Manchester restaurant owner devastated at having to close

Tom Bennett,Londonand Bernd Debusmann Jr,White House Reuters The UK has named career diplomat Christian Turner as its new ambassador to the US, Downing Street has confirmed. The previous ambassador, Peter Mandelson, was sacked by UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer after evidence, including emails and photos, emerged showing his continued association with the paedophile Jeffery…

Labubu dolls made up 90% of the £3.5m worth of fake toys seized at the UK border so far this year, according to Home Office data. Labubu is a quirky monster character created by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung, and popularised through a collaboration with toy store Pop Mart. Although they are mainly marketed as…

Lauren Turner and Osmond Chia Reuters The US government has seized more than $14bn (£10.5bn) in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian business empire, Prince Group, with allegedly masterminding a massive cryptocurrency scam. UK and Cambodian national Chen Zhi was charged on Tuesday in New York for allegedly engaging in a wire-fraud conspiracy…

Redcar Area Foodbank Every day the foodbank reveals an item it wants people to donate A foodbank is asking for donations ahead of Christmas through a reverse advent calendar. Tracy Gibson from the Redcar Area Foodbank said it was “always busy at this time of year” and the advent calendar allowed people to give something…

Since the conflict began, the price of oil has soared and is currently trading at over a third higher at $100 a barrel, pushed up by air strikes on shipping and energy infrastructure, and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for energy shipments, which carries a fifth of global oil…