Autos (UK) The best used hard-top convertibles for year-round useThe Telegraph - By Alex RobbinsIt’s widely known that when spring arrives, convertible buyers head out in their droves, anxious to nab themselves a prime soft-top in time for summer. Well, most do; the thinking convertible buyer waits
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Babies New Zealand's speaker feeds colleague's baby during debateThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersPhotos of New Zealand's parliamentary speaker cradling a colleague's baby as he presided over a debate have drawn praise on social media. Trevor Mallard, speaker in the country's House of Representatives,
Personal Finance (UK) PPI payout deadline: court ruling opens door to claims after 29 AugustThe Telegraph - By Adam WilliamsThe official deadline for making a claim against the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) is one week away – but a major court victory could mean consumers can earn a payout from their bank
Investing Questor: is this the world’s most thorough system of fund research?The Telegraph - By Richard EvansQuestor investment trust bargain: a little-known consultancy subjects fund managers to extraordinary levels of scrutiny. This is how readers can benefit Apologies, but it will take some time before we
Play buttonBoris Johnson 'Wir schaffen das!': Boris Johnson draws eyeroll from Angela Merkel by echoing election sloganThe Telegraph - By Justin HugglerBoris Johnson drew one of Angela Merkel's weary eyerolls in Berlin on Wednesday night as he uttered one of her election slogans in German at his first international press conference. The Prime Minister
Dustin How dangerous is teen drinking? A former addict turned top neuroscientist explainsThe Telegraph - By Rachel CockerJudith Grisel’s first drunken experience was no different to that of most middle-class teenagers – having had the odd sip at family gatherings, she and a friend managed to get their hands on a bottle wine
Business (UK) Cobham's £4bn sale to earn £220m in fees for banks and advisersThe Telegraph - By Alan ToveyCobham’s proposed sale will rack up fees of almost £220m for banks and other advisers if the purchase of the FTSE 250 aerospace and defence company by a US-led private equity consortium goes ahead. The
Emmanuel Macron Three truths on the economy for Boris Johnson to tell Emmanuel Macron in ParisThe Telegraph - By Tim WallaceThe Prime Minister is on a tour of Europe’s power centres. Even as officials are to step back from day-to-day EU meetings - there is not much point attending since Britain is leaving in October - he is
Brexit This chaotic global era will be a golden age for an independent Brexit BritainThe Telegraph - By Sherelle JacobsBrexit is not the storm; it is the journey through the storm. Our island may be convulsing from the slow-drip torture of leaving the EU, but it is also shuddering through a global tempest. In particular,
Alan Dershowitz Alan Dershowitz: Duke must fight Epstein sex claims in public - like meThe Telegraph - By Nick AllenAlan Dershowitz, the high-profile American lawyer who has denied allegations against him by Jeffrey Epstein's alleged "sex slave," said the Duke of York should follow his example and make his case publicly.
Carbon Lack of ‘green’ tech means the UK will miss its carbon target, warn MPsThe Telegraph - By Hannah BolandBritain will not meet its legally-binding targets to cut greenhouse gases to "net zero" by 2050 without "urgent action", MPs have warned, as progress is hampered by cutbacks and delays. The Science and
HS2 The government is right to ask whether the benefits of HS2 can justify its spiralling costsThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ViewThe HS2 fast-rail link between London, the Midlands and the North is an ambitious project for an ambitious nation. It is the sort of infrastructure scheme that we have become increasingly reluctant to
Brexit Amid the Brexit fog, foreign buyers are snapping up British firms on the cheapThe Telegraph - By Ben MarlowBoris Johnson has been drinking in the wrong pubs. While the Prime Minister was sharing a pint with shouty Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin last month, the chain’s far bigger rival, Greene King, was in talks
Financial Crisis Now the US has relaxed a rule banks hate, will they start making the sort of dodgy bets that sparked the financial crisis?The Telegraph - By Lucy BurtonPaul Volcker, whose decades-long career in Washington saw him serve under six presidents, once famously said that the only useful innovation from banks in recent history was the automatic teller machine.
