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Swap rates rise to three-year high as increase in oil prices leads to fears of higher inflationBusiness live – latest updatesHomeowners in the UK are braced for a jump in mortgage rates, driven by higher inflation and interest rate increase expectations amid turmoil in the global bond markets.UK swap rates, which lenders use to price mortgages, have risen to a three-year high, as this week’s globa...
Green party leader announces run in Holborn and St Pancras constituency in north London following the resignation of former PMHere is the Camden New Journal’s story.Zack Polanski has confirmed that he wants to be the Green party’s candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in an interview with the Camden New Journal – the local paper where Keir Starmer also announced he was standing down a...
Green leader will stand for election in Holborn and St Pancras in byelection triggered by former PM’s resignationThe Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he will stand in the byelection triggered by Keir Starmer’s resignation as MP for Holborn and St Pancras.More details soon … Continue reading...
Number of police on French coast has been increased amid smugglers’ rising use of so-called ‘mega-dinghies’Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said he will stand in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election which was triggered when Keir Starmer announced he was quitting as an MP.Good morning. Nothing is new in life or politics, and the concern that people feel about small boats crossing the Channel ...
Gretsch Synchromatic 160 acoustic guitar expected to sell for as much as £120,000, as star lot in auction of items owned by late personal assistant Siobhan BaileyOne of the most iconic items in George Michael’s career, the acoustic guitar he energetically strummed in the video for 1987’s Faith, is going up for auction.The guitar, a Gretsch Synchromatic 160 with a sunburst finish to the body, has a...
This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow treasurer says tobacco plans would bring in extra billions and stop people buying from the ‘black market’Tim Wilson, the shadow treasurer, said the tobacco proposal would bring in an extra $2bn a year as it would stop people “buying products from the black market”.We’ve been looking at this policy for a long t...
Misfits Together, by Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill a King’s Ralph Pelleymounter, is set amid the 1950s’ ‘red scare’It was lampooned as the union of the “hourglass” and the “egghead” – the marriage, in the summer of 1956, between Hollywood superstar Marilyn Monroe and Pulitzer-winning playwright Arthur Miller. Now, a new stage musical is to give a nuanced and intimate portrait of that famous rel...
Meanwhile investors fret that soaring oil prices will reignite inflationary pressures. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow treasurer says tobacco plans would bring in extra billions and stop people buying from the ‘black market’Tim Wilson, the shadow treasurer, said the tobacco proposal would bring in an extra $2bn a year as it would stop peo...
Brother of the former premier says he lied to developer Jean Nassif about doing political work for him and rejects accusation he is fabricating evidenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCharles Perrottet has repeatedly denied taking payments from the property developer Jean Nassif to achieve political outcomes for him, ...
Case is latest in string of post-Brexit deportations from country, which has been criticised for high refusal rate for British people to remainThe wife of a British man detained by police in Stockholm on Tuesday ahead of a threatened deportation has pleaded with Andy Burnham to get involved in the Brexit catastrophe unfolding for many British citizens in Sweden.Charles, who does not want to be ful...
Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan claim drastic cut to price of cigarettes and moves to legalise vapes will combat illicit tobacco tradeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLeading public health experts, the Australian Medical Association and Labor have rejected Angus Taylor’s plan to cut tobacco excise by 80%, labelling the m...
Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan claim drastic cut to price of cigarettes and moves to legalise vapes will combat illicit tobacco tradeLeading public health experts, the Australian Medical Association and Labor have rejected Angus Taylor’s plan to cut tobacco excise by 80%, labelling the move to curb soaring illegal cigarette sales as a backward step on tobacco control.Taylor and Nationals leader Mat...
Wayve robotaxis added to Uber app and will have human in front ready to take over if needed – but only 15 cars licensedLondoners are now able to hire self-driving taxis for the first time, after rides in Wayve’s autonomous vehicles were added to the Uber app on Thursday.The chances of landing a robotaxi on request immediately are slim, with only 15 vehicles so far licensed. That contrasts with the...
Thousands of heat-related deaths in record-breaking temperatures appeared to only intensify hosts’ climate denialsAs the first heatwave of the record-breaking summer arrived on 23 May, GB News host Cristo Foufas was not happy: “I am sick to death of the naysayers saying firstly that we’re all going to die and that we have to put out heat alerts, because, you know, just drink some water and drink a...
