The US has more than doubled tariffs on $200bn (£153.7bn) worth of Chinese products, in a sharp escalation of the countries’ damaging trade war. Tariffs on affected Chinese goods have risen to 25% from 10%, and Beijing has vowed to retaliate. China said it “deeply regrets” the move and will have to take “necessary counter-measures.” […]
A man is to appear in court on Friday charged with the murder of Ian Ogle in January. The 40-year-old man was charged by detectives from the PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch. He is also being reported to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) for attempted intimidation. Ian Ogle, 45, died after he was stabbed and beaten in […]
School break times have been getting shorter over the past two decades, as teachers try to pack more lessons into the day, a long-term study suggests. Infants in England had 45 minutes less break time a week than in 1995, the University College London team found. Secondary pupils had lost 65 minutes over the same […]
A gun was fired outside a mosque in east London during Ramadan prayers. Police were called to reports of a man with a firearm entering the Seven Kings Masjid in Ilford on Thursday night. Worshippers ushered him out of the building and a gunshot – thought to have come from a “blank-firing handgun” – was […]
A replacement for how Britain’s emergency services communicate is set to go over budget by at least £3.1bn, a spending watchdog has warned. The Home Office has already delayed switching off the existing system by three years to 2022. But the National Audit Office (NAO) has raised doubts about whether the project will be ready […]