Trade diplomacy at Windsor Castle. Before Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom, there was no shortage of speculation that something might go wrong. Perhaps demonstrators would cause disruption. Or there would be some diplomatic row. The dismissal of the British Ambassador to Washington, Lord Mandelson, just a few days earlier was hardly an […]

A 100-year-old Women’s Institute has gone to war with a ‘party house’ next door after a plunge pool and hot tub were installed in its garden. The 47-member branch has been using the Women’s Institute Hall behind a former youth hostel in Wells Next The Sea, Norfolk, since the 1920s. But their peace was shattered […]

THE building of a new town centre in a major UK city has taken a giant leap forward with phase one of the multi-billion pound development nearly complete. It is expected to be fully open in 2036 and is being built in an area described by developers as an “oasis in a very busy city”. […]

By LAWRENCE BOOTH, CRICKET CORRESPONDENT Published: 07:13 EDT, 23 September 2025 | Updated: 07:46 EDT, 23 September 2025 Cricket is mourning the death of Dickie Bird, perhaps the most famous official in any sport, at the age of 92. Born in Barnsley, Bird played 93 first-class matches as a batsman for Yorkshire and Leicestershire in […]

ITALY has been battered by brutal floods after a wave of torrential rainfall swamped vast parts of the north. Streets and railways erupted into rivers and hundreds of school children had to be rescued from the rampaging waters. 8 Rescuers work to clear a landslide along the Como-Chiasso railway lineCredit: Vigili del fuoco 8 Helicopter […]