68 h. ago Over 100 of Britain's biggest athletes send powerful letter to Keir Starmer: 'Not a risk'

In a powerful open letter to the Prime Minister, Olympic champions, global medallists and rising stars have called on the government to back the bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships at the London Stadium with £45million of funding

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4 d. ago The Scots inventor of an early typewriter and a "magical letter" home from New York

A letter send home to Scotland from New York more than 150 years ago hints that one of the earliest typewriters may have been invented in the industrial powerhouse of Paisley decades before the machines first came on the market.

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1 week ago Inside Rose West's lonely prison wife as serial struggles to walk

Rose remains an inmate at women’s only HMP New Hall in West Yorkshire and has since changed her name to Jennifer Jones

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1 week ago Inside the lonely prison life of Rose West as she struggles to walk and is shunned by everyone... except the serial killer's twisted fans who send her letters

Rose and her husband Fred remain among Britain's most prolific serial killers, after they carried out a campaign of abuse so vicious that they were branded 'the epitome of evil.'

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2 w. ago HMRC send letters to UK households who had children between 1978 and 2000

HMRC has identified a historic error which has left thousands of women underpaid on their state pension. The tax arm is now writing to them to let them know they are due a payout

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3 w. ago Trump says US will unilaterally set tariff rates for some of its trading partners

President says letters revealing rates will be sent out within weeks as US lacks capacity for individual dealsBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has said the US will send letters to some of its trading partners to unilaterally impose new tariff rates, suggesting that Washington lacks the capacity to reach individual trade deals.Highlighting the challenge for the White House to negotiate deals with scores of countries at once, Trump said it was “not possible to meet the number of people that want to see us”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump says US will unilaterally set new tariff rates for scores of countries

President says letters revealing rates will be sent out within weeks as Washington lacks capacity for individual dealsBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has said the US will send letters to some of its trading partners to unilaterally impose new tariff rates, suggesting that Washington lacks the capacity to reach individual trade deals.Highlighting the challenge for the White House to negotiate deals with scores of countries at once, Trump said it was “not possible to meet the number of people that want to see us”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump hails trade deals amid report the US will send letters to about 150 countries setting out new tariffs – US politics live

President claims he has made agreements worth more than $200bn with the UAE; US to send letters over next few weeks telling countries their new ratesUS government records reveal Latin American leaders have spent millions hiring Washington’s top lobbyists to push for a laundry list of requests – from free-trade deals, security assistance and energy investments – heard by the Trump administration, according to an analysis by the Guardian and The Quincy Institute.Since the lead-up to Donald Trump’s election as president in November 2024, Department of Justice records show that at least 10 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have registered their top officials and envoys as foreign principals under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (Fara). Fara aims to promote transparency by requiring those working as foreign agents to disclose their activities and compensation.Trump said that, while “150 countries” wanted to agree deals, “it’s not possible to meet the number of people that w...

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