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Season has only just begun but Gold Cup already looks destined for export | Greg Wood
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 15:57
After a memorable weekend of Grade One steeplechasing in both Britain and Ireland, the Cheltenham Gold Cup has a new favourite in Fact To File, and the possibility that there will be a British-trained winner of jumping’s showpiece event in 2025 – or in the 2020s, full stop – seems …
What’s in store for returning Asda boss Allan Leighton?
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 15:36
Allan Leighton faces a back to the future challenge as he once again takes charge at struggling Asda. Two decades on from his first spell turning around the supermarket chain, he has beenappointedas its executive chair, tasked with repeating the feat. When Leighton, 71, left Asda in 2000 it was …
Prosecutors demand 20-year jail term for Dominique Pelicot
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 15:12
French prosecutors have demanded that Dominique Pelicot be jailed for 20 years, the maximum available sentence, for having drugged and raped his wife, Gisèle, and invited at least 70 strangers to rape and abuse her over a decade. The demand came as the French government unveiled new measures to combat …
Shock as pro-Russia independent wins first round of Romanian election
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 14:34
An ultranationalist, Moscow-friendly Nato critic is set to face a centre-right candidate in the runoff of Romania’s presidential elections after a shock first-round result that has upended the country’s politics and could jeopardise its support for Ukraine. With 99. 98% of votes counted, Călin Georgescu, an independent who has praised …
Deeply polarised Poland gears up for make-or-break election
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 14:27
Donald Tusk’s government in Poland is gearing up for a crucial presidential election next year, after a first year in office that has been marked by clashes with the current president, Andrzej Duda, as well as splits within the ruling coalition. Tusktook office as prime ministerlast December, ending eight years …
Barclays fined £40m for ‘reckless’ failures in 2008 Qatari fundraising
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 14:19
Barclays will pay a fine of £40m for “reckless” failures to disclose a fundraising deal with Qatar at the height of the financial crisis, after the British bank agreed to withdraw a legal challenge against it. The FTSE 100 bank effectively won a discount of £10m by challenging the fine, …
Marine Le Pen renews threat to back censure motion that could topple Barnier as PM
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 13:29
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has repeated her threat to back a censure motion that could topple the French prime minister, Michel Barnier, after the two met for talks on his government’s budget. Barnier has been meeting party leaders to persuade them to back the budget in parliament …
Police investigate tractor that created ‘devastating’ wave in flooded UK town
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 13:13
Police are investigating after a tractor drove through a flooded high street in Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, triggering a wave of water that hit local businesses, smashing windows and knocking doors open. West Mercia police said they were aware of videos on social media showing the tractor driving through the …
ITV share price leaps as ‘investors consider takeover bid’
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 12:31
ITV’s share price has jumped after a report that several investors are considering making bids for the British broadcaster. The Love Island broadcaster’s share price rose by almost 9% to more than 71p, as investors hoped for a bid battle between private equity companies and rival broadcasters. The private equity …
Alicia Kearns: the one-nation Tory taking on the Foreign Office
Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 12:00
Alicia Kearns, as a former Foreign Office official and an outspoken voice on foreign affairs, is an MP who understands how the department ticks. She is also someone who does not give up easily, and with some freedom to operate since she is neither on Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative frontbench nor …
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