More than a hundred jobs could be cut from the organisation in charge of vetting people for security clearance as the Government looks to slim down the Civil Service. The …
August 2025
Lammy and Vance host national security advisers ahead of Trump-Putin summit
The Foreign Secretary will host a meeting of allied national security advisers on Saturday as Donald Trump pushes for a peace deal in Ukraine. Downing Street announced that the meeting …
The fabulously old school Bangkok hotel with proper Thai hospitality
Amari Bangkok hotel review: impressively fresh thinking from this Bangkok hotel entering its fifth decade Walking into the Amari Bangkok, you enter into a spectacular atrium where there is dozens …
Motor finance: Lords sound alarm on FCA’s redress scheme
The House of Lords’ Financial Services Regulation Committee has sounded the alarm on “market uncertainty” around the UK financial watchdog’s upcoming motor finance redress scheme. In a letter addressed to …
Amazing Miami, from incredible food to miles of beaches and modern art
Given that Florida’s most famous resident is a six-foot talking mouse, and its second most recognised face is that of a President who’s never more than three words away from …
Inside the ‘Venice of the Cotswolds’, a short distance from London
Taylor Swift retreated here after her Wembley shows, and Ellen Degeneres is the latest A-Lister to flee Trump by moving to the Cotswolds, already home to the Beckhams, Kate Moss, …
River Island saved from brink of administration but stores to close
High street retailer River Island has been saved from the brink of administration after a High Court judge approved its restructuring plan. River Island’s plan includes reducing rents – some …
Democracy is under threat in Spain
The Montoro affair has exposed a systemic corruption within Spain’s tax agency, where it is weaponized for political and private gain by successive governments, thereby threatening the very foundations of …
Interest rates likely to remain higher for longer
Markets are indicating interest rates are set to stay higher for longer than expected after the Bank of England’s “hawkish cut” and gloomy inflation and growth forecasts shocked City analysts. …
Kate Waugh eyes home success at London T100 Triathlon
Kate Waugh is the great-granddaughter of an All Black and daughter of a record-breaking hurdler, so perhaps it should be no surprise that she is blazing her own trail in …