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New Reform MP calls on Starmer to ban burqa
Sarah Pochin called on Sir Keir Starmer to ban burkas in “the interest of public...
Schoolboy slain in unprovoked attack by swordsman during...
Daniel Anjorin was stabbed a number of times during the unprovoked attack that also...
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Voices: ‘Raising taxes is political suicide’: Readers tackle...
Our community is sharply divided over how Rachel Reeves should fix the country’s...
Worker’s hilarious reaction to Rachel Reeves’ transport...
A staff member at a bus factory had a hilarious reaction to Rachel Reeves’ speech...
Campaigners fight to save 120-year-old tree from ‘irrational’...
Harringey Council in North London has said the tree must be removed due to damage...
Teacher sent sexual messages to pupil and encouraged him...
Charlotte Doman, 32, was a history teacher in Grays when the inappropriate contact...
Britain facing cuts after Reeves rules out tax raid
The chancellor has insisted she can stick to manifesto spending pledges as experts...
Keir Starmer pays tribute to late brother’s ‘resilience...
Nick Starmer, who had learning difficulties due to complications at birth, died...
Brexit ‘sabotage’ warning as new proposals clear Commons
Critics fear the legislation would force UK regulations to automatically align with...
France finally agrees to intercept migrant boats at sea...
A furious row erupted at the weekend after French authorities were accused of standing...
Martin Lewis’s charity warns Starmer’s PIP disability cuts...
Martin Lewis’ charity Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has revealed research...
Harry and Meghan looked at changing family surname to Spencer
Duke of Sussex sought advice on taking the birth name of his late mother Princess...
Farmers’ harvest in limbo after UK endures driest spring...
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) think tank warns that climate change...
Free school meals for half a million of England’s poorest...
The move, which comes after a major campaign by The Independent, said the expansion...
Winter fuel payments won’t be reinstated for all in blow...
The chancellor confirms the changes to payments will be implemented by this winter,...
Body found in search for Briton who went missing on stag...
A body has been found in the search for a missing Scottish man who disappeared while...
Meghan twerks as she and Harry dance before Lilibet's birth...
The Duchess of Sussex has shared a video of her and Prince Harry dancing before...
The A&E where security guards deal with up to 20 mental...
"We've got two," explains Emer Szczygiel, emergency department head of nursing at King...
The big problem facing UK as deadline to finalise US trade...
When push comes to shove, the question of whether British industry faces crippling...
Artwork referencing JK Rowling taken down after being 'tampered...
The National Trust says it has taken down a piece of art featuring JK Rowling's...
Nigel Farage may have made a rare political misstep - but...
Next week, the chancellor will unveil the first spending review since 2021. It will...
Weight loss jab warning from health watchdog over unborn...
Women taking weight loss jabs must use contraception, and wait up to two months...
Trump's NATO ambassador says allies must agree to 5% spend...
The United States says the UK and all other NATO allies must agree to spend at least...
More pensioners to get winter fuel payments this year -...
Rachel Reeves has confirmed more pensioners will be eligible for winter fuel payments...
New miscarriage of justice watchdog chair calls leadership...
The watchdog that examines potential miscarriages of justice has "unimpressive"...
Deputy PM Angela Rayner: ‘I don’t want to be leader of...
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has quashed rumours that she is vying to become...
Handing NHS staff police powers to detain mental health...
A group of health organisation said that changes to the Mental Health Bill would...
New rules to come into force in all UK zoos for staff and...
Designed to improve animal welfare, the new reforms are the biggest in over 10 years
Supermarket opening hours for bank holiday Monday – full...
Here is a list of when the major UK supermarkets are operating this bank holiday...
TfL announces Tube closures for Bank Holiday Monday: Full...
Piccadilly Line and Elizabeth Line among those affected with replacement buses in...
Public told to use secret codes to stop AI deepfake scams
Warning comes in the wake of a string of cyber attacks on UK retailers, including...
Britain’s most expensive seaside towns and cheaper hidden...
Salcombe in Devon, with its galleries and boutiques, is second on the Lloyds list
U-turns on controversial policies won’t win back lost voters,...
