Supermarket works on basis that offers from US private equity firms CD&R and Fortress are not finalMorrisons has announced it is in talks with both of its US private equity suitors, as well as the UK’s Takeover Panel, which regulates acquisition ac…
US-led meeting to set out framework for Taliban cooperation
Talks involving up to 20 nations come as militants ignore calls to form inclusive government in AfghanistanThe US is convening an expanded group of western nations to set a framework for cooperation with the new Taliban government, amid fears that isol…
‘I was sliding towards the drop and couldn’t stop’ – the writer who fell from a mountain
It is every climber’s worst nightmare. In this extract from his thrilling book about the glorious – and treacherous – Cuillin Ridge on Skye, Simon Ingram recalls the day its wild peaks almost took his lifeI had been out of signal for most of the day, s…
Tory MPs call it reform, but the elections bill looks more like a heist
Alongside mandating voter ID, the government plans to keep the Electoral Commission – which oversees elections – in checkWhen judging a law that rewrites the rules of democracy, the test is not whether it does what the current government promises, but …
Man jailed for driving a car half a mile on railway track in Birmingham
Aaron O’Halloran’s ‘idiotic actions’ resulted in a 15-month sentence and delays on the line of up to eight hoursA man has been jailed for 15 months after driving a car half a mile down a railway track, causing passenger delays of up to eight hours.Aaro…
Cop26 will be ‘rich nations stitch-up’ if poorer countries kept away by Covid
Environmental activists demand delay to Glasgow climate talks if costs and travel restrictions block attendance of those worst-hitThe Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow should be postponed until the government can ensure that the talks won’t be a “rich na…
Boris Johnson squeezes working people in national insurance hike
The PM repeats his line ‘But a global pandemic wasn’t in our manifesto, either’ as he announces tax risesThe prime minister, once again, had to level with us. Flanked by his chancellor and health secretary, he kicked off with some truth bombs. NHS wait…
‘I am in the same boat’: anger and empathy greets Dungeness migrant arrivals
Hundreds of migrants are risking their lives once again to reach English shores, but a polarised reception awaits themThere were shouts of “lawbreakers” and “go home” as 15 migrants staggered on to the shingle of Dungeness beach in Kent, greeted by a h…
Two officers under investigation for alleged errors in search for student
One London officer is alleged not to have passed on medical information about Richard OkorogheyeTwo Metropolitan police officers have been placed under investigation for alleged errors made when Richard Okorogheye went missing, a fortnight before he wa…