Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her Spending Review, setting out budgets for government departments. Read full article at source...
James Melley and Alison Holt BBC News, Social Affairs Family handout Alice’s family say she had a big personality and a passion for art WARNING: This article contains upsetting details and reference to suicide There didn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary when Jane Figueiredo spoke to her daughter that night on the...
Getty Images The government is struggling to cut the amount of foreign aid it spends on hotel bills for asylum seekers in the UK, the BBC has learnt. New figures released quietly by ministers in recent days show the Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of overseas development assistance (ODA) this financial year – that...
Deborah Grushkin Deborah Grushkin says she felt panicked when she heard about the end of “de minimis” Earlier this year, Deborah Grushkin, an enthusiastic online shopper from New Jersey, “freaked out”. US President Donald Trump had signed an order to stop allowing packages from China worth less than $800 (£601) to enter the country free...
Match of the Day pundits Alan Shearer and Joe Hart heap praise on departing Leicester striker Jamie Vardy after his goal against Southampton. Read full article at source...
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Manchester City again spent the second most on agents – a little over £52m – followed by Manchester United with an outlay of £33m. Aston Villa (£25m) and Newcastle (£24.3m) complete the top five biggest spenders, with the current Premier League top two of Arsenal (£22.8m) and Liverpool (£20.8m) following behind. West Ham (£19m), Tottenham...
Luton Town should have spent more to try and avoid relegation from the Premier League, the club has admitted. The Hatters published their financial results for the year ending 30 June, 2024, external on Wednesday night, revealing record turnover and profits as a result of being promoted to the Premier League for the first time....
A forgotten oil-on-canvas masterpiece by Indian painter MF Husain, rediscovered decades later, has rewritten the record books for Indian art. Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra), a sprawling 14-foot-wide mural, sold for an unprecedented $13.8m (£10.6m) at a Christie’s auction in New York last week. It shattered the previous high for Indian art of $7.4m (£5.7m), fetched...
Exeter City Council has been using its income from Exeter Community Lottery to pay gambling licence fees and other costs for more than eighteen months while falsely claiming that 60% of ticket sales revenue goes to local community groups. Contrary to numerous Exeter Community Lottery website point of sale claims, persistently repeated over the course...