Category: Politics

Frenchman Paul Magnier completed a hat-trick of stage wins on the Tour of Britain with victory in a bunched finish on day five in Northampton. The 20-year-old Soudal Quick-Step rider had followed up his opening stage win with another on Friday from Derby to Newark. Saturday’s penultimate fifth stage saw a 147km westward loop around […]

Keir Starmer has said he believes there can be a “deep” reset of relations with Ireland after arriving in Dublin for his first official visit, with Northern Ireland, Brexit and joint international interests on the agenda. It is the first official visit of a British prime minister since Boris Johnson visited in 2019 to try […]

The family of a Turkish-American woman shot dead while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have demanded an independent investigation into her death. Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was “shot in the head” while participating in a demonstration in Beita in the West Bank on Friday, the UN rights office said. “Her presence […]

CVC Capital Partners is in talks about buying one of the Hundred franchises in what would be the first private equity investment in English cricket. The England and Wales Cricket Board issued sales decks for the eight franchises to interested parties on Friday and all 10 Indian Premier League owners are set to compete with […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The ParalympicsGB medal count has risen from 101 overnight to 107 this morning. We’ve brought you the three golds (Fin Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw) and two silvers (Dave Phillipson and Hope Gordon) but there’s also been a bronze in […]

The former Conservative justice secretary Alex Chalk has said judges should stop locking up “everyone we’re cross with” and instead focus on keeping the criminals “we’re most scared of” behind bars. Chalk’s remarks came after official figures published on Friday showed that the prison population had reached a record high, with 88,521 people behind bars […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Read Barney Ronay on Ben Duckett At the same time Duckett also very obviously chucked away his wicket. Poor execution is the mantra with this England team, not poor selection. This is how I score. Back your talent. Be where your […]

Sir Elton John has made his first public appearance at Toronto international film festival, days after announcing a severe eye infection had left him with limited vision in one eye. The British singer, 77, was pictured in good spirits as he arrived on the back of a buggy at the Canadian festival, alongside his husband, […]

The Body Shop has been rescued from administration by a consortium led by the British cosmetics tycoon Mike Jatania in a deal that will keep the ethical beauty brand’s remaining 113 UK stores trading. Auréa, the growth capital firm founded by Jatania and former UBS, Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch executive Paul Raphael, said it […]

“I couldn’t sleep. I was waking constantly thinking about it,” says Stephen of the trauma he felt after discovering he had been scammed out of £70,000 by fraudsters who tricked him into buying a fake high-interest savings bond. “I felt stupid – as a former solicitor, I thought: what was I thinking? But at the […]