American pump prices have crossed $4 a gallon once more, as the resumption of US military operations against Iran sends fresh shockwaves through global oil markets. The national average for a gallon of regular petrol stood at $4.003 on Monday…
Thames Water, Britain’s largest water utility with roughly 16 million customers across London and the South East, is edging closer to a form of state intervention known as a Special Administration Regime — a mechanism that would keep supplies flowing…
The numbers are striking enough on their own. Since Boris Johnson’s government in 2019–20, the salary bill for special advisers in Whitehall has risen from £6.9 million to £12.4 million in the most recent financial year — a near-doubling that…
They operated from bedrooms in east London and the West Midlands, yet between them they brought one of the world’s most complex urban transit networks to its knees. Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, were sentenced this week to…
Milan prosecutors have expanded a significant labour exploitation investigation, with Italian police conducting raids on the offices of several major luxury brands, including Bulgari and Chanel, over allegations concerning the use of subcontractors employing Chinese workers in exploitative conditions. The…
A tournament ends in controversy England’s World Cup campaign had been building steadily since the tournament opened in the United States. Jude Bellingham, the 23-year-old Real Madrid midfielder, had been central to that progress, scoring six goals across the competition…
There is something quietly alarming about the trajectory of British political finance, and the alarm grows louder the more closely one examines the numbers. A decade ago, donations of £1 million or more from companies or individuals accounted for just…
What has Google actually announced? Google is adding a new disclosure mechanism to its advertising platform. Called “How this ad was made”, the feature will appear in the My Ad Center panel across Google Search, YouTube, and Discover. It was…
The town of Grantham, Lincolnshire — birthplace of Margaret Thatcher and home to roughly 45,000 residents — has become an instructive case study in the practical tensions generated by the Government’s asylum dispersal policy. Seventy properties across the South Kesteven…
Bradford’s regulatory framework for the beauty and body piercing industry has its roots in 1982, when the council enacted by-laws covering ear piercing, tattooing, acupuncture, and electrolysis. Those rules were designed to enforce hygiene standards and reduce the transmission of…