Russian T-90M tanks drive through central Moscow during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade (Picture: AFP via Getty) Sir Keir Starmer has ordered a review of Britain’s war plans in response to growing fears of a potential direct military attack by Russia. Officials in the Cabinet Office are understood to be updating the ‘homeland defence plan’ spelling out how the government would respond to a strike by a hostile…
I’m constantly battling for the food I need to feed people with balanced, nutritious meals (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Stale croissants mixed in with dying flowers. Browning broccoli scattered with bashed up blueberries. Fizzy fruit salads. Wet, wilted bags of rocket and leaves. Potato salad, or coleslaw, or cream or milk with the clock ticking down on its use-by date. No, this isn’t a particularly disastrous online food shop. Dealing with…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) and US President Donald Trump (left) had discussed the minerals deal in person in February but the deal was not signed (Picture: Getty Images) Following months of tension-filled negotiations, Ukraine and the US have signed a long-awaited minerals deal cast as a crucial step toward ending Russia’s war. The deal gives the US access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals and resources in exchange for supporting…
It’s easy to tap and pay (Picture: Getty Images) When Covid forced the high street to go digital and turned handling physical money into a health risk, some businesses decided to stop accepting cash altogether. As a result, cash use fell by 35% in 2020 alone, the steepest drop in a years-long downward trajectory. Just 12% of all payments were made using cash in 2023, a figure that sat at…
Moorcroft Pottery has been an important part of Stoke-on-Trent since it was founded in 1897 (Picture: Universal Images Group via Getty Images) An iconic pottery firm has gone bust after more than 100 years of trading. Moorcroft Pottery, based in Stoke-on-Trent at the heart of the UK’s pottery region, has shut with immediate effect, putting 57 people out of work. Directors had warned of job cuts in March and worked…
The Metropolitan Police said they received a complaint from a foreign tourist who was massively overcharged for the goods three weeks ago (Picture: EPA) A hidden tunnel and £80,000 worth of counterfeit goods were found in an Oxford Street American candy store after a tourist was charged £899 for two packs of sweets. The Metropolitan Police said they received a complaint from a foreign tourist who was massively overcharged for…
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70 staff and patients were evacuated (Picture: @PaddingtonNow; London Fire Brigade) Scores of people have been evacuated after a fire broke out at a major London hospital. Around 60 firefighters and eight fire engines have been dispatched to tackle the blaze at St Mary’s Hospital on Winsland Street in Paddington. The fire erupted in a ground-floor store room in the Clarence wing building at around 11.36am, prompting the evacuation of…
Emergency services were called to Leon Anderson’s home in Maple Close, Mitcham, on Monday (Pictures: UKNIP/Met Police) A ‘lovely and peaceful’ man stabbed to death in Mitcham, London, has been named as Leon Anderson. Emergency services were called to Mr Anderson’s home in Maple Close, Mitcham, on Monday. He was treated for stab injuries but died in hospital. A family member said Leon Anderson was a ‘lovely peaceful person’ who…
Hanna Balcer has been missing for a week, and her mother said she is ‘desperate for information’ (Picture: Metropolitan Police Service) The mother of a teenage girl missing for almost a week said ‘every minute seems like an eternity’ as a desperate hunt for her continues. Hanna Balcer, 14, went missing from her home in Barnet, north London on April 24. It is understood investigators are working on a lead…