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Updates as County Championship returns Sign up for the Spin | Mail Tanya No play at three grounds for now: Old Trafford, Edgbaston, and here at Derby where thunder has just rolled alluringly. Arrive at Derby in teeming rain. Apparently Ben Stokes had a net at 8.30am but it all looks very soggy now. Continue reading...
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to return to live in Britain, six years after leaving for the US: a decision that was subject to intense media scrutiny. The couple and their two children are expected to relocate later in August to a non-royal residence. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to senior national news editor Aaron Sharp Continue reading...
Trainer Andrew Balding narrows gap on Aidan O’Brien in race for British trainers’ title
Mike Huckabee says militant Israeli settlers taking part in a siege of homes in the occupied West Bank could face US sanctions
Tottenham salute ‘key part’ of 1960-61 Double side Winger also won Cup Winners’ Cup in 1963 Tottenham’s 1961 Double-winner Terry Dyson has died at the age of 91. The Premier League club confirmed Dyson’s death on Thursday and paid tribute to their former winger, who made 209 appearances and scored 55 goals for Spurs in a 10-year spell. Dyson was part of Bill Nicholson’s 1960-61 side, the first English team in the 20t
Pat Marsh, a long-serving councillor in Harrogate, has been deemed unfit to stand trial.
Police say the man is accused of failing to disclose information regarding terrorist activity.
Readers respond to the crisis facing Britain caused by the lack of reservoir capacity and hotter summers Your reporters came up with a good list of urgent climate policies in response to Andy Burnham’s somewhat surreal statement focusing on the sale of disposable barbecues following a Cobra meeting (From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now, 12 August), but they missed out the
Having just 20 Defra staff working on climate adaptations show the government is not taking the challenges of heatwaves, wildfires and droughts seriously, writes Dr Amy McDonnell This (Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires, 12 August) is a shocking revelation from a government that has repeatedly assured us it understands the risk of the breakdown of nature and climate.
The Unite union’s support for new North Sea oil and gas extraction is questioned by Edward Jackson. Plus a letter from Alan Gray Of the mass walkouts of transport drivers in parts of London where temperatures have hit 34C, John Harris says: “Everything is being led by the union Unite” (Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury, 16 August). This action makes per
Catriona McCarthy says enduring personal and professional connections should not be overlooked, while Graham Thompson says university leaders should shoulder some responsibility for their plight The financial pressures described by university leaders (UK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international students, 14 August) are both clear and serious, yet there are wider consequences of declining in
As yields are dragged higher in the UK, Europe and Japan, the impact for consumers and businesses will be far-reaching ‘Starve the beast’? The $40tn cost of Republicans’ false promises to cut spending Government borrowing costs around the world have surged to the highest levels in decades amid growing fears over US bond market turmoil. Anxiety about Donald Trump’s handling of the US economy, and concern that the US p
The Arts Council has announced the appointment of Shona McCarthy as its new Director.
Yield on 30-year Treasuries rises despite move to ‘at least double’ purchases of securities
Carrots are Ireland’s most purchased vegetable, with retail sales of about 52,000 tonnes annually
An academic who made plagiarism allegations against Professor Jason Arday before his death has been suspended by a university.
On-campus housing can be both expensive and difficult to secure
UUP politician succeeds party colleague Mike Nesbitt, who resigned after clash with party leader over Coleraine hospital issue
Pre-tax profits rose at high street opticians to £429.7m in the year to February while sales rose 7% to £4.3bn Specsavers has paid £12m to its parent company controlled by its founders Doug and Dame Mary Perkins after the high street optician’s profits increased by more than a quarter. The group operates nearly 3,000 optometry, audiology and ophthalmology businesses globally in at least eight countries, including mor
Her family say Lily Gomes was "vivacious, loud, funny and completely herself".
A fruit farm says it is keeping the memory of the 1912 disaster alive.
Bishop Denis Nulty says crash ‘a sharp reminder that all of us share an enormous responsibility when we sit behind a wheel’
A threat by US President Donald Trump to impose unprecedented economic warfare on Iran could have implications for countries that trade with it.
Midfielder linked with £120m move to Manchester City Chelsea still interested in Bournemouth’s Alex Scott Xabi Alonso has refused to offer any guarantee that Chelsea will hold firm if Manchester City try to sign Enzo Fernández. Fernández’s future remains up in the air and the prospect of him leaving Stamford Bridge has not gone away, even though Chelsea’s unofficial deadline for clubs to make written bids of £120m fo
Tehran’s foreign minister responds by saying US ‘economic terrorism’ threatens global economy