Germany mulls ban on negative rates for savers as irritation mounts over ECB's extreme policiesThe Telegraph - By Ambrose Evans-PritchardGermany is examining plans to prohibit banks from imposing negative interest rates on savers, threatening to leave lenders in an impossible position and greatly complicating the job of the European Central
Amazon Brazilian president says country lacks money to fight Amazon firesThe Telegraph - By Reuters News AgencyThe Brazilian government lacks the resources to fight a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, Jair Bolsonaro, the president, said on Thursday, weeks after telling donors he did need
Migration Net migration from EU slashed by two-thirds as it falls to five year lowThe Telegraph - By Charles HymasNet migration to the UK from the EU has fallen by more than two-thirds since 2015 to register its lowest level for six years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). ONS estimates show net
Border Force Number of migrants crossing the Channel has surpassed 1,000 in 2019The Telegraph - By Lizzie RobertsThe number of migrants crossing the channel this year has surpassed 1,000 in 2019, despite Sajid Javid declaring it a major incident last year. Some 65 men, women and children arrived in the UK yesterday
Australia Vegan Australian parents who left baby girl severely malnourished avoid jailThe Telegraph - By Andrew QuinnAn Australian couple who fed their baby daughter a strict vegan diet that left her severely malnourished have avoided a jail sentence. On Thursday, the 35-year old man and 33-year old woman from Sydney,
Military Ignore the anti-military propagandists. There are few better opportunities for the young than the ArmyThe Telegraph - By Colonel Richard KempGCSE results day is a time of celebration or sorrow for thousands of teenagers. It is also a day exploited by various NGOs and activists to have a go at the Army, who they accuse of luring disappointed
Greene King Greene King is just a start: Why it's time to be very positive on the UK stock marketThe Telegraph - By Garry WhiteThis week’s bid for pubs group Greene King has lifted the veil on the undervaluation of UK assets. Whatever happens with Brexit, it’s obvious that British equities are relatively cheap and under-owned.
Drinking Like most Brits, I started drinking young – now five years' sober, I'm not sure that was such a good ideaThe Telegraph - By Hannah BettsIn news that will disappoint those who like to regard all society’s ills as originating with the disadvantaged, middle-class children have been found to be almost twice as likely as poorer classmates consume
Heart Failure Britain's over medication epidemic is making tens of thousands sick. The Government must actThe Telegraph - By James Le FanuThose in their seventies and beyond are by far the major beneficiaries of modern medicines that vanquish (or mitigate) the physical trials and tribulations of later life – arthritic joints, impaired mobility,
England captain Hollie Pearne-Webb confident ahead of EuroHockey semi-final with world champions HollandThe Telegraph - By Rod GilmourCaptain Hollie Pearne-Webb says that England will take inspiration from Alex Danson’s good luck messages ahead of their semi-final with Holland on Friday at the EuroHockey Championships. Pearne-Webb has
Jokes Did you hear the one about the German town that doesn't exist?The Telegraph - By Justin HugglerA German city is offering a reward of €1m (£900,000) to anyone who can prove it doesn’t exist. The city of Bielefeld in north-western Germany launched the bizarre marketing stunt this week to mark the
Profit Profits slide at Britain's biggest magazine publisherThe Telegraph - By Chris JohnstonProfits at Bauer Consumer Media, Britain's biggest magazine publisher with titles including Take a Break, TV Choice, Heat and Grazia, tumbled last year as sales continued to slide. Pre-tax profits for
Horse Racing Enable bids a winning farewell to British turf at Darley Yorkshire OaksThe Telegraph - By Marcus ArmytageEnable, one of the great race mares, signed off on British turf with an awesome display of galloping in Thursday’s Darley Yorkshire Oaks, when she beat her old adversary Magical for a fourth time. In process
Trafalgar Square Touching Trafalgar Square lions could lead to sepsis and conjunctivitisThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonRubbing statues for luck puts people at risk of developing sepsis and conjunctivitis, the first study of bacteria on monuments has shown. Experts swabbed 24 statues in 13 cities across Europe including
Emmanuel Macron Macho Macron tried to boss Boris Johnson... but the bumbling bulldog fought backThe Telegraph - By Michael DeaconFor Boris Johnson, today’s meeting with Emmanuel Macron must have been painful. Never mind the Brexit talks. I’m talking about the handshake. It’s always the same, when Mr Macron welcomes a fellow leader.
