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Liz Truss sticks by plan but admits mistakes, and says top-rate tax cut was chancellor’s idea

Liz Truss has admitted that she “should have laid the ground better” for the government’s tax-cutting mini-budget after the pound slumped to a record...

Politics

Liz Truss sticks by plan but admits mistakes, and says top-rate tax cut was chancellor’s idea

Liz Truss has admitted that she “should have laid the ground better” for the government’s tax-cutting mini-budget after the pound slumped to a record...

Liz Truss insists she is right ‘to do things differently’ – amid reports chancellor attended champagne party

Liz Truss has doubled down on her controversial tax-cutting agenda, telling Conservative rebels that she is “going to do things differently” and that “there...

Politics

Liz Truss insists she is right ‘to do things differently’ – amid reports chancellor attended champagne party

Liz Truss has doubled down on her controversial tax-cutting agenda, telling Conservative rebels that she is “going to do things differently” and that “there...

Environment

London Marathon: 50,000 runners (including man dressed as tree) set to take part in largest-ever London Marathon

The London Marathon is taking place today – and with more than 50,000 people set to take part, it’s on course to break records...

Environment

First official photo of King and Queen Consort alongside Prince and Princess of Wales released

Buckingham Palace has released the first official photograph of the King and the Queen Consort standing alongside the new Prince and Princess of Wales....

Environment

Climate activist ‘pours human faeces’ on Captain Sir Tom Moore memorial in protest over private jets

Footage appears to show a climate activist pouring human faeces on a memorial for Captain Sir Tom Moore. The 21-year-old woman in the video...

Sports

College Football Playoff picks after Week 5

12:10 AM ET ESPN staff The number of unbeaten teams remaining in major college football has now dipped below 20, but when it comes...

Sports

How the Kraken kept their new mascot Buoy a secret

9:37 PM ET SEATTLE — A presentation was taking place inside a conference room at the Seattle Kraken‘s practice facility when one of the...

Hurricane Ian: 77 killed and many unaccounted for after one of strongest, costliest storms in US history

At least 77 people have been confirmed dead after Hurricane Ian struck the US – with rescuers desperately searching for survivors among the ruins...

No calm after the storm as Floridians scramble for basics after Hurricane Ian

As we drove towards Fort Myers, what struck me first was the traffic. We were one of thousands of cars trying to get into...

Hurricane Ian: An entire seafront levelled – no one expected this storm to be so vicious and so damaging

It is the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico that bring people to Fort Myers Beach – but on Wednesday afternoon, they unleashed the fury...

Politics

Liz Truss to face wretched week at Tory Party conference after mini-budget turmoil

Liz Truss is set to face a wretched week at the Tory Party conference after the disastrous reaction to Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-cutting mini-budget. The...

Sports

Allmendinger edges out Mayer to win Talladega

7:08 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — AJ Allmendinger finally won his first race on a superspeedway with a last-lap pass that allowed...

World

At least 127 killed after riot breaks out at football match

At least 127 people have been killed after a riot at a football match in Indonesia, a police official has said. The violence broke...

Politics

Liz Truss and Tories’ approval ratings take another hit in fresh poll

Liz Truss and the Tories’ approval ratings have again plummeted in a fresh poll – as Labour jumped to a 19-point lead. The Opinium...

Sports

Alabama QB Young leaves with shoulder injury

4:50 PM ET Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, appeared to injure his throwing shoulder during the second quarter of the...