UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had “diplomatic contact” with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime. Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)…
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UK: Airport strike action threatens Christmas flights
Christmas flights from Leeds-Bradford Airport could be under threat after Swissport employees announced plans to strike over pay. Nearly 50 Unite union members, employed as ramp agents at the airport,…
UK: Woman killed and two injured in London shooting
A woman has been killed and two men have been injured in a shooting in north-west London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports of a shooting at…
UK: Greenpeace and Shell settle over North Sea protest
The environmental group Greenpeace has reached an out-of-court settlement with Shell after protesters twice boarded one of its North Sea installations. The charity has agreed to pay £300,000 to the…
Thailand: British crash victim flown home thanks to appeal
A man who suffered life-changing injuries while working in Thailand has returned home after an appeal raised nearly £20k for a medical repatriation flight. Andy Davis, 33, from Stone, Staffordshire,…
UK: Three gang members jailed in biggest drugs operation
Three more members of an organised crime group (OCG) have been jailed following the UK’s largest investigation into drug smuggling. Prosecutors said they believed the gang smuggled heroin, cocaine and…
UK: Prince Andrew says he ‘ceased all contact’ with alleged Chinese spy
Prince Andrew has said he “ceased all contact” with a businessman accused of being a Chinese spy after receiving advice from the government. In a statement, his office said Prince…
Denmark: British trader found guilty of £1bn fraud
A British hedge fund trader has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in Denmark, after being found guilty of orchestrating a tax fraud that cost the Danish government more…
USA: Elon Musk’s Tesla lobbied UK to charge petrol drivers more
Elon Musk’s electric car firm Tesla pushed the government to make petrol car drivers “pay more” in the days after Labour won the general election. Musk, the chief executive of…
UK: Electric cars make up one in four sold in November
One in four cars sold in the UK last month was electric, according to industry figures, but new registrations were driven by steep discounting. Electric car sales grew in November…