UK News UK weather: Record heatwave forecast for bank holiday weekendThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersA bank holiday heatwave could see record temperatures replace the wind and rain that has dogged August, the Met Office has said. From Friday, south-easterly winds will draw warm air from Europe towards
Narcissism Our culture of victimhood, political correctness and infinite narcissism is destroying comedyThe Telegraph - By Konstantin KisinAre we living in a culture of offence? Do more and more of us get triggered by words? Is political correctness killing comedy? As a comedian in the final week of my show about freedom of speech at the
Letters: The sin of mending the church roof secretly when lead thieves strikeThe Telegraph - By Letters to the EditorSIR – I have a sin to confess. Here goes. Some 10 years ago when I was the incumbent in a two-church parish, thieves stole lead from one church, 1,000 years old and of course listed. It was the night our
Legionnaires' Disease Two British holidaymakers die of Legionnaires' disease after staying at Bulgarian resortThe Telegraph - By Greg WilfordTwo British holidaymakers have died from Legionnaires' disease shortly after staying at a Bulgarian hotel promoted by tour operator Jet2. Brian Taylor, 75, and John Cowan, 43, were diagnosed with the form
Medicine Two million Britons are taking seven different prescription drugsThe Telegraph - By Laura DonnellyTwo million pensioners are taking at least seven types of prescription drugs - putting them at risk of potentially lethal side-effects, a major report warns. Age UK said the rise of “polypharmacy” was
Elephants Joanna Lumley and Judi Dench attack EU over failure to protect baby elephantsThe Telegraph - By Helena HortonCelebrities including Joanna Lumley, Brigitte Bardot, Judi Dench and Ricky Gervais have attacked the EU over its failure to prevent baby elephants being "snatched" from the wild to be put in zoos around
Islamophobia Islamophobia definition will prevent criticism of the 'hateful' ideology of Islam, say leading atheistsThe Telegraph - By Charles HymasA new definition of Islamophobia will prevent criticism of the “hateful ideology of theocratic Islam,” say two of Britain’s leading atheists in new book of essays. Richard Dawkins and Peter Tatchell -
World News Donald Trump announces push to detain migrant families indefinitelyThe Telegraph - By Ben Riley-SmithDonald Trump has announced scrapping a rule which limits the detention of migrant families to 20 days while they await a decision on asylum applications to America. A White House statement said the current
Pensions NHS hospitals offer doctors cash in bid to tackle growing pensions crisisThe Telegraph - By Laura DonnellyNHS hospitals are offering cash to doctors in a bid to tackle a growing pensions crisis, an investigation reveals. New rules mean GPs and consultants can be hit with tax rates of more than 90 per cent
Science Sitting for more than nine hours a day raises risk of a brisk 24 minute walk could save youThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonMiddle-aged adults who sit for more than nine hours a day are doubling their risk of early death, but walking briskly for 24 minutes can help extend life, a study suggests Previous research has repeatedly
Trafalgar Square Man stabbed in Trafalgar Square and crime scene set up, police sayThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersA man has been stabbed in London's Trafalgar Square, the Met Police said. Emergency Services were called at 9.11pm on Wednesday evening following reports of a knife attack. At least five squad cars and
Neil Lennon Neil Lennon pleads for Celtic fans to give new signings time ahead of Europa League qualifier with AIKThe Telegraph - By Roddy ForsythAs he prepared for Thursday's Europa League play-off first leg at home to AIK of Sweden, Neil Lennon cited Teemu Pukki as an example of transformation in football fortunes, of just the sort Celtic could
Ryan Giggs Ryan Giggs defends Daniel James after Wolves fans accuse him of divingThe Telegraph - By Alex BywaterWales manager and Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs says Daniel James is no cheat and must be better protected from rough treatment in the Premier League. The winger joined United this summer and made
Millwall FC Ivan Cavaleiro lifts Fulham to third with thumping of MillwallThe Telegraph - By Ian WinrowFulham demonstrated why they are strongly fancied to make an immediate return to the Premier League with a comprehensive defeat of Millwall, who had arrived at Craven Cottage unbeaten in their opening
Cardiff City Mark Hudson suffers late blow as Huddersfield Town manager is defeated on Cardiff City returnThe Telegraph - By Alex BywaterMark Hudson’s Cardiff City return ended in yet more misery for Huddersfield as substitute Junior Hoilett struck a late winner for the Welsh side. Hudson – who captained the Welsh side to Premier League
