News – World and UK

Wage growth has fallen to its lowest level in more than two years while Britain’s jobless rate jumped by more than expected, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said average regular earnings growth eased back to 4.8% in the three months to September, down from 4.9% in the previous three months. This marked the lowest level since the three months to June 2022. Earnings growth continues […]

Terminally ill adults with less than six months to live who have a settled wish to end their lives which has been approved by two doctors and the High Court would be able to do so under a new law claimed to be the “most robust” in the world. Proposed legislation for England and Wales would offer the “safest choice” for mentally competent adults at the end of their lives […]

Comedian Josh Widdicombe has been revealed as the first celebrity taking part in the 2024 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special. Comedian Josh Widdicombe has been revealed as the first celebrity taking part in the 2024 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special. The 41-year-old is best known for Channel 4 comedy panel show The Last Leg, where he appears alongside Adam Hills and Alex Brooker, and has fronted his own semi-autobiographical BBC […]

It follows his four-game stint as interim head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy has left Manchester United after his four-game stint as interim head coach. The former Netherlands striker, who was brought in over the summer and has overseen the past four matches since the sacking of Erik ten Hag, departs along with first-team coaches Rene Hake, Jelle ten Rouwelaar and Pieter Morel. The club plan to announce incoming boss Ruben […]

Referee David Coote has been suspended pending an investigation after a video was posted on social media which appears to show him using highly offensive language about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. It is unclear when the video was made or how it came into circulation, and it has not been verified by the PA news agency. In it, Coote is asked for his views on a Liverpool match where […]

The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing pressure to resign over a damning report into a barrister thought to have been the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England. A petition by some members of the General Synod – the church’s parliament – has gathered more than 1,500 signatures urging Justin Welby to stand down over his “failures” to alert authorities about John Smyth QC’s “abhorrent” […]

Casemiro has been impressed by Ruben Amorim’s transformative effect at Sporting Lisbon and says everyone is hungry to learn from the new Manchester United head coach. Ruud van Nistelrooy brought the curtain down on his four-match reign as interim United manager with a 3-0 Premier League victory against Leicester. Amorim bid a final farewell to Sporting in style, securing a thrilling 4-2 comeback win at his former club Braga before […]

Sir Keir Starmer marked Armistice Day in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron, while events took place across the UK to commemorate the end of the First World War. The Prime Minister became the first British premier to attend the armistice ceremony in Paris since Winston Churchill during the Second World War. Sir Keir and Mr Macron laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc […]

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has pleaded guilty partway through his trial to escaping from prison. The 23-year-old escaped from HMP Wandsworth in south-west London in September 2023 by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck using a sling made from kitchen trousers. He continues to deny all the other charges against him. Khalife escaped in the hope he would be kept in a high-security unit (HSU) at a […]