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Activist Greta Thunberg is being deported from Israel after the Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized by the Israeli military. In a post on X, Israel’s Foreign Ministry shared a photo of Ms Thunberg on a plane, saying that she was heading for France before continuing to Sweden. Adalah, a legal rights group in Israel representing Ms Thunberg and the other activists, said the Swede, two other campaigners and […]

Marks & Spencer has reopened its website to customers after it was forced to halt internet orders in April following a damaging cyber attack. The retail giant said shoppers are now able to buy a selection of its best-selling fashion ranges and new products for home delivery to England, Scotland and Wales. In a statement published on social media, M&S managing director of clothing, home and beauty John Lyttle said: […]

Britain jobless rate surged to its highest level for nearly four years and pay growth for UK workers eased by more than expected as employers faced surging staff costs, official figures have shown. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said average regular earnings, excluding bonuses, fell sharply to 5.2% in the three months to April, from 5.5% in the previous three months and the lowest since the third quarter of […]

Craig Bellamy emerged defiant from Wales’s heartbreaking World Cup qualifying defeat in Belgium while Scotland bounced back from their weekend loss to Iceland. Meanwhile, Tottenham continue to close in on Brentford’s Thomas Frank as their new boss and appear willing to meet the latter’s £10million release clause to get their man. England look to shrug off their struggle to sink minnows Andorra with head coach Thomas Tuchel aware there is […]

Eurostar has unveiled plans to launch direct services connecting the UK with Germany and Switzerland. The operator claimed a “new golden age of international sustainable travel is here” as it announced proposals to run trains between London St Pancras and both Frankfurt and Geneva from the “early 2030s”. These routes would be served by a fleet of up to 50 new trains costing approximately two billion euros (£1.7 billion). Journey […]

A group of Thames Water lenders have put forward plans for a multibillion-pound rescue deal of the troubled supplier that would see them pump in new cash but ask for leniency in how it is regulated. Creditors including US and UK investment firms – such as Aberdeen, Elliott Management and BlackRock – have submitted a plan to regulator Ofwat to overhaul £17 billion of Thames Water’s debts, including investing another […]

Rachel Reeves has signed off on £14.2 billion of investment to build the new Sizewell C nuclear plant as part of the spending review. The Chancellor is set to confirm the funding at the GMB Congress on Tuesday. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said new nuclear power capacity was needed to deliver a “golden age of clean energy abundance”. Trade unions welcomed the move, which the Treasury said would go towards […]

The families of the Nottingham attack victims are set to meet with the Health Secretary following claims that an NHS trust has “stonewalled” their questions about staff who treated killer Valdo Calocane. A report into the care received by Calocane, released in February, detailed how he was not forced to have long-lasting antipsychotic medication because he did not like needles, and how other patients at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust […]

Nigel Farage has said he has forgiven Zia Yusuf for his decision to quit as Reform UK chairman, but admitted the party was “plunged” into a “difficult place” by the incident. Businessman Mr Yusuf returned to the party over the weekend, just 48 hours after he quit his position, saying he had made an “error”. Speaking in Port Talbot on Monday, Mr Farage said: “Let’s be clear, I think Zia’s […]