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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:57:10 GMTAbramovich lawyers insist £2.5bn from Chelsea sale is still his and blame government for delays over funds
The escalating row over the £2.5bn the Russian oligarch has promised to give to the victims of the Ukrainian war has seen a legal letter blaming Keir Starmer’s government for the hold up
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:47:16 GMTOil prices latest: Labour pledge to cut energy bills in jeopardy as Middle East crisis sends fuel costs soaring
Price of oil has surged since the US and Israel launched airstrikes towards Iran 10 days ago
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:37:56 GMTPensioner in £300k court fight to reclaim home lost in bitter driveway dispute with neighbour
The pair’s relationship fell apart when one was accused of blocking access to the other’s garage
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:22:57 GMTIan Huntley’s daughter says murderer’s ashes ‘should be flushed down the toilet’
Soham murderer died in hospital on Saturday after he was attacked at HMP Frankland by an inmate
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:12:19 GMTCalls for King’s US state visit to be cancelled after Trump’s criticism of Starmer
US president’s continued outbursts raises questions over King’s scheduled US state visit in April
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:48:50 GMTPassengers warned of major disruption after Glasgow Central fire
National Rail confirmed the station would remain closed, stating there was ‘no estimate on when the station will reopen’
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:05:10 GMT‘I’m 12 and had a heart transplant because of a disease that affects only 13 people in the world’
Trey Taylor found out he was living with an extremely rare form of muscular dystrophy which came close to taking his life
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:02:00 GMTWhy self-employed workers will be handing condoms to MPs
Currently, self-employed fathers are not entitled to any paternity leave or pay
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:01:00 GMT600 women’s health leaders warn social media platforms are censoring vital information
Women are ‘dying of embarrassment,’ doctor warns, as ‘shame and stigma costs lives’ amid online censorship on female health
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:01:00 GMTNew measures to tackle extremism at universities and in charity sector unveiled
Government is launching a new action plan to promote ‘shared values that unite us as a nation’
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:01:00 GMTBible sales at their highest in almost three decades
The average cost of a book reached record levels in 2025
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:01:00 GMTBereaved parents urge MPs to vote for social media ban for under-16s
MPs will debate the Lords-backed ban for the first time on Monday
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:01:00 GMTUK drivers reveal why they are not switching to electric vehicles
One think tank suggests drivers are ‘holding back from making the shift’ to electric motoring
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:01:31 GMTRecreational drugs triple the risk of stroke in young people, study finds
About 100,000 people have strokes each year in the UK, according to Stroke Association
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:58:34 GMTBritish couple held in Tehran prison caught in US-Iran war crossfire as bombs shatter windows
British citizens Lindsay and Craig Foreman have been held in prisons in Iran for more than a year, living through two wars
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:45:01 GMTFace of mystery man found dead in UK reservoir revealed by police
The unidentified man is believed to have been in the water for up to 12 weeks before he was found
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:58:56 GMTPrincess Eugenie steps down as patron of anti-slavery charity
Anti-Slavery International confirms Princess Eugenie is no longer a patron
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:56:30 GMTLabour MPs urge Starmer to ‘stick to what we believe is right’ in face of Trump fury over Iran
It comes as Yvette Cooper has also hit back at criticism of Starmer from Tony Blair, telling the former PM: ‘We have to learn the lessons from Iraq’
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:54:20 GMTStarmer may be right not to wade into Trump’s war in Iran – but has proven to be a prisoner of his own MPs
In fighting to saving his premiership, the PM is less able to lead even when he does the right thing, writes political editor David Maddox
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:09:37 GMTRomford’s Reform Referendum: Inside the borough that could ‘Brexit from London’
After their MP promised a vote on whether to remain a part of the capital, Bryony Gooch and Shaheena Uddin meet Havering locals, who are divided on the idea
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:50:09 GMT‘I’m 34 and thought I just had stomach cramps – but it was stage 4 cancer’
Kirsty Laing’s shocking diagnosis has led her to launch a campaign for the bowel cancer screening age to be lowered from 50 to 30
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:14 GMTBlair sparks row with Starmer after claiming UK ‘should have backed Trump from the beginning’ in Iran
The former prime minister told a private event that Labour ‘had better show up’ for Washington