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Man charged with Ann Widdecombe's murder now accused of preparing terror acts against Nigel Farage

Joshua Kerry, 28, already charged with Ann Widdecombe's murder, is charged with preparation of terrorist...

Privacy policies facing one UK family in a single day run to 83 hours of reading, study claims

A Web3 Foundation study says a modelled UK family's daily digital services carry 257 policy documents...

RNLI warns supporters their data may have been taken in supplier cyber attack

RNLI tells supporters that names, contact details and interaction records held by CRM provider Beacon may...

Palantir hires Tom Watson as UK vice-president amid NHS contract review and Met lawsuit

Palantir names ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson UK senior vice-president as its NHS data contract faces...

Polanski demands Burnham publish unredacted intelligence report on ecosystem collapse

Green Party leader Zack Polanski urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to release in full the redacted...

England's 15-year-olds beat OECD averages in PISA, but maths still trails 2018

England scored 516 in science, 497 in reading and 492 in maths against OECD averages of 482, 461 and 463,...

Man denies plotting to spray 'Palestine' on lawn at Boris Johnson's wedding party estate

Tim Speers, 41, denies having an article with intent to damage property over an alleged plan to paint...

MHRA raids world's largest illegal weight-loss jab facility in Northampton

The MHRA has dismantled the world's largest illegal weight-loss jab production facility in Northampton,...

Andrew Tate to stand trial in Romania over alleged trafficking of minors

Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate over alleged trafficking of minors, sending the case to trial.

Burnham set to announce tougher sanctions targeting illegal Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank

Government awards £9.58bn to build 73,600 social and affordable homes

Government allocates £9.58bn to 33 housing providers to build 73,600 new social and affordable homes.

Uniform charities report surge in demand as England's branded item cap begins

Charities like Doreen's Hull see rising demand for free uniform as a new cap on branded school items...

Burnham rejects Kremlin's 'fuel to fire' claim, vows to keep arming Ukraine

In Kyiv, UK PM Andy Burnham dismisses a Kremlin warning and confirms Britain's role in a new Ukrainian...

Graduate job opportunities have fallen by almost 50% in just one year as employers increasingly replace entry level roles with AI.

Hackers with suspected links to Iran have been blamed for a cyber attack that forced a British power plant to temporarily shut down for 4 days

Freed sex offenders to be tagged and limited to GPS-monitored zones a few miles wide

MoJ plans to confine violent and sexual offenders to GPS-monitored zones a few miles wide, with victims...

102 former UK and French diplomats urge Macron and Burnham to suspend Israel trade deals

Retired envoys accuse Israel of "ethnic cleansing" in the West Bank and demand suspended trade agreements...

Study Finds ULEZ Has Significantly Improved Children’s Lung Growth in London

Mohammed Al Fayed survivors accuse Met of failing legal duty to refer trafficking victims

Five Al Fayed survivors were confirmed as modern slavery victims via a charity, not the Met, which they...

Charity says Westminster council plans to ban its Charing Cross soup kitchen

Friends of Essex & London Homeless says Westminster council intends to ban its weekly Charing Cross soup...

Reform UK Pledges to Scrap PIP and Universal Credit Health Payments for Working-Age Adults, Restricting Benefits to the Severely Disabled to Save £50bn a Year

Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead nine days after resigning

Jason Arday, 41, who quit Cambridge amid plagiarism allegations he denied, was found dead in Battersea;...

Thames Water Finance Chief Receives £1m Signing On Payment as Company Faces Nationalisation Threat

Free school meals expand but holiday food scheme stays shut to 500,000 children, charity says

Free school meals expand to all Universal Credit households in September, but the holiday food scheme...

GMP trainee officer charged with rape and kidnap after M62 car stop

A suspended 23-year-old GMP trainee officer faces rape and kidnap charges after an alleged off-duty...

Nigel Farage Opens Talks With El Salvador to Send 10,000 Foreign Criminals to Its Prisons

Most X accounts posting on Belfast and Southampton riots were based abroad, analysis finds

Guardian analysis says 54.7% of X accounts posting about the Belfast and Southampton disorder were shown...

Met Office forecasts 36C next week as 31-year heat record nears

Met Office predicts up to 36C in East Anglia and the South East next Thursday, with amber heat-health...

HMRC urges 18 to 23-year-olds to check for forgotten Child Trust Funds worth £2,242 on average

HMRC figures show 758,000 matured Child Trust Funds worth over £1.6bn are unclaimed by people aged 18 to 23.

