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2026-04-25

2026-04-24

Three boys and two men charged over rape of teenage girl in Kent

Shabana Mahmood refuses to rule out sending back failed Afghan asylum seekers

Mother ends life at Swiss clinic four years after son’s death

US won’t give unredacted Epstein documents to UK police without formal request

TV presenter withdraws claims against Dan Walker after ‘mutual agreement’ with Channel 5

Zack Polanski calls for ‘nuance’ when discussing antisemitism in rebuke of PM

TikTok and Visa launch debit card to speed payouts to UK creators

Man found guilty over birds of prey dumped outside Hampshire village shop

Could Trump withdraw US support for UK sovereignty of Falklands?

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions

UK eases airline penalties as jet fuel shortages threaten flights

Assisted dying bill will not become law after it falls in the House of Lords

Revealed: Axel Springer skipped due diligence before £575m Telegraph takeover

Starmer pledges to bring forward law proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Kezia Dugdale, incoming chair of Stonewall, apologises after backlash over JK Rowling remarks

What is a passkey, how does it work and why is it better than a password?

Young people may not recognise they have been victims of stalking, says CPS

No, Minister: the week Keir Starmer had his own Sir Humphrey moment

UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo

Man, 32, jailed for life for rape and assault of Sikh woman in Walsall

Greta Thunberg, Sally Rooney and Brian Eno defy Palestine Action ban in letter to judges

Stock markets will fall, Bank of England deputy governor says

McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Mandelson

Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department

‘Dumb mistake’: Mayfair club Annabel’s gave managers bonus from staff service charge

Epstein housed alleged victims in London after Met declined to investigate him, reports say

US justice department blocking Met police investigation into Mandelson, reports say – UK politics live

Retail sales rise as British motorists stock up on fuel

Reform UK asks steel bosses to draft ‘alternative strategy’ for industry

One in 10 operations in England cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice

‘This election is all to play for’: Can the Scottish Labour leader defy political gravity in May?

‘It’s Andy or bust’: could Burnham’s return to parliament save Starmer?

Stocks and shares Isas: are they right for me, and where is best to invest?

Revealed: UK oil refinery owner moved Russian loans to offshore subsidiary where sanctions did not apply

Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

2026-04-23

Surrey police to close rape inquiry that sparked Epsom disorder

‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting

Baby died after NHS trust failed to warn mother of ‘unsafe’ home birth, coroner finds

UK prepared to deploy RAF Typhoons to keep strait of Hormuz open after Iran war

Thousands call on UK ministers to cut ties with US tech giant Palantir

What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?

Foreign Office unit tracking Israel’s potential breaches of international law closed

Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel went bust owing £4.6m, report says

UK braces for price rises driven by Iran war as economic confidence plummets

Campaign launched to reunite young Britons with forgotten savings accounts

Man who raped young men and deliberately gave them HIV jailed for life

Nine in 10 UK voters across parties support right to abortion, poll finds

BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders

UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries

Three men guilty of repeatedly raping woman on Brighton beach in ‘predatory, callous’ attack

The cinema lab: brain activity tracked to find secret to creating immersive films

Private health records of half a million Britons offered for sale on Chinese website

Former Labour MP calls for Starmer to face Commons committee over Mandelson vetting

Police and ombudsman investigate death of boy, 16, at young offender institution

In Peter Mandelson evidence, Cat Little had the best weapon: an audit trail

Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga

Some Interrail travellers told to cancel passports as hacked data posted online

Plan for healthier school meals in England will hit services, say caterers

Chinese hackers are using everyday devices to hack UK firms, warns watchdog

Former boss at Lucy Letby’s hospital arrested on suspicion of perverting course of justice

Russell Brand says he had ‘exploitative’ consensual sex with girl, 16, at height of his fame

More than 150 violent offenders granted taxi licences in Midlands city last year

Breast reductions in UK overtake enlargements for first time, data shows

Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m

Dippy the injured axolotl rescued from Welsh river

Olly Robbins refused to give Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little

Criminal gangs profiting as child sexual abuse websites double, experts say

‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage

Top Cabinet Office official to give evidence to MPs about Peter Mandelson’s vetting – UK politics live

