Huntingdon train stabbing latest: two British suspects arrested

suspects arrested after knife attack

Two British Transport Police officers are currently in attendance at Peterborough station. Forensic teams are continuing to comb the scene at and around Huntingdon station, including the car park, as investigations continue. Passengers travelling to Huntingdon are being advised to use the rail replacement bus service, which is operating from outside Peterborough station, while trains…

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US ambassador sacked after Epstein emails

US ambassador sacked after Epstein emails

Queen Elizabeth II beams down in a striking 2014 photograph by David Bailey from one side of Edwin Lutyens’s perfectly proportioned ballroom in the newly refurbished British embassy in Washington DC. Directly opposite, a 1590 portrait of Elizabeth I stares back enigmatically. The most arresting feature, however, is also the most daring. Near the entrance…

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Thames Water rescue in limbo after KRR pulls out

UK bond yields rise after Starmer reshuffle

The prime minister’s reshuffle, which sees Darren Jones, chief secretary to the Treasury, moved to No 10 to oversee day-to-day delivery of the PM’s priorities, and Minouche Shafik, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, become economic adviser to the prime minister, has not gone down well with the market. Bond yield spreads between…

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Defence stocks rise after UK spending pledge

Defence stocks rise after UK spending pledge

The Co-op will stop sourcing carrots from Israel and a number of other products from other “countries of concern” such as Russia. The supermarket chain said it would stop sourcing produce, where possible, from countries where there are “internationally recognised community-wide human rights abuses and violations of international law”. The 17 countries on its list…

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