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Reeves’ drive for growth seeks China lifeline after UK market turmoil
Rachel Reeves hailed a new era of “respectful and consistent future relations with China” as pressure grew on the embattled chancellor to deliver on her government’s central promise to fire up UK economic growth.
After meeting China’s vice-premier, He Lifeng, in Beijing, Reeves said Britain’s relationship with the world’s second …
How Elon Musk has meddled in European affairs
A limited – at best – understanding of the continent of Europe and its component countries has not prevented the world’s richest man from intervening in the domestic politics of several of them, as well as attacking the EU itself.
Here we take a brief look at some of the …
Brilliant Bordeaux run in 11 tries to humiliate sorry Exeter
The gulf between the top French sides and the Premiership’s lower reaches grows wider by the week. First Toulouse and now Bordeaux have travelled to Exeter this season and been so markedly superior that a boxing referee would have stopped the fight long before the end. This was not even …
Friend of British hiker missing in Italy voices ‘acceptance’ as search continues
A close friend of a British hiker who has been missing in the Dolomites since New Year’s Day has said “there is an acceptance that it won’t be good news” as search efforts continued.
Sam Harris, 35, and Aziz Ziriat, 36, from London, last sent messages home on 1 January …
‘So immoral’: gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages
Retail assistants have accused a gig economy firm of “holding them to ransom” by making them pay a fee if they want to receive their wages within a month.
A new payment system brought in by YoungOnes, which supplies “freelance” retail assistants to many well-known high street stores, charges gig …
If a Labour chancellor has to start cutting, keep calm. It’s not a betrayal
a tough public sector spending review
this year will cause alarm on Labour’s backbenches and an angry response from many inside the big public sector unions.Britain could be plunged back into months of industrial action if public spending cuts include restrictions on pay. …
Search for missing sisters in Aberdeen extended to coast
The search for two sisters, who went missing in Aberdeen on Tuesday morning, has been extended to the coast, police said.
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti – who are part of a set of triplets – were last seen in the city on Market Street at Victoria Bridge at about 2.12am …
Reeves tries to regain her footing as UK economic recovery plan teeters
Labour’s first budget was supposed to end 14 years of austerity without inducing the kind of shock associated with Liz Truss. Yet within months, Rachel Reeves’s mix of spending increases, higher taxes on business and
extra borrowing for investment
has begun to unravel.Not so much in …
Fears grow over censorship of secret Queen Elizabeth and Philip papers
Chess crazy: TV shows, schools, clubs and fashion all grab a piece of the game
Castling. The Berlin defence. En passant. If you haven’t heard these terms, chances are you soon will. School chess clubs are booming, new apps are capturing a gen-Z audience and
stone chess boards have been installed in parks across the country
.This year, a chess competition show …