22 h. ago Dundee United agree Iurie Iovu deal with further transfers in pipeline for Jim Goodwin ahead of Conference League test

The Tannadice club have thrashed out a fee to sign the Moldova international - who will pen a long-term deal at the club

Economics

27 h. ago Walking wounded told not to go to A&E as Labour plots £450m shake

Some 40 new same day emergency care and urgent treatment centres will be established across England to treat and discharge patients the same day as part of the Government's new plan.

Economics

36 h. ago Government promises quicker A&E times under plan to help end corridor care

A&E league tables will be published to drive up performance, according to the new plan for emergency care.

Politics

58 h. ago Trump issues travel ban barring US entry from 12 countries and signs order restricting student visas at Harvard – live

Order also restricts entries from seven other countries, as separate proclamation bars students from obtaining visas to enter country to attend HarvardTrump signs order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the USTrump signs proclamation to restrict foreign student visas at HarvardTrump orders inquiry into Biden’s actions as president over ‘cognitive decline’ reportsThe Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended their humanitarian parole, a temporary status granted to people on urgent humanitarian grounds, and ordered them to “self-deport”. Continue reading...

Politics

58 h. ago Trump suspends Harvard University's foreign student visa program for 'undermining' national security

President Donald Trump has officially declared he will restrict foreign nationals from studying at Harvard University.

Politics

60 h. ago UK must tackle energy bills as firms face £24bn in extra costs – CBI

CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith is calling on the Government to draw up a ‘serious plan’ to cut power bills and invest in energy security.

Economics

3 d. ago Manchester City agree €55m fee to buy Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders

Reijnders got 15 goals in Milan’s disappointing seasonHe is in line to become City’s first major summer signingManchester City’s promise of quick summer spending has begun with the agreement of a transfer fee with Milan for the Netherlands international midfielder Tijjani Reijnders.The 26-year-old will cost €55m – around £46m – and has already agreed personal terms for a five-year contract. He will become the first addition of the raft of signings the club chairman, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, pledged before City take part in the Club World Cup. A special transfer window has been opened for Fifa’s new competition. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Nato to force UK to lift defence spending to 3.5% of GDP to appease Trump, say sources

Starmer bound to accept Mark Rutte’s higher target after announcing ‘Nato-first’ defence strategy, insiders sayDefence sources believe that Britain will be forced to sign up to a target of lifting defence spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2035 at this month’s Nato summit after a campaign by the alliance’s secretary general to keep Donald Trump onboard.One senior insider said Britain would “without a doubt” sign up to a proposal from the Nato chief, Mark Rutte, to lift allies’ defence spending, which would represent a real-terms increase of about £30bn from the Labour government’s plan. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Student visas: London bosses slam 'misguided' plan for Government levy on universities' international fees

They are also calling for more investment to tackle the capital’s housing crisis

Politics

4 d. ago Outcry after Boston teen arrested by Ice agents on way to volleyball practice

Ice admits officials were seeking father of Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, 18, but agency chief defends detentionTrump administration officials sparked a massive protest on Sunday in a Boston suburb after immigration agents detained a high school student on his way to volleyball practice while they were seeking his father.The high schooler in question, 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, entered the United States on a student visa, according to a lawsuit filed on his behalf after his arrest. While his student visa status has lapsed, he is eligible for and intends to apply for asylum. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Ten year West Lothian plan raises concern as council given just weeks to agree

Councillors may have just over a month before they are asked to agree to a 1,000-plus pages draft of evidence to submit to the Scottish Government for a new Local Development Plan.

Politics

5 d. ago China blasts US for its computer chip moves and for threatening student visas

China has blasted the U.S. for issuing AI chip export control guidelines, stopping the sale of chip design software to China, and planning to revoke Chinese student visas

Events

5 d. ago 'New era of threat' warning as UK to buy combat aircraft for firing nuclear weapons

Government plan to buy combat aircraft capable of firing tactical nuclear weapon which would be a major sea change to combat Russia

Events

6 d. ago Hotel empire boss warns London's phone theft epidemic is 'scaring away tourists'

Greg Hegarty, co-chief executive of PPHE Hotels, has become the latest leading business figure to raise the alert about rampant crime in the UK capital.

Events

6 d. ago UK to build weapons plants and buy thousands of missiles in £6bn rearmament drive

The Government has pledged £1.5 billion as part of the strategic defence review into at least six munitions and energetics factories.

Economics

6 d. ago Government plan to build munitions factories to ‘better deter our adversaries’

The Government has pledged £1.5 billion as part of the strategic defence review into at least six munitions and energetics factories.

Politics

7 d. ago Harvard student from Wales feels ‘dehumanised’ after Trump’s block on international students

A Welsh Harvard University student says he feels “dehumanised” amid Donald Trump’s attempts to revoke the school’s right to host international students.

Politics

7 d. ago ‘My stomach just dropped’: foreign students in panicked limbo as Trump cancels visa interviews

State department move to cancel student visa interviews at all US embassies has shocked international scholars International students in the US: are you considering studying elsewhere?Students around the world who were gearing up to study in the United States this fall face growing uncertainty after the Trump administration temporarily halted student visa appointments this week.On Tuesday, a state department directive ordered US embassies globally to immediately stop scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it prepares to implement expanded social media screening for all international visa applicants. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago I fear Trump will cancel my visa, says British Harvard student, 20, 'who US President targeted in speech'

Alfred Williamson, 20, has been studying for a double major in physics and government but his stint at the prestigious US university has come under threat.

Politics

8 d. ago Rubio wants to ‘aggressively’ revoke Chinese student visas. Trump officials won’t say how they’re vetting them

Critics warn Trump’s latest maneuvers escalate a xenophobic campaign that risks serious brain drain

Politics