Aston Martin to cut 20% of workforce in effort to save £40m
Details emerge after struggling carmaker reports pre-tax losses of £363.9m for 2025 The luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda is to cut its workforce by 20% as it looks to save about £40m after reporting widening losses.The group, which said earlier this month it was consulting on the latest redundancy programme, said it would reduce its workforce by up to a fifth after action at the start of last year that cut 170 jobs. Continue reading...
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Gorton and Denton byelection campaign hits final day with new poll saying it is too close to call who will win – UK politics live
Opinium poll says it is ‘incredibly tight’ between Reform UK, Greens and Labour and all have a credible chance of winning Annual energy bills will fall by £117 for millions of households from April after Rachel Reeves’s plan to cut £150 a year from bills was partly foiled by rising costs, Jillian Ambrose reports.Good morning. It is the last full day of campaigning in the Gorton and Denton byelection and a new poll is out which suggests – that it is too close to call, and that the Green party, Labour and Reform UK all have a credible chance of winning. Continue reading...
Ukrainian negotiators to meet with US representatives on Thursday, Zelenskyy says – Europe live
Ukrainian president tells reporters that negotiators are expected to meet with the US later this weekIf you expected some big lines on Ukraine or Europe from Trump’s State of the Union address overnight, well, there was hardly anything – but he did speak positively about Nato.Here are the key bits, via this NPR transcript of his speech.Nato countries, our friends and allies, and they are -- they’re our friends and they’re our allies, have just agreed at my very strong request to pay 5 percent of GDP for military defence rather than the 2 percent, which they weren’t paying; we were paying for almost all of them. … Now they’re paying five as opposed to not paying for it. … And getting that 5 percent was something which everyone said would never be done, could not happen. We got it really easily with one meeting and [it’s] a big difference between 2 percent that’s not paid.We were paying the freight of many of them. Very few were paid out. Now 5 percent then they’re paid. And everything we send over to Ukraine is sent through Nato and they pay us in full. They pay us totally in full.“And we’re working very hard to end the ninth war, the killing and slaughter between Russia and Ukraine, where 25,000 soldiers are dying each and every month.Think of that, 25,000 soldiers are dying a month. A war which would have never happened if I were president, would have never happened. As president, I will make peace wherever I can, but I will never hesitate to confront threats to America wherever we must.” Continue reading...
World Cup fans visiting Mexico face 'no risk' after cartel violence, says president
Mexico's president has insisted there is "no risk" to fans coming to the country for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, after the killing of a cartel boss sparked days of violence.
Key takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union address
President Donald Trump used his State of Union address to talk up his successes & railed against Democrats.
Senegal prime minister decries Morocco’s jailing of fans after AFCON final
Morocco sentenced 18 Senegalese football fans last Thursday following disturbances at the Africa Cup of Nations final.
Syria faces twin battles as Assad loyalists and ISIL attack in west, east
A shadowy armed group linked to regime remnants launched an attack on security positions in Latakia.
Rescuers search for missing after storm deluge kills 30 in Brazil
Record rains trigger floods and landslides in Brazil, killing 30 as rescuers search for dozens missing.
Evelyn Araluen wins $125,000 for ‘politically uncompromising’ poetry at Victorian premier’s literary awards
Poet’s second collection The Rot won the Victorian prize for literature and the Indigenous writing categoryGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailEvelyn Araluen has won both the $100,000 Victorian prize for literature and the $25,000 Indigenous writing category at this year’s Victorian premier’s literary awards, for her second poetry collection The Rot.Selected from almost 700 books entered for the prize, The Rot won the two awards on Thursday night, having also been shortlisted in the poetry category. The Goorie and Koori poet won the 2022 Stella prize, and was shortlisted for three premier’s literary prizes, for her debut collection Dropbear.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...
Student loan crisis in England and Wales is a scam on graduates, say angry MPs
Debate to take place in Westminster as some backbench Labour members join calls for a shake-up of the systemAngry backbench Labour MPs have attacked ministers over the student loans crisis, claiming graduates are being “outrageously scammed”.Ahead of a Commons Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday morning, some Labour MPs joined calls for an urgent shake-up of the current “unfair” system. Continue reading...