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The International Monetary Fund chief has said the world economy is expected to grow less than 3% this year, down from 3.4% last year, increasing the risk of hunger and poverty globally. Kristalina Georgieva said growth is expected to remain around 3% for the next five years, calling it “our lowest medium-term growth forecast since 1990, and well below the average of 3.8% from the past two decades”. She said slower growth

The Beatles Statue has been dressed in traditional Ukrainian clothing ahead of Eurovision. The figures of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon walking together have been draped with white Vyshyvankas in Pier Head, Liverpool, before the international music contest takes place next month in the city. The embroidered shirts, which are a national costume, have been sourced from the war-torn state. Ukrainian holiday Vyshyvanka Day, which usually

Frank Lampard has been appointed Chelsea caretaker manager until the end of the season – just over two year since the club sacked him. The 44-year-old previously managed the Blues from July 2019 until January 2021, when he was replaced by Thomas Tuchel. His surprise return to Stamford Bridge comes after Tuchel’s successor, Graham Potter, was dismissed on Sunday with the club in the bottom half of the Premier League.

The King has expressed his support for the first time for research into the historical links between the British monarchy and the transatlantic slave trade. Buckingham Palace said Charles takes the issues “profoundly seriously” and the royal household will help with the academic project by offering access to the Royal Collection and the Royal Archives. The independent research, the PhD project of historian Camilla de Koning at Manchester University, is co-sponsored by Historic Royal

Around 90 officers will move to the Directorate of Professional Standards to look into their own colleagues Britain’s biggest police force has moved officers from tackling serious and organised crime and counter-terrorism to internal standards to help clean-up its workforce. The Metropolitan Police – branded institutionally racist, homophobic and misogynist in a major review – has lurched between a series of scandals in recent years, including the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving

His previous 18-month spell in the dugout at Stamford Bridge ended in January 2021 Frank Lampard is ready to complete a shock reunion with Chelsea, returning to Stamford Bridge as interim manager until the end of the season. The PA news agency understands Lampard has held talks with the club and is preparing to return to his old stomping ground in a temporary capacity following the sacking of Graham Potter

They're due to walk out from Tuesday to Friday next week Hospital leaders have expressed serious concerns about how they will be able to maintain patient safety during next week’s junior doctors’ strike. Training doctors in England will stage their longest walkout between April 11 and 15. NHS Providers, which represents NHS trusts, said the timing of the strike and its duration present a “range of challenges over and above the disruption seen

22 year old Connor Chapman, of no fixed address, is due before Liverpool Crown Court A plea hearing is to be held for a 22-year-old man accused of the murder of beautician Elle Edwards in a Merseyside pub on Christmas Eve. Connor Chapman, of no fixed address, faces a total of nine offences in connection with the shooting at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral. Ms Edwards, 26, was fatally shot just

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