Firms laying off staff, while consumers are nervous about making major purchasesServices companies suffered their seventh monthly decline in new orders this year, as Brexit uncertainty continued to take its toll on business and consumer confidence at home and abroad.Export orders were the worst affected last month, falling at the Read more
Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across California, after warm temperatures, strong winds and low humidity turned the state into a ‘tinderbox’. So is this the new normal?Has the climate crisis made California too dangerous to live in?California’s fire season has been bad. But it could have been much worse Read more
Ruling by EU’s highest court is second landmark judgment against Poland’s judicial policy in recent monthsThe European Union’s highest court has ruled that Poland broke the law when it sought to lower the retirement age for judges, in a further defeat for the country’s nationalist government.The European court of justice Read more
They have led to a proliferation of fake news and clickbait, fuelled surveillance capitalism and normalised pervasive tracking and data-mining. Then there’s their effect on democracy …We have been arguing about political advertising on social media ad nauseam recently. Should it be regulated? Is Twitter right to ban political ads Read more
Labour leader says critics who accuse him of talking to both sides on Brexit are ‘dead right’ Via: General election: Voters left in the dark on where Labour's referendum stance until spring
Public Accounts Committee raises alarm over capacity to deal with increased prosecutions and prison sentences Via: Justice system 'may not cope' with impact of Boris Johnson's 20,000 extra police officers, MPs warn
Live updates from the game in NelsonMalan targets Test recall after leaving Middlesex for YorkshireFeel free to email Daniel or tweet @DanielHarris 1.52am GMT 11th over: New Zealand 96-3 (De Grandhomme 38, Taylor 4) Taylor is settling in and he takes Scuzza’s first ball for one, then De Grandhomme twizzles Read more
Updates on the build-up to the big race at FlemingtonAny thoughts? Email or tweet @scott_heinrich 1.44am GMT The fourth race, curiously titled The Macca’s Run, is upon us. And we have an extremely short-priced favourite, the Chris Waller-trained Shared Ambition at around $1.50. The working man that I am, I Read more
Yovanovitch and McKinley warned plot undermined national securityImpeachment inquiry live – rolling reportTwo senior American diplomats warned congressional investigators a White House plot to manufacture political dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine had undermined US national security interests and shredded faith among foreign service personnel, according to transcripts released on Read more
Acting PM takes action against MPs, ministry and public servants, alleging a breach of privacy in 2017New Zealand’s acting prime minister, Winston Peters, is suing two National party MPs, a slew of public servants and a government ministry for breach of privacy.Peters, who is currently acting PM in Jacinda Ardern’s Read more