Javokhir Sindarov is already the clear favourite to win the 2026 Candidates in Cyprus and to challenge India’s Gukesh Dommaraju for the world crown after the Uzbek grandmaster, 20, began the ...

Sales of used electric vehicles are surging in the US as models bought during a post-pandemic boom flood back on to the market, offering prospective buyers relief from a sharp rise in petrol prices.

The Iran war has brutally exposed Britain’s lack of military readiness and shortage of defence assets, with its navy unable to immediately deploy an advanced warship even after a UK air base on Cyprus ...

A growing number of hospitality venues are discouraging or even banning phones for the sake of customers. The French House in London’s Soho has long maintained a policy of no ph ...

Last week, Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer both gave big speeches to the nation. Trump’s effort reminded me of Macbeth’s ...

In this valley oasis, Marina O’Loughlin finds the food superb, the bedtimes early and the locals determined to keep it that way ...

European fast fashion is entering its sensible era. Competition from Shein and Temu, the rise of second-hand shopping and stronger online offerings from H&M and Zara have shrunk revenue at former UK ...

For the past month, the prevailing view in liberal circles has been that Donald Trump’s war in Iran has irreparably fractured ...

Excessive spending to cushion soaring prices would have ‘serious fiscal implications’, says economy commissioner ...

Chief secretary to prime minister is less central to Starmer’s Number 10 operation after arrival of new head of civil service ...

Lord King was talking about central bankers’ ability to move markets with words, changing the restrictiveness of policy while allowing central bankers to glide along doing nothing. It was, he said, ...

We’re at a tipping point in Plymouth,” said Tudor Evans, the city’s Labour council leader, looking out over Plymouth Sound, where Drake set out in 1588 on his mission to defeat the Spanish Armada. “We ...