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Defence secretary warns this is ‘the critical year’ for Ukraine – as £450m in funding allocated

The defence secretary has said that 2025 is “the critical year” for Ukraine as he confirmed £450m in funding for a military support package....

Kara Alexander: Dagenham mother who murdered her two young sons in the bath jailed

A “skunk-smoking” mother who murdered her two young sons in the bath while in a psychotic state has been jailed for life with a...

Politics

Some good news for the British economy – but the celebration might not last long

We’ve been waiting for a while for the Office for National Statistics to deliver us some good news on the British economy – and...

Michael Gove handed peerage – as Jeremy Hunt and cricketer James Anderson knighted

Veteran cabinet minister Michael Gove has been awarded a peerage in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list. Mr Gove – now editor of The Spectator...

Business

UK economy grows in February – official figures

The economy lifted by half a percent in February, according to official figures, thanks in part to the manufacturing sector.

World

‘No way’ Trump guilty of inside trading, says ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Jordan Belfort

‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Jordan Belfort has told Sky News there’s “no way” Donald Trump is guilty of insider trading or market manipulation. Opponents...

World

Day 82: Stock market whiplash – did Trump’s friends get richer?

👉 Follow Trump 100 on your podcast app 👈 With markets tumbling again, President Trump has been meeting his cabinet – where more questions...

Politics

Starmer needs to publicly say Trump is wrong and give more reassurance over tariffs, Harriet Harman urges

Sir Keir Starmer needs to reassure the public more over tariffs – and tell them Donald Trump is wrong, Harriet Harman has said. Speaking...

Sports

Caps wrap up top seed in East with shootout win

ESPN News Services Apr 10, 2025, 11:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Tom Wilson scored his career-best 33rd goal of the season...

Sports

Cubs acquire lefty Cosgrove from Padres for cash

Associated Press Apr 10, 2025, 08:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs acquired left-handed reliever Tom Cosgrove from the San...

Sports

Braves’ Acuña to have knee reevaluated next week

Associated Press Apr 10, 2025, 09:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. will have his injured...

Sports

MLB Power Rankings: Mets, Cubs make huge leaps in Week 2

Apr 10, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s Week 2 of the 2025 MLB season, and while our top three teams are...

Sports

‘That’s just Ovi’: How a true original set a goal-scoring record

Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After Download the ESPN app and enable Emily Kaplan’s news alerts to receive push notifications for the latest...

‘It was a storm… now it’s a hurricane’: Has the cost of living crisis been forgotten?

With £99 a month to live off Aida has turned to a food bank. “It’s very difficult. Extremely difficult. But I have to live,”...

Sports

ND boosts recruiting class with 4-star DE Dunham

Eli LedermanApr 10, 2025, 04:43 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering...

Technology

Tesla shares retreat following sharpest rally since 2013

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wears a ‘Trump Was Right About Everything!’ hat while attending a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, D.C.,...

Helicopter crashes in Hudson River near Manhattan in New York

At least four people have died after a helicopter crash in New York’s Hudson River, according to three senior New Jersey and New York...

Politics

Starmer says government will fund further local grooming gangs inquiries if ‘needed’

The government will fund any further local inquiries into the grooming gangs scandal that are deemed necessary, Sir Keir Starmer has said. However, the...

Politics

Kemi Badenoch denies supporting local coalitions but says leaders must ‘do what they need to do’

Elected councillors must “do what they need to do” to serve the people, Kemi Badenoch said after she suggested Reform and the Tories could...

Technology

Trump tariffs mean higher prices, big losses for Amazon sellers that source from China

President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policy on April 2 didn’t just cause mayhem in the stock market. It sent Amazon sellers into a panic....