By Frank Dalleres Roger Federer, perhaps the greatest men’s tennis player of all time, has announced that he will retire from the sport after this month’s Laver Cup in London. The 41-year-old, who won 20 Grand Slams including a record eight men’s singl…
London hotel occupancy soars to 85 per cent during week of Queen lying in state
By Jack Mendel Hotel occupancy rates in the centre of London have soared to almost 85 per cent ahead of the Queen’s funeral. Mourners and well-wishers have come to the capital from across the country and around the world to mark the death of Queen Eliz…
Lufthansa in talks with investors over sale of aircraft maintenance business
By Ilaria Grasso Macola Lufthansa is reportedly in talks to sell a stake in its aircraft maintenance business, Lufthansa Technik. According to Reuters sources, the airline is to offload between 20 and 30 per cent of its stake and was attracting more in…
Lawyers should be ‘ethically obliged’ to inform clients of climate risks, open letter says
By Louis Goss Lawyers have said the legal sector should be forced to inform their clients of the legal risks of investing in projects that are inconsistent with efforts to keep global warming below 1.5˚C In an open letter, more than 100 top lawyers cal…
Tube open for extra hour on Monday as thousands attend Queen’s funeral
By Ilaria Grasso Macola Most tube lines will remain open – in their entirety or partially – for an extra hour on Monday night as hundreds of thousands are expected to attend the Queen’s funeral. The Bakerloo, Victoria, Jubilee, Circle and Hammersmith &…
Ed Warner: How to solve the Hundred and help county cricket with private money
By Frank Dalleres The Hundred isn’t going away, whatever diehard cricket traditionalists might wish. It’s been cemented into the English calendar until at least 2028 by a television deal finalised just before the arrival of the England and Wales Cricke…
Liz Truss is determined to ignore reality and push inflation up with price freezes
By Elena Siniscalco It is hard to believe only a week has passed since Liz Truss made the announcement that was set to immediately define the start of her premiership; a blanket cap on energy bills so that the average household pays no more than £2,500…
King Charles III must find the balance of being a modern royal, following in his mother’s path
By Sascha O’Sullivan Our new King, coming to the throne after his mother Elizabeth II, followed an ancient tradition on Saturday: the national proclamation of the accession of the new monarch. After a meeting of the Privy Council and the signing of doc…
Shares in Naked Wines plummet following shock stock market announcements
By Louis Goss INVESTORS gave Naked Wines a sniff yesterday after two shock stock market announcements – and sent the sommellier back to the cellar. Shares were down almost 40 per cent yesterday after the firm this week announced the departure of a non-…
Assault on ‘profiteering’ green energy firms misses the point entirely
By Andy Silvester The European Commission’s assault on energy providers of all stripes yesterday has been coming. Thanks to the byzantine structure of the energy market, the biggest winners of gas prices going through the roof have been electricity pro…