Getty Images Businesses have hit out over a potential rise in National Insurance paid by employers, arguing it will make hiring staff and creating jobs harder. Leading business groups in the UK raised concerns over the potential tax rise – something Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer failed to rule out in an interview with the […]
I always like to start my NBA previews at the bottom and work my way up. And when it comes to bottoming out, nobody does it better than the lottery teams in the Eastern Conference. Last season, four East squads lost at least 57 games, and overall, the conference had seven of the league’s 11 […]
PA Media Sophie heard harrowing first-hand experiences from women during her visit to Chad The Duchess of Edinburgh has described distressing scenes of sexual exploitation, after meeting refugees from Sudan’s civil war who had fled to neighbouring Chad. “People are having to exchange food and water for sex, for rape. That is violence that is […]
Getty Images The chancellor has given the clearest signal yet that businesses will face an increase in National Insurance on the day the government announced billions of pounds in overseas investment had been secured. Rachel Reeves said Labour’s election pledge not to increase National Insurance on “working people” related to the employee element, as opposed […]
Surrey Police Sara Sharif’s body was found at her home in Woking on 10 August last year The father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif called police from Pakistan and admitted he killed her at their Surrey home, a court heard. Urfan Sharif made the confession in an eight minute-call about an hour after his family’s flight […]
Vice President Harris campaigns in Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 12 — part of a push to try to shore up her support among Black men. Brendan Smialowski/AFP hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging Monday to legalize recreational marijuana, protect cryptocurrency assets and give 1 million loans to Black entrepreneurs, […]
BBC Hindi Prakash Sharma has been mining diamonds for 50 years “I feel sick if I don’t search for diamonds. It’s like a drug.” Prakash Sharma, 67, speaks about diamonds with a passion that has defined his life for the past five decades. A diamond hunter in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh, he spends […]
Keir Starmer will promise to slash red tape and “rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment” as he hosts hundreds of global business executives for a major summit in central London. After a troubled run-up to the event, including a bruising row with the Dubai-based owner of P&O Ferries, the prime minister will urge the […]
FAMILY HANDOUT Nicole, who has severe ME, is looked after by her daughter Maeve Boothby-O’Neill’s final days were harrowing. The 27-year-old was confined to bed all day, unable to chew food and no longer able to sit up – she was severely ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME, and as a consequence severely malnourished. Her […]
A year into the genocide in Gaza, survivors of the destruction of al-Shifa Hospital recount the tragedy. More than a year into Israel’s most brutal assault on Gaza, much of the besieged enclave has been destroyed, including many schools and hospitals. Last year, as the war was just beginning, we visited Gaza’s largest and most […]