What is making the aurora happen this week? When and where in the UK can you see the Northern Lights? (You can now subscribe to our(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channelSky watchers in the UK get to experience something majestic this September. The Met Office report says that these ejections can hit Earth's magnetic field very quickly, which can lead to geomagnetic storms.The beautiful northern lights are caused by these storms. There will be clear skies in northern Scotland and northern England, but they won't be perfect.It might be hard to see because of the light pollution and the waxing gibbous moon.

PM Modi’s High-Stakes UK Visit Set to Seal Landmark India-UK Free Trade Agreement Worth BillionsThe India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed on July 24 by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer will cut trade tariffs from 15% to 3% and is expected to bolster business confidence in a volatile global environment, British MPs were told on Monday.UK Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds briefed the House of Commons on the pre-ratification process for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), highlighting its potential impact ahead of full implementation, PTI reported.“This agreement drops the average Indian tariff on UK products from 15% to 3%, with duties falling by around £400 million at entry, rising to £900 million after staging,” Reynolds said. “It is expected to increase bilateral trade by £25.5 billion, raise UK GDP by £4.8 billion, and boost wages by £2.2 billion annually. In an increasingly unstable world, this deal provides businesses with confidence as they grow and expand. While implementation in India requires only Cabinet approval, ratification in the UK is expected to take up to a year. In the House of Lords, junior minister Baroness Maggie Jones briefed peers on the progress of the FTA.

'No 10 shake-up' and Labour's 'asylum crackdown'2 September 2025, 01:26 BST Updated 2 September 2025, 05:09 BSTImage caption, Sir Keir Starmer's shake-up of his No 10 team as Parliament returns from recess dominates Tuesday's papers. Reeves' allies say she discussed the shake-up several times over the summer, the paper reports. Image caption, Migrants granted asylum will be temporarily stopped from bringing their family members to the UK, the Times reports. In its editorial, the Telegraph argues that Sir Keir has humiliated and demoted the chancellor. The i says it's been told by Labour insiders that Sir Keir is attempting to seize control over a make-or-break Budget this autumn.

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Russia's president Vladimir Putin, India's prime minister Narendra Modi and China's president Xi Jinping at the summit in Tianjin on Monday. Mr Modi and Mr Putin held hands as they walked along the red carpet to meet Xi and the Indian prime minister said that New Delhi and Moscow stood side by side even in tough times. “Even in the most difficult situations, India and Russia have always walked shoulder to shoulder,” Mr Modi said. Mr Xi proposed a Global Governance Initiative (GGI) aimed at making the international system “fairer and reasonable”. “All countries, regardless of size, strength or wealth, should equally participate in, decide on and benefit from global governance,” he said.

Chelsea were again busier than most, signing the likes of Joao Pedro and Alejandro Garnacho, while also selling a record £300m in talent. Will that be enough to mount a title challenge? Tottenham will hope that the headline signing of Xavi Simons and the late addition of Randal Kolo Muani are enough to give them the creativity needed to compete in the league and Europe, having missed out on Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze.

The government will prioritise proposals for silicon carbide (SiC)-based wafer manufacturing under the second version of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), officials said. In semiconductor manufacturing, a wafer is a thin, circular slice of a crystalline semiconductor material, most commonly silicon, upon which integrated circuits are fabricated.“These chips are expected to have major, next-generation applications for the telecom, electric vehicles, defence, aerospace and industrial sectors. Chennai-based SicSem Private Limited is collaborating with Scotland-based Clas-SiC Wafer Fab, to establish a Rs 2,066 crore facility of SiC-based compound semiconductors in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar. Traditional silicon wafer production is well-established with mature, high-throughput processes, resulting in lower costs and availability of large wafer diameters. Silicon wafers are dominant in general electronics—integrated circuits, microchips, solar cells and low-to-medium voltage applications—the official said.