Victim’s father Tony Ticehurst confronts Daniel Billings during sentence hearing in regional NSW, saying ‘I hope that every night Molly’s screams keep you awake’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales court has been shown chilling footage of Daniel Billings driving away from Molly Ticehurst’s house after he ...
Yasmin Catley says ‘we will not be surrendering our streets’ after as many as six suspected mistaken identity shootings since the start of last yearThe New South Wales police minister denies that gang violence is out of control in the state, despite two people being shot dead in suspected cases of mistaken identity in as many days.The police minister, Yasmin Catley, told a media conference on Thur...
Exclusive: new data shows poorer pupils and those with Send are disproportionately affected by the measureThe proportion of secondary school students in England removed from class and placed in “internal exclusion” as a disciplinary measure has almost trebled in three years, according to new data.The data shows the proportion of secondary pupils removed from normal lessons went up from 5% in the 2...
Exclusive: new data shows poorer pupils and those with Send are disproportionately affected by the measureThe proportion of secondary school students in England removed from class and placed in “internal exclusion” as a disciplinary measure has almost trebled in three years, according to new data.The data shows the proportion of secondary pupils removed from normal lessons went up from 5% in the 2...
Actor will play 15th-century hero in sweeping production about Welsh rebellion against English crownThere are myriad films, plays and books focusing on heroes of English, Scottish and Irish history but far fewer that tell the stories of the great figures of Wales.A major new play about the Welsh nobleman Owain Glyndŵr’s early 15th-century rebellion against the English crown will help redress the b...
Meanwhile investors fret that soaring oil prices will reignite inflationary pressures. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow treasurer says tobacco plans would bring in extra billions and stop people buying from the ‘black market’Tim Wilson, the shadow treasurer, said the tobacco proposal would bring in an extra $2bn a year as it would stop peo...
Coroner says death likely triggered by vitamin C deficiency and so‑called ‘sailor’s disease’ common in convict eraFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA six-year-old boy died from scurvy, the so‑called “sailor’s disease” common in the convict era, a coroner has found.Brisbane boy Connor Dean died after a cardiac arrest und...
Coroner says death likely triggered by vitamin C deficiency and so‑called “sailor’s disease” common in convict era Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA six-year-old boy died from scurvy, the so‑called “sailor’s disease” common in the convict era, a coroner has found.Brisbane boy Connor Dean died after a cardiac arrest un...
Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuelsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine to keep...
Tony Ticehurst confronts Daniel Billings during sentence hearing in regional NSW, stating: ‘When she died, part of me died with her’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe family of Molly Ticehurst, who was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend Daniel Billings in her home in central western New South Wales in 2024, has com...
This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the US Breaking News emailAs tensions flare in the mideast with American military forces resuming strikes on Iran, Donald Trump has taken to social media to discuss his ballroom project.“We have hundreds of happy construction workers in D.C. busily doing their job building the finest Ballroom/Military complex anywhere in the World,” Trump said in a truth so...
Meanwhile investors fret that soaring oil prices will reignite inflationary pressures. Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow treasurer says tobacco plans would bring in extra billions and stop people buying from the ‘black market’Tim Wilson, the shadow treasurer, said the tobacco proposal would bring in an extra $2bn a year as it would stop pe...
NSW police called to Redfern on Wednesday night found a 17-year-old with a partially severed handFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenage boy will face court today after a “near-complete amputation” of a boy’s hand during an alleged assault in Sydney on Wednesday night.New South Wales police were called to Redfern ab...
Meanwhile investors fret that soaring oil prices will reignite inflationary pressures. Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow treasurer says tobacco plans would bring in extra billions and stop people buying from the ‘black market’Tim Wilson, the shadow treasurer, said the tobacco proposal would bring in an extra $2bn a year as it would stop pe...
NSW police called to Redfern on Wednesday night found a 17-year-old with a partially severed handFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenage boy will face court today after a “near-complete amputation” of a boy’s hand during an alleged assault in Sydney on Wednesday night.New South Wales police were called to Redfern ab...
Investors fret that soaring oil prices will reignite inflationary pressures. Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow treasurer says tobacco plans would bring in extra billions and stop people buying from the ‘black market’Tim Wilson, the shadow treasurer, said the tobacco proposal would bring in an extra $2bn a year as it would stop people “buyi...
