Property company cites poor UK retail market as reason for joint venture saleSainsbury’s and British Land have sold 12 superstores to a US property investment company for £492m, amid a struggling retail property market.The sale to San Diego-based Realty Income Corporation will give Sainsbury’s net proceeds of £133m. British Land’s Read more
Billy McNeill’s career was defined as part of the all-conquering 1967 Celtic side but he also won four titles as the club’s managerTributes have been pouring in to Billy McNeill, the first British player to lift the European Cup as captain of Celtic’s all-conquering 1967 side, who has died at Read more
Democrats are split on impeaching Trump. Elizabeth Warren backs it but Bernie Sanders has warned the procedure could backfireSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.36pm BST Where do the other Democrats stand on the I-question? Here’s a rundown of what the major 2020 candidates have Read more
Specialist hedgehog or wide-ranging fox? In an extract from his new book, the late playwright Stephen Jeffreys identifies two kinds of thinkers – and one writer who defies definition Just as people outside the theatre ask actors, “How do you remember the words?” so do they enquire of writers, “Where Read more
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Sentencing judge tells Christopher Davies his allowance deceit was ‘an extraordinary thing for a man with your position’, before fining him £1,500 Via: Conservative MP caught making false expenses claims fined and given community service
‘A general election is not the solution,’ says Change UK interim leader Via: Change UK could back Theresa May in confidence vote to avoid triggering general election, leader suggests
She joined new candidates for the party’s European election campaign launch, including former BBC journalist Gavin Esler and former Tory minister Stephen Dorrell Via: EU elections: Boris Johnson's sister to stand for rebel Tory and Labour MPs' group Change UK
Security services in Sri Lanka face backlash as its revealed Muslim groups alerted military intelligence officials to Easter Sunday bombers, National Thowheed Jamaath and its leaders, three years ago. Via: The missed warnings: How Sri Lankan security forces were first told of the threat on April 4