Category: News
US fashion boss Steve Madden buys Kurt Geiger for £289m
Steve Madden, the fashion boss best known for his links to the criminal antics depicted in the book and film The Wolf of Wall Street, [more…]
UK should have ‘robust but constructive’ talks with Beijing, says David Lammy – as it happened
China, David Lammy said as he welcomed Beijing’s foreign affairs minister to London. As PA Media reports, Wang Yi met with the foreign secretary in [more…]
Sharp rise in cancer patients in England waiting months for treatment
The proportion of cancer patients in England experiencing long waits for treatment has almost trebled, figures show. Analysis by Cancer Research UK exclusively for the [more…]
Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court ruling
Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled as ministers decide new guidance for fossil fuel extraction after a landmark court case, the Guardian [more…]
English dentists ‘walking away’ from NHS work as fees fail to cover costs
A growing “exodus” of dentists willing to provide care on the NHS threatens to exacerbate the crisis in patients’ access to treatment, the profession’s leaders [more…]
Sudan says plan for first Russian naval base in Africa will go ahead
A plan for Russia to establish its first naval base in Africa will go ahead, Sudan’s foreign minister has confirmed, after years of delays over [more…]
Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown, research finds
The climate crisis drove weeks of high temperatures in the west African region responsible for about 70% of global cacao production, hitting harvests and probably [more…]
UK shipping firm used enslaved workers in Caribbean after abolition, study finds
A British shipping company that became the largest in the world at the height of empire continued to use the labour of enslaved people after [more…]
What Trump’s assault on USAid means for the world – podcast
“My community, living here in the refugee camp, is already vulnerable,” Sahat Zia tells Lucy Hough. “I’m very concerned, especially for the children and the [more…]
Love rats: Canadians get chance to feed rodents named after old flames to owls
Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. And for an endangered owl breeding program in Canada, it’s also a dish best served dead. [more…]
