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Brown Warns Of Recession And Expects Corporation Tax Hike To Be Scrapped By PM

Gordon Brown has predicted Boris Johnson will abandon a planned hike in corporation tax in the autumn, as he hit out at a government lurching from “crisis to crisis”.

Tory By-Election Ads Fail To Mention The Prime Minister

Conservative campaign leaflets and advertisements relating to the forthcoming by-elections in Devon and West Yorkshire are reported to omit any mention of Boris Johnson.

Wildlife Fears As Fires Tear Across Spain's Green Jewel

Flames licked roads and coloured the sky orange as firefighters in northern Spain scrambled yesterday to contain dozens of blazes fuelled by one of the country’s earliest heat waves on record.

Four More Scorching Heatwaves On The Way

Expert predicts hot spells of at least 28C until September

Ukraine Will Need Years Of Support

Nato chief's warning to Western nations

China's E.T. Is Home Phoney

Outer space 'signal' is Earth radio wave

Interest Rates Up To 1.25% As Bank Battles Rising Inflation

The Bank of England has hiked the base interest rate to 1.25 per cent, the highest rate in 13 years.

Raab: Our Own Judges Could Block Rwanda Deportations

UK judges could rule that deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, Dominic Raab has admitted as he refused to say any flights will take off this year.

Russian Sanctioned By UK For War's 'Forced Adoptions'

The UK has sanctioned a Russian public official for the "forced transfer and adoption of Ukrainian children", the foreign secretary Liz Truss said.

Who Is Stupid Enough To Be Johnson's Next Ethics Man?

It's not exactly one of the great mysteries of the age, is it? Just why is it that Boris Johnson has now had a second ethics adviser resign on him in barely two years? The greater mystery is that he was ever able to find one, let alone lose them again.

Colours Make Cities Happier And Calmer, Study Reveals

Having bright colours and plenty of greenery in our cities can make people happier and calmer, according to an unusual experiment involving VR headsets.

Impossible Job? How Lord Geidt Lost Patience With Boris Johnson

It is a cliche that the hardest job in politics is being the leader of the opposition - but when a vacancy at the heart of the government went unfilled for five months, Labour insiders joked that it was, instead, the role of Boris Johnson's ethics adviser.

Kate: Education On Mental Health Will Keep Kids Safe

The Duchess of Cambridge cut a striking figure as she delivered a stark message that children can avoid “addiction, self harm and suicide” in later life if they are taught to properly manage their emotions.

Boris May Axe Anti-Sleaze Chief Role After Second Watchdog Quits

Boris Johnson might ditch the role of his anti-sleaze chief after Lord Geidt quit, over a steel tariffs row.

Movie Star Spacey ‘Strenuously' Denies Sex Assaults In UK Court Appearance

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey smiled as he battled his way into a British court yesterday to fight sex attack charges.

Russia 'Has Strategically Lost Ukraine War Already

Forces chief says Putin doomed

Putin Tells Citizens To Stand United In Russia Day Speech

Vladimir Putin has urged Russian citizens to "be united" and build on "deep feelings of patriotism", in a speech to mark Russia Day as the war in Ukraine rages on. Speaking at the Kremlin, the Russian president said the importance of unity and patriotism was "as clear as ever".

Johnson 'On Probation' With Tories, Says Former Minister

Boris Johnson is "on probation" and could still be removed from office if he fails to win back the trust of Tory MPs, a former minister has said.

PM's Leadership Crisis May 'Tip Britain Into Recession

Business leaders have warned Boris Johnson that the crisis engulfing his government risks undermining business confidence and potentially tipping the UK into recession. Tony Danker, the director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said he thought the UK could still avoid entering a recession in the coming months.

Conservative MPs Warn Johnson Protocol Plans Damaging To UK And Party

Boris Johnson is set to open up another rift within his party today, as his own MPs warn that controversial plans to override the Northern Ireland protocol go against key Conservative principles.

Dami And Amber To Win? Fans Would Love To See That

Pair getting to know each other

Collapse Of Missguided Leaves Workers In Pakistan 'Starving'

Hundreds of garment workers in Pakistan who make clothing for the collapsed fast fashion brand Missguided say they have been left destitute and starving after not having received salaries for more than four months.

Mega TikTok Craze Is Gift From God, Says Grateful Owner Of Besieged Chippy

It has been two weeks since his Coventry chip shop became a TikTok sensation, drawing in crowds from around the country, and 70-year-old Kamal Gandhi is exhausted.

'I Am, In Fact, A Person': Has Google Chatbot Become A Sentient Being?

The suspension of a Google engineer who claimed a computer chatbot he was working on had become sentient and was thinking and reasoning like a human being has put new scrutiny on artificial intelligence (AI).

Protesters Furious At Plan To Send Asylum Seekers To Rwanda

PROTESTERS gathered in Manchester city centre yesterday to demonstrate against government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Ban Cruel Hunts Stars Urge Boris

Celebs want PM to keep yow

Britain And France Mourn Normandy Veteran Jack, 98

ONE of Britain’s last Normandy veterans whose bravery was applauded by world leaders has died aged 98.

I Was Sex-Trafficked To ISIS, Insists Shamima

Shamima Begum claims it took less than a year to transform her from a schoolgirl “angel” to Isis bride.

Tame Spending And Inflation...Then We Can Afford Tax Cuts

Addressing Labour’s annual conference in 1976, Prime Minister James Callaghan was in no mood to indulge his audience. The delegates were to be given a dose of reality rather than a bromide of sentimentality.

William And Kate Moving To Windsor

THE DUKE and Duchess of Cambridge will relocate to Windsor as the Royal Family’s succession plans move ahead.