Passengers to Gatwick face delays as train operators brace for heavy rain January 4, 2024 With heavy rain due in the south east and London area on Thursday night and Friday morning, Network Rail reiterated warnings to check before travelling.
Rishi Sunak: ‘Working assumption’ of an election in the second half of the year January 4, 2024 The Prime Minister said on Thursday it is his “working assumption” that he would not be sending the public to the polls in the spring, as opposition figures have been talking up.
Two charged with arson after fire at Tory MP Mike Freer’s London office January 4, 2024 The pair have also been charged with arson without intent over a fire at the back of a restaurant in Long Lane, north London, at about 11pm the same night.
What Starmer said in today’s speech: Inheritance tax, borrowing, taxes and Labour’s £28bn green fund January 4, 2024 The Labour leader vowed to challenge the Conservatives on their economic record, as he insisted Labour would not seek to solve the country's problems “armed only with a big state cheque book”.
Jeffrey Epstein: Prince Andrew named in court file linked to paedophile financier January 4, 2024 A tranche of documents relating to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein have been published – including the evidence of a woman who claimed the Duke of York Prince Andrew touched her breast. US Judge Loretta Preska ruled last month that documents naming more than 170 people who were either associates, friends or victims of Epstein should [...]
Middle East tensions ratchet up: 73 dead as blasts rock ceremony for slain Iran general January 3, 2024 Explosions at an event honouring a prominent Iranian general who died in a US air strike in 2020 have killed at least 73 people and injured 170 others, state-run media in Iran reported on Wednesday. A senior official called the blasts a “terroristic” attack, without elaborating on who could be behind them, amid wider tensions [...]
Beirut strike on Hamas bigwig ‘risks spreading’ Israel-Hamas conflict January 3, 2024 Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, raising the potential risk of the war in Gaza spreading well beyond the Palestinian enclave. Arouri, 57, was the first senior Hamas political leader to be assassinated since Israel launched a shattering air and ground offensive against the group almost [...]
Moving Markets today: FTSE 100 in red to begin the year but oil rises January 3, 2024 Moving Markets Today: Asia Stocks Mirror Wall Street Decline, Apple at Seven-Week Low, Oil Prices Rise; Focus Shifts to Fed Minutes, U.S. Jobs Report, and Eurozone Inflation
Kids these days: Young partygoers most likely to go non-alcoholic January 3, 2024 Young people are the biggest consumers of low and no-alcohol drinks, with almost half of 18 to 24-year-olds now occasionally or regularly opting for them, a survey has suggested. Some 44% of the youngest age group of drinkers now consider themselves to be either occasional or regular drinkers of full alcohol alternatives, up from 31% [...]
‘Side hustle tax’ to see online platforms like Ebay, Airbnb and Amazon share seller details with HMRC January 2, 2024 This will allow tax authorities to detect and tackle tax evasion, while also levelling the playing field with how traditional businesses are treated for tax purposes, according to HMRC.
