July 2023

A group of five Conservative-led councils have lost their High Court challenge against Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s plans to expand the capital’s ultra low emission zone (Ulez). The outer London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Harrow and Hillingdon along with Surrey County Council launched legal action in February over the Labour mayor’s proposals to extend […]

Revenue was up 10% to £179.5 million in the six months to the end of June Online real estate company Rightmove clocked up its highest first-half revenue since 2018, it revealed on Friday, despite a troubled mortgage market putting pressure on house prices. The business said revenue was up 10% to £179.5 million in the

The race at Spa-Francorchamps in 2021 was called off after 3 laps due to heavy rain in the Ardennes forest George Russell has raised the prospect of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix being cancelled amid poor weather. Heavy rain fell over the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit on Thursday, with the grizzly weather expected to continue throughout the

Its operating pre-tax profit was £3.6 billion in the six months to the end of June NatWest Group’s profits have surged by nearly £1 billion, beating expectations as the bank faces scrutiny from shareholders after the departure of its boss this week. The British bank, which has been embroiled in a row involving Nigel Farage

The Lionesses face Denmark, and then China in the final group game England boss Sarina Wiegman has made two changes as the Lionesses look to secure a second successive World Cup victory against Denmark. Chelsea forward Lauren James replaced Lauren Hemp, while Aston Villa’s Rachel Daly, named in the England squad as a forward, replaced

Pop star Kylie Minogue is following in the footsteps of Adele and Celine Dion as she announces her first Las Vegas residency. The Australian singer, 55, will be the first headliner for nightclub Voltaire, a new venue at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, with performances due to begin on November 3. Her upcoming album Tension is due

An updated indictment adds new charges against the former president and names an additional defendant Donald Trump asked a staff member to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into his possession of classified documents, according to an updated indictment. The document, unsealed on Thursday, adds new charges against

Professor Brian Cox has said extraordinary claims about the existence of aliens were made in a US senate hearing, but were not backed up by “extraordinary evidence”. US lawmakers heard first-hand accounts of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings from former members of the military on Wednesday in a hearing to explore what the US Government knows about

Peter Flavel will step down with immediate effect The boss of bank Coutts which shut down Nigel Farage’s bank account, Peter Flavel, will step down immediately, its owner NatWest Group has said. It follows the resignation of NatWest’s chief executive Dame Alison Rose in the early hours of Wednesday. Its interim boss, Paul Thwaite, said

Sergeant Matt Ratana died in hospital despite the efforts of medical staff, after being struck by two bullets in a holding cell in Croydon, south London, in September 2020 A cannabis user who shot dead a custody sergeant while handcuffed in a police cell has been handed a whole-life sentence. Gun fanatic Louis De Zoysa