Labour pledges to nationalise rail network within five years

Vow to end shareholder dividends and cut waste to prioritise cheap fares

Ukraine Putin Makes Gains In East As Offensive Gathers Pace

Russian forces have made significant advances in a narrow corridor in eastern Ukraine as an offensive by Moscow to take territory before western military aid arrives appears to be gathering pace.

UN Official 'Horrified By Gaza Mass Graves'

The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, has said he is "horrified" by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies at two of Gaza's largest hospitals.

Sales Of Electric And Hybrid Cars Forecast To Reach Global Record

Electric and plug-in hybrid car sales will jump to a global record in 2024 despite slowing growth in some markets, according to forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

PM To Raise Defence Spending And Put Arms Industry On 'War Footing

Sunak makes 2.5% GDP pledge to take budget to 87bn a year by 2030

Hunt's Scope For Lower Tax Hit By Higher Than Expected Borrowing

Jeremy Hunt's scope for a substantial pre-election tax giveaway has been hit after the latest set of official figures showed the UK's public finances in worse shape than thought at last month's budget.

Fossils Reveal Shark That Made Great White Look Like Small Fry

Fossil experts have gained unprecedented insights into an enormous prehistoric shark, after finding complete skeletons of the creature.

EU Green Deal At High Risk Of Being Killed Off, Says Green Co-President

The EU's green deal to restore biodiversity, clean the continent's soil, air and water, and mitigate climate breakdown is at high risk of being killed off, the co-president of the Green group of MEPS has warned.

Childcare Expansion Plan May Struggle To Hit Targets Watchdog

The rollout of the government's childcare scheme to tens of thousands more families is facing "significant uncertainties" and may struggle to meet its own targets, according to a damning report by Whitehall's spending watchdog.

Australian PM Scolds 'Arrogant' Musk Over Stabbing Videos On X

Australia's prime minister has labelled X's owner, Elon Musk, an "arrogant billionaire" after a row over the removal from the platform of videos of a violent stabbing in a Sydney church.

Appeal For Help To Decipher Memoir By Jane Austen's Brother

There may be gems about Jane Austen's life and times buried in a memoir handwritten by her older brother-but it is proving difficult to decipher his handwriting.

Weary Klopp ready to bid farewell to derby pressure

Liverpool manager's record against Everton is formidable but his final local tussle is not anevent he will truly enjoy

King of clay Nadal searches for final miracle

As the end of his career draws ever closer, the ailing 14-time French Open champion is in a race against time to find form

Clubs urge RFU to speed up hybrid central contract plans

Leading English clubs are urging the Rugby Football Union to accelerate its plans to introduce hybrid central contracts for a limited number of key men's international players. Saracens are one of several sides keen to know exactly how many of their squad will be offered deals and precisely how the new system will operate.

The FTSE 100 was overdue for a new high, and it carried a heavy flavour of currency effects

Every dog will have its day and here comes the FTSE 100 index, not so much soaring as limping to a record high of 8,076. If that sounds too grumpy, consider that the previous record, 8,047, was set in February last year.

'I have this strength': Dion on living with stiff person syndrome

Celine Dion has opened up about life with stiff person syndrome (SPS), a debilitating condition that she was diagnosed with in 2022.

Cava producer to furlough 80% of staff as drought hits grape harvests

The Spanish-German cava producer Freixenet, known for its distinctive black glass bottles of the sparkling wine, is to furlough 80% of its workers in Catalonia as the northeastern Spanish region struggles with a drought that has lasted more than three years and severely affected grape harvests.

Slaughter the wolves to save the mountain caribou, says study

Canada's imperilled mountain caribou are staging an unlikely comeback, reversing years of decline that pushed populations to the brink.

Ex-National Enquirer publisher was 'eyes and ears' of Trump's campaign in 2016

Donald Trump sat for the second day of witness testimony in Manhattan yesterday in his criminal trial over hush-money payments to an adult film star and an alleged fraudulent cover-up of those payments weeks before the 2016 election.

Food aid Warning that floating dock will not ease famine fears

A giant floating dock is nearing completion in the eastern Mediterranean from where it will be pushed towards the Gaza shore, but there is growing uncertainty over how useful the US project will be in containing a famine.

Godspeed Churchgoers praise first 'micro service'

Outside, the hustle and bustle of everyday life carried on,but for a few minutes precisely 15, actually - there was space for a calm coming together in the church of St David's in Swansea.

Braverman's decision to cut Windrush pledges 'unlawful'

A decision made by the former home secretary Suella Braverman to drop three reform recommendations intended to repair some of the \"monumental harm\" done to the Windrush generation was unlawful, the high court has been told.

'It's like Shakespeare' - West End return for My Neighbour Totoro

The work of Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki should be considered as remarkable and timeless as Shakespeare's first folio, according to the director of the hit stage adaptation of My Neighbour Totoro, which is returning to the West End next year.

Voyager 1 sends data again after Nasa remotely fixes 1977 probe

Earth's most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, has started communicating properly again with Nasa after engineers worked for months to remotely fix the 46-year-old probe.

GMC suspends climate action doctor over 'repeated law breaking'

A doctor who went to prison following a series of climate protests has been taken off the medical register for five months, and still faces being permanently struck off.

Food firm wins sweet victory over VAT status

A food firm has won a sweet-tasting victory against the UK tax authorities after a court decided it need not pay VAT on its marshmallows because they are not confectionery.

‘Tt sounded gross: Star was told to kiss 10 men in audition

Anne Hathaway has revealed that in the 2000s, producers on a film she was starring in required her to kiss a succession of potential co-stars.

Dementia adviser to Sunak resigns over prosecutions of carers

One of Rishi Sunak's dementia advisers has quit over the government's approach towards unpaid carers, describing the prosecutions of vulnerable people as \"beyond the pale\".

'It felt like an abuse of power' Climate activist who faced jail for silent protest

Two days before Trudi Warner faced court under threat of jail for contempt of court, she fell off her bike and ruptured the tendons in her hand. Now the hand is black and blue, tightly bandaged and requires surgery.

Six arrests as St George's Day event in London turns violent

Clashes took place in central London yesterday between police and participants in a St George's Day event attended by crowds that included farright groups.