Jerome Garces will referee the Rugby World Cup final between England and South Africa on Saturday- despite criticism of his role in Wales’ semi-final exit on Sunday. Via: Frenchman Jerome Garces to referee England's Rugby World Cup final against South Africa
Boris Johnson is mounting a fourth effort to force a snap poll after Parliament blocked his Brexit plans, with aides admitting it is the last chance to go to the country in December. Via: Boris Johnson's final bid to force pre-Christmas election
Follow all the latest developments Via: Boris Johnson news – live: Pre-Christmas general election now looks certain as Labour backs snap poll
Alexander Vindman to tell House committees the call made him ‘worried about the implications for the US government’s support of Ukraine’Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 1.57pm GMT As Alexander Vindman testifies to impeachment investigators about Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president, Republican lawmakers are Read more
Police are hunting two more suspects over the deaths of 39 migrants whose bodies were found in a lorry in Essex. Ronan Hughes, 40, from Armagh in Northern Ireland and his 34-year-old brother Christopher Hughes are wanted on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking. Via: Essex lorry deaths: Police launch Read more
Blockage in Greenwich prompts Thames Water to reissue warning about waste disposalA 40-tonne fatberg the size of a double-decker bus has been cleared from a London sewer by Thames Water engineers who pulled out some of it by hand.The mass of fat, grease and other materials that weighed the same Read more
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsLatest: Gender pay gap statistics releasedFull-time pay gap has widened to 8.9% in 2019Gap among managers and directors jumps by 2%TUC: Too little progressNo gender pay gap for under-40sReal pay STILL below 2008 levels 1.41pm GMT This chart, from the ONS’s gender Read more
Showman Johnson hopes his EU humiliation and the £8.3bn squandered on no-deal plans will be forgotten. It must not be If you really want to know how a magic trick is done, then stop looking where the magician wants you to look.Ignore the spectacle and the theatre, designed to distract Read more
• Freeman accused of purchasing testosterone for unnamed rider• Former British Cycling employee could lose his doctor’s licenceThe former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman will admit to telling “a lot of lies” and ordering the banned supplement testosterone, an independent medical tribunal heard on Tuesday.Speaking at the Read more
Snap election looms as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn agrees to prime minister’s demands Via: How to register to vote: Step-by-step guide as Boris Johnson calls for December poll