‘A small snippet’: what pubs make of Burnham’s £100m rates giveaway
One of Andy Burnham’s first policy measures as prime minister is a 20% reduction in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues. The policy, announced on Thursday, is…
Trump renews 10% tariff on UK goods hours before temporary levies expire
The fresh tariffs came just hours before temporary 10 per cent levies, which Britain was already subject to, expired Donald Trump is set to impose a new 10 per cent…
Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find
A US study has found a 70% drop in hospital admissions and days off from work or school when people with poorly controlled asthma had their gas stove and hob…
Urgent need for more security after physical attacks and abuse, say MPs’ staff
Staff employed by MPs are calling for urgently tightened security after reports of some being physically attacked and hundreds receiving threatening calls and messages. A survey of more than 500…
Fifty women come forward saying they were pressured into swinging
Warning: This story contains details of sexual acts Fifty women have spoken out saying they were pushed or coerced by their partners into swinging. They contacted us following a BBC…
MI5 to pay damages for surveillance of journalist’s phone
MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have been ordered to pay £20,000 in damages to a journalist, after they illegally obtained his phone records. Former BBC Journalist…
Police officer who took own life attacked and sexually assaulted women for years
Police have uncovered nine victims of PC Alan Greer during a ‘large and complex’ investigation A police officer who took his own life earlier this year was a violent rapist…
Toby Carvery and Miller & Carter sell fewer steak and carvery meals thanks to heatwave
Pub and bar giant Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has reported a slump in food sales recently, attributing the decline to hot summer weather. This dented demand for traditional steak dinners…
Shapps blocked from standing again for the Conservatives
Political editorPublished7 minutes agoConservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told the BBC she leads “a brand new party full of new people” – after it emerged in the Spectator, external that…
UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August
British households will be able to buy plug-in solar panels later this summer after the government changed the law so the UK’s biggest retailers could bring them to market for…