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Before she fled Syria and came to the UK in 2016, Raya Homsi was told her fiance had been tortured to death in the Sednaya prison run by Bashar al-Assad’s regime. All she had to go on was the word of one person who said he had witnessed it.

Now, …

Premium food, clothing and technology purchases are expected to drive a 5% jump in festive spending to £22.7bn this year, according to figures that suggest UK consumers will outstrip the first post-pandemic Christmas in 2021.

The average spending on gifts and celebrations is expected to rise from £416 to £433 …

In July 2022, the prevailing political mood in Germany was grim. The economic powerhouse was on the brink of a recession, with Russia threatening to cut off its gas supplies. There were widespread fears of a decline in prosperity. The gloss was beginning to wear off Olaf Scholz’s coalition government.

A cloud of anxiety was hanging over the British Motor Museum. Alongside showrooms featuring the 1988 Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJR-9 and the Land Rover Defender used in opening scenes of the James Bond film Skyfall, were conference rooms filled with worried lawyers, bankers and compliance staff from across the motor …

Tens of thousands of homes are without power and train lines have been disrupted after Storm Darragh caused widespread damage across the UK.

Two men died at the weekend when

trees fell on their vehicles

Hundreds …

A new authority for tackling dangerous abandoned coal tips has been proposed by the Welsh government in an effort to prevent future disasters as seen in Aberfan in the 1960s.

The Disused Tips Authority for Wales would be established under legislation introduced on Monday by the deputy first minister, Huw …

Good morning. It’s been only twelve days since rebel groups in Syria seized 15 villages in Aleppo province under the control of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Yesterday, after an astonishing blitzkrieg campaign that has left the leading group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), commanding seven times as much territory as when …

The UK is lagging behind in the race to rewire the world’s power grids by investing four times more on renewable energy projects than on the electricity cables needed to connect them to the grid and consumers, according to a new report.

For every pound the UK has spent on …

Much is expected of Leinster’s new All Black recruit signing Jordie Barrett but it was the Irish province’s young home-reared fly-half Sam Prendergast who stole the show in the chilly west country on Sunday night. Prendergast has already made his mark at Test level this autumn and did so again …

When the rebels finally reached Bashar al-Assad’s sprawling palace in Damascus, the

gates were open