22 m. ago Starmer hails Labour victory after surprise win in Hamilton byelection for Scottish parliament – UK politics live

PM congratulates Davy Russell but Reform also performed strongly, gaining third place with 26% of the voteScottish Labour win pivotal Holyrood byelectionHere is an extract from the full statement John Swinney, the SNP leader and Scottish first minister, issued after the byelection result was announced. He said it showed the need for the SNP to offer “a vision of hope and optimism”.Labour won by an absolute landslide in this area less than a year ago - we came much closer tonight but the people of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse have made clear that we still have work to do. Over the next few days we will take time to consider the result fully. When I became leader of the SNP last year I made clear my intention to bring the party together and focus more than ever on standing up for the people of Scotland. During this campaign we heard a lot of anger about the cost of living - and it is clearer than ever that Westminster control is making Scotland poorer, whether that is the damage ...

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33 m. ago Human rights laws need 'tightening,' says Cabinet minister amid Tory move to quit ECHR to cut immigration

Environment Secretary Steve Reed’s comments came as the head of the Council of Europe, whose role includes promoting human rights, argued the ECHR needed to be ‘adapted’ for the modern world

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The Late Show Stephen Colbert host quips that Trump has never been relatable as a ‘Tesla owner who hates Elon Musk’

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38 m. ago Ask women if burka is genuinely their choice, says Reform UK’s Richard Tice

The Reform UK deputy leader’s comments come after Zia Yusuf stood down as the party’s chairman.

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40 m. ago SNP campaign in Hamilton branded 'embarrassing' as party faces 'wake

The Nationalists repeatedly claimed the battle to win the South Lanarkshire constituency was a "two horse race" between them and Reform UK.

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As political tensions rise in the US, Jake Paul joins a growing list of public figures weighing in on the feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump

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63 m. ago Scots have ‘voted for change’, says Starmer following Labour’s surprise win

The Prime Minister congratulated his winning candidate and looked ahead to next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

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Lance Armstrong became a disgraced figure in cycling after admitting that he used performance-enhancing drugs during all seven of his famous Tour de France victories

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64 m. ago Amy Childs' concerned pals work out real reason she's called off wedding

TOWIE star Amy Childs' friends are worried about her relationship after she postponed her wedding to fiancé Billy Delbosq for the second time

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75 m. ago Keely Hodgkinson urging government to back London 2029 World Championships bid

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77 m. ago Relief for Starmer in Hamilton, but Reform has arrived as a force in Scotland

A Scottish Labour win in the Hamilton by-election has handed the prime minister a much needed boost, but the result reveals that Reform is a growing threat in parts of the UK Nigel Farage has never appealed to before, writes David Maddox

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79 m. ago Reform in crisis as Nigel Farage's party descends into vicious infighting after chairman Zia Yusuf quits and it finishes THIRD in Scots by

Former banker Zia Yusuf quit his senior role last night after appearing to call one of the party's MPs 'dumb' for backing a burqa ban. And Labour won Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse vote.

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The three-day search was called off after limited findings including animals bones were unearthed in Praia da Luz

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The attack comes just hours after Vladimir Putin said he would seek revenge for a Ukrainian drone strike last week

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1 hour ago Pablo Escobar’s top cocaine pilot details working for drug lord in new podcast

Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez says Escobar paid him $20m monthly to fly planeloads of cokeA man who eventually became Pablo Escobar’s go-to cocaine pilot has revealed that he first turned down an employment offer from the notorious Colombian drug lord because he was content with the $4m a month he was earning while flying for a competitor.But, in a new podcast containing what is believed to be his first interview since authorities arrested him at his Florida mansion in 1988, Tirso “TJ” Dominguez recounted how he changed his mind about working for Escobar when the so-called Patron – or boss – offered him a salary that was five times higher: $20m monthly. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Foraged mushrooms, fatal doses and food binges: the week Erin Patterson told her story to triple murder trial

Accused told court the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even diedAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn Erin Patterson’s telling, the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even died.According to evidence Patterson gave at her triple-murder trial this week, she was in a Monash hospital room alone with her estranged husband, Simon, after their two children had left to buy food from a vending machine, when he asked her: “Is that how you poisoned my parents, using that dehydrator?”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Dakota Johnson has been left feeling 'incredible pain' amid split from Coldplay's Chris Martin after eight years

Dakota Johnson has been left feeling 'incredible pain' amid her split from Chris Martin as the pair called time on their relationship after eight years together. 

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1 hour ago Trump urged to immediately SEIZE SpaceX from Musk after fallen 'First Buddy' threatened to leave NASA astronauts stranded in space

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Celebrities, politicians, social media influencers and more took to social media to provide commentary on the public feud

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Elon Musk said it was ‘time to drop the really big bomb’ as the feud between the billionaire and President Donald Trump reached new heights

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