By Martin Banks The EPP Group in the EU Parliament is among those who have warmly welcomed the agreement between the European Commission and the United Kingdom on the UK’s association with the Erasmus+ programme from 2027 onwards.
Wednesday was Budget day in the UK. It’s always a special event in our London newsroom: reporters and editors huddle to listen to the chancellor’s speech before our economics editor gives a quick-fire analysis. We produce dozens of additional stories and dissect every aspect of the Budget and we publish 12 extra pages in print.
By Martin Banks January can feel like a long, grey stretch after the festive rush; the sparkle fades and spirits dip.
By Martin Banks The identities of the UK’s top 50 Asian restaurants has been announced.
By Martin Banks Dev Biswal, the owner-chef The Cook’s Tale (formerly The Ambrette), the renowned modern Anglo-Indian restaurant in Canterbury, has opened Café Marrakech in the city.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will not have to leave Royal Lodge immediately and could move to Sandringham as late as the new year, the BBC understands. On Thursday, King Charles stripped his younger brother of his titles and honours, and moved to force him out of his Windsor mansion. He will be moving to a property […]
Buckingham Palace has announced that Prince Andrew is to lose his prince title and will be leaving his Royal Lodge home in Windsor. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor – as he is now to be known – gave up his other royal titles earlier this month, including the Duke of York, after more questions and allegations about his […]
By Martin Banks The annual launch of the UK’s Royal British Legion poppy appeal has been marked with a moving tribute to the war dead.
By Martin Banks According to the latest Public Health England report on gambling, 0.5% of the population (approximately 246,000 people) are problem gamblers, and 3.8% (2.2 million people) are ‘at-risk’ gamblers.
By Martin Banks As the UK swelters under another tropical heatwave, a different kind of flow is arriving in MPs’ post trays across Westminster. Not the usual spidery letters or worthy constituency reports — but brightly coloured postcards, stamped and sent from every corner of the globe: Porto, Portland, Port Douglas… and beyond. These cards […]
