3 h. ago Moment 'Britain's worst neighbour' climbs onto roof of home and pelts the owners with tiles while causing £200k of damage amid seven

Mark Coates, 57, smashed a hole through the roof of his semi-detached home before clambering out.

Economics

4 h. ago Moment 'human wrecking ball' climbed onto his neighbour's roof and tore off his tiles in seven year fence war

Mark Coates, 57, smashed a hole through the roof of his semi-detached home before clambering out.

Events

4 h. ago Neighbour from hell that judge branded a 'human wrecking ball' for climbing onto a roof to throw tiles at the family next door is jailed for four years

Mark Coates, 57, smashed a hole through the roof of his semi-detached home before clambering out.

Events

35 h. ago EU must brace for impact of Trump wrecking ball on global trading system | Heather Stewart

UK appears to be out of US eyeline for now but it would not be immune to slowdown triggered by rising tariffsForget the “Trump put”, as financial analysts called the bet that the US president’s policies would unleash a winning era for the nation’s stock markets. By Friday, the chat was of the “Merz spurt”.The decision by Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor-in-waiting, to cut a deal on ditching Germany’s debt brake – still to be confirmed by the outgoing parliament – marked a seismic shift. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state | Judith Levine

Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisonsLast week, the federal human resources department sent out a seven-page memo ordering agencies to submit detailed plans on how they will work with the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to slash their payrolls. To do this, they were to eliminate whole job categories – except one. Untouchable were positions “necessary to meet law enforcement, border security, national security, immigration enforcement, or public safety responsibilities”.While we’ve had our eyes on the wrecking ball–Doge pulverizing social services, environmental protection and scientific research, we’ve hardly taken notice of what is being constructed. In the footprint of the already shabby, now half-demolished US welfare state, the Trump administration is building a police state. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump and Elon Musk get Sean Hannity’s primetime propaganda for their constitutional wrecking ball

Analysis: The world’s wealthiest man spins his government siege as the will of the people but has no idea how government works

Politics