- 3d ago
AstraZeneca shares slide 7% as investors and analysts pan reported Bristol Myers merger talks
Shares in the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker fell as much as 8.8% on Monday after the Financial Times reported preliminary discussions with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb, a combination that would approach $400 billion in market value.
- 5d ago
UK Supreme Court to review Palestine Action terror ban after 77 arrested at London protest
The UK Supreme Court granted permission for Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori to appeal the group's proscription as a terrorist organisation, while 77 people were arrested outside a London court for expressing support for the banned group.
- Jul 30
UK invests £8.4bn in Dreadnought nuclear submarines as Burnham ties defence to jobs
Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled £8.4 billion for the next phase of the Dreadnought-class submarine programme during a visit to Barrow-in-Furness, framing the nuclear deterrent as both a security guarantee and an engine for reindustrialisation.
- Jul 29
Green leader Polanski refuses to apologise to Farage over guillotine T-shirt post as police investigate
Green Party leader Zack Polanski says sharing a guillotine T-shirt image on Instagram was an inadvertent mistake, but refuses to apologise to Nigel Farage, whose Reform UK party reported him to police for incitement to murder.
- Jul 15
Spanish court orders trial for PM's wife Begoña Gómez on influence peddling and embezzlement charges, lifts travel ban
A Madrid court upheld two corruption charges against the Spanish prime minister's wife while dismissing two others and lifting her travel restrictions.
- Jul 3
Storms, heat and white supremacist march overshadow Trump's 250th Independence Day celebration
Severe storms forced an evacuation of the National Mall, delaying President Trump's speech until nearly midnight, while hundreds of white supremacists marched through Washington on the 250th anniversary of US independence.
- Jul 2
Australia thrash England to win record seventh Women's T20 World Cup
Beth Mooney's 64 off 49 balls and a century stand with Phoebe Litchfield powered Australia to a seven-wicket victory over England in the final at a sold-out Lord's.
- Jul 2
Starmer offers state apology for forced adoption of 185,000 babies in England and Wales
Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally apologised in Parliament on Thursday for the state's role in a decades-long system of forced adoptions that took an estimated 185,000 babies from unmarried mothers between 1949 and 1976. He declared the shame belongs to the state, not the women who were coerced into giving up their children.
- Jun 28
Ireland sweeps T20 series against world champion India with dramatic one-run win
A thrilling one-run victory in Belfast gave Ireland a 2-0 series sweep over T20 world champion India on Sunday, capping a historic weekend in which the Irish women's team also secured its first T20 World Cup win.
- Jun 28
Ben Stokes quits international cricket mid-Test as England falls to New Zealand and leadership vacuum looms
Ben Stokes announced his immediate retirement from international cricket during the third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, with England slumping to a 160-run defeat and a 2-1 series loss the next day.
- Jun 24
Record-breaking European heatwave kills dozens, forces hospital alerts as heat dome advances east
A historic June heatwave has shattered temperature records across Western Europe, killing at least 55 people in France and overwhelming health services, with the heat dome now pushing east towards Germany, Poland and the Balkans.
- Jun 22
Red extreme heat warning shuts schools and disrupts trains as UK faces 40C temperatures
A rare Met Office red warning is in force as southern England and Wales brace for temperatures up to 40C, prompting school closures and widespread train cancellations.
- Jun 21
UK teenagers divided on under-16s social media ban as government eyes strict ID rules
The UK government plans to ban under-16s from using platforms like Instagram and TikTok by next spring, with age verification likely requiring official ID. Teenagers express fears of disconnection but some welcome the move for mental health.
- Jun 20
Starmer considers resignation as cabinet mutiny grows after Burnham by-election victory
Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the prime minister is reflecting on 'political realities' after Andy Burnham's by-election win, with reports that Starmer could announce a resignation timetable on Monday.