Rise of the ‘ghost owners’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper records

UK looked at ways to ‘open doors’ to US chlorinated chicken, FoI request shows

Iran behind low-level ‘hybrid warfare’ attacks in UK and Europe, analysts say

Sainsbury’s says impact of Iran war may lead to drop in profits this year

Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds

UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

Paracetamol costs have jumped up to 30% due to Iran war, pharmacies warn

Migrant care workers to leaflet Shabana Mahmood constituents over longer wait to settle

London faces more disruption as second 24-hour tube strike begins

Starmer urged to bring in ticket-touting ban as resellers target Big Weekend

Number of billionaires globally could reach 4,000 in next five years

Use of toxic Pfas in consumer goods must be urgently restricted, MPs say

‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit

2026-04-22

One person diagnosed with cancer every 80 seconds in UK, report reveals

City firms bank on ‘savvy’ advertising campaign to push Brits towards investing

Two more arrested in Watford on suspicion of plotting arson attack on Jewish venue

UK to pay France another £660m to curb Channel crossings

HRT provider censured by UK regulator for ‘systemic failures’ that put patients at risk

British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told

Roman Abramovich takes Jersey to European human rights court over Chelsea sale proceeds

Four people arrested over suspected £44m UK home insulation scam

Britain’s military dependence on US ‘no longer tenable’, says former Nato chief

Palestine Action activist who hit officer with sledge hammer ‘panicked’, court told

Ministers speak out in cabinet meeting over Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins

How Olly Robbins’ knightly charm glossed over burning questions on Mandelson vetting

No evidence of antisemitism at Bristol school that postponed Jewish MP’s visit, inquiry finds

Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations

Taxes on UK workers have risen at fastest rate in rich world, says OECD

Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens

Man whose wife killed herself cleared of rape and manslaughter

‘This is our moment as British Muslims’: MCB leader takes inspiration from New York mayor

Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, to be questioned by MPs

Stern warning: one man’s mission to clear the rotting boats poisoning Cornwall’s creeks

Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79

Fury in Cornwall over herbicide plan to tackle weeds

UK firms to face tougher checks on export licences to bolster sanctions on Russia

Starmer to face MPs for first time since Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence – UK politics live

Officials too slow to act on falling pupil numbers in England, says watchdog

UK inflation rises to 3.3% amid soaring fuel prices driven by Iran war

UK could face ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’, says head of security agency

Robbins says officials considered withholding Mandelson vetting files from parliament

Temporary accommodation linked to deaths of 104 children in England in six years

Pollen season in UK and mainland Europe extended by climate breakdown

The security report the UK government doesn’t want you to see – podcast

2026-04-21

Black children in England and Wales almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched than white peers – report

Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Starmer

Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament

Prolific unregulated sperm donor loses UK legal fight to be named as child’s father

‘Self-serving stuff’: anger remains high in Whitehall over Olly Robbins sacking

Four Labour activists charged with trying to fix candidate selection process

Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms

Man admits rape and religiously aggravated assault after court confrontation

Victims of sexual violence distressed by MPs’ ‘pugnacious’ questioning

Albanians in UK scapegoated by rightwing media and politicians, says ambassador

Why are UK electricity prices linked to gas – and what does it mean for energy bills?

EV charging shake-up looks to help UK households solve off-street parking problem

UK to appeal against tax ruling cutting VAT on public electric car chargers to 5%

Social media executives deny platforms are inherently addictive to children

UK and EU close in on agricultural deal to reduce Brexit barriers

Welsh farmers launch landmark claim against ‘intimidating’ green pylon firm

Two men found guilty of killing woman outside north London church in drive-by shooting

Robbins’ account raises questions over whether he was misled on Mandelson vetting

Seven more arrested after arson attacks on London Jewish sites

BBC Proms to celebrate Miles Davis’s centenary and 250 years of US independence

Robbins v Starmer: the key points they disagree on over Mandelson vetting

Shabana Mahmood swears at ‘white liberal’ hecklers over Reform remarks

Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI

Man, 47, pleads not guilty to stalking and harassing Jess Phillips

Royal Mail invests £500m to tackle late deliveries as second-class post cut back

Foreign Office was asked to find role for senior Starmer aide, says Olly Robbins

Guardian owner heralds next phase in Legacies of Enslavement restorative justice plan

