Labour has rebutted criticism of its defence approach, pointing out that under the Tories the Army has shrunk to its smallest size since the Napoleonic era. Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has also said he would press the nuclear button in office if needed, and insisted his shadow cabinet supports his pro-Trident stance. Lord...
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TV doctor Michael Mosley praised for innovating world of science broadcasting
Dr Michael Mosley has been praised by friends and colleagues for innovating the world of science and health broadcasting after the body of the TV doctor was found on a Greek island. His widow, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, confirmed a body discovered on Sunday morning in a rocky area near Agia Marina beach on Symi...
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‘Spitfires belong in the skies’: The engineers keeping the Second World War fighters flying
In a far corner of the room, Dave Brock, 60, has two tasks on the go. He is making an engine bearer – the frame the Merlin rests on – for one of the planes they are restoring, alternating between working on that and restoring a Hurricane fuel tank which has been damaged. Like Hurst,...
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Women’s Tour of Britain: World champion Lotte Kopecky claims victory
World road race champion Lotte Kopecky has won the 2024 Women’s Tour of Britain after leading the race from the first stage. The Belgian finished fourth in Sunday’s final stage but it was enough to see her claim victory with a 17-second advantage. Britain’s Anna Henderson finished in second place overall with Christine Majerus of...
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Great Britain’s Nikita Setchell wins kayak cross bronze at Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague
Great Britain’s Nikita Setchell took home the kayak cross bronze medal at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague. She won her medal in dramatic fashion, being promoted to third when the official results were posted – despite a fourth-placed finish in the initial results. Setchell, who was in second place before an issue in...
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Adam Boulton: European Parliament elections – why battle between EU’s big guns matters for the UK
2024 is known as the year of elections because in these 12 months more voters in more countries than ever before will exercise their right to cast a vote to choose who governs them. That is the march of democracy – even if nobody was convinced when President Putin was elected, again, in Russia. The...
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Macron: West can’t have ‘dual standards’ over Gaza and Ukraine
Mr Biden was welcomed to Paris by a parade from the Arc de Triomphe, along the Champs-Élysées to the Élysée Palace.He met military veterans and watched pipers and mounted cavalry process towards the palace. It is unusual for an American leader to spend so long outside of the country in the months leading up to...
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Tour of Britain Women 2024 descends on Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is getting set to host the final stage of the Tour of Britain Women 2024 this weekend. The cycling race will see the world’s top female riders and teams go head-to-head across four tough stages. The race, which began on Thursday in Welshpool, travelled through Warrington on Saturday and will finish in Manchester...
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A world of possibilities: Scholarships and studying in the UK
Students walk beside one of the colleges at the University of Oxford. — AFP/File Step into a world of limitless possibilities while studying in the UK where academic excellence meets innovation. From world-recognised universities and an amazing student experience to an innovative teaching approach and the leading minds who deliver it, studying in the UK...
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Eco clowns who could write the book on hypocrisy: How one of the UK’s greenest investment firms has been hounded out of Britain’s literary festivals by rag-tag fanatics who preach about saving the planet – while jetting all over the world
Listeners to BBC Radio 4’s World At One were subjected to a stern lecture last week, courtesy of a 31-year-old novelist named Yara Rodrigues Fowler. She was introduced as an ‘organiser with Fossil Free Books’, an anonymously-run collective of Left-wing activists who have decided to campaign against investment firm Baillie Gifford’s sponsorship of various summer...
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Britain’s Rishi Sunak apologizes for leaving D-Day event early to return to campaigning | CBC News
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh setback in his struggling election campaign on Friday when he apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations early in order to give an interview attacking the main opposition party. Sunak’s decision to leave early was met with dismay within his Conservative Party, which is trailing far behind the Labour...
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U.K. PM apologizes after skipping a D-Day ceremony to return to the election campaign trail
LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized Friday for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to return to the election campaign trail — a decision slammed as disgraceful by his political rivals. Sunak, who is fighting to keep his job in Britain’s July 4 election, said that, “on reflection” the decision was...