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Tue, 05 May 2026 08:52:57 GMT
Labour MPs plot to oust Starmer with open letter demanding his resignation
Backbenchers seeking to oust Starmer after what is expected to be a disaster for the party in this week’s local elections

Tue, 05 May 2026 08:32:26 GMT
AI and cost of living crisis fuelling record levels of modern slavery in UK
There were 23,411 potential victims of modern slavery referred to the Home Office in 2025

Tue, 05 May 2026 08:24:02 GMT
Engineer accused of exaggerating crash injuries for £5m payout – including £160k for dog walker
Lawyers claim that Grant Greening-Steer is ‘deliberately lying’ about his condition

Tue, 05 May 2026 07:44:51 GMT
Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke ‘quietly withdrawn’ to leave Britain with just five active frigates
HMS Iron Duke has reportedly been stripped of its weapons and sensors

Tue, 05 May 2026 06:56:22 GMT
Men go on trial for alleged murder of paedophile singer Ian Watkins
The former Lostprophets frontman was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences when he died

Mon, 04 May 2026 23:01:00 GMT
Cheap, plentiful energy is more important than climate-first strategy, says Tony Blair
The former PM says that decarbonisation is ‘essential’, but cannot be ‘pursued in isolation’

Mon, 04 May 2026 23:01:00 GMT
British drivers told to make one simple change as number plate thefts surge
Reports of stolen plates are up 30 per cent in the last year, according to the DVLA

Mon, 04 May 2026 20:52:52 GMT
Family pay tribute to ‘wonderful’ teenager killed by fallen tree in park
Staffordshire Police put out a statement on behalf of his parents and three siblings

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:44:34 GMT
‘How do you carry on when your child dies? There must be better support for parents of sick children’
Two fathers who had to care for their terminally ill children and deal with the heartbreaking grief of watching them die are calling for support for other parents after they were left with nowhere to turn

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:08:13 GMT
Reform plan to open migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas branded ‘grotesque’
Nigel Farage’s party accused of ‘contempt for all voters, including their own’, days before local elections in England

Mon, 04 May 2026 17:56:25 GMT
Starmer accused of ‘unpicking Brexit’ as UK faces paying EU £1bn a year after ‘reset’
Prime minister says closer alignment to the EU’s single market will be in the national interest

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:37:57 GMT
Man and woman arrested on suspicion of arson after fire at Golders Green memorial wall
The memorial wall that was targeted is a tribute to protesters killed in Iran and those killed during the 7 October Hamas attack

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:13:43 GMT
Pro-Palestine protest organisers slam Met Police chief over ‘defamatory’ synagogue march route claims
Met Police chief Mark Rowley claimed pro-Palestine march organisers suggested taking a route where they would walk by a synagogue

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:13:26 GMT
Starmer will be forced out of No 10 – it’s just a matter of when and how, top pollster warns
Exclusive: John Curtice says the likelihood of Keir Starmer leading Labour into the next election ‘is very low indeed’

Mon, 04 May 2026 15:46:53 GMT
‘It’d be nice to get a clear out and start again’: Labour facing battle on both fronts in the city where it was born
Labour can trace its roots back to Bradford – but the city, which has battled deindustrialisation, could be about to move on from Keir Starmer’s party, as Dan Haygarth finds out

Mon, 04 May 2026 13:15:08 GMT
Schools using VR headsets to help pupils with stress, says report
The Phase Space programme helps students to calm down if they are feeling anxious or overwhelmed

Mon, 04 May 2026 11:41:56 GMT
A European lawmaker is sentenced in a fraud case involving Czech populist leader Andrej Babiš
A Czech court has convicted a former associate of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of fraud, giving her a three-year suspended sentence and a fine

Mon, 04 May 2026 11:06:33 GMT
Teenager accused of bomb hoax at Peter Kay show is remanded in custody after courtroom outbursts
A Peter Kay comedy show at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena last Friday was cancelled following an alleged bomb hoax

Mon, 04 May 2026 10:29:58 GMT
Princess Eugenie expecting third child this summer, Buckingham Palace announces
King Charles is said to be ‘delighted with the news’

Mon, 04 May 2026 09:54:33 GMT
Rising UK food prices to reach ‘grim milestone’ by November, new research warns
Five climate-impacted foods – butter, milk, beef, chocolate and coffee – have been responsible for much of the continued pressure on food inflation

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