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  • 29 Oct 2018

    When he took office in 2010, George Osborne declared that the government’s aim was to eliminate the day-to-day budget deficit by 2015.

  • 28 Oct 2018

    Two years ago, Leicester City Football Club defied odds of 500:1 to win the Premier League – and fans took the billionaire owner to their hearts. Today they’ve been mourning those who perished in the helicopter crash which may also have claimed the life of the man who brought footballing glory to the city.

  • 27 Oct 2018

    With two days to go until the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers the Budget, Philip Hammond is planning a cash giveaway for small business owners. As much as £1.5bn is thought to have been earmarked to help the high street. The money is expected to be split between business rates relief for smaller companies and also a pot of…

  • 23 Oct 2018

    Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has poured scorn on Saudi Arabia’s attempt to explain the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a “rogue operation”, describing it as “a savage killing”. Mr Erdogan demanded the Saudis suspected of involvement should face justice in Turkey, although he stopped short of mentioning Crown Prince bin Salman directly. All this happened as an investment conference got…

  • 22 Oct 2018

    Was there a body double? Leaked CCTV footage shows a man appearing to be dressed as the journalist Jamal Khashoggi leaving the Saudi consulate in Istanbul shortly after he was killed. A Turkish official called it proof that the murder had been pre-planned and efforts were made to cover it up. Investigators are now searching a…

  • 21 Oct 2018

    The budget airline Ryanair is facing widespread outrage on social media after it apparently failed to remove a passenger who launched a racist tirade against a lady in the seat next to him and instead moved her. Another passenger filmed the incident which has now been watched over two million times online. Ryanair later said…

  • 20 Oct 2018

    Turkey says it will share its evidence about the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi with the rest of the worldm, vowing it would “never allow a cover up”.

  • 19 Oct 2018

    Staff at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul have been questioned, while a forest outside the city has been searched. Turkish officials investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi still haven’t found any clues as to his fate. Riyadh has roundly rejected allegations that it sent in a hit squad to dispose of his body.

  • 19 Oct 2018

    Former head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, discusses the Jamal Khashoggi case. The Saudi king and crown prince have denied any involvement in, or knowledge of, his disappearance.

  • 18 Oct 2018

    Reports from Turkey tonight suggest police are retracing the journey of a black van which may have removed the journalist’s body. The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, says he wants to give the Saudi authorities a few more days to investigate the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.

  • 17 Oct 2018

    In Istanbul, forensic teams have been looking for evidence after the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist.

  • 16 Oct 2018

    It’s two weeks since Jamal Khashoggi vanished from the Saudi consulate in Istanbul leaving his fiancee waiting outside. President Trump has sent his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Saudi Arabia, where he was assured a full investigation is under way, but no confirmation that the kingdom will blame “rogue elements” for Mr Khashoggi’s murder, a theory already floated…

  • 15 Oct 2018

    President Trump has dispatched his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Saudi Arabia to look into the disappearance of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr Khashoggi, who was a critic of the Saudi regime, hasn’t been seen since he went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul nearly two weeks ago. Mr Trump says “rogue killers” could be responsible for his disappearance because…

  • 13 Oct 2018

    Is it a strong warning or an empty one? Donald Trump has said he will get to the bottom of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi and there will be “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia murdered him. They deny it. The journalist – who is fiercely critical of the Kingdom’s rulers, disappeared after visiting a Saudi…

  • 12 Oct 2018

    Shale gas fracking in Lancashire is set to begin tomorrow after a judge in London refused to grant an injunction this afternoon to halt the operation. The failed legal challenge was brought by an environmental campaigner who claimed Lancashire County Council’s emergency response planning and procedures were inadequate. The judge said there was no “serious…