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Adverts for Gordon Ramsay’s gin banned over honeyberry claims

Adverts for Gordon Ramsay’s gin banned over honeyberry claims

Ads for the gin said the honeyberry botanical “retained the rich flavours and micro-nutrients that come from Scotland’s wonderful terroir”.

Liz Truss wants closer ties with allies amid ‘more insecure era’

Liz Truss wants closer ties with allies amid ‘more insecure era’

The Prime Minister suggested she would ‘work more closely’ with allied nations than Boris Johnson.

Murderer Russell Causley to face first public parole hearing in UK history

Murderer Russell Causley to face first public parole hearing in UK history

Causley was handed a life sentence for killing Carole Packman who disappeared in 1985.

Businesses await details of support to cope with soaring energy bills

Businesses await details of support to cope with soaring energy bills

Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg is expected to give details of the scheme on Wednesday.

Teenager claims she woke up to discover Benjamin Mendy’s friend raping her

Teenager claims she woke up to discover Benjamin Mendy’s friend raping her

The young woman said she had gone to Louis Saha Matturie’s flat near Manchester city centre with a friend in the early hours of April 8 last year.

Stephen Graham to star in TV drama chronicling foiled terror plot to kill MP

Stephen Graham to star in TV drama chronicling foiled terror plot to kill MP

The Walk In, which launches on ITV on October 3, chronicles the murderous plan and how it was foiled by antifascism campaign group Hope not hate.

Sleep quality more important than duration to stay healthy, research suggests

Sleep quality more important than duration to stay healthy, research suggests

Researchers found that people who do not get quality sleep or enough sleep are nearly three times as likely to fall ill with respiratory viruses.

UK’s first institute dedicated to early cancer research opens in Cambridge

UK’s first institute dedicated to early cancer research opens in Cambridge

The Early Cancer Institute (ECI) will house as many as 120 researchers who will focus on cancers that are hard to treat

Floral tributes for Queen to be composted and used in Royal Parks

Floral tributes for Queen to be composted and used in Royal Parks

Visitors will still be able to lay tributes but blooms which have already deteriorated will be moved to the Hyde Park nursery.

Labour MP Rosie Cooper to stand down, triggering by-election test for Liz Truss

Labour MP Rosie Cooper to stand down, triggering by-election test for Liz Truss

The MP for West Lancashire, said she had accepted the position of chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Teacher quitting rates higher in English secondaries than in Wales, report shows

Teacher quitting rates higher in English secondaries than in Wales, report shows

But the rate was lower in England for primary school classroom teachers, the National Foundation for Educational Research said.

Truss ‘willing to be unpopular PM’ with measures targeting economic growth

Truss ‘willing to be unpopular PM’ with measures targeting economic growth

Liz Truss confirmed she would be reversing the national insurance hike and axing the planned increase to corporation tax.

Biden slams ‘trickle-down economics’ as Truss plans to lift bankers’ bonus cap

Biden slams ‘trickle-down economics’ as Truss plans to lift bankers’ bonus cap

US President Joe Biden will meet Liz Truss in New York on Wednesday.

Government told to reinstate eviction ban during cost-of-living crisis

Government told to reinstate eviction ban during cost-of-living crisis

The Government must take a ‘two-pronged’ approach to get people off the streets and ensure vulnerable tenants do not end up on them, a report says.

Covid and poor access to NHS care ‘may be driving irregular heartbeat deaths’

Covid and poor access to NHS care ‘may be driving irregular heartbeat deaths’

The number of deaths registered in England and Wales due to cardiac arrhythmias was well above average for much of the first half of 2022.

MPs demand economic forecast alongside Kwarteng’s mini-budget

MPs demand economic forecast alongside Kwarteng’s mini-budget

The Tory chairman of the Treasury Committee said such data is needed to ‘provide reassurance and confidence to international markets and investors’.

Council tax could double on second homes in North Yorkshire

Council tax could double on second homes in North Yorkshire

Council bosses have agreed the plans which the full council will vote on in November.

Witness saw two people in layby where Renee MacRae’s car was found, court told

Witness saw two people in layby where Renee MacRae’s car was found, court told

William MacDowell, of Penrith in Cumbria, denies killing his son Andrew MacRae and the child’s 36-year-old mother Renee MacRae in November 1976.

PM gives chief of staff Mark Fullbrook her ‘full support’ amid FBI probe

PM gives chief of staff Mark Fullbrook her ‘full support’ amid FBI probe

Liz Truss’s chief of staff was questioned as a witness as part of an FBI probe into corruption claims in Puerto Rico.

Travel disruption expected as fresh rail strikes confirmed for October

Travel disruption expected as fresh rail strikes confirmed for October

Members of the drivers union Aslef at 12 companies will walk out on October 1 and 5.

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