MPs from all parties call for tourist tax to be axed as Liz Truss and Sadiq Khan claim the fee puts Britain at a ‘competitive disadvantage’ with rest of Europe Liz Truss led a growing clamour of calls from MPs demanding tax-free shopping  Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said it would ‘turbo-charge Britain’s high […]

Government will take legal action against Royal College of Nursing over planned strike A 48-hour strike was due to run from April 30 to May 2 after RCN rejected offer Steve Barclay said he was ‘regretfully’ declaring May 2 action as unlawful  Action could be unlawful because RCN strike mandate expires on May 1  The […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Nairobi: Thirty-nine bodies have been found so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers of a Christian cult they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. First published in The Age on April 26, 1923 A DAY OF MEMORIES Pride in the Glory of Anzac’s Youthful Heroes WHOLE NATION STANDS STILL IN SILENT TRIBUTE Australian troops rest in one of the gullies leading up […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Khartoum: Foreign governments have evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. While world powers like […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Kyiv: Ukrainian military forces have successfully established positions on the eastern side of the Dnieper River, according to a new analysis, giving rise to speculation that the advances could be an early sign of Kyiv’s long-awaited spring counteroffensive. […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. London: Beijing appeared to distance itself from controversial comments made by its ambassador in France, Lu Shaye, who sparked outrage across Europe when he said the Baltic states have no effective status as sovereign countries. Lu Shaye’s comments […]

By Peter FitzSimons Tom Vernon Garrett, grandfather of Australian rocker Peter Garret, was one of many Australian prisoners of war who went down with the Montevideo Maru. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It is the wee hours of July 1, 1942. In the […]

Labour moves to force Home Secretary into deporting terrorists who enter Britain by small boat after Daily Mail revealed 19 terror suspects are living in UK having crossed the Channel Five foreign nationals linked to the Islamic State had reached the UK last year Plans to use redundant Essex RAF site to house asylum seekers […]

Are Extinction Rebellion changing tactics? Thousands from across Britain gathered outside parliament for the first day of ‘The Big One’ – a four-day protest demanding faster action on climate change WITHOUT disruption Extinction Rebellion activists kept mainly to sidewalks at the Westminster event The calmer protest brought out many supporters who had not previously joined  […]