9 hours ago JK Rowing reveals she has turned down a peerage TWICE after being offered one by both Labour and the Tories, admitting 'I still wouldn't take it' after Kemi Badenoch floated idea again

The Harry Potter author, 59, made the admission after Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch floated the idea because of her stance on gender issues.

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23 hours ago Tory leadership contender Robert Jenrick blames Keir Starmer for Channel deaths after scrapping Rwanda scheme

The death of a baby when a boat sank on Thursday night was the 53rd fatality in 2024 - compared with just 12 last year. Numbers have risen more than fourfold in the last year.

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25 hours ago Nigel Farage lining up 'high profile' candidate to contest Rishi Sunak's seat if he stands down after Tory leadership contest

Sources told The Mail on Sunday that the Reform UK leader had received 'intelligence' that both Mr Sunak, and his former deputy Sir Oliver Dowden are planning to step down next month.

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33 hours ago ‘Abrasive’ Kemi Badenoch urged to play nice to secure Conservative leadership

Supporters offer advice to get the favourite over the line, gambling she can unite the party and restore Tory fortunesSupporters of Kemi Badenoch have urged her to rein in her confrontational style to clinch the Tory leadership, with some Conservative MPs concluding they need to take “a big gamble” to restore their party’s fortunes as they replace Rishi Sunak.The shadow communities secretary emerged from the only scheduled televised debate on GB News last week with most MPs believing she is still the favourite in what remains a close contest with Robert Jenrick. Party members have until the end of the month to cast their vote. Continue reading...

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42 hours ago ‘The case became a witch hunt’: how ‘killer nurse’ Daniela Poggiali fought to clear her name

Italy’s ‘angel of death’ was imprisoned and demonised by the press before her convictions were overturned. Now the expert who came to her defence has turned his attention to Lucy Letby’s case‘It was a terrible sensation when I heard the sentence: life.” It was 11 March 2016 and Daniela Poggiali had just been confirmed as Italy’s “angel of death”. Less than 18 months after she had first been arrested, in October 2014, the nurse was now the country’s most infamous killer, convicted of killing one elderly patient and suspected of dozens of other murders.“I struggled to rationalise it,” she says, “I just thought they were grabbing a crab.” (This is a curious Italian phrase that roughly translates as doing something irrational or idiotic.) Continue reading...

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