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German economy shrinks for second year in a row
Germany’s economy has shrank for a second consecutive year for the first time in more than two decades, highlighting the challenges the next government will face after snap elections in February.
As voters prepare to head to the polls amid heightened political uncertainty in Europe’s largest economy,
Police investigating death of boy, 2, at Merseyside nursery
Police are investigating after a two-year-old boy died at a nursery in Liverpool.
The child, who has not been named, had “a fatal medical episode” at the nursery in Bootle on Tuesday afternoon, Merseyside police said.
The force said in a statement that the boy’s death, at the Early Learners …
Gerry Adams ‘in line for compensation’ if Labour repeals Troubles legislation
The former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and 400 others interned during the Northern Ireland Troubles would be in line for compensation from the British government if Labour’s plan to ditch controversial laws dealing with the period goes ahead, it has been claimed.
Jonathan Caine, a former government adviser to …
Currys says national insurance change has caused period of ‘depressed hiring’
Currys has announced it is to bring in more automation and that it is entering a period of “depressed hiring” after changes to employers’ national insurance, though it said the consumer environment “perked up” over the festive period with shoppers snapping up coffee machines and AI-enabled laptops.
The electrical goods …
Chimney sweep whose death changed law honoured with blue plaque
An 11-year-old chimney sweep whose death after getting stuck in a flue led to a change in Victorian child labour laws is to become the youngest person in the UK to be honoured with an official blue plaque.
George Brewster, a “climbing boy”, died in 1875 after getting jammed while …
Tony Slattery: the generous improv great whose successes masked his suffering
Thames Water says it will raise base pay of bosses if Ofwat limits bonuses
Troubled Thames Water has threatened to increase the salaries of its executives if the industry regulator sees through on plans to
limit bonuses for the bosses of water companies
.The company, which serves more than 16 million customers across the London area and the Thames valley, is …
South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol arrested after hours-long standoff at residence
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested and is being questioned over his
ill-fated declaration of martial law
last month, anti-corruption investigators said on Wednesday, bringing to an end an early-morning standoff outside his official residence in Seoul.His detention makes him the first …
McIlroy fears Tom McKibbin signing up to LIV ‘will not be worth the sacrifice’
Rory McIlroy has expressed disappointment over the imminent move to LIV Golf of Tom McKibbin, his fellow Northern Irishman and player he has mentored. “I don’t think it’s worth the sacrifice,” said McIlroy of the 22-year-old’s upcoming switch.
McIlroy has been close to McKibbin since the latter burst onto the …
Treasury chief says he would welcome Tulip Siddiq’s return as minister
The chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, has said he would be “very happy” if Tulip Siddiq returned as a minister despite criticisms of her by the government’s adviser on ministerial standards over her family ties to the ousted regime in Bangladesh.