British households have been told to brace for a surge in inflation and multiple interest rate hikes this year after surging oil and gas prices sparked by Donald Trump’s war on Iran. Tehran has launched a series of retaliatory strikes on energy sites in the Gulf since the conflict began, and has throttled the key […]
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A Russian warship and a sanctioned oil tanker was shadowed by a Royal Navy warship and helicopter for 48 hours in the English Channel. HMS Mersey, based in Portsmouth, and a Wildcat helicopter were scrambled to monitor the Russian Steregushchiy-class frigate RFN Soobrazitelny and tanker MV Anatoly Kolodkin. A Royal Navy spokesman said the operation
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Gerry Adams has said he came to London’s High Court “to assert the legitimacy of the republican cause” and “reject the allegations” he was behind three IRA bombings. Three men injured in those incidents accuse the former Sinn Fein president of having been a top member of the Provisional IRA at the time. Mr Adams
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Nicola Sturgeon, the nationalist firebrand who dominated Scottish politics for almost a decade, has bowed out with an emotional valedictory speech. Addressing the Scottish parliament for the final time, the former first minister said it was a wrench to leave Holyrood, but the time was right to move on. She was elected to the newly
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Essex Police has paused the use of live facial recognition cameras (LFR) after a study found they identified more black people than other ethnic groups. The cameras are mounted on vans and designed to identify people on watchlists if they pass by. Thirteen forces were using it by the end of last year and the
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The last 24 hours of eye-wateringly expensive missile duelling over the Persian Gulf has made one point above all. A prolonged war could do calamitous damage to the global economy. In just one day and night, Iran has hit energy targets in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Israel. So much for its military being defeated,
The selling of crossbows and hunting arrows will be banned under government plans following a series of violent attacks. The Home Office said existing crossbow owners will also need a licence. It follows the death of BBC racing commentator John Hunt’s wife and two of his daughters, who were murdered in a crossbow and knife
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The family of a 16-year-old who was killed after a car crashed into a river in Cambridgeshire has paid tribute, calling her the “kindest, most loving girl”. Eden Bunn was among five people in a blue VW Polo, which veered off the road into the River Nene near Wisbech at about 8.20pm on Tuesday. Her
Former Google executive Matt Brittin is expected to be the next director-general of the BBC. He would follow in the footsteps of the outgoing Tim Davie, who has held the position for nearly six years. And yes, despite a female deputy director-general in 2016 – Anne Bulford – all 16 who came before have been
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Angela Rayner was “wrong” to stage a high-profile intervention criticising the direction of Sir Keir Starmer’s government this week, Harriet Harman has said. Speaking to Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, the veteran Labour peer said Ms Rayner had offered just “one criticism after another” rather than “positive proposals”. Politics
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