Experts call for restrictions on pet flea treatments that harm UK songbirds

Teenager charged with arson after attack on synagogue in London

Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post

Ed Miliband says he and Lammy feared Mandelson appointment could ‘blow up’

UK jobs market was in a fragile state – even before Iran war threatened recovery

King Charles pays tribute to late mother on 100th anniversary of her birth

Sacked Foreign Office chief Olly Robbins to face MPs’ questions over Mandelson vetting – UK politics live

Primark to split from food business despite warning of Iran war impact

UK unemployment shows surprise fall to 4.9% as pay growth drops to lowest in five years

Cattle breed whose ancestors lived with Celts added to priority at-risk list

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

England wildlife watchdog ‘has stopped designating special sites for protection’

Starmer addresses the Mandelson vetting saga – podcast

2026-04-20

UK shifts older wind and solar farms to fixed-price deals to reduce price shocks

Judgment day for Starmer? – podcast

Starmer accuses Robbins of obstructing truth about Mandelson vetting

Police investigate whether London arson attacks were planned for weeks

Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans

Baby was sexually abused before being killed by man adopting him, court told

Woman charged with attempted murder after car hit pedestrians in London

How safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?

What Starmer said, and didn’t say, in the Commons about the Mandelson saga

British Jews feel ‘under siege’ and worry about children wearing religious symbols in public

US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN

Is Richard Tice’s picture AI-manipulated? Here are five giveaways

Starmer orders inquiry into any security concerns over Mandelson’s tenure in US

Starmer says he was wrong to appoint Mandelson as US ambassador – video

‘Dancing is resistance’: Zack Polanski and the Greens bring the party to the ravers

Reform’s Richard Tice posts picture with telltale signs of AI manipulation, say experts

Zoologist, author and presenter Desmond Morris dies aged 98

Gut microbiome can reveal risk of Parkinson’s, scientists say

Tube strikes: how disruptive will action by London Underground drivers be?

Greens ‘have welcomed’ people expelled by Labour for antisemitism, Steve Reed claims

What is ‘DV’? Key acronyms and terms in the Mandelson vetting row explained

Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez blocked from entering UK for far-right rally

Victoria Beckham ties up with Gap as retailer hopes luxe push will drive comeback

Starmer to admit he inadvertently gave MPs misleading information on Mandelson

Cabinet secretary apparently advised Starmer to wait for vetting before appointing Mandelson

Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch loses high court battle against her friends

Quarter of a million people could lose job by middle of 2027 as UK ‘flirts with recession’, analysis says

Fears more than 1,000 toads may have died after Welsh water firm drains reservoir

Home Office could face hundreds of claims over asylum families in single rooms

Daughter calls for investigation into death of man after police contact at Bristol protest

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

Oil prices rise and markets fall after US ship seizure hits Iran peace deal hopes

Two teenagers arrested over arson attack on synagogue in north-west London

Trustpilot hosts reviews of illegal casinos, raising concern among MPs

Naming Mandelson as ambassador before vetting was mistake, minister says

Universities in England could face fines for freedom of speech failures

William Hill owner Evoke in talks on £225m takeover by casino group Bally’s

Starwatch: Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies

‘Exam-obsessed’ schools leave pupils unready for work, Alan Milburn says

‘The Moon and The Zoo’: Simon Armitage poem celebrates 200 years of ZSL

V&A East Storehouse and Norwich Castle among finalists for museum of the year

Get a grip on ‘scandal’ of illegal child social care in England, ministers are told

England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade

The key questions Keir Starmer must answer over Mandelson appointment

Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI – podcast

Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock

2026-04-19

ABF poised to reveal result of Primark and food business demerger plan

Starmer will not be swayed by Trump’s ‘small and petty’ insults, says Lammy

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Starmer is facing his judgment day over Mandelson missteps

Civil resistance activists detained in Manchester over alleged plan to raid high-end stores