Pesticides French mayor on trial for banning pesticide use around village homesThe Telegraph - By Henry SamuelA French mayor stood trial on Thursday for unilaterally banning the use of pesticides around homes in his Breton village in a case supporters say could prove an “historic” turning point in their fight
Politics Nicola Sturgeon's Growth Commission independence blueprint threatens debt mountain, Oxford University study findsThe Telegraph - By Simon JohnsonNicola Sturgeon is still trying to “scam” Scottish voters on the cost of independence, it has been claimed after an Oxford University analysis concluded her new economic blueprint is based on a series
Absinthe French absinthe receives Brussels 'green' light for protected statusThe Telegraph - By Henry SamuelFrenchproducers of absinthe, the green spirit said to have inspired Van Gogh, have won a 15-year battle to have their fiery drink receive European protected status. This week, Brussels granted absinthe
ObituariesFreda Dowie, actress who excelled as the long-suffering abused mother in Terence Davies’s ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’ obituaryThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ObituariesFreda Dowie, who has died aged 91, was a character actress who specialised in long-suffering, put-upon characters, most notably as the abused mother in Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), Terence Davies’s
Horse Racing Ten Sovereigns can become Champion sprinter at Coolmore Nunthorpe StakesThe Telegraph - By Marcus ArmytageTen Sovereigns may be up against the horse generally regarded as the fastest sprinter in training, Battaash, and last year’s narrow runner-up, Mabs Cross, but Aidan O’Brien’s colt can go a long way towards
Tesla No need for Elon Musk to be Tesla boss, says top investorThe Telegraph - By Alan ToveyElon Musk is not irreplaceable as chief executive of Tesla, according to Baillie Gifford, the electric car company’s largest shareholder after its billionaire co-founder. James Anderson, a partner at Edinburgh-based
UK News Woman, 93, who had her house burgled by three men posing as police officers dies of 'broken heart syndrome'The Telegraph - By Tony DiverA 93-year-old woman who had her house burgled by three men posing as police officers has died in hospital from "broken heart syndrome". Betty Munroe was pronounced dead on Wednesday, Northamptonshire said.
UK News Miriam Margolyes accuses West End producers of 'overt appropriation' for not casting Jewish actorsThe Telegraph - By Greg WilfordMiriam Margolyes and Maureen Lipman have accused West End producers of "overt appropriation" after they cast non-Jewish actors in a musical about a Jewish family. They are among a group of 20 Jewish artists
St Helens James Roby, St Helens' last man standing from Wembley glory, determined to make another lifelong memoryThe Telegraph - By Ross HeppenstallAs the sole survivor from the last St Helens side to last reach Wembley in 2008, captain James Roby knows more than most what it means to the town to triumph, and he is determined for more this weekend.
UK News BBC Today programme accused of making light of domestic violence over John Humphrys and David Davis jokesThe Telegraph - By Hannah FurnessThe BBC’s Today programme has been accused of making light of domestic violence after John Humphrys was heard joking over a news story about a dancer punching his wife. Humphrys, the veteran broadcaster,
DublinDublin and Brussels 'in secret about talks new customs checks and controls at ports and factories' as no-deal likelihoodThe Telegraph - By James Rothwell and Christopher HopeDublin and Brussels are in secret talks about imposing new customs checks and controls at ports and factories as the likelihood grows of a no deal exit from the European Union, it has emerged, Checks be
Business (UK) Boss makes £5m bet on Ladbrokes Coral ownerThe Telegraph - By LaToya HardingThe boss of GVC has made a £5m bet on the Ladbrokes Coral owner just months after dumping a big stake in the FTSE 250 company. Kenny Alexander snapped up 833,334 shares at 588.2p each, sending the stock
travel news Five creative ways to spend £1,000 on your next holidayThe Telegraph - By Chris LeadbeaterYou've got itchy feet and £1,000 to burn. Here are five very different ways to do it... Time tends to be of the essence when you are seeking a bargain break. You certainly need to act fast in the case
Berkshire, UK Head for heights? 10 of the world's most exhilarating aerial adventuresThe Telegraph - By Sophie ButlerDeath-defying and spectacular, we select 10 great rides to try in Europe. Nerves of steel are required to fall the equivalent of 30 storeys attached only by an elastic cord around the ankle. The UK Bungee
Bicycle Racing John Degenkolb agrees transfer from Trek-Segafredo to Lotto-SoudalThe Telegraph - By John MacLearyJohn Degenkolb will join Lotto-Soudal next season after the German signed a two-year deal with the Belgian squad bringing an end to his three-years at the US-licensed Trek-Segafredo. After earlier this
