Month: February 2026

The arrests of Andrew and Mandelson have sent shockwaves through Britain’s political and constitutional establishment

Dorothy Bain KC answered questions from MSPs about a memo sent in March 2025 to John Swinney regarding an embezzlement charge facing Peter Murrell.

Lord Mandelson’s lawyers said his arrest on Monday was after someone told police he was planning to leave the country

There were almost 1.26 million incidents recorded by local authorities in England in 2024/2025.

In the 1960s, the Soviet Union built one of the longest oil pipelines in the world to supply Warsaw Pact states. It was called Druzhba, which translates to “friendship.” Right now, that friendship pipeline is tearing Europe apart.

Date for referendum on opening talks to join the EU yet to be decided but will be ‘in the coming months’, says Kristrún Frostadóttir

Wall Street inched higher in early trading Wednesday as markets turned their attention away from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech and toward the latest earnings report from

After meeting Chinese leader, German chancellor calls for closer trade relations to unlock opportunities and drive economic prosperity.

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda on Wednesday announced plans to cut up to 20 percent of its workforce after widening annual losses on US tariffs and weak Chinese demand.

Stock markets in Asia and Europe reached record highs Wednesday on easing worries about the AI sector and ahead of chip behemoth Nvidia releasing its earnings.

Christophe Leribault, most recently Versailles director, will be tasked with improving security and ‘restoring climate of trust’

Diageo, the maker of Guinness stout and Smirnoff vodka, cut its sales outlook and slashed shareholder payouts Wednesday, as its new chief executive seeks to revive the struggling drinks group.

Scotland fans have been given a reprieve from strict stadium rules to wear sporrans over their kilts at the World Cup later this year.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday to deepen ties between two of the world’s leading economies.

Opportunities in China’s economy once lay in lots of places, from social connections to land. | World News

The City of London Corporation received a C3 rating from the Regulator of Social Housing, indicating ‘significant improvement is needed’

Residents and businesses evacuated from properties as water swamps large areas of Caledonian Road

British-Yemeni designer Kazna Asker paused her presentation at sunset to share iftar with the models, staff and guests

Police have launched an appeal after a man was stabbed while attempting to stop a brawl

Businessowner saw his most valuable stock plunged under three feet of water when a Thames Water pipe burst on Tuesday afternoon

AI is starting to change the way people work, find information and even form social relationships. Yet very little has changed about the devices people often use to access AI: smartphones.

Foreign minister Anita Anand will be joining Carney as she said the intent was “to further diversify trade and to unlock additional opportunities for Canadians” | World News

Australian detectives arrested two men Wednesday over the alleged kidnapping and murder of an elderly grandfather in a suspected case of mistaken identity.

The U.S. is ‘bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before,’ Trump said in his State of the Union address. | World News

Istanbul Shish Grill in Walm Lane and Mozul in Hawley Wharf both won gongs at the British Kebab Awards 2026.

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said the inquiry will have the ‘fullest investigatory powers’.

The video shows a female officer upholding the preacher’s freedom of speech during a tense confrontation in east London

Despite the efforts of London Ambulance Service, he was pronounced dead at the scene

Speaking ahead of her new exhibition at London’s Tate Modern, Dame Tracey said art had improved her home town of Margate.

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The Microsoft founder described his meetings with the late paedophile as a ‘huge mistake’

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has called for the Government to release all flight logs and documents regarding the paedophile financier.

The Nottingham Inquiry heard the triple-killer showed no remorse after a woman in fear of him jumped out of a first floor window.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are under fire from fans and foes alike after their new plans to play in London for the 2026 NFL season.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed by loud chants and a standing ovation in the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, on Wednesday as he became the first Indian leader to address there.

The historic unit will lose half its horses as Met force tries to plug a funding gap of around £260 million amid a rising number of protests

Labour is defending a majority of 13,413, which is just outside the party’s top 50 biggest wins at the 2024 election.

Chelsea have been fined £325,000 for a “mass confrontation” between players during their Premier League match against West Ham in January. The east London club have been fined £300,00 for the incident in the game at Stamford Bridge, which was triggered by Chelsea forward Joao Pedro reacting to team-mate Marc Cucurella being shoved by West […]

An insider’s guide to Thursday night’s Gorton and Denton ballot.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton joins Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, the United States abstains from voting a…

Transport minister ‘shares the concerns’ about e-bikes being dumped on pavements

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Argentina prop Pedro Delgado has signed a new contract with Harlequins. The 28-year-old tighthead has played 12 times since being signed by Quins in October. “Pedro is a powerful operator who has made a strong start to life here at Harlequins,” senior coach Jason Gilmore said. “He works hard at the set-piece to give us […]

In 2020, the John Lewis Partnership first announced efforts to expand into build-to-rent properties.

The soldier says the suspect dropped to his knees, and attempted to unbuckle his trousers.

Parts of London Underground Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line and DLR will be closed in March 2026 for planned engineering works.

A tipper lorry truck illegally dumped piles of rubbish on Stephenson Street in Ealing this morning as shocked residents filmed.

Spring-like conditions see temperatures climb to 18C by Wednesday afternoon

Dramatic footage shows members of the public fighting off armed robbers after they raided a gold shop in Islington

A Pret employee witnessed him leaving the shop holding the baguette, getting into the passenger seat of a police car and driving off.