A social media post by Sarah Helm, wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, is now under formal police assessment after she expressed solidarity with Palestine Action — a group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the Home Office earlier…
A Romanian Member of the European Parliament has issued a stark warning that European nations must confront the growing probability of their citizens becoming casualties in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a prospect that carries profound implications for…
A government scheme to ease dangerous overcrowding in England’s prisons is accelerating — and the early signs are not encouraging. Approximately 650 prisoners were released across England on Tuesday as part of the second phase of an early-release programme that…
Thailand will host the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok from October 12 to 18, drawing more than 15,000 delegates from 191 countries to address pressing questions of global economic stability, financial governance and development policy.…
A new study from the University of York offers encouraging evidence that pub operators can expand their alcohol-free offerings without sacrificing the revenues that sustain their businesses. Published in Drug and Alcohol Review, the research examined how a series of…
France’s schools have become an unlikely theatre of political pressure, as a wave of student demonstrations has compelled Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to acknowledge institutional shortcomings and pledge remedial action before the disruption deepens further. Hundreds of schools across the…
The energy price cap will rise by £60 per year for a typical household from 1 October, Ofgem confirmed this week, as a government decision to remove VAT from domestic electricity bills prevents what would otherwise have been a £105…
A Revised Standard for Diagnosis A large international study published in eClinicalMedicine has concluded that a newly proposed global definition of clinical obesity identifies substantially fewer children as obese than the body mass index criterion currently in widespread use, with…
Step outside in London this weekend and the calendar seems almost implausible. The thermometer reads 24°C, a light southerly breeze carries the unmistakable warmth of continental air, and the Turkish city of Istanbul — at a comparatively modest 21°C —…
What was the controversy surrounding Penny Mordaunt’s candidacy? Dame Penny Mordaunt has been cleared to stand as a Conservative candidate at the next general election, putting to rest persistent speculation that party leader Kemi Badenoch had moved to block her…