Employment rights of Bolt drivers to be tested in tribunal

Drivers working for Bolt, the ridehailing app operator, are seeking to be classed as workers rather than selfemployed contractors in a London employment tribunal case.

Apple told to pay Ireland €13bn in tax after losing EU court fight

Apple has lost a high-profile, €13bn (£11bn) Irish tax battle with Brussels in a decision that will bolster the European Commission's efforts to clamp down on favourable \"sweetheart\" tax deals for multinationals.

'Flooded with trash' Rise in migration via Darién Gap creates pollution crisis

The Darién Gap's isolation has shielded the Indigenous communities who live there from the outside world for centuries.

West Bank Israel says it is 'highly likely' that its troops killed activist

Israel's military has said it was highly likely its troops fired the shot that killed Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, the American-Turkish woman killed at a protest in the occupied West Bank.

At least 19 killed in airstrike on Gaza 'humanitarian zone'

Israeli airstrikes on al-Mawasi \"humanitarian zone\" in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 19 people and injured a further 60, according to witnesses and medical officials in the blockaded Palestinian territory.

French man on trial for mass rape of wife hospitalised, his lawyers say

French man being tried for recruiting strangers to rape his drugged wife has been hospitalised, his lawyer has said, in a development that could lead to the trial being adjourned.

Billionaire blasts off on way to first commercial spacewalk

Four astronauts blasted out of the atmosphere yesterday as part of a privately funded five-day mission that aims to carry out the first commercial spacewalk.

Germany's plan to control 'irregular migration' against EU law, says Tusk

The Polish government has accused Germany of acting unilaterally and unfairly over its \"unacceptable\" plans to introduce temporary controls into in the passport-free Schengen zone at all the country's nine land borders, in what Warsaw has said is a contravention of European law.

Bedding in Can tiny larvae bring oysters back to Humber?

A box marked \"special delivery\" arrived about midday at Spurn Discovery Centre, on a remote East Yorkshire peninsula in the Humber estuary.

Golfer Shane Lowry ends deal with Grenfell insulation firm

One of the world's leading golfers, Shane Lowry, has ended his sponsorship deal with the insulation company Kingspan after it was criticised for \"persistent dishonesty\" in the Grenfell Tower inquiry report.

Tories 'relied on Rwandan officials' in asylum plan safety review

The last Conservative government relied largely on evidence from Rwandan officials in its assessment of the country as a safe place to send asylum seekers, a report has found.

Sentences end early Concern that some will not cope outside

For 1,700 prisoners, the day they had been waiting for came sooner than hoped, as they were set free from jail yesterday as part of the government's emergency early release programme.

'Insufficient evidence' that being on Kyle show led to death - coroner

An inquest into the death of a man who killed himself a week after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show has found \"insufficient evidence\" to rule that participating in the programme caused his death.

Antarctic sea ice cover on brink of record winter low for second year

Sea ice surrounding Antarctica is on the brink of reaching a record winter low for a second year running, continuing an \"outrageous\" fall in the amount of Southern Ocean that is freezing over.

Beyoncé's album is snubbed at eminent country music awards

Beyoncé has been snubbed at the Country Music Awards, with her country album, Cowboy Carter, failing to land a single nomination at the genre's most prestigious awards.

Tycoon backer of GB News seals £100m Spectator deal

Sir Paul Marshall has sealed a £100m takeover of the Spectator magazine as the backer of GB News moved further towards his goal of controlling a large swathe of the UK's conservative and rightwing media outlets.

Triple lock Average earnings data helps drive uplift

Among the many figures included in the monthly health check of the UK labour market from the Office for National Statistics one had special significance: the annual increase in average earnings.

Labour Silent protest from abstaining MPs gives little comfort to government

In the end, the vote to cut the winter fuel allowance passed easily.

English Heritage asks public to help find missing blue plaques

The very first commemorative blue plaque was awarded in 1867, in honour of the poet Lord Byron at his house and birthplace in Holles Street, near Cavendish Square in London.

Two centuries on, archaeologists enlist ex-soldiers to unearth secrets of Waterloo

The carnage and horror of the Battle of Waterloo have been laid bare in an excavation by military veterans and archaeologists that has uncovered amputated limbs and the remains of horses that were shot to be put out of their misery.

Trust admits contaminated feed caused baby's death after denials

An NHS trust has admitted a highly vulnerable baby died because of a contaminated feed it gave her, after denying that for more than a decade.

Newly elected MP defends decision to run to be select committee chair

A newly elected Labour MP has urged colleagues not to overlook the 2024 intake as she defended her decision to run for the chair of an influential select committee only weeks after taking her seat in the Commons.

Russia has new ballistic missiles from Iran - US

Russia has received new deadly ballistic missiles from Iran for use in Ukraine and is likely to use them, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said in London yesterday as he prepared to travel with the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, to Kyiv.

Port Talbot facing 2,500 job losses in steel deal

The British steel industry is braced for 2,500 job cuts in Port Talbot, with thousands more at risk in the UK, as the government prepares a taxpayer-backed deal for the South Wales plant.

PM faces calls to aid poorest as winter fuel cut approved

Dozens of Labour MPs refuse to back plan targeting pensioners

Boehly and Clearlake plot buyouts in civil war

Chelsea's civil war has led Clearlake Capital, the US private equity firm that owns a majority shareholding in the club, to consider buying out Todd Boehly or striking a deal with the billionaire that would keep him in little more than a ceremonial role.

Kane basks in the joy of 'my! happy place' with England

Captain says Ronaldo and Messi have inspired his bid to stay ontop, with his 100th cap tonight at Wembley

Sri Lanka leave with deserved win thanks to brilliance of Nissanka

Not for the first time this summer England kept the celebrations largely in check.

Letting it slide Paris 2024 must learn from London's broken promises for legacy to be fulfilled

Big news last week on the Olympic Park slide. Perhaps you missed it amid the euphoria of Sunday night's Paralympic closing ceremony, as the curtain came down on the summer panorama that was Paris 2024.

McQueen's right-hand woman gets Givenchy job

Sarah Burton, who designed the Princess of Wales' wedding dress in her former role as the creative director of Alexander McQueen, has been appointed to the top job at Givenchy.