Category: News
Tories express alarm at report saying cost of Chagos Islands deal has risen far beyond £9bn, saying it’s ‘madness’ – UK politics live
2.49pm.) Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, has issued a statement claiming that Keir Starmer is motivated by “leftie shame” at Britain’s history. She said: [more…]
Thames Water may need £10bn investment to repair finances, high court hears
Thames Water may need as much as £10bn in debt and equity investment to repair its finances, according to a representative of creditors hoping to [more…]
Sam Kerr trial: officer did not mention impact of ‘stupid and white’ comments in first statement, court hears
The Metropolitan police officer at the centre of Sam Kerr’s criminal trial did not mention being upset by being called “stupid and white” by the [more…]
British Virgin Islands accused of ‘shameful’ attempt to avoid financial crime crackdown
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) have been accused of a “shameful” attempt to avoid a crackdown on financial crime, in a growing rift with the [more…]
Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
Critical supplies of life-saving medicines have been blocked and children left without food and battling malnutrition as multiple effects were reported across the globe after [more…]
Teacher hails ‘small win’ as Google Maps to remove UK and Irish school reviews
Google has agreed to remove all user comments and ratings of UK and Irish schools from Google Maps, after a petition organised by a Merseyside [more…]
‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom
For the estimated 2,000 residents of Refuge Island life sometimes feels like that of a refugee. A dozen communities live on the island, which lies [more…]
Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 declares unilateral ceasefire in DRC
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last week have declared a unilateral ceasefire starting [more…]
Trump says he will cut off funding to South Africa over land ‘confiscations’
Donald Trump has claimed South Africa is “confiscating” land and “treating certain classes of people very badly”, announcing he is cutting off all future funding [more…]
Tiny Nigerian museum marking a forgotten British invasion pushes for recognition
In the sleepy Nigerian port town of Koko, the reminder of a forgotten invasion by the British more than a century ago has itself been [more…]
