47 minutes ago Honest Bob Jenrick won’t sleep until everyone sees he’s the maddest person in the room | John Crace

The Tory leadership hopeful believes that if he shouts the same things a bit louder, everyone will eventually come round to his way of thinkingYou can only conclude that some politicians are simply untreatable. Their egotism and self-delusion so deeply engrained that reality never gets a look in. I give you Robert Jenrick. Exhibit A. He is a worthy successor to Liz Truss as one of the dimmest solipsists you could hope to meet.After trailing in a distant second in last week’s televised Q&A, you’d have thought Honest Bob might have taken a day or two to regroup. After all, if the most Tory-friendly audience imaginable at GB News doesn’t much like you then most people would reasonably conclude they had a problem. If you can’t connect with the few remaining diehard Tory members, then yo...

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53 minutes ago Police stop search for man at Dovestone Reservoir overnight due to 'very difficult conditions'

A third day of search efforts will continue on Tuesday (October 22)

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53 minutes ago Wetherspoons pub owned by Lord Sugar was overrun by squatters days after closing

Shortly after the popular east London pub was closed in the building owned by businessman and TV star Lord Alan Sugar, it played host to a number of unwelcome visitors

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59 minutes ago Can Democrats still win in rural states? Montana’s Senate race offers litmus test

Jon Tester is fighting to keep his Senate seat amid the prospect that Democrats like him are now facing political extinction in the stateHe was a young and little-known underdog. So Max Baucus, candidate for Congress, decided to trek 630 miles across Montana and listen to people talk about their problems. “As luck would have it, on the first day, I walked into a blizzard,” he recalls, pointing to a photo of his young self caked in snow. “It was cold! But the blizzard didn’t last that long.”Baucus shed 12lbs during that two and a half month journey in 1974. He also made friends. The Democrat defeated a Republican incumbent and would soon go on to serve as a Montana senator for 36 years. He never lost an election but saw his beloved home state undergo many changes. Among them is the prosp...

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77 minutes ago Manchester United confirmed my transfer on their website but I joined Arsenal 10 days later

Aaron Ramsey was once one of the most sought-after teenage talents in Europe after bursting onto the scene at Cardiff City, but he chose Arsenal over Manchester United

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92 minutes ago Trump bizarrely states he has ‘no cognitive problems and is not that close to 80’

Donald Trump bizarrely stated he has “no cognitive problems” and is “not that close to 80”, minutes after getting a news anchor’s name wrong.

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94 minutes ago Fox News’ decision desk chief weighs in on when he thinks the 2024 election will be called

‘We have to accept the reality that we don’t really know how close this election is going to be,’ Arnon Mishkin says

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96 minutes ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Fleur East supported after saying baby helped heal broken heart

The radio and TV presenter and her husband Marcel Robin announced at Easter earlier this year

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1 hour ago Popular city centre coffee shops announces plans to open at Manchester Arndale

Manchester Arndale's latest arrival will serve up speciality coffee, as well as toasties, breakfast buns and soups

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1 hour ago Perth and Kinross Council announces it will reopen some schools during industrial action

Around 500 UNISON members took to picket lines at Perth and Kinross schools today

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