Water bosses will face criminal charges and be stripped of their bonuses for repeated illegal sewage dumping under tightened-up regulations, Environment Secretary Steve Reed has said. New laws he is introducing to Parliament will “give regulators more teeth”, he wrote in the Mail on Sunday. “Water bosses responsible for repeatedContinue Reading
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch has said he thought he would die in jail for now-cleared charges relating to a multi-billion dollar business deal. The businessman, once hailed a shining example of British ingenuity, was extradited to the US last May for a trial that acquitted him on all 15Continue Reading
Manchester City are yet to make a signing this summer, and manager Pep Guardiola avoided speaking about transfers after the 3-2 defeat by AC Milan in New York last night. Erling Haaland put City in front, but Lorenzo Colombo equalised and added a second before half-time. James McAtee headed CityContinue Reading
A spell of warmer weather after a rainy and cloudy start to the summer has led to an unexpected surge in the quantity of strawberries becoming ready for sale, a fruit buyer has said. Some 200 tonnes of surprise strawberries from growers across the country will hit Tesco shelves followingContinue Reading
Robert Downey Jr stunned fans on Saturday when he dramatically unmasked himself as arch villain Doctor Doom to mark his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The stage at the Marvel Studios Panel at Comic Con 2024 in San Diego, California, was packed with hooded figures wearing face masks ofContinue Reading
Angela Rayner will unveil an overhaul of planning rules next week as Labour seeks to clear a path to building 1.5 million homes in five years. The deputy prime minister and housing secretary said that “delivering social and affordable houses at scale” is her “number one priority”. But the planningContinue Reading
Those marching on the annual London Trans Pride march on Saturday 27th July, share their thoughts about what it means to be transgender in the UK in 2024. Previous years have seen organisers asking people taking part by wearing flowers ”to honour the long legacy of transgender, non-binary, gender non-conformingContinue Reading
Coco Gauff has revealed that several members of the USA women’s tennis team fled the Olympic Village to stay in hotels after finding the accommodation unsuitable. The 20-year-old is now the only member of her team remaining at the team base where all the athletes are housed in Paris. GauffContinue Reading
Rachel Reeves is to lay bare the scale of Labour’s dire economic inheritance from the Conservatives on Monday, in a speech which could lay the ground for tax hikes and spending cuts in the chancellor’s first budget. She is expected to tell parliament that Rishi Sunak’s party left a £20bnContinue Reading
Chelsea proved there is still much work to do in pre-season after being thrashed 4-1 by Celtic in their pre-season friendly in the USA. Head coach Enzo Maresca fielded a strong lineup with teenage striker Marc Guiu the only new signing handed a start, while Omari Kellyman and Kiernan Dewsbury-HallContinue Reading
