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Stokes clears the air with England on return to the city of his birth

Christchurch is having a positive effect on tourists' captain and hopefully will do the same for his Test side

What does the RFU stand for? Annual report offers few clues

Annual report offers few clues

Macquarie fined £13m for failings that allowed 400 fictitious trades

Macquarie Bank's London branch has been fined £13m by the UK's financial watchdog for \"serious failings\" that allowed one of its junior traders to record more than 400 fictitious trades over a period of 20 months.

Decarbonising Will making 2030 the goal cost more than 2035? Come clean, Labour

The government's plan to decarbonise the electricity system by 2030 is a vast undertaking.

Bosses at Halfords and AO blame budget for predicted price rises

British consumers face paying more for car repairs and new kitchen kit after the retailers Halfords and AO.com warned that the autumn budget had increased their costs.

Fewer women in top FTSE 250 roles as 'glass ceiling' persists

The glass ceiling for women in top roles at FTSE 250 companies is still \"stubbornly in place\", according to research that found the number of women in executive director roles had fallen by more than 10% in the past two years.

Asda revival could take up to five years, says Leighton

It could take three to five years to revive Asda's fortunes, according to the veteran retail boss Allan Leighton, who first helped turn around the supermarket chain more than 20 years ago.

Paradise lost? Cruise ships are having a 'catastrophic impact' on the Bahamas, say activists

Joseph Darville has fond memories of swimming with his young son off the south coast of Grand Bahama island and watching together as dolphins frolicked offshore.

Senior bankers to get bonuses years earlier under new rules

Senior UK bankers will receive their bonuses years earlier under plans by the Bank of England to relax post-financial crisis restrictions.

Romania Pro-Russian's presidential bid troubles Europe

After an upset in the first of three crunch votes that could lead to Romania veering towards a more anti-EU, pro-Russian stance, the country will return to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary ballot followed, on 8 December, by a presidential runoff.

They were children who looked like me' Netflix show recounts Rio police killings

Netflix show recounts Rio police killings

Ukraine suffers power cuts after Russia launches its biggest drone attack yet

Russia launched its biggest ever drone attack on Ukraine on Monday night and yesterday morning, sending a reported 188 drones into the country against various targets, resulting in power cuts in part of western Ukraine and damage to residential buildings outside Kyiv.

Disenchanted youth hold key to Namibian presidential election

Namibians are going to the polls with the longtime ruling party's parliamentary majority under threat if dissatisfied young people turn out in big numbers amid a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment globally.

Seven dead as Khan supporters battle police in Pakistani capital

At least seven people were killed and dozens injured as thousands of supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan forced their way through security barriers and entered Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, yesterday morning.

Influencers need 'urgent' training on fact-checking, says Unesco

Social media influencers need urgent help to check their facts before they broadcast to their followers, in order to reduce the spread of misinformation online, Unesco has warned.

America's fentanyl epidemic Is Chinese supply responsible for the crisis?

Donald Trump's announcement that he will impose a 25% duty on all goods from Mexico and Canada, and a 10% duty on China, on top of existing duties, was perhaps to be expected.

US politics Rivalries break out ahead of inauguration

Internal rivalries in Donald Trump's team have spilled into public view with Boris Epshteyn, a top adviser to Trump, being accused of asking potential administration nominees to pay fees in exchange for promoting them to the president-elect.

Canada Trudeau calls emergency talks to discuss threat to exports

Justin Trudeau has called an emergency meeting with provincial premiers across Canada after the US president-elect, Donald Trump, threatened a 25% tariff on imports from the United States' northern neighbour and largest trading partner.

Warnings of trade war after Trump's tariff threat against China, Canada and Mexico

Donald Trump's threat to impose steep tariffs on goods imported into the US has sparked warnings of a bitter global trade war and drawn sharp responses from Canada, China and Mexico, with the latter threatening retaliatory tariffs.

Ruling on definition of 'women' challenged in Scotland

The supreme court has been urged to uphold \"the facts of biological reality rather than the fantasies of legal fiction\" in a case brought by Scottish campaigners about how women are defined in law.

TfL to fine firms whose ebikes block pavements in London

Dockless ebike companies will be fined when their cycles block roads and spaces outside underground stations under a crackdown by Transport for London.

Police accused of forcing Gypsy children to leave city on trains

Representatives from Gypsy and Traveller communities have said that they want \"accountability not apologies\" after children attending the Christmas markets in Manchester were \"forced on to trains\" by police.

Mother killed herself but wrote 'I was murdered', court hears

A young mother killed herself and left a note saying \"I was murdered\" after suffering years of abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, a court heard yesterday.

Five survivors found a day after tourist boat sank in the Red Sea

Egyptian naval forces recovered four bodies and rescued five more people from the Red Sea a day after a large tourist boat sank in rough waters, officials have said.

Manager and seven staff at backpacker hostel held over tourist deaths

Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from a suspected mass methanol poisoning.

McQueen chronicles century of protest as portrait of Britain

After retelling the story of the Blitz from a new angle, Steve McQueen's next project is an alternative photographic history of protest and campaigning in Britain, spanning a century from the Suffragettes to the Iraq war protests.

Mother of prisoner in Egypt says Lammy must keep promises

The British-born mother of an Egyptian political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 58 days is preparing to meet the foreign secretary, David Lammy, to urge him to secure her son's release.

Record high number of England's bathing areas have poor water quality

Water quality has been designated as poor in a record number of bathing areas this year after 16 rivers were included in summer testing for harmful bacteria, figures reveal.

Born in year of Titanic sinking, world's oldest living man dies at 112

John Tinniswood, the world's oldest living man, has died at his care home in Merseyside surrounded by \"music and love\", his family said.

Labour confirms betting levy to fund NHS gambling treatments

Bookmakers and casinos will be forced to fund NHS services that tackle problem gambling, after Labour rubber-stamped the previous government's plans, which also include a cap of as little as £2 on the sums that can be staked on online slot machines.