WPP PLC has landed a contract worth up to £2 billion to manage the UK government‘s advertising campaigns, the Times on Tuesday reported. The win is seen as a vote of confidence in the under pressure advertising agency which will exit the FTSE 100 this month after a series of profit warnings dragged its share price downwards. On Tuesday, shares in WPP rose 4.9% to 313.10 pence each, although they have fallen 65% in the last 12 months. According to the Times, WPP has won a four-year contract which was previously held by US rival Omnicom Group Inc. WPP has has lost major clients including Mars Inc and Coca-Cola Co’s North American media-buying business, issued two profit warnings this year and cut 7,000 roles, the report noted.

The spike reflects the government’s wider effort to tighten immigration controls and step up monitoring of foreign nationals in the United States.The revocations include more than 8,000 student visas. Officials accused some students of antisemitism and of supporting terrorism, and the State Department said in October it had revoked visas from individuals who allegedly “celebrated” Charlie Kirk ’s murder. A recent diplomatic cable said officials can deny visas to individuals who worked in areas such as content moderation and fact-checking as part of stricter vetting for H-1B applicants. Refugee resettlement remains effectively frozen, and the administration has said it will review refugees admitted under the Biden administration.Travel restrictions have also widened. Earlier this year, the administration limited entry from 19 countries.

Emile Heskey was about 14 years old when he was chased from Leicester City’s old Filbert Street stadium all the way into town by a man shouting racist abuse. “Fast forward three years that same guy would’ve been chanting my name in the stadium,” Heskey says now. We’ve seen it. They’ve seen it. They’ve seen me go through it.

Rachel Reeves has been accused of funding tax cuts for Harrods and Selfridges through a raid on pubs and restaurants. Harrods’ business rates bill for its flagship Knightsbridge store is expected to fall by £1.1m between 2025-26 and 2026-27, according to figures from tax specialist firm Ryan Tax, falling to £8.7m. Selfridges is expected to pay £622,000 less for its Oxford Street shop, with its business rates bill for the landmark store falling to £8.7m for the 2026-27 year. Tax firm Ryan said this was because of a reduction in the so-called “multiplier” used to calculate business rates, which are a form of property tax. The eye-watering increases to business rates that many hospitality businesses are seeing risk further closures and job losses, and need to be urgently addressed.”

✉ I booked a holiday to Jamaica with DialAFlight for mid-January but I want to cancel it because hurricane damage means one of the hotels my husband and I are due to stay in won’t be open. Resort hotels in Jamaica are now reopening after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Melissa but a few will be closed until next spring, including Sandals Montego Bay, which is getting an upgrade. It has now offered you a refund of your deposit as a gesture of goodwill. Stay at stylish boutique B&B the Corner, two minutes’ walk from the beach, where B&B doubles start from £180pp in June (thecornerbroadstairs.co.uk). It costs £1,547pp in June, including B&B and some meals as well as transport and guiding, but excluding flights (gadventures.com).

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Read our Privacy noticePresident Donald Trump has said that Ukraine must make concessions as it is “losing” the war with Russia. The US leader said President Volodymyr Zelensky “is going to have to get on the ball and start accepting things”, adding: “When you’re losing — because he’s losing,” in an interview with Politico. He added: “He[President Vladimir Putin] had no respect for Zelensky, didn’t like Zelensky. Speaking to the German tabloid Bild, Trump said: “He needs to get his act together and start accepting things.”Earlier on Tuesday, Trump said that European leaders were “weak”. In an extraordinary attack on Washington’s closest allies, he accused countries such as France or Germany of failing to take decisive action to end the war in Ukraine.

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Tests revealed that one balloon from AliExpress contained more than six times the legally permitted level of nitrosamines – chemicals that are probable carcinogens. Football-themed balloons bought from The Range contained more than four times the permissible levels of nitrosamines. These balloons were also for sale at Wilko (Which?/PA)Wilko said it independently tested these products in June 2025 and found them to be safe. said testimonies from consumers suggest that its investigation could only be the “tip of the iceberg” for dangerous balloons sold on online marketplaces. The watchdog said Trevor and Lucille Mathers bought balloons from Amazon Marketplace in March 2024 for their child’s birthday.

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India Issues Warning To China Over Targeting Indians, Blasts Pakistan’s Remarks On Arunachal PradeshNEW DELHI: India on Monday welcomed the steps taken by the UK govt to sanction anti-India extremist entiti-es, which strengthen the global fight against terrorism and extremism and help curb illicit financial flows and transnational crime networks. The govt was responding to the UK's announcement of an asset freeze against an individual suspected of belo-nging to the Babbar Khalsa terror group and an organisation for promoting and supporting the same group. According to UK authorities, this was the first use of the Domestic Counter-Terrorism Regime to disrupt funding for Pro-Khalistan militant group Babbar Khalsa. "We look forward to continuing to work closely with the UK side in further strengthening counterterrorism and security cooperation," said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.The individual, Gurpreet Singh Rehal, is involved in Babbar Khalsa's terrorist activities, including supporting and assisting those organisations, including thr-ough purchasing weapons and other military materiel.

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5 has revealed that Home and Away will leave its familiar daytime slot next year. Greg Barnett, commissioning editor at 5, added: “Home and Away has been a phenomenal success for us on streaming. “Moving daytime episodes exclusively to streaming is a natural next step, reflecting how audiences want to engage with their favourite content.”Home and Away airs weekdays at 1:45pm on 5. Add Home and Away to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app – download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more. AdCheck out more of our Soaps coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guideto find out what's on.

"Councillor Mir is a person of exemplary character. She is a solicitor, a councillor and is involved in the community," the court report quotes Judge Stephen Hellman as saying. She was then found to be in the country illegally since her visa expired in March 2023 and told the authorities that "physically abused" and felt "suicidal".Arif Rehman, representing the councillor, told the court: "This story was fabricated with an intention to claim immigration advantage and to present herself as a victim of modern-day slavery "Nothing was done with the allegations with the evidence of abuse because there was no evidence. This is not someone who can be trusted by the court. "This is a serious breach of the law, and residents rightly deserve a lot better," Conservative Party councillor Jack Emsley told the newspaper.

"Benoy Thomas knowingly breached immigration laws by employing people who had no right to work in the UK," Katie Samways, Specialist Prosecutor for CPS South East, said in a statement. "Many of those he illegally employed were working with some of the most vulnerable people without adequate training or medical expertise, putting the safety and well-being of those who needed care at significant risk. "The Crown Prosecution Service will continue to prosecute those who exploit our immigration system," she said.An investigation by Immigration Enforcement, an agency of the UK Home Office, determined that Thomas assisted the "unlawful immigration" of 13 individuals between 2017 and 2018.He was sentenced to a total of two-and-a-half years in prison and disqualified from being a company director for eight years, the CPS said. It noted that Thomas himself arrived in the UK legally in 2007 from India before becoming a British citizen in 2012.The court heard that he had used his contacts in southern India and knowledge of the UK immigration system to undertake the illegal hiring operation. His trial was told that he also attempted to conceal employment documentation from immigration officers in a garage before his arrest.