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Exclusive: actor’s Papa Salt gin to get oyster-free version after venues says it is ‘not worth the risk’ Margot Robbie said she “couldn’t wait” to see the artisan gin brand she had created stocked in her London local. But the willingness of the capital’s venues to fulfil her dream has been seriously compromised by three words on the side of the bottle – “warning: contains molluscs”. The Wuthering…

Specialist lender’s shares plunge after short seller claims it will have to raise provision for car finance scandal Business live – latest updates The UK banking group Close Brothers is to cut about 600 jobs and roll out the use of AI “at pace” after posting further losses amid a mounting compensation bill for the UK motor finance scandal . The specialist lender said the cuts – almost a quarter o…

If confirmed, it would make Larijani the most senior Iranian figure to be killed in the war since Ali Khamenei. Plus, Oakland homicides down 48% from Covid peak Good morning. Israel says it killed Iran’s national security chief , Ali Larijani, in overnight strikes. If the claim is confirmed, it would make Larijani the most senior Iranian figure to die in the war since the supreme leader Ali Khame…

More than 100 others injured in bombings targeting post office, market areas and hospital in Maiduguri At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured in multiple suspected suicide bombings in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, shattering its reputation as a relative oasis of calm in recent years as a long-running insurgency was pushed to the rural hinterlands. Aut…

Donald Trump has vowed not to sign any other legislation until the passage of Save America act, which would create more barriers for voting Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Illinois voters on Tuesday will decide between a crowded field of Democratic candidates vying to be the state’s next senator as the midwestern state also nominates candidates for fi…

Effective closure of strait of Hormuz also affecting Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, which have brought in crisis measures Sri Lanka is introducing a shorter four-day working week to preserve its shrinking fuel and gas reserves, as the Middle East conflict continues to severely disrupt energy supplies in the region. Countries across south Asia are facing crippling shortages of fuel and LPG gas, w…

UKHSA says strain involved in outbreak that has killed two people is one that most people are not vaccinated against Government scientists have identified the type of meningitis behind a fatal outbreak in Kent as a strain that most people have not be vaccinated against. Gayatri Amirthalingam, the deputy director of immunisation and vaccine preventable diseases at the UK Health Security Agency (UK…

Britons learn about the country’s involvement ‘almost as a self-congratulatory narrative’, says historian Joseph Mulhern In 1845 British citizens and companies were already legally prohibited from owning or buying enslaved people overseas, yet that year 385 captives were “transferred” to a British mining company in Brazil named St John d’El Rey. Despite a global campaign waged by the UK against s…

If confirmed, death would make Larijani the most senior Iranian figure to be killed since Ali Khamenei on first day of war Middle East crisis – live updates Israel says it has killed a linchpin of Iranian politics, the national security chief, Ali Larijani, in overnight strikes, a claim that if confirmed would make him the most senior Iranian figure to die in the war since the supreme leader Ali …

Board members Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and Beth Ford face scrutiny for the coffee chain’s ongoing labor dispute Starbucks shareholders are pushing to remove two board members at the company who they argue have contributed to stalling the coffee chain’s long-fought-over union drive. The SOC Investment Group, Trillium Asset Management, Merseyside Pension Fund, the non-profit Shareholder Association for…

Exclusive: Early US assessment suggesting missile was Iranian was almost immediately dismissed, sources say Donald Trump ’s attempt to blame Iran for the deadly strike on an elementary school stemmed from an early US intelligence assessment that initially suggested the missile was Iranian but was almost immediately dismissed, according to two people familiar with the matter. The CIA initially tol…

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The number of people in England and Wales falling into insolvency has jumped. There were 11,609 individual insolvencies registered in England and Wales in February, the Insolvency Service has reported this morning. This was 18% higher than in February 2025 and 6% higher than in January 2026. The individual insolvencies consisted of 768 ba…

Emily Thornberry is the latest figure to call on the king’s visit to the US to be delayed, citing the ongoing war against Iran The House of Lords last night inflicted three defeats on the government over its plans to reform private pensions, the Press Association reports. PA says: The pension schemes bill aims to increase benefits for members of defined contribution schemes by providing them with…

Music’s most famous number is being repurposed to offer resources for patients and caregivers Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The telephone number immortalized in the enduring Tommy Tutone hit song 867-5309/Jenny has started connecting callers to a cancer support line – as one ad touting the news says it was time that music ’s most famous digits “did …

Michele Bullock says high inflation hurts everyone, but there still seems to be an extraordinary level of complacency about potential fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Reserve Bank has made some controversial calls over recent years, but hiking interest rates in the middle of a historic global energy shock is right up there. If…