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Fall in UK trade with EU should spur rewrite of post-Brexit rules, says IPPR
A slump in trade with the EU should spur ministers to negotiate a fundamental rewrite of post-Brexit rules to more closely align the UK with Brussels, a leading left-of-centre thinktank has said.
Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House next week should also encourage the government to get on the …
Keir Starmer hails ‘closer than ever’ partnership with Ukraine on Kyiv visit
Keir Starmer has travelled to Ukraine to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since he entered Downing Street, hailing a “closer than ever” partnership days before Donald Trump returns to the White House.
The two countries will sign a partnership deal to deepen the existing defence relationship, with further …
The killing of Fiona Holm: why was the life and death of this much-loved mother so overlooked?
Fiona Holm loved people. “She’d be talking to everyone,” her daughter Savannah says, laughing about what would happen when her mum came on to the ward where she gets her sickle cell treatment. “I’ll tell her, ‘Can you sit down next to me?’ And she’ll be like, ‘All right, I’m …
UK rail firms urged to issue ‘yellow card’ warnings instead of penalty
Train firms have been urged by the rail passenger watchdog to give a “yellow card” to people travelling without the correct ticket rather than rush to fines or prosecution.
Transport Focus said a new system was needed to ensure that passengers who had made an honest mistake were not punished …
‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisis?
The British Museum is everybody’s idea of a museum, but at the same time, it is hardly like a museum at all. It is more like a little state. The rooms you visit on a day out are the least of it: the museum is not the contents of its …
Archaeologists uncover Roman ‘service station’ during roadworks in Gloucester
At Gloucester services on the M5, travellers are resting and refuelling, taking a break from the demands of the road.
Just a few miles east, scores of archaeologists are completing a two-year project that has unearthed a forerunner of the site, a 2,000-year-old Roman take on the service station.
The …
Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination
Residents of Jersey have been recommended bloodletting to reduce high concentrations of “forever chemicals” in their blood after tests showed some islanders have levels that can lead to health problems.
Private drinking water supplies in Jersey were polluted by the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) …
‘I can’t lose hope’: families await news of trapped miners in South Africa
Almost three days into a South African government operation in which 78 bodies and 218 miners had been pulled out of an illegal goldmine, Zinzi Tom still had no news of her brother, Ayanda.
“I’m not coping, but I need to be strong. I need to put my feelings aside, …
‘This brings hope’: global leaders welcome Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
Leaders around the world have welcomed the news that
Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal after 15 months of bloodshed in Gaza
and have urged both sides to seize the moment to bring an end to the conflict and the accompanying humanitarian crisis.The
…‘Their human resources are unlimited’: Russia’s advances signal bleak spring for Ukrainians
In an underground command post in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier peered at a map. Russian positions were marked in red. A year ago enemy troops were at least 35 miles (60km) away from the administrative border between Donetsk oblast and the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region. Now they were on the …