John Cleese has said his stage adaption of Fawlty Towers has been successful because 50 years on from the show’s 1975 TV debut it is still “funnier than anything else that’s on these days”. Cleese, 85 ...

Jury selection is starting for the retrial of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for alleged sex offences. The last time a New York City panel sat in judgment of Weinstein, the ex-movie studio boss was ...

Singapore’s parliament was dissolved, paving the way for general elections in which the city-state’s long-ruling People’s Action Party will seek to strengthen its dominance under prime minister ...

UK wages continued to grow after recent public sector pay increases while the number of job vacancies fell to their lowest level since the Covid pandemic, official figures have revealed. The Office ...

Officials have approved plans to connect new wind and solar farms to the power grid faster, which they hope will end years of gridlock for some projects. Regulator Ofgem is to scrap the current ...

The US federal government says it is freezing more than 2.2 billion dollars in grants and 60 million US dollars in contracts to Harvard University, after the institution said it would defy the Trump ...

Bobsbest reports… Always a popular fixture with racegoers, this year’s opener has the added interest of several new-to-Jersey horses. The entries also include a handful from UK training establishments ...

THE “unprecedented” tally of Asian hornet queens found and captured in Jersey so far this year continues to climb. Last week alone, 195 Asian hornet queens were found in the Island, according to the ...

A MAN has gone on trial in the Royal Court accused of raping and sexually assaulting a woman, and urinating on her – while taking photos of his actions. Michael John O’Brien (41) is said to have taken ...

UK pay growth remained elevated after recent public sector pay increases, official figures have revealed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said average weekly pay grew by 5.9% for the three ...

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks since the ...

The US is “working very hard” with the UK on negotiating a “great” trade deal, vice president JD Vance has said. US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports to the United States ...