Flowers at the scene of the collision in Eltham, south-east London. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA Flowers at the scene of the collision in Eltham, south-east London. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA Officer investigated over death of woman and her unborn baby after collision with unmarked police car A Metropolitan police officer is under criminal investigation for potential driving…
A 92-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne, who died in Bristol almost 60 years ago. Ryland Headley, of Ipswich, appeared at Bristol magistrates court via video link from a police station on Wednesday morning. Dunne’s body was found by a neighbour inside her home in…
The House ethics committee is expected to meet on Wednesday to vote on releasing a report examining allegations of sexual misconduct against former Republican representative Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the US justice department. The panel has previously said it was investigating claims that Gaetz “may have engaged in sexual misconduct and/or illicit…
Tammy Faye, the musical created by Elton John, James Graham and Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, is to close on Broadway less than a month after its opening night. The show about the eponymous TV evangelist sold out at London’s Almeida theatre in 2022, received rave reviews and was nominated for best new musical at the…
Any lingering hope that the Bank of England might deliver a pre-Christmas interest rate cut next month appears to have evaporated, after official data showed inflation jumping to 2.3% in October. The CPI measure had been expected to tick up, after dipping to 1.7% in September, but 2.3% was stronger than expected. September’s reading was…
The Victorian government will spend $370m to build a massive solar and battery farm able to power more than 50,000 homes, which it says will be the first state government-owned energy project since the electricity grid was privatised in the 1990s. Jacinta Allan announced the new project in Horsham, in Victoria’s west, which is the…
With rates of some sexually transmitted infections in Australia on the rise, women will soon be able to test themselves for chlamydia and gonorrhoea at home – but sexual health experts have urged caution. Australia’s drugs regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), has approved the rapid home test for sale, and it is expected to…
HSBC is to launch its first UK “wealth centre” in London’s upmarket Mayfair district, offering more personalised banking services and exclusive events such as wine tastings as part of a drive to win more rich customers. The lender will take up two floors of the 16-storey Smithson Tower at 25 St James’s Street – close…
Policymakers have been “left in the dark,” by official jobs figures since the pandemic, which may have “lost” almost a million workers according to the thinktank Resolution Foundation. In a report, the thinktank said the regular snapshot from the Office for National Statistics may have painted an “overly pessimistic” picture of the UK labour market…
One of the UK’s biggest pension funds has lost more than £350m on a series of “calamitous” investments in incinerator power plants that are expected to go bust in the coming days. The Guardian understands that Aviva Investors will put three incinerators into administration this week after pouring millions of pounds into what has been…
