19+ hour, 49+ min ago   (580+ words) More than 800 hospitality businesses have written to the Prime Minister urging him to set out how he will introduce a lower rate of VAT. The VAT’s The problem campaign has called for the hospitality VAT rate to be reduced from…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (375+ words) Jeremy Clarkson and Sir Stephen Fry are among those who have called on the new Health Secretary to “change the story on prostate cancer” and review the rules on testing. The Clarkson’s Farm presenter, 66, is in remission after revealing on…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (236+ words) Monty Don has announced he will leave Gardeners’ World after more than 20 years. The broadcaster, 71, who joined in 2003, will leave the horticulture programme at the end of the current series later this year. He said: “I have decided that the…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (371+ words) The FTSE 100-listed company hailed a record financial performance in North America over the first half of the year. Technology provider Computacenter has revealed its profits nearly doubled after cashing in on demand for data centre equipment to power AI…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (358+ words) Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir previously told MLAs the cost could be as high as £700 million. Stormont’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister is set to learn the latest estimated cost of fixing environmental damage at the…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (981+ words) An ultrasound discovered the tumour when Joey Sharp was just days old. A mother has spoken of how her son narrowly survived a brain tumour that medics discovered only as they looked into a tiny fingernail infection. Sam Sharp, 39, gave…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (116+ words) Essex Police officers seized the supercar under Section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002. A Lamborghini which could be worth more than £200,000 has been seized by police after reports of dangerous driving in Essex. Essex Police had multiple calls on Saturday…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (750+ words) Experts said climate targets would be exceeded before the third runway is built, according to new modelling. Allowing a third runway to be built at Heathrow would “overshoot” the UK’s legally binding climate targets, according to a report. The plans…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (675+ words) A hotel owner said the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland is in ‘survival mode’. The VAT differential across the island of Ireland is putting hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland under pressure, a Westminster committee has heard. Businesses told the Northern…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (380+ words) Andy Burnham has blamed the rising cost of borrowing and market turbulence on the Tory record on rising debt and declared “we are turning that corner”. He took his first Prime Minister’s Questions after Government long-term borrowing costs were sent…...