9 d. ago Fears over US debt load and inflation ignite exodus from long

Investors have exited funds at fastest rate since 2020 at height of Covid pandemic

Economics

2 w. ago Covid alert: Catchy Nimbus variant DOUBLES in just one month, as total infections reach highest level this year

A highly contagious Covid variant is on the rise in the UK, with official data suggesting rates have doubled in a month.

Events

3 w. ago Glastonbury warning over 'superspreader' fears of world's most contagious disease

Glastonbury festival could be an epicentre for a highly infectious disease which is supposedly about to surge the the UK – with experts releasing stern warnings

Events

3 w. ago 'Poo pills' to be given to NHS patients in bid to combat dangerous super bugs

The so-called 'poo pills' are being trialled by UK doctors in a bid to combat the rising surge of dangerous superbug infections.

Science

4 w. ago Covid rates surge 97% as new infectious variant gains foothold in UK

Covid rates in the UK are surging as a new strain spreads - the NB.1.8.1 variant has been detected in at least 12 cases so far in Britain

Science

4 w. ago Covid surge in Asia sparks concern about emergence of more infectious variants

Authorities monitoring Omicron subvariants for driving surge

Science

4 w. ago Health chiefs' urgent warning over record highs of deadly measles

As cases rise in parts of England officials warn there could be a fresh wave of infections as Britons return from their summer holidays with measles surging in Europe.

Events

4 w. ago Jimmy Barnes: Defiant review – familiar but reliable territory from the indestructible rocker

If this album were any more 1990s, it would come with a Hawkeian cigar and a Rachel haircut“He’s been wondering lately, where did all the good times go?” While this line in the opening song on Jimmy Barnes’ new album is ostensibly about a couple struggling to make ends meet, it’s hard not to think of Barnes lying in a hospital bed, a recurring sight in recent years: recovering from infection, then hip surgery, then bacterial pneumonia, then open heart surgery, then hip surgery again but eventually “it’s a new day”, as Barnes sings on the second track, a sentiment delivered without a question mark.If you’re wondering where all the good times are, it seems Barnes’ answer is: wherever the hell I want them to be and, until it all ends, I’m going to be a rock star. Specifically a rock star of the late 80s and early 90s, when he didn’t have to dress down, à la grunge, or gloss up, à la ozone-depleting poodle metal, and instead slipped on a leather jacket and leaned into the camera as a fr...

Politics

last month UKHSA warning to parents travelling for summer holidays amid ongoing outbreak

Travelling for holidays could risk a surge in cases of a highly infectious disease, health officials warn

Events

last month A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern review – not your usual PM

New Zealand’s former prime minister is a refreshingly informal narrator of her remarkable rise and fallJacinda Ardern was the future, once. New Zealand’s prime minister captured the world’s imagination with her empathetic leadership, her desire to prioritise the nation’s happiness rather than just its GDP, and her bold but deeply human approach to the early stages of the pandemic (though her “zero Covid” strategy of sealing borders to keep death rates low came back to bite her). She governed differently, resigned differently – famously saying in 2023 that she just didn’t have “enough in the tank” to fight another election – and has now written a strikingly different kind of political memoir. It opens with her sitting on the toilet clutching a pregnancy test at the height of negotiations over forming a coalition government, wondering how to tell the nation that their probable new prime minister will need maternity leave.Ardern is a disarmingly likable, warm and funny narrator, a...

Politics