Also known as the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights are considered one of the most spectacular displays we can see in the night sky. Timelapse of the Northern LightsNorthern Lights to be visible in UK tonightThe Northern Lights may be visible in parts of the UK "late on September 1, or early on 2 September 2. The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) pictured near Ipswich, in Suffolk (Image: Getty Images)Best places to see the Northern Lights in the UKThe Northern Lights are expected to be visible in the northern parts of England, as well as Scotland. It is best to attempt to view the Northern Lights in a dark place with little to no light pollution. How are the Northern Lights visible in the UK?

Workforce challenges must be addressed to ensure the early years sector can recruit and retain staff to meet the demands of the full rollout of the childcare expansion, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has said. While growth in staff numbers is currently “on track” to meet the Government’s estimated targets for the childcare expansion, the NFER report has warned that this “may not necessarily continue”. But the NFER said early years providers have reported challenges with achieving growth so far and further growth “may be even more challenging”. One of the challenges early years providers face in recruiting and retaining staff is pay is low compared with that in the general workforce, the report said. Jack Worth, NFER education workforce lead, said: “The early years landscape is undergoing significant changes and increasing pressures.

Finland is to remove the swastika from the flags of its air force because its use has caused “awkward situations with foreign visitors”. The Nordic nation adopted the swastika as its air force symbol in 1918, years before Germany’s Nazi party chose it as its emblem. Air force command removed the swastika from use in 2020, but it lingers on the flags of some units. The Finnish air force told the Associated Press that plans to renew its unit flags started in 2023, the year Finland joined Nato. After the war, some flags were removed but many unit flags and decorations, including the insignia of the Air Force Academy, continued to bear the symbol.

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Robin Wright is joining a handful of celebrities, like Ellen DeGeneres, who left the U.S. for greener pastures — specifically, for the rolling hills of the U.K. countryside. “America is a s—show,” she told the publication, without delving into specific remarks around politics or president Donald Trump. They’re living. Finally.” (Wright mentioned she has been dating architect Henry Smith, whom she met at a country pub.) “Be done with searching, looking and getting 60% of what you wanted.”The Girlfriend, also co-starring Olivia Cooke, debuts all six of its episodes Sept. 10.

Bengaluru: A UK citizen of Indian origin, who missed his flight from Mumbai to London in 2019 after being wrongfully detained at the airport, will now receive Rs 2 lakh in compensation, following an order by the State Human Rights Commission. The amount is to be recovered from a Bengaluru police officer whose negligence led to the incident.The case dates back to Feb 19, 2019. Prasad was held until the next evening, February 20, when two policemen from the station arrived in Mumbai. "I showed them the high court stay order in my case. On the way, he was eventually let off.Prasad then took the matter to the commission, which opened an investigation.

In California, the legalization of recreational marijuana has had many consequences, including the boom in boutique dispensaries, the proliferation of edibles and growing questions around the health effects for some users. Add to the list a more unexpected effect, far from the industrial greenhouses of Northern California: an illicit export market for so-called Cali weed in Britain, where cannabis remains illegal. California-grown marijuana, which has developed a reputation for potency and high quality, is so popular that it is being smuggled in suitcases from America with minimal attempts to hide it, according to British law enforcement. Officials have intercepted a steady flow of cannabis-filled suitcases loaded onto passenger flights from the United States, with an average of five seizures a month in 2025. The drug is often vacuum-packed into plastic bags and crammed inside suitcases taken on commercial flights as checked baggage.

I am surprised to discover that the company has been running Hudson River cruises for more than 20 years. Nowadays American Cruise Lines is the only company to offer sailings on the waterway and there are cruises from summer onwards. • Nine of the best river cruises for solo travellersThere’s a free excursion in every destination and I show my ship pass and wander around Hudson River Maritime Museum. The Hudson River Fall Foliage Cruise departs from the historic state capital of Albany, travelling south to New York City. Jeannine in front of the Statue of LibertyWe dock overnight in Hudson River Park, not far from Times Square in swanky Midtown Manhattan.