13 h. ago Major American Express update impacting British Airways customers

It was announced yesterday that only British Airways Premium Plus American Express cardholders — not those using the free British Airways American Express card — can now earn up to 2,500 tier points per year when using their card for everyday spending

Economics

14 h. ago British Airways reveals how you can use your Amex to earn points in new loyalty scheme

Tier points can be earned with a British Airways American Express Premium Plus credit card

Politics

41 h. ago Wimbledon hand £66,000 wild cards to three British teenagers and 35

Dan Evans, Jodie Burrage and Harriet Dart also given entry to main draw

Economics

67 h. ago Katie Boulter opens up over ‘awful’ online abuse sent to tennis players

British player talks about receiving toxic messages‘I don’t think there’s anything off the cards now’The British tennis No 2 Katie Boulter has lifted the lid on the level of abuse aimed at some players and revealed she and her family have received death threats.Boulter shared her experiences with BBC Sport to highlight the issue of players receiving toxic messages online. The 28-year-old’s examples included a message telling her to buy “candles and a coffin for your entire family” with a reference to her “grandmother’s grave if she’s not dead by tomorrow”, one stating she should “go to hell” as she had cost the poster money, and another stating “hope you get cancer”. Continue reading...

Sport

67 h. ago Katie Boulter reveals online abuse sent to her and other tennis players

British player talks about receiving toxic messages‘I don’t think there’s anything off the cards now’The British No 2, Katie Boulter, has revealed the level of abuse aimed at some players and said she and her family have received death threats. Boulter shared her experiences with BBC Sport to highlight players receiving toxic messages online.The 28-year-old’s examples included a message telling her to buy “candles and a coffin for your entire family” with a reference to her “grandmother’s grave if she’s not dead by tomorrow”, one stating she should “go to hell” as she had cost the poster money and another stating “hope you get cancer”. In 2014, Boulter detailed the harassment that can accompany a higher profile in the game. Continue reading...

Sport

6 d. ago British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecencyThe British Library is to symbolically reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader pass, 130 years after its trustees cancelled it following his conviction for gross indecency.A contemporary pass bearing the name of the Irish author and playwright will be officially presented to his grandson, Merlin Holland, at an event in October, it will be announced on Sunday. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Worried about weed: should London follow New York and decriminalise cannabis?

Almost 25 years after an experiment was ditched to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug, a rethink is on the cards – but the British government remains cautiousThe last time London dabbled in decriminalising cannabis, it brought one part of the capital to a brief but giddy high. In 2001, an enterprising Scotland Yard borough commander empowered his officers in Lambeth to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug for personal use – freeing them, according to the scheme’s proponents, to concentrate on more serious crimes.The softly-softly approach was controversial in some political and policing quarters, but wildly popular in the borough – and some of its results were dramatic. Over six months, more than 2,500 hours of police officers’ time were saved on processing cannabis arrests, while arrests for dealing class A drugs rose by almost a fifth. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Dani Dyer 'splashes out £20,000 on her wild Ibiza hen party including a boozy brunch, boat trip and raucous night out at swanky nightclub' ahead of lavish wedding to Jarrod Bowen

Sparing no expense with her lavish nuptials, the bride-to-be shared a glimpse of her wild celebrations on Instagram.

Society

last month "Give Him Aadhaar Card": Video Of British Man Selling 'Nariyal Paani' In London Goes Viral

"Give Him Aadhaar Card": Video Of British Man Selling 'Nariyal Paani' In London Goes Viral  NDTV

Politics