5 h. ago Nigel Farage's party in more chaos as Reform UK chair returns 48 hours after quitting

Zia Yusuf "un-resigned" from Reform in an X post today - after quitting the chairmanship and the party on Friday and saying he no longer believed in the party, follwing a row over calls to ban the burqa

Society

30 h. ago Conor McGregor caught in storm as 'brutal' sport faces ban calls

The Irishman was confirmed as a part owner of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship last year, but not everyone seems to be onboard with the promotion

Events

31 h. ago Trump’s new travel ban is a gratuitously cruel sequel | Moustafa Bayoumi

The policy is alienating, counterproductive and racist – and it isn’t the flex that Trump thinks it isTrump’s new travel ban: the countries chosen and how it differs from the last oneI’m not much for horror movies, but I have just read that the film Black Phone 2 “will creep into cinemas” in October and that, compared to the original, it’s supposed to be a “more violent, scarier, more graphic” film. I’ll pass on the movie, but that description seems pretty apt to what living under this Trump administration feels like: a gratuitously more violent sequel to a ghoulish original.Consider the Muslim ban. Back in late 2015, candidate Donald Trump called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on”. He signed the first version of the Muslim ban on 27 January 2017, and protests erupted at airports across the nation at the revival of a national policy, similar to the Chinese Exclusion Act, that b...

Politics

35 h. ago Tice defends ‘free speech’ after Reform chairman quits over ‘dumb’ burqa ban row

Richard Tice has defended a Reform UK MP’s call for a burqa ban, after party chairman Zia Yusuf branded the argument “dumb” and quit.

Politics

55 h. ago New Reform MP Sarah Pochin's call to ban burqa in public branded 'dumb' by party's own chairman

The party’s surge in the polls continues to falter in the wake of bitter infighting

Politics

60 h. ago Reform UK chairman calls Farage’s newest MP ‘dumb’ over burqa ban calls

Zia Yusuf said it is ‘dumb’ for the party to urge Keir Starmer to do things Reform UK would not

Politics

2 d. ago Government facing increasing pressure to ban bottom trawling in protected areas

Calls to ban the damaging fishing practice in England’s marine protected areas have been intensifying ahead of a major UN ocean conference next week.

Politics

3 d. ago Committee calls on Government to ban NDAs to tackle misogyny in music industry

A report by the Women and Equalities Committee said that ‘meaningful change requires both cultural and structural reform’.

Politics

5 d. ago Mayor calls on Transport for London to cancel abortion advert ban

Mayor calls on Transport for London to cancel abortion advert ban  BBC

Politics

5 d. ago Cotswolds villagers call for ban on tourists’ drones after man filmed in bath

‘No drone zone’ signs have now been plastered across Castle Combe in the Cotswolds

Events

5 d. ago London mayor reverses TfL ban on ads calling for abortion decriminalisation

Sadiq Khan seeking ‘urgent review’ of decision to ban adverts from British Pregnancy Advisory ServiceThe mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has stepped in to reverse a ban on adverts on the London transport network calling for abortion to be decriminalised.It is understood that the mayor is seeking an “urgent review” of a Transport for London (TfL) decision to ban the adverts from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (Bpas) charity on the grounds they may bring the Metropolitan police into disrepute. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago Villagers fed up of tourists’ drones call for ban after man filmed in bath

‘No drone zone’ signs have now been plastered across Castle Combe in the Cotswolds

Events

9 d. ago Woman calls for sunbed ban after stage four cancer diagnosis, age 23

Lily used a sunbed fewer than 10 times to get a 'base tan' before a holiday

Science

1 week ago European Union countries call on Hungary to rethink Pride ban law

New law states facial recognition software could be used to identify people taking part in marches

Politics

1 week ago Hong Kong targets ‘top talent’ as Harvard faces international student ban

Hong Kong has called on the city’s universities to open their doors to those affected by Donald Trump’s attempted ban on foreign studentsHong Kong’s education bureau has called on the city’s universities to “attract top talent” by opening their doors to those affected by the Trump administration’s attempt to ban Harvard from enrolling international students.Last week the Trump administration revoked Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, effectively banning the university from accepting foreign students. A US federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the government from enforcing the ban, which would have reportedly forced students currently enrolled and not graduating this year to transfer to another institution or lose their legal status and visa. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago Hundreds of MPs and peers call for Starmer to ban Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Three Iranian men in London were charged with spying offences after a counter terror probe

Politics

3 w. ago Eurovision controversy as contestant's open letter calls for one country's ban

This year's Eurovision Song Contest is looking to be one marked by controversy as over 70 former contestants sign a a letter accusing the EBU of "whitewashing" Israel's crimes

Politics

3 w. ago Attenborough film shows seabed ‘devastation’ says MP in bottom trawling ban call

Climate leaders are set to meet in Nice, France, next month.

Culture

3 w. ago What to know about California Gov. Gavin Newsom's move to ban encampments

California’s governor once again called upon the state’s cities and counties to ban homeless encampments

Politics

3 w. ago Katie Price shares photos of five of her pets after furious calls for the star to face lifetime ban on owning animals

Star shares cuddly snaps after seven animals die in her care and PETA brands her 'unfit' pet owner

Culture