Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai is released on £1million bail after he was charged under Beijing’s new security law Lai charged with colluding with foreign force and endangering national security He is the most high-profile out of more than two dozen charged under a new law Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing and founder … Read more
Car production slips just 1.4% in November despite second national lockdown as sector bosses make final plea for Brexit deal Some 106,250 cars were built in the UK last month – down just 1,500 on 2019 The SMMT said a marginal year-on-year decline in outputs was helped by a slow November 2019 for the automotive sector … Read more
Covid deaths fell by 3 per cent in England and Wales in the first week after England’s national lockdown, according to official figures. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows there were 2,756 coronavirus fatalities in the seven-day spell that ended December 11, with Covid being the underlying cause of death for nearly 85 per … Read more
Covid deaths fell by 3 per cent in England and Wales in the first week after England’s national lockdown, according to official figures. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows there were 2,756 coronavirus fatalities in the seven-day spell that ended December 11, with Covid being the underlying cause of death for nearly 85 per … Read more
A new law is set to save the UK’s national treasures going to overseas buyers after the National Gallery lost a £30million battle to keep a 16th Century masterpiece. The introduction of legally binding offers from January 1, which marks the first major change in the export deferral system in more than 65 years, will mean … Read more
Yule fuel rip-off to hit drivers: Petrol giants cash in on the festive break as some charge more than £10 over the national average for a tank to cap off a year of fleecing Average pump prices risen to 115.5p a litre for unleaded and 118.9p for diesel The RAC said the current average price … Read more
Yule fuel rip-off to hit drivers: Petrol giants cash in on the festive break as some charge more than £10 over the national average for a tank to cap off a year of fleecing Average pump prices risen to 115.5p a litre for unleaded and 118.9p for diesel The RAC said the current average price … Read more
England is looking down the barrel of an even tougher post-Christmas lockdown despite Boris Johnson already plunging 38million people into Tier 3. Ministers are refusing to rule out another blanket squeeze to control a surge in cases – as has already been announced for Wales and Northern Ireland – even though it could inflict further … Read more
National Trust is accused of recruiting ‘biased’ team of academics to probe its properties links to empire and the slave trade Colonial Countryside projects looks into links of 11 trust properties to slave trade The project involves nine historians working with 100 primary school children However, the National Trust has come under fire for the … Read more
National Trust is accused of recruiting ‘biased’ team of academics to probe its properties links to empire and the slave trade Colonial Countryside projects looks into links of 11 trust properties to slave trade The project involves nine historians working with 100 primary school children However, the National Trust has come under fire for the … Read more