Ministers urged to share Mandelson vetting files with intelligence committee

Jesy Nelson issues plea over stolen car containing twins’ medical equipment

Woman arrested after car driven into pedestrians in central London

UK seeks EU deals on steel and EVs in push for closer economic ties

Bank bosses called to meeting with Reeves over impact of Iran war on UK economy

Hamnet-era mourning jewel from celebrated painting rediscovered after 400 years

How Reform is exposing the reality of Scotland’s views on immigration and identity

Vodafone incentivised security staff to fine its own franchisees

Police investigate attempted arson attack at north-west London synagogue

Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100,000 in corporation tax

Ministers rally around Keir Starmer as leadership questions grow over Mandelson saga – UK politics live

More Britons opt to holiday in UK this summer amid uncertainty over flights

MoD has lost track of veterans on recall list, says defence adviser

Carmakers scramble to plug £3bn shortfall for UK loan scandal payouts

2026-04-18

Queen Elizabeth II’s official biographer named as historian Anna Keay

Kensington Gardens reopen after police deem suspicious items non-hazardous

Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy

Two drivers killed in motorway crash in Perth and Kinross

Two more Reform local election candidates accused of offensive posts

As Franco Manca scales back, is the air going out of the sourdough pizza craze?

Fourth suspect in London arson attack on Jewish ambulances remanded in custody

Survivors of alleged sexual abuse by former owner of Harrods want enablers to face justice

Growing knowledge, growing yield: British wine-making comes of age

Counter-terror police investigate arson attack in London

Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust

Story of Black British music writ large in first exhibition at V&A East

‘Pure shock’: how ministers reacted to revelation of Mandelson vetting failure

Pressure on Starmer grows over Mandelson vetting despite ousting of Foreign Office official – UK politics live

What are my rights if flights are cancelled and holidays disrupted due to fuel shortage?

Can Europe avoid a summer of holiday flight and cross-Channel travel chaos?

Green MP: Labour caricatures working-class people over greyhound racing

Winners and judges out of pocket as £20,000 writing awards appear to have closed

2026-04-17

Police say no evidence found of reported gang-rape in Epsom

Rachel Reeves to raise windfall tax on low-carbon electricity generators

Starmer was kept in dark about Mandelson’s vetting by two top civil servants

More than half of Windrush compensation claims rejected by Home Office, report finds

Questions raised over whether £3.8m government grant awarded to Wrexham AFC was lawful

What happens during security vetting and why did Peter Mandelson fail his?

Olly Robbins and Mandelson’s vetting: what did he do, why – and who knew?

Five unanswered questions on Keir Starmer’s Mandelson debacle

Peter Mandelson’s failed security vetting: a timeline of the controversy

Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

Three meningitis B cases confirmed in Dorset as young people offered vaccines

Asif Kapadia to direct 70 Up, last chapter of influential ITV documentary series

More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote

Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles

BBC radio DJ Andy Kershaw dies aged 66

UK’s OnlyFans tops $3bn valuation amid talks to sell stake to US investor

‘No cheeseburgers … they would go bankrupt’: pupils reject plan to cut fatty foods from lunch menus

Pressure on Starmer amid Mandelson revelations as Foreign Office official forced out – UK politics live

More than 15m oysters to be released in the North Sea for UK rewilding project

2026-04-16

Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

Covid jab injury payments must be urgently reformed, says inquiry chair

Contingency plans in place for possible food shortages if Iran war continues, minister confirms – UK politics live

Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms

Is Keir Starmer ‘complacent’ on defence? – podcast

2026-04-15

Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says

Over-the-counter pet flea treatments could be banned under new UK rules

‘Field of Dreams stuff’: will Leeds finally get its trams after decades of promises?

Is the EU back in vogue? – podcast

2026-04-13

Hormuz, Hungary and the UK shifting closer to the EU – podcast

2026-04-11

The war over Omagh’s gold: the £21bn mine plan tearing a community apart

2026-04-10

Why the UK banned Kanye West - podcast

2026-04-06

A bittersweet thrill: daytrippers watch US warplanes in action at RAF Fairford

2026-04-03

‘It has been traumatic’: the Cornwall landmark left battered by Storm Goretti

2025-02-04

Sam Kerr trial: officer did not mention impact of ‘stupid and white’ comments for 11 months, court hears

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