Pollsters say PM’s climbdown on winter fuel payment cuts risks making him look ‘insecure’...
Nigel Farage to back scrapping child benefit cap and restoring...
Nigel Farage, who is attempting to regain control of the narrative after taking...
Girl, 13, fighting for life after escaping north London...
Police are continuing to question a 41-year-old man on suspicion of murder
We had a 12-month romance. Then I found my boyfriend was...
Kate Wilson won a legal battle against the Metropolitan Police after discovering...
UK officials ‘probe Russian links to arson attacks on Keir...
Security officials are said to be investigating whether the Kremlin is behind three...
Angela Rayner blasts leadership rumours: I don’t want to...
Sir Keir’s deputy said she will ‘never’ be leader of the party, amid growing speculation...
Naga Munchetty: My first period at 15 made me faint and...
The journalist described having to throw up while presenting BBC Breakfast due to...
Rosamund Pike reveals terrifying moment her phone was snatched...
‘Gone Girl’ star was speaking to her mother when the terrifying incident unfolded
Starmer government ‘trying to fix wings of a plane while...
The cross-bench peer and former boss of BP fears the prime minister does not have...
Leopard-hunting holiday packages being sold for up to £116,000...
Exclusive: More than 700 body parts of big cats were exported in 2023 – including...
Revealed: The true cost of climate crisis for world’s poorest...
Exclusive: Small-island states and conflict-vulnerable countries in Africa are suffering...
Dogs are treated like ‘child surrogates’ by their owners,...
People are choosing dogs because they are ‘easier to control and care for than a...
UK politics live: Badenoch blasts Starmer and Farage in...
Angela Rayner has suggested details on when winter fuel payments could be restored...
Police officer fighting for his life after being hit by...
The force revealed PC Miller was still in hospital as they appealed for witnesses...
Man charged over hospital crossbow incident
A man has been charged after armed police swooped on a hospital over reports of...
Why Strictly star is supporting Welsh festival that is...
Thousands of people are expected to attend Port Talbot this weekend as the town...
'It wasn't meant to end this way': Gary Lineker bows out...
Gary Lineker bid a tearful farewell to Match Of The Day as he presented the show...
'Momentous occasion' as King heads for Canada
The King is preparing for a two-day visit to Canada - his first as the country's...
'I live beside the UK's first drug consumption room - my...
It's 8.34am on a Tuesday and Vanessa Paton is taking me on a tour of Glasgow's east...
Nigel Farage's big announcement will pile more pressure...
No U-turn comes without a political cost.
Mother and three children who died in house fire in London...
A mother and three of her children who died in a house fire in northwest London...
Officials at Premier League clubs at risk of legal action...
Casinos sponsoring two Premier League clubs are accepting UK customers without a...
Tributes paid as 'profoundly moral' former TV presenter...
Alan Yentob, the former BBC presenter and executive, has died aged 78.
He's accused of being workshy - but is Prince William just...
Photographed in a beam of sunlight, Prince William walked through Westminster Abbey...
Urgent recall of supermarket chicken over listeria fears
Listeria can cause still borns in pregnant women
Cats and dogs preferable to spouses after a stressful day
58 per cent of pet owners opted to hug their cats and dogs when they were stressed
‘Punching walls’ and ‘shouting’: Inside the worrying rise...
School and online pressures have been blamed for the rise in children turning to...
Groans as Lee Anderson suggests Jeremy Corbyn should be...
Lee Anderson's call for Jeremy Corbyn to be deported alongside migrants who cross...
Robert Jenrick reveals he has received death threats and...
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick says he has received death threats and that...
Passports cannot be used to check biological sex says peer...
A Conservative amendment to an upcoming bill ensures ‘biological sex data’ can be...
Musk’s X ‘amplified Islamophobia, hate speech and disinformation’...
Report points to another social media trend: sexual violence was being weaponised,...
Watch: Bulgarian spy ringleader denies any ‘James Bond...
Orlin Roussev has been jailed for 10 years and eight months
May 2025 bank holiday benefits and pension payments dates
DWP will deliver payments on a different day than normal due to the bank holiday...
Counter-terror police probe suspected arson attacks on...
