Scottish craft brewery BrewDog has announced that it plans to close 10 of its bars – including the first one it ever opened. The firm – best-known for its trademark Punk IPA pale ale – says it will close the branches that it says are no longer ‘commercially viable’. Staff at the affected bars were […]

There are times you wonder how these people are still on the streets, even given what you know about the streets they’re on. I mean, Los Angeles and California at large has been notorious for decades for ever loosening standards of severity when it comes to criminals and the punishment they receive for their […]

Rachel Reeves dodged on whether the tax burden could go even higher today – as government borrowing hit a new record for June outside of Covid. Challenged on whether taxes at 38 per cent of GDP represented a ‘ceiling’, the Chancellor stressed that her rules only covered spending and debt. Appearing before peers, she suggested the level […]

They share a fondness for horses with the late Queen Elizabeth II, so it was no surprise that the King and Queen looked right at home on Tuesday as they visited The National Stud in Newmarket. Charles, 76, and Camilla, 78, were pictured meeting racehorse Stradivarius, who has won 18 Group wins – more than any other European […]

An armed police officer filmed on CCTV kicking a suspect in the head at Manchester Airport may still face criminal charges, a court heard today. PC Zachary Marsden has admitted kicking Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and then aiming a stamp near his head during the confrontation last July. Along with two female colleagues he had been […]