Month: January 2025

Blue has become one of the top three most popular colours for new cars for the first time since 2010. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 291,928 new cars registered last year were blue. That was 1.6% more than in the previous year, and represents a market share of 14.9%. White dropped from third place to fourth with 291,629 registrations, a year-on-year decline of 7.2%. Grey retained […]

The US Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok starting on Sunday, unless the app is sold by its China-based parent company. The court holds that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in America. A sale does not appear imminent and, although experts have said the app will not […]

President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of very cold weather. “The weather forecast for Washington DC, with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows,” Mr Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. “There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way.” The Rotunda is prepared […]

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he wants a “Breturn” rather than Brexit after discussing co-operation between the UK and EU in talks with Sir Keir Starmer on his visit to Warsaw. Mr Tusk, who was president of the European Council when Britain voted to leave the trading bloc, said he would “harbour these dreams in my heart” as “sometimes they come true in politics”. The UK Prime Minister, who […]

Former Manchester United, Manchester City and Scotland forward Denis Law has died aged 84, his family said in a statement. Law won two league titles with United and was a member of their European Cup-winning side under Sir Matt Busby in 1968 when they became the first English club to lift the trophy. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia in 2021. A short family statement read: “It […]

Sir Keir Starmer has visited Auschwitz, a place he described as “utterly harrowing”, and said he was determined to fight the “poison of antisemitism”. The Prime Minister visited the former Nazi concentration camp as he travelled to Poland to meet with the country’s political leaders. Speaking following his time at the camp, Sir Keir said: “Nothing could prepare me for the sheer horror of what I have seen in this […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after a woman in her 20s died and a two-year-old girl was seriously injured in Surrey. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the child has been taken to hospital where she remains, Surrey Police said. Officers attended a property in Woodthorpe Road in Ashford at 1.15pm on Thursday following a report of concern for safety. […]

Hollyoaks and reality TV star Paul Danan has been described as a “beacon of light” after his death aged 46. The actor played bad boy Sol Patrick from 1997 to 2001 on the Channel 4 soap and was later known for his reality TV appearances, including on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island. He had been due to appear for a plea hearing at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Thursday […]

Ukraine must be put in the “strongest possible position” in 2025, Sir Keir Starmer said as he made his first trip to Kyiv as Prime Minister. The visit comes just days before Donald Trump enters the White House, potentially signalling a shift in US support for Ukraine’s war effort in favour of a push for a peace deal. The Prime Minister said the UK would “never let up” on support […]