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May 18, 2023

Harry And Meghan In 'Near Catastrophic Two-Hour Car Chase' Involving Paparazzi

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” in New York involving “highly aggressive” paparazzi that lasted over two hours.

Harry And Meghan In 'Near Catastrophic Two-Hour Car Chase' Involving Paparazzi

3 mins

Sunak Seeks Delay To Brexit Rules To Bolster Car Industry

Rishi Sunak’s government is understood to be lobbying the EU to delay a change in manufacturing rules in the Brexit trade deal after Vauxhall’s parent company warned it could shut its UK factories.

Sunak Seeks Delay To Brexit Rules To Bolster Car Industry

4 mins

PM ducks Tory manifesto pledge to slash migration

Rishi Sunak has declined to recommit to a Tory manifesto pledge to bring down legal immigration levels. The prime minister said he does want to see figures fall but would not reaffirm the pledge the Conservatives ran on when Boris Johnson led them to a large majority.

PM ducks Tory manifesto pledge to slash migration

2 mins

Johnson Has Set Sunak A Triple By-Election Trap

Rishi Sunak faces three by-elections if MPs nominated for peerages by Boris Johnson leave the House of Commons.

Johnson Has Set Sunak A Triple By-Election Trap

3 mins

World 'Likely' To Breach 1.5C Climate Limit By 2028

Global temperatures are likely to surpass the key limit of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in the next five years, scientists have warned.

World 'Likely' To Breach 1.5C Climate Limit By 2028

3 mins

'I don't need Hollywood'

The actor Johnny Depp dismisses the boycott by Tinseltown as he makes a comeback in Cannes with 'Jeanne du Barry'

'I don't need Hollywood'

2 mins

Depp's Defiant Comeback

A star turn as Louis XV in 'Jeanne du Barry' marks the actor's first lead role since his acrimonious divorce from Amber Heard, finds an impressed Geoffrey Macnab at Cannes

Depp's Defiant Comeback

3 mins

Water firms pledge £10bn to reduce sewage overflows

The biggest modernisation of sewers since the Victorian era” is planned by the water industry. Water UK said plans for the largest ever investment in sewage networks will cut overflows by up to 140,000 each year by 2030, compared to the level in 2020.

Water firms pledge £10bn to reduce sewage overflows

2 mins

Number Of Children Vaping Rises 50 Per Cent In A Year

The number of children trying vaping has risen by 50 per cent, according to a new study. Data shows an increase in experimental vaping among 11 to 17-year-olds, from 7.7 per cent last year to 11.6 per cent this year.

Number Of Children Vaping Rises 50 Per Cent In A Year

4 mins

White House has final say on delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, says UK

Any shipments of the desirable aircraft will need US approval

White House has final say on delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, says UK

4 mins

The US is being timid by not giving Ukraine F-16s

The announcement that Britain and the Netherlands are forming an international coalition” to get Ukraine F-16 fighter jets is a significant step in the prolonged quest by Volodymyr Zelensky’s government to acquire the aircraft.

The US is being timid by not giving Ukraine F-16s

2 mins

China Calls Truss's Taiwan Visit 'A Dangerous Stunt'

Britain’s former prime minister Liz Truss has been criticised by Beijing as she used a speech in Taiwan yesterday to warn of the threat China poses to both the island and to the West.

China Calls Truss's Taiwan Visit 'A Dangerous Stunt'

2 mins

Obama goes back to work

The former US president set out to explore what working’ really looks like, as the resulting documentary’s director tells Clémence Michallon what went on behind the scenes

Obama goes back to work

5 mins

Johnson's Brexit disaster has broken up the car industry

\"Let's just be clear. We are about to witness, in the coming few months and years, the slow death of the British volume car industry. Another victim of Brexit, the malign gift from Boris Johnson to the British people that just keeps on giving. Another British industrial success story sacrificed on the altar of that elusive god, \"Sovereignty\".

Johnson's Brexit disaster has broken up the car industry

4 mins

FAST AND FURIOUS

‘Fast X’ and its film franchise treat cars with lusty reverence but our climate is in crisis: Hollywood must stop glorifying this foremost method of pollution, insists Louis Chilton

FAST AND FURIOUS

3 mins

Hunt: Working From Home Leads To A Loss Of Creativity

Working from the office should be the default” for employees, chancellor Jeremy Hunt told business leaders yesterday as he claimed that logging on from home could stifle creativity. He told the British Chambers of Commerce conference he believes the shift to homeworking during the Covid-19 pandemic is being reversed by firms.

Hunt: Working From Home Leads To A Loss Of Creativity

2 mins

City brush aside existing champions on way to final

City beat Madrid 5-1 on aggregate

City brush aside existing champions on way to final

4 mins

Flooding forces F1 to cancel Imola Grand Prix in Italy

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix this weekend has been cancelled due to adverse weather in Italy, Formula One confirmed yesterday.

Flooding forces F1 to cancel Imola Grand Prix in Italy

3 mins

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