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Airports want more people to arrive by trains and buses.When Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander approved Gatwick’s plans for a second runway, one requirement was to have 54% of passengers using public transport.Heathrow may also have to act to try and put people off driving to get a third runway.A London Gatwick spokesperson said drop-off charges were aimed at disincentivising “kiss and fly” trips and data indicated it was “influencing passengers to seek alternative options”.The airport links to 120 train stations across London and the south east, with eight local bus routes running 24/7, they said.Passengers can still be dropped off for free…
Millionaires including former footballer Gary Lineker and music producer Brian Eno have written to new prime minister Andy Burnham asking to be taxed more.In an open letter, 120 well-off Britons told Burnham: “We can afford it. We’re not talking about higher taxes on those who get up and go to work for their income every day, but on the very richest whose income is derived from the wealth they hold.”Organised by Patriotic Millionaires, the letter said it would lead to a more equal society, and urged a “devolution of wealth and power from the very richest”. People can already give…
The United States continued to hit Iran for a 12th consecutive night early on Thursday, and Iran retaliated, striking targets across the Gulf, particularly in Kuwait and Jordan.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that an explosion set a tanker ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after it attempted to navigate the southern route off the coast of Oman.Here is a recap of what happened on Wednesday night and Thursday.Where did the US attack Iran?US Central Command (CENTCOM) said at 02:30 GMT on Thursday that it concluded the latest round of strikes against Iran.It targeted Iranian military targets,…
Earlier, Scotland’s First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney wished Sarwar well in his “exciting new job” but he was critical of Burnham’s decision.Swinney said that giving Sarwar “a job for life in the House of Lords and a job in the UK government is in my view a very, very strange way of trying to rebuild the confidence of the public in politics”.Scottish Green Party co-leader Gillian Mackay called Sarwar a “chancer”, adding: “He has gone from promising to scrap the House of Lords to taking a seat in it.”He has spent years attacking the very institution he is…
Google parent Alphabet saw its business continue to grow in recent months, yet growing spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure put its leftover cash into negative territory.The company’s free cash flow, the cash it maintained after paying for operations and investments, came in at negative $5.9bn (£4.3bn) for the first time in at least a decade, according to its past financial records.Alphabet’s spending on AI is now expected to hit as much as $205bn this year, an increase from $190bn, as major tech companies race to build around a new wave of the technology. Meanwhile, Alphabet’s combined quarterly revenue hit…
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov ‘reaffirmed readiness’ for a political and diplomatic settlement to Russia-Ukraine war.Published On 23 Jul 202623 Jul 2026The top United States and Russian diplomats have discussed the war in Ukraine on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in the Philippines.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday in Manila, with Russian media reporting that the meeting was just over half an hour long.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe sit-down came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had spoken with US envoys in a…
A police officer who took his own life in May was a rapist who attacked at least nine women over 14 years.PC Alan Greer’s offending came to light when his first known victim, a woman he raped in her home in Glasgow in 2012 after she had called the police to report being the victim of a crime, reported the attack late last year.Her disclosure sparked one of Police Scotland’s biggest anti-corruption inquiries, which so far has uncovered a further eight victims, five of whom were sex workers, whom Greer attacked while off duty.A BBC Disclosure investigation has revealed that…
Civil servants working for government departments based in London have been offered relocation packages to encourage them to move to the North of England, the BBC understands.It comes as the first details are emerging about the new No 10 North, which Downing Street says is already up and running.The BBC has been told that the Northern branch of Downing Street will be overseen by cabinet minister and ally of Burnham, Louise Haigh.Haigh, who is the first secretary of state, is thought to have been asked to lead a new Office for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (OPMC), which will…
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Employer national insurance (NI) contributions for all under-25s should be cut to boost job opportunities for young people, a group of MPs has urged.The Work and Pensions Committee said it has heard “overwhelming evidence” that rising employment costs, including from employer NI, were reducing training and job vacancies, particularly for young people.Over one million 16 to 24-year-olds are not in education, employment, or training (known as Neet). The committee said an employer NI cut for all under-25s would tackle this “travesty”.The government said it was determined to create opportunities for young people, reform education and support people to stay and…