Nobody was hurt in the fires, but the prime minister’s door was damaged
Constance Marten tells jury aristocratic family member...
The mother, who standing trial over the death of her baby while on the run, believes...
Aristocrat Constance Marten refuses to continue cross-examination...
Jurors were told the mother, who is accused of gross negligence manslaughter of...
Tesco apologise for mistakenly telling shoppers they received...
Some Tesco shoppers responded to the mistake, demanding the supermarket giant still...
Ed Miliband’s wife objects to new block of flats near couple’s...
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to build 1.5 million homes by the next general election
On-duty Met Police officer told girl he would ‘pick her...
Che Homersham met the girl while responding to a domestic incident
Warning to drivers as stallions released in New Forest...
Drivers and visitors were warned the stallions would ‘only be thinking about one...
Macron ‘beats Trump to UK state visit’ as King Charles...
The last state visit to the UK from France was in 2008 from then-president Nicolas...
PIP changes begin as part of cost-cutting reforms to benefits
Over 40 Labour MPs have urged the government to reassess the planned cuts
Elderly man attacked and left for dead for cornflakes and...
John Mackey had visited a Co-op store where he bought food and a newspaper before...
Cyber attacks: What to do if you fear your personal information...
M&S has revealed that customer personal data has been taken by hackers
M&S admits customer data was stolen by hackers in cyber...
The retail giant has stressed that payment or card details have not been accessed...
Home secretary grilled over Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’...
Yvette Cooper refused four times on Tuesday to repeat Sir Keir Starmer’s “island...
Peter Mandelson plays down idea of Nigel Farage as PM after...
Lord Mandelson said he takes Nigel Farage ‘seriously’, but dismissed the likelihood...
Siblings convicted of murder for ‘brutal’ stabbing over...
“This was a brutal and cold-hearted attack in broad daylight,” says detective who...
Landscape that inspired Brontë sisters’ books made a nature...
The vast expanse of 1,270 acres encompasses peat bogs, heaths and wetlands
Robert Jenrick claims UK ‘already island of strangers’...
Sir Keir found himself in unusual political company as the former Tory immigration...
What we know about arson attacks at Keir Starmer’s home...
Emergency services were called to fires at the doors of two homes linked to the...
Rise in ‘boomerang kids’ as nearly a quarter of parents...
The ‘boomerang generation’ is booming, new research suggests
Accurate information ‘under greater threat than ever’ from...
Fact-checking charity Full Fact has urged the Government and Ofcom to do more to...
Unemployment rate rises to near four-year high as wage...
Signs point to a ‘cooling’ of the labour market, the ONS said
UK government in High Court challenge over selling fighter...
If successful, the legal challenge could force the government to quash a previous...
UK cuts to international aid will have huge impact, minister...
Development minister claims there is an ‘absolute crisis’ in public support for...
Could you pass the British Citizenship test?
Applicants are required to get 75 percent of the questions right to pass
Around 800 goats killed in huge East Yorkshire barn fire
It is estimated that 200 goats survived the blaze
Asda to end Blue Light Card discount scheme for shoppers
Major supermarket to end discounted prices for emergency workers later this month
Equalities watchdog threatened with legal action after...
Exclusive: A leading UK trans rights group says guidance ‘incorrectly states the...
Long wait for family after death of British police officer...
Hannah Byrne, 22, had been out on the first night of her holiday when she suffered...
Tory MP Patrick Spencer charged with sexual assaults at...
The Conservative politician will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 16 June
More than 1m people still on zero-hours contracts despite...
Some 1.17 million people are on the contracts in the UK, growing by 12 per cent...
Phone thief caught in under 60 seconds by undercover police
Police caught a mobile phone thief in under a minute after he snatched a device...
Revealed: The areas where the most new homes are being...
Only one area recorded a downturn in the number of new homes
400 Islamic State fighters are living in UK, claims bombshell...
None of the fighters have been successfully prosecuted for their crimes, say MPs
Cyber experts issue urgent advice to M&S customers after...
The retailer confirmed some personal data had been stolen in a cyber attack on the...
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Government bans early work of Botticelli from being exported...
The painting by the Italian master Sandro Botticelli is at risk of leaving the country
