2 h. ago America is no longer our ally but a predator and a bully. My message to Europe's leaders: stick together and prepare for war, writes GENERAL SIR RICHARD SHIRREFF

It may have sounded like a joke when in 2019 Trump raised the prospect of acquiring Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark. But seven years on and the rubber has hit the road.

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4 h. ago Civil servants too often used as 'scapegoats for political failure', top minister warns

In a speech setting out his vision for Whitehall, the Prime Minister's Chief Secretary Darren Jones will say officials are just as frustrated at as ministers by the 'pace of change'

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4 h. ago Education key to divide on immigration and politics, research suggests

The report found that education divides attitudes on immigration and diversity more sharply in the UK than in the US.

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5 h. ago Robert Jenrick heckled at first constituency speech since Reform defection

Robert Jenrick was heckled by an audience member during his first Reform UK constituency speech since defecting from the Conservatives last week.

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5 h. ago Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul

Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industryWater companies could be let off fines for polluting the environment under changes announced in the government’s new white paper.The environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, hailed the changes as “once-in-a-generation reforms” featuring “tough oversight, real accountability and no more excuses”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago MPs following Robert Jenrick to Reform should ‘make minds up soon’

Mr Jenrick joined Nigel Farage at a rally in Nottinghamshire where he said he has never felt ‘more certain’ after defecting to Reform UK.

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7 h. ago 'I was in the room as Nigel Farage's new sheriff Robert Jenrick was berated'

Fireworks, a heckler shouting about Lucy Letby and more details about Robert Jenrick's botched defection to Reform... there's never a dull moment at a Nigel Farage rally

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8 h. ago Thomas Frank insists ‘everything normal’ despite turmoil at Tottenham

Manager has ‘been feeling the trust’ from club hierarchySpurs hampered by injury crisis before visit of DortmundThomas Frank has insisted the Tottenham hierarchy are standing with him in the face of the storm gripping the club.The manager’s job is in the balance, his situation precarious after the home defeat against West Ham on Saturday. The Spurs support were so incensed by the result and the continuation of the team’s terrible Premier League form – they have won twice in their past 13 league matches – that they demanded Frank be “sacked in the morning”. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Robert Jenrick heckled in first constituency speech after defecting to Reform

A man was led out from the event in Newark after angrily shouting at turncoat MP Robert Jenrick as he delivered a speech

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10 h. ago Government to respond to calls for major law change as MPs switch parties

It comes after Robert Jenrick and Andrew Rosindell both defected to Reform UK

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10 h. ago Man Utd handed brutal Luis Enrique response as Old Trafford 'clown' show slammed

Man United are on the hunt for a new permanent manager after parting ways with Ruben Amorim

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10 h. ago As Conservatives flock to Reform, Nigel Farage's party must take care not to become too blue

Conservative defections to Reform UK come with dangers for both parties, says Brian Monteith

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10 h. ago Sky Sports' woeful 'In The Box' idea is utter drivel, their worst attempt yet at 'moving with the times' and an insult to Roy Keane's talents, writes IAN HERBERT

In The Box meets the appetite for football's watch-along style. Though Sky Sports' brains trust have come up with the idea of a watch-along without a match to actually watch.

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11 h. ago Camilla meets comic book characters during reading initiative launch

The Queen’s visit in Edinburgh came as a push to get more people in the UK involved in reading and literacy.

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11 h. ago Kemi Badenoch warns Tory MPs she will tolerate no more 'psychodrama' after shadow ministers defect to Reform

After the two shadow ministers defected to Reform Mrs Badenoch sent a punchy letter to MPs warning them not to repeat the mistakes made when the Conservative were last in power.

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11 h. ago ‘We want this’: Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson embrace pressure as they aim for Olympic gold

The pair are bidding to follow in the footsteps of ‘trailblazers’ Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean with an Olympic medal in Milan next month

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11 h. ago End the ‘psychodrama’, Badenoch tells Tory MPs after defections to Reform

Party leader warns Conservative parliamentarians ‘trust and teamwork’ are vital as she tries to stem flow of leavers

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11 h. ago Bonnie Blue's sick fishing fantasy featuring Nigel Farage as she talks standing as MP

EXCLUSIVE: The world's most famous adult star has revealed whether or not she will run for Reform as she stands over her hard-line immigration stance despite being deported for working illegally

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11 h. ago DARREN LEWIS: 'Joke is on us if Reform's clowns are ever trusted'

TV companies scratching around for new sitcom or reality show ideas should home in on ridiculous - and dangerous - Robert Jenrick and Reform. Let's get it commissioned...

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11 h. ago I've visited loads of castles in Wales, this is my favourite

I love pottering around a ruin, marvelling at battlements and arrow slits, ideally rounded off with a slice of sponge in a National Trust café, like a contented nana

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