England Faces Worst Harvest on Record, With 2.5 Million Tonnes Lost and Food Shortages Feared, NFU Warns

England Faces Worst Harvest on Record, With 2.5 Million Tonnes Lost and Food Shortages Feared, NFU Warns

FIFA faces backlash after unveiling plan to open World Cup to private investment

Trump administration to award $12 million to organisations founded by UK Conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young

State pension age could rise to 68 seven years earlier than planned

Man arrested over social media post allegedly threatening to shoot Nigel Farage

The Met Office estimates that around 2,700 people died as a result of the UK heatwaves in May and June.

The UK Government bans support for Iran’s IRGC

Police investigate £500,000 in Reform UK donations linked to Nigel Farage ally’s family

Nigel Farage’s £5m gift reported to National Crime Agency after bank raised money laundering concerns

Elon Musk posted twice as much about UK race and immigration as SpaceX before historic IPO

Farage denies new claims over undeclared support from convicted criminal and close ally

NHS to Launch Walking Challenge With Rewards for Daily Exercise

Two Romanians Jailed for 20 Years Over Stabbing of Iran International Journalist

Two Romanian men were jailed for a combined 20 years over the stabbing of Iran International presenter...

Andy Burnham is expected to block Palantir from the NHS if he becomes Prime Minister.

Asylum seekers granted refuge in UK could be required to repay £10,000 under new government plans

Rough sleeping decriminalised as Government repeals 200-year-old Vagrancy Act

Brexit Backed by Nigel Farage Has Cost UK Economy 6%, Bank of England data suggests

Kingston Council apologises and edits e-bike equality assessment after 'stay looking nice' line

Kingston upon Thames Council apologised and deleted a line in an e-bike equality assessment saying e-bikes...

Man arrested after Belfast stabbing as Starmer condemns ‘sickening’ attack

PSNI arrested a man in his 30s after a sustained knife attack in north Belfast left a man in his 40s...

Clifton George jailed for life for murdering Annabel Rook and causing gas explosion at Stoke Newington home

Clifton George was jailed for life with a 23-year minimum for murdering Annabel Rook and starting a fire...

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has received almost £15 million from offshore millionaires, while patriotic British taxpayers continue paying their taxes

Sadiq Khan has blocked a proposed £50 million deal between the Met Police and controversial US tech giant Palantir

Keir Starmer has reportedly told close allies that he plans to step down as Prime Minister and outline a formal timetable for his departure from Downing Street.

Another Reform councillor has resigned after it emerged he was allegedly living a double life as a hardcore porn star

Reform UK candidate who claimed the Holocaust was a hoax has won a seat in the local elections

Jay Leslie Cooper won one of three available seats in the ward with 705 votes and will now sit as a councillor

ECIU analysis warns UK food prices could be 50% above mid-2021 by November

An ECIU analysis said UK food prices could be 50% above mid-2021 levels by November as official and...

BP first-quarter profit more than doubles to $3.198bn on higher oil prices and trading gains

BP reported Q1 underlying replacement cost profit of $3.198bn, up from $1.541bn, citing higher oil prices...

UK Universities Paid Private Firm to Spy on Pro-Palestine Students and Academics

At least 12 UK universities secretly paid a private intelligence firm to monitor students and academics

Mandelson Given Access to Top Secret Intelligence Despite Failing Security Vetting

Lord Mandelson was given approval for the highest level of security clearance during his tenure as British...

Farage Pledges Mass Deportations of Up to 400,000 Asylum Seekers Under Reform Plan

Nigel Farage has pledged to deport hundreds of thousands of people who were previously granted asylum in the UK

Britain is bracing for possible shortages of chicken, pork, salad and other everyday groceries this summer if the war in Iran continues

Britain could see disruption to supermarket shelves this summer if tensions in the Middle East escalate,...

Peter Mandelson failed US ambassador security vetting but Keir Starmer’s government overruled officials to push through the appointment

A Reform UK local elections campaigner whose tanning salon was visited by Nigel Farage has been exposed for sharing posts praising Adolf Hitler and denying the Holocaust.

Aaron Taylor, 33, had been planning to stand as a candidate and previously served as a branch treasurer.

Richard Tice’s property investment company broke the law after failing to pay £91,000 in tax

More than £91,000 that should have gone directly to HMRC was not paid at the time.

Fried foods such as chicken nuggets and fish and chips are set to be removed from school menus as part of efforts to tackle childhood obesity.

Pizza and sausage rolls will be heavily restricted, while desserts must contain at least 50% fruit under...

Keir Starmer has abandoned plans to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after Donald Trump pulled his backing

Keir Starmer has abandoned plans to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after Donald Trump pulled...

Wireless Festival cancelled after Home Office refuses Kanye West's UK travel authorisation

The Home Office refused Kanye West's UK travel authorisation, and organisers cancelled Wireless Festival...