Peckham BMX club ‘proud’ of hometown Olympic hero Kye Whyte
Whyte raced to a BMX silver medal at Tokyo 2020 - sparking celebrations in south London.
Gareth Southgate granted Freedom of Middlesbrough
Teesside has long considered the England manager one of their own despite him being born and raised in the south.
Cameron met vaccines minister months before firm he advises won health contracts
Cameron met Nadhim Zawahi to discuss genome sequencing two months before the genome firm he advises won contracts worth £870,000.
Elevenses: Antipodean Obstinacy
From the newsletter: As international travel returns, Australia and New Zealand remain outliers.
‘Ill-advised’ developments imperil UK cultural sites, says Unesco chief
Liverpool was last week deleted from the World Heritage List, in a decision branded "incomprehensible" by the city's mayor.
Sunak’s stamp duty cut did more harm than good, economists say
Any saving for buyers was mostly subsumed by a spike in house prices, experts said.
‘UK demeans itself’: China warns Royal Navy to ‘obey the rules’ in South China Sea
The Royal Navy’s carrier strike group is sailing through the disputed waters, earning a stinging rebuke from Beijing.
Covid cases not reached by Test and Trace hits nine-month high
Some 14.8 per cent of people transferred to Test and Trace in England in the week to 21 July were not reached.
Stormzy scholarship to fund another 30 black students at Cambridge
Stormzy called the expansion of his scholarship programme at Cambridge “an incredible milestone”.