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UK drivers urged not to travel during height of ‘record Christmas getaway’
Drivers are being urged not to travel on major routes for six hours on Friday and Saturday, with record levels of Christmas holiday traffic expected to cause long queues on Britain’s roads.
The RAC and the transport analytics company Inrix predicted a total of 29.3m festive journeys would be made …
Voters broadly accept Reeves’s £40bn of tax rises, research shows
Economists and policy experts warn Reeves against City deregulation
Fifty economists and policy experts have issued a warning to Rachel Reeves that encouraging the City to expand could threaten financial stability and jeopardise growth.
The chancellor has called the UK’s financial services sector “the crown jewel in our economy” and has claimed that regulations imposed after the global financial …
Who is Han Duck-soo, South Korea’s new acting president?
Prime minister Han Duck-soo, who became South Korea’s acting president after Saturday’s impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, is a career technocrat whose wide-ranging experience and reputation for rationality could serve him well in his latest role.
against Yoon passed after his short-lived attempt …Netanyahu says he held ‘friendly’ talks with Trump over Syria and Gaza hostages
Benjamin Netanyahu has said he spoke to Donald Trump over the weekend about his plans in Syria and efforts to secure the release of hostages in Gaza amid a wave of strikes in the territory.
The Israeli prime minister said in an address on Sunday night: “We had a very …
‘Human body can only take so much’: home in Australia, remaining Bali Nine face their new normal
On Sunday afternoon, the Bishop of Townsville received an anonymous text message he’d spent nearly two decades waiting for: “Wheels up, the Bali 5 are on their way back to Australia”.
Timothy Harris, who provided pastoral care to the families of Scott Rush and Michael Czugaj after their arrest in …
Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv accuses Moscow of recklessness after oil tanker sinks in storm
Ukrainian officials
accused Moscow of recklessness
on Sunday after one oil tanker sank and a second vessel ran aground in the Kerch Strait between mainland Russia and occupied Crimea during stormy weather
.Dmytro Pletenchuk
, Ukraine’s navy spokesperson, said: “These are quite old Russian tankers. You can’t …
Cricket commentator Isa Guha apologises for Jasprit Bumrah ‘primate’ comment
The respected cricket commentator Isa Guha has issued an apology after she referred to the Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah as a “primate” during the third Test against Australia.
Guha was commentating for Fox Sports during the first session of play on day two of the match in Brisbane when …
Russian tanker sinks in Black Sea spilling 4,300 tonnes of oil
A Russian tanker carrying more than 4,000 tonnes of oil products has sunk in the Black Sea amid stormy conditions while a second has run aground, threatening an ecological disaster.
The cargo ship Volgoneft-212 snapped in half on Sunday after being hit by a large wave. Video showed its bow …
Alexandra Palace is a venue that fits, but will darts outgrow it one day? | Jonathan Liew
They’re always finding stuff here. Every time the trustees of Alexandra Palace undertake some renovation work on the 151-year-old building, they discover artefacts from the venue’s past: a kind of people’s history in detritus. Usually it’s just rusty coins and ticket stubs. But then there was the time they found …