Top figures in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow team are warning in private that he is too old to lead Labour into the next election. They raise concerns that if he wins in 2022 he would be the oldest prime minister ever to assume office for the first time, but would be telling voters he will lead the country…

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Updated January 17, 2018 15:56:33 The start of the year prompts a flurry of forecasts, most of which turn out to be hopelessly wrong. The problem with economic forecasting is that there are so many variables, not least of which is the unpredictable nature of human behaviour. Orthodox economists typically assume a rational individual, which…

West Ham manager David Moyes dismissed reports that Premier League champions Chelsea have made contact in their pursuit of striker Andy Carroll. Carroll has been linked with a move to Chelsea, who are believed to be keen on bringing the England international to Stamford Bridge on a permanent basis following initial speculation he could arrive…

Barry Allen is an innocent man. But no matter how many times you repeat it, it doesn’t change the outcome of the trial that kicks off the back half of The Flash season 4. Team Flash all agree that DeVoe planned to frame Barry even before he returned from the Speed Force, but for what…

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party. Jack Taylor/Getty Images Jeremy Corbyn is calling on the directors of Carillion to give back their bonuses and surrender their salaries. The construction firm collapsed into liquidation on Monday with £1.5 billion of debt. Despite its financial difficulties, its bosses got £4 million in bonuses in 2017. Jeremy…

India 307 and 35 for 3 (Pujara 11*, Ngidi 2-14) need another 252 runs to beat South Africa 335 and 258 (de Villiers 80, Elgar 61, Shami 4-49, Bumrah 3-70)nScorecard and ball-by-ball details With one day left to play at SuperSport Park, South Africa are seven wickets from taking an unassailable 2-0 lead, and India…

Black cab rapist John Worboys was denied a move to a lower security open prison two years before he was deemed safe to be released. The 60-year-old was jailed indefinitely in 2009 and ordered to serve at least eight years for drugging and sexually assaulting a string of women, one of whom he raped. He was…

Mr Sirbu was bludgeoned to death (Picture: PA) Mr Sirbu was killed in May last year (Picture: SWNS)Detective Chief Inspector Tony Pledger branded the killers’ actions cowardly and said Mr Sirbu was ‘robbed of his life’ by ‘gratuitous violence’ of which the reasons remain unclear. Buckley, 20, formerly of Capell Close, Coxheath, was also charged…