.7% yesterday as markets gave a thumbs down to its fiscal Q1 2025 earnings. Here are the key takeaways from the report and how analysts reacted to the […]
Before Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, spoke to this paper’s economics editor, the pound was the best-performing currency among Group of Ten (G10) wealthy nations. It was just a fraction away from reaching its level on the day of the 2016 Brexit referendum. While financial capital flows primarily determine the pound’s […]
Gwent Police Damian Wojnilowicz hung out the victim’s washing A woman discovered her house had been broken into by a burglar who hung out her washing, put her shopping away and cooked a meal on her stove. Damian Wojnilowicz, 36, was jailed for 22 months at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday for carrying out the […]
Real Madrid forward Endrick has said he isn’t affected by outside criticism after a defeat, stating “that’s what football is.” Endrick, who joined Los Blancos this summer from Palmeiras, became Madrid’s youngest player to start in a Champions League game aged 18 years and 73 days in Wednesday’s 1-0 loss at Lille. Editor’s Picks 1 […]
The deal includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, which is used by the United States as a military base. The United Kingdom says it is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while the UK retains use of the […]
H.E. Ghanim Mubarak Al Hajeri, Director General of the General Authority of Sports, opened the day with a detailed update on the UAE’s National Sports Strategy 2031.”UAE sports are moving in the right direction, thanks to the continuous support from our wise leadership and the efforts of all those involved in the sports sector. Especially […]
MRC/Nature As beautiful as it is complex, the fly’s brain has more than 130,000 wires with 50 million intricate connections They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates – all this with a brain that’s tinier than a pinhead. Now for the first time scientists researching the brain […]
Police investigating a report that a shot was fired at a taxi carrying Ian Hislop have found no evidence of this. “Urgent CCTV and forensic examinations” instead suggested a mechanical fault with the vehicle, which caused the rear window to shatter, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said. The force said officers were continuing to […]