The Council of the Nations and Regions has moved the UK “a long way down the road” towards more jobs and investment, the Prime Minister has said. The body met for the first time in Edinburgh on Friday, bringing together the leadership of the devolved administrations and English metro mayors in an effort to “rewire”...
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Russian spies targeting UK with Cold War-style sabotage, warns MI5 boss
The Cold War was characterised by repeated attempts by East and West to steal the others’ industrial and military secrets. Mr McCallum said logistics firms, and those with international footprints, are most at risk. In recent months, the Kremlin has re-energised such covert activity through the use of criminal gangs and is thought to be...
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Scottish Tories leader does not want to spend career ‘only talking about union’
New Scottish Conservatives leader Russell Findlay does not want to spend his career “only talking about the union”, he told activists and delegates in Birmingham. He also claimed Scottish voters backed a Westminster block on gender recognition reforms north of the border, while Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew RT Davies said Cardiff Bay’s rollout of default...
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Starmer will travel to Washington for second Biden meeting
The Prime Minister will make his second visit to the USA since coming to office a matter of months ago, according to the White House. Sir Keir Starmer is due to visit Washington DC and meet with President Joe Biden on September 13. The meeting will be the second of its kind between the leaders...
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Decision to drop Rosebank review fight could ‘jeopardise’ jobs, says Lamont
Whitehall’s decision not to fight a legal challenge against drilling for untapped oil could “jeopardise” energy and jobs in Scotland, a Commons frontbencher has warned. John Lamont, Conservative shadow Scotland secretary, described oil and gas as a “crucial industry” north of the border, before Scotland Secretary Ian Murray said he should “stop scaremongering”. The UK...
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UK riots latest: Countries issue safety warnings over travel to UK amid riots
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Holidays in chaos after global IT meltdown
Television channels, airports and banks around the world have been knocked offline in a massive outage causing Windows computers to suddenly shut down. Sky News’s breakfast show was not on air on Friday morning, replaced by archive footage. Downdetector, a website which monitors outages, reported sudden spikes in problems with websites including Microsoft applications, banking...
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Victims of Bushey triple murder named as family of BBC horse racing commentator John Hunt
The victims of a triple murder in Bushey have been named as the family of horse racing commentator John Hunt. Kyle Clifford, from Enfield, north London, is wanted in connection with murders of three women who were found fatally injured in a house in Ashlyn Close, Bushey, Hertfordshire, just after 7pm on Tuesday. BBC star...
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Djokovic to face another potentially hostile Wimbledon crowd
“I mean are you focused only on that or any questions about the match, or something like that? Or is it solely focused on that? This is the third question already, I said what I have to say, maybe we can speak about something else.” As the interviewer suggested his opponent was “going to be...
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Wimbledon blames rain for drop in spectators in first week
The weather for the tennis does not look likely to improve immediately, as yellow weather warnings for rain have been issued by the forecaster across parts of southern England and south Wales on Monday night and in northern Scotland on Tuesday night. Andrea Bishop, of the Met Office, said: “It has been a damp start...
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Shein London stock market float would trigger talks on tax, Reynolds suggests
Fast fashion retailer Shein would be expected to meet “ethical and moral targets” on “all aspects of business” if it lists on the London Stock Exchange, according to the Business Secretary. Jonathan Reynolds said he is “concerned” about a “loophole” which allows firms to avoid import duties by shipping small packages directly to customers. He...
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‘Starmageddon’ and the ‘Tory-ectomy’: How the world reacted to Labour’s election win
Spain’s newspapers reported the massive margin of victory for Labour but told readers Sir Keir has not enraptured Britons as a new charismatic leader of the people. El País said on its front page that it had been a “historic triumph” for Labour. But Rafa de Miguel, the newspaper’s UK correspondent, described Sir Keir as...