“It’s just the same.” Six months on from the sale of WH Smith’s high street business, the name above the door may have changed to TG Jones, but many shoppers have not noticed a splurge of investment or change. “The layout is the same and what they are selling is the same,” says Gillian Parsons as she exits TG Jones ...

The midwife leading the biggest inquiry into maternity failures in the history of the NHS is charging NHS England up to £26,000 a month for her advice through her company, the Guardian can reveal. Donna Ockenden, who has been chairing a review into maternity failings at Nottingham university hospitals NHS trust since 2022, is paid an £850 daily rate for ...

Ruben Amorim has described Bruno Fernandes as “impossible to replace” but has told Manchester United’s players the captain’s injury is a chance for them to step up. Fernandes was forced off at half-time of Sunday’s loss at Aston Villa owing to a soft-tissue injury that will rule him out for a prolonged period. United host Newcastle in Boxing Day’s only ...

Mohamed Salah has made an impact in Morocco with an injury-time winner to spare Egypt’s blushes in their Africa Cup of Nations opener against Zimbabwe but his future intervention in Saudi Arabia could be more meaningful. A Saudi Pro League (SPL) that had been moving away from signing big-name veterans is tempted by a player who will be 34 just ...

Thefts of tools and equipment from building sites are increasingly being carried out by organised criminal groups, according to security bosses, amid warnings that the crimewave could accelerate during the Christmas construction shutdown. Copper cables, tools and even telehandlers and diggers costing tens of thousands of pounds have been stolen in recent months, according to the security firm Kingdom Systems. ...

More than half a million pounds has been spent since 2024 on using social media influencers to promote UK government campaigns on subjects ranging from the environment to welfare. The spending has included hiring 215 influencers since 2024, of which there were 126 in 2025 – an increase on the 89 hired in 2024 – and is seen as an ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman returned home on Thursday (December 25) morning from London after 17 years’ of exile. The flight carrying him, his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and their only daughter Zaima Rahman, touched Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 11:40AM after making around one-hour stopover at Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport from London. Close relatives and senior ...

The reception venue of Dhaka’s 300-Foot Road for BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman is packed to capacity several hours before the scheduled ceremony marking his return home after nearly 17 years of exile in London. On-the-ground observations revealed that party leaders and activists were arriving at the venue from different parts of the country by buses, trucks and private vehicles. ...

Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant (Home Ministry) Khoda Bakhsh Chowdhury has resigned from his post. A gazette was published on Wednesday in this regard by Cabinet Secretary Dr Sheikh Abdur Rashid as per order of the President. His resignation was accepted by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. The resignation would take effect immediately, the gazette added.

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, who is now on his way to Dhaka from London, reaches Sylhet on Thursday morning. The flight, carrying him, reached Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport at about 9:55AM. He is accompanied by his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and their only daughter Zaima Rahman. After an one-hour stopover at the airport, the flight will start for Dhaka ...