2 h. ago Aldi announces major change shoppers will notice in all UK stores from next week

Shoppers will spot the change across a number of Aldi's aisles

Politics

2 h. ago Globetrotting Gavin Cromwell out to scoop second major international prize inside a week

The Gold Cup-winning handler sent Stumptown to conquer the Velka Pardubicka in the Czech Republic and this weekend Ballysax Hank runs in the American Grand National

Politics

3 h. ago Driverless taxis will operate in London 'within weeks' in major milestone for city's transport ambitions

Waymo, which is owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, plans to launch its autonomous vehicles in the capital next year after rivals Uber and Wayve announce trials

Politics

5 h. ago Driverless taxis coming to London in 2026 with promises of 'safer roads'

Driverless taxis coming to London in 2026 with promises of 'safer roads'  Brent & Kilburn Times

Transport

5 h. ago Forget Uber, Waymo’s driverless taxis will arrive in London in 2026

Forget Uber, Waymo’s driverless taxis will arrive in London in 2026  Top Gear

Politics

6 h. ago Driverless taxis to operate on London's roads from next year

Driverless taxis to operate on London's roads from next year  Sky News

Transport

7 h. ago Driverless taxis are coming to London's streets in the Spring

Driverless taxis are coming to London's streets in the Spring  London Centric | Jim Waterson

Politics

9 h. ago London becomes first European city to get driverless taxi service

London becomes first European city to get driverless taxi service  The Independent

Politics

10 h. ago Driverless taxis from Waymo will be on London’s roads next year, US firm announces

Cars with human safety drivers will appear in coming weeks as permissions are sought for fully autonomous ridesDriverless taxis from Waymo will be available for hire on London’s roads next year, the US company has announced.The UK capital will become the first European city to have an autonomous taxi service of the kind now familiar in San Francisco and four other US cities using Waymo’s technology. Continue reading...

Economics

10 h. ago Waymo’s driverless taxis will be on London’s roads by next year

Waymo’s driverless taxis will be on London’s roads by next year  The Times

Transport

18 h. ago US and China begin collecting port fees on each other’s vessels amid trade war

A return to an all-out trade war appeared imminent last week, after China announced a major expansion of its rare earths export controls

Events

24 h. ago Road to nowhere: Prankster sends 50 Waymo driverless taxis to dead

Riley Walz, a young software engineer, announced that he was behind the stunt

Events

28 h. ago Albert Herring review – ENO heralds new era with witty staging of Britten’s story of a mummy’s boy

Coliseum, LondonEnglish National Opera’s first shared production between London and Salford is a fluent and finely sung take on Britten’s 1947 comic opera. Antony McDonald’s lively staging gives the slender tale a sitcom feelThis is English National Opera’s first production shared between London and Greater Manchester – where the company has been obliged to plan to move its base, following Arts Council England’s diktat. The choice of a relatively small-scale opera – necessary in the circumstances – means it was never going to be the kind of show to announce the new era with a bang. Albert Herring is Britten’s 1947 work based on a slender 19th-century French story about a mummy’s boy suddenly finding freedom calls for only a small orchestra and no chorus, so the company won’t be heading en masse to Salford next week. It’s regular fare at music colleges thanks to its large and even cast, but this staging, surprisingly, is an ENO first.Billing Antony McDonald’s production as a semi-sta...

Politics

52 h. ago The major A road closures across south east London and Kent this week

The major A road closures across south east London and Kent this week  This Is Local London

Politics

56 h. ago King Charles announces major historic event taking place in just weeks

King Charles and Queen Camilla have confirmed another international leader will be heading to the UK very soon for a state visit.

Politics

58 h. ago King Charles makes major announcement on historic event happening in just weeks

Less than one month after the US state visit, the King and Queen have confirmed that another international leader will be heading to UK shores later this year

Politics

4 d. ago Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majorityGordon Brown was UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010Nigel Farage portrays his Reform UK party as a unique phenomenon that has burst on to the global stage, its meteoric rise an exceptional epochal event. But this week, in every one of Europe’s major countries and from India and Thailand to the US and Argentina, hard-right, anti-immigrant, anti-globalisation parties like his are also ahead in the opinion polls.In last Saturday’s Czech elections, the rightwing, pro-Putin populist Andrej Babiš toppled prime minister Petr Fiala. National Rally, which has just brought down yet another French prime minister, is leading the polls for both the French presidency and parliament. In Germany, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is currently the most popular party. Hungary’s Fidesz party, Robert Fico’s pro-Russian Slovakian coalition and the Brothers of...

Culture

5 d. ago NATO begins a big nuclear exercise next week. Protecting the weapons is a key part of the drill

NATO has announced that its major annual nuclear exercise, "Steadfast Noon," is starting next week

Events

6 d. ago Major high street retailer to close Greater Manchester store next week

It comes after the retailer closed another Greater Manchester store last week

Politics

7 d. ago Major European city to be paralysed by airport strikes next week

The city's airports are set to grind to a halt on October 14, as strikes by security and ground staff are set to prevent all departing flights from taking off from the European aviation hubs.

Events