Day: June 2, 2025
AI, drones and missile defence investment part of UK new defence plans
June 2, 2025Artificial intelligence, drones and a £1 billion investment in homeland missile defence are all part of the plans to keep the UK safe in the face of threats from Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the rise of China. There should be room for a “small uplift” in the number of full-time Army soldiers, and personnel in back-office […]
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New Madeleine McCann search to start in Portugal near prime suspect Christian Brueckner’s former home
June 2, 2025German police will lead the searches, expected to take place between Praia da Luz where the three-year-old vanished on May 3 2007 and a house near the holiday resort where prime suspect Christian Brueckner used to live. They will be the first in Portugal for more than two years following a near-week-long operation involving Portuguese, […]
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Inquiry launched into appointment of football regulator chairman
June 2, 2025The man set to lead the new football regulator faces an inquiry into his appointment following accusations of “cronyism” from the Conservatives. David Kogan, a media rights expert, was named as the Government’s preferred candidate to chair the Independent Football Regulator in April, and his appointment was endorsed by a cross-party committee of MPs last […]
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Why more than 50,000 passengers have booked on ‘flights to nowhere’ from UK airports like Heathrow and Gatwick
June 2, 2025Thousands have cured their fear of flying using a BA course PA Archive Nervous Londoners have been invited to take a ‘flight to nowhere’ from Heathrow Airport in a bid to cure their fears of flying. More than 50,000 people have booked onto British Airways’ Flying with Confidence Course since 1986 to try and overcome […]
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Man who died in supermarket shooting incident fired in the air as shoppers fled
June 2, 2025A man who died in a shooting incident at a shopping centre in Co Carlow had earlier walked through the retail premises firing a shotgun in the air, gardai have confirmed. Assistant Garda Commissioner Paula Hilman said the suspect, a white Irish man aged in his 20s, then shot himself outside the Fairgreen Shopping Centre […]
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Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian warplanes was a serious blow to the Kremlin’s strategic arsenal
June 2, 2025A surprise Ukrainian drone attack that targeted several Russian air bases hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers was unprecedented in its scope and sophistication for the first time reached as far as Siberia in a heavy blow to the Russian military. Ukraine said over 40 bombers, or about a third of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, were damaged […]
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Defence and gold in favour as FTSE 100 ekes out marginal gains
June 2, 2025The FTSE 100 eked out marginal gains on Monday as advances in defence stocks helped offset nerves surrounding renewed US-China trade tensions. The FTSE 100 index closed up 1.88 points at 8,774.26. The FTSE 250 ended up just 0.96 of a point at 21,028.97, and the AIM All-Share closed up 1.45 points, 0.2%, at 748.13. […]
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Map reveals 5 of the most affordable areas in London to buy a home under £300,000
June 2, 2025The words London and affordable housing are rarely, if ever, found in the same sentence – and many of us will spend our time in the Big Smoke renting. Now, a new interactive map has revealed the most affordable locations to buy a home – and there’s more (relative) good news than you’d think. Separating […]
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Police investigating Madeleine McCann case to conduct new searches
June 2, 2025Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will carry out fresh searches in Portugal. The Metropolitan Police say they are “aware” of the searches set to be conducted by German federal police in Portugal – where Madeleine disappeared while on holiday with her family in the resort of Praia da Luz 18 years ago. A […]
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Will Scotland ride the ‘Farage tsunami’ like England has?
June 2, 2025Nigel Farage has a track record of noisy, messy campaign visits to Scotland. After being famously hounded out of an Edinburgh pub in 2013, on Monday came the Aberdeen media conference in a fish restaurant to the soundtrack of “Farage is a racist” chants outside from the small, but vocal crowd. “We’ve not had this […]
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