Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says a windfall tax on oil and gas companies is needed to help people struggling to pay their energy bills, in light of BP reporting nearly £5 billion in underlying profits.
The 2022 French Open started amid downpours. So it was that keeping the crowds away. Pole positionDuring the opening match on centre court between sixth seed Ons Jabeur and Magda Linette, it really did look the attendance limits imposed during the coronavirus pandemic were still in force. The stands were sparsely populated. Still, more fool those who missed the tie. It provided a shock as Jabeur – one of the favourites for the 2022 title – went down in three sets. On-court interviewer Marion Bar
"Hold on to the rope, look at me," the instructor says, coaxing 28-year-old lawyer Iryna Gorobiyovska who is nervously about to abseil down a building.
Senior executive at Guide Dogs charity says he was ‘publicly humiliated’ by security guard
Three people were taken to hospital when a section of the stands for spectators watching Trooping the Colour collapsed on Saturday.
Kenton Cool, 48, was met by his family at Heathrow after recording the most climbs of any non-Sherpa.
Star power has been out in force at the 75th Cannes Film Festival
Director Melly Still and conductor Robin Ticciati have done Ethel Smyth’s 1906 opera proud, with dynamic and intense performances from an excellent cast and chorus.
The cheapest new car in the UK now costs more than £10,000 - making it more expensive than ever to buy a brand-new vehicle.
Pressure is growing on Number 10 to explain a meeting between Sue Gray and Boris Johnson as it emerged an unnamed Downing Street official suggested the pair get together. Opposition MPs have demanded more details about the event, which took place some weeks ago and was made public last night by Sky News. Downing Street sources issued a statement which said the meeting had not been ordered by the PM personally.
Climate change will be one focus of the World Economic Forum's first in-person gathering of business and government leaders in two years
Boris Johnson is facing renewed pressure to release "critical information" about the appointment of Lord Lebedev after the peer's father, a former KGB officer, was subjected to new sanctions by Canada.
The Kremlin has previously blacklisted Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA chief William Burns
Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences, Scotland Yard has said. A 17-year-old girl was arrested in east London on Friday under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and has been taken to a London police station. Both are being questioned as part of the same investigation into extreme Islamist ideology.
Mercedes team-mate George Russell finished two places ahead in fourth.
World leaders are descending on the Swiss mountain resort for the WEF's belated annual meeting. Here's what the 2022 event is likely to have in store.
‘This is not the kind of spread we’ve seen in West Africa, so there may be something new happening in the West,’ one expert said
Solar Orbiter captures closest ever images of the Sun
PM says Australians ‘need to vote Liberal and Nationals’ so he can stop future boats, despite Labor’s identical policy on boat turnbacks
AN OFFICIAL ceremony has marked the ‘topping out’ of a brand-new operating theatre building at Poole Hospital – described as an “important milestone” for Dorset.
Undiplomatic remarks from Jean-Yves Le Drian follow war of words between nations over abandoned submarine deal
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