Great Britain settle for silver after defeat to Canada in men’s curling Britain’s men’s curling team had to settle for a silver medal after losing 6-9 to Canada in the Olympic final in Cortina. Bruce Mouat’s side had only made the semi-final cut by virtue of other results falling in their favour, with their place
Scotland keep Triple Crown hopes alive with dramatic victory over Wales Scotland stayed on course for a first Triple Crown since 1990 with a pulsating 26-23 comeback Guinness Six Nations victory against winless Wales in Cardiff. Wales led for 75 minutes at Principality Stadium – and were 20-5 up at the start of the second
Donald Trump says he will increase global tariff rate to 15% US President Donald Trump has said he is raising the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from the 10% he had announced a day earlier. Mr Trump said in a social media post that he was making the decision “Based on a thorough,
England’s Six Nations hopes over after ruthless Ireland dish out hammering England’s Guinness Six Nations unravelled spectacularly as they were brutally removed from title contention following a 42-21 rout by Ireland at Allianz Stadium. A week after their Murrayfield jinx had struck again, Steve Borthwick’s men leaked 22 unanswered points in a dramatic opening half
Recruitment crisis causing long term Royal Mail delivery targets failure, union says Royal Mail’s failure to meet delivery targets is a long term problem due to a recruitment crisis, the postal workers’ union has warned. The group says it needs to urgently roll out changes that will see second class post on Saturdays scrapped. Royal
Voting Tory on peach ballot ‘secret weapon to kick SNP out’, Findlay to say Voting Scottish Conservative on the peach ballot is the “secret weapon” to remove the SNP from power, Russell Findlay will say. The Tory leader is expected to tell his party’s conference in Edinburgh that casting a ballot for the Conservatives on
Creating wetlands can help make UK ‘climate ready’ in face of rising risk Low-cost natural solutions such as creating wetlands are needed to help make the UK “climate ready” to cope with increasingly extreme weather, a leading insurer has said. The call comes in the face of the “massive impact” for the insurance industry of
Trial to explore if special tampon can help detect ovarian cancer earlier A new trial will explore if a special medical tampon can help detect the earliest signs of ovarian cancer. The test looks for tiny biological signals in vaginal fluid and could be a “complete gamechanger” for the disease, which is usually diagnosed at
Blanket 10% tariffs on all countries effective ‘almost immediately’, Trump says US President Donald Trump has announced a 10% global tariff on “all countries” after the Supreme Court struck down his reciprocal levies policy. Mr Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”, imposed on most of the rest of the world last April under an emergency powers law, were
King expresses ‘deepest concern’ over Andrew’s arrest The King has said “the law must take its course” after expressing his “deepest concern” over the arrest of his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Andrew was taken into custody on his 66th birthday on Thursday following allegations made against the former prince