61 m. ago Mandelson ‘did not have national security vetting before he was appointed US ambassador’

Labour grandee was sacked by prime minister Keir Starmer after emails publication of emails which detailed his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

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64 m. ago Hero veteran who issued chilling war warning to future generations dies at 98

War hero Ronald Butcher, 98, has passed away months after opening up to The Mirror to urge the world to 'learn from the past'

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69 m. ago Keir Starmer urged to kick Peter Mandelson out of Labour and apologise to Epstein victims

Labour grandee Dame Emily Thornberry questioned why 'red flags' had been missed as calls grow for Peter Mandelson to have the party whip withdrawn

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81 m. ago Tory Burch takes her latest collection to the bank for New York Fashion Week show

Tory Burch delivered a spectacular venue, a relaxed approach to American sportswear, and a message of female empowerment in her Spring/Summer 2026 collection at New York Fashion Week

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85 m. ago DAN HODGES: Peter Mandelson has nothing to lose... and knows where Keir Starmer's bodies are buried. The result could be explosive

Mandelson feels betrayed. Rightly or wrongly, he believes that if it wasn't for his New Labour 'Project' Keir Starmer wouldn't currently be sitting in Downing Street.

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85 m. ago The day brutally honest Ricky Hatton charmed everyone at the Manchester Evening News

"I’ve always been open, honest and tell it the way it is"

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1 hour ago ‘Real risk’ of Scotland falling behind in tackling grooming gangs, Tories claim

A Tory amendment which would have required research into child sexual abuse and exploitation to be carried out was voted down by MSPs,

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1 hour ago Labour MP reveals daughter’s ‘horrendous’ experience at scandal

Richard Quigley said his teen daughter was force-fed and repeatedly restrained at hospital where a young girl was unlawfully killed

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2 h. ago Just when Keir Starmer thought he’d got Jeffrey Epstein off his plate – look who’s coming to dinner | Marina Hyde

After a tough week for Labour, Donald Trump is touching down for a state visit. Let’s hope the PM can stomach itQuick update on Keir Starmer’s government of “national renewal”: having just lost his deputy and housing secretary over her failure to pay the required stamp duty, the prime minister has also lost his US ambassador over his known close association with a known paedophile sex trafficker. Hang on – he’s now also lost his director of political strategy for relating some dirty jokes about Diane Abbott.Meanwhile, an increasing number of people think the solution to all this is Andy Burnham taking over, suggesting the current Greater Manchester mayor could run in a parliamentary seat that has only notionally become free because the previous Labour MP was suspended from the party after being found to have sent messages hoping a couple of constituents would soon be dead/“mown down”, and is now apparently “off sick”. On top of which, we’re having the Americans round. US president D...

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2 h. ago Starmer urged to apologise to Epstein victims over Mandelson appointment — UK politics live

Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey attack PM’s record over US ambassador during commons debate that was skipped by StarmerVikram Dodd is the Guardian’s crime correspondent.Police expect to arrest 50 more people following Saturday’s large far-right-led march through London, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police said this morning.If you are Conservative right-minded, then the future is Reform. The country is going to change a lot. The same people who thought that Brexit would not happen think that Reform will not happen. They are in for a shock. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Welsh Parliament pays tribute to Labour politician Hefin David

First Minister Eluned Morgan described Mr David as a ‘truly remarkable human being’.

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2 h. ago More revelations will follow leak which led PM’s aide to resign, author says

‘A lot more revelations’ about senior figures at the heart of Sir Keir’s Government will come to light in a new book, author Paul Holden said.

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3 h. ago Voices: As Keir Starmer fights for his political life, Donald Trump flies to his rescue

Though they make an unlikely pair, they share a unique bond and competitive streak – which may just work in the prime minister’s favour, says Sean O’Grady

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3 h. ago Starmer’s standing on world stage ‘diminished’ by Mandelson scandal, MPs told

Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir of “hiding from Parliament” because he was not present for the emergency debate on Lord Mandelson’s dismissal.

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3 h. ago ‘Don’t patronise me,’ Labour MP tells veteran Tory in tense Mandelson exchange

A Labour MP has used the emergency parliamentary debate to defend the process behind Lord Mandelson’s appointment, arguing it is no different to past failures made in the vetting of senior staff.

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4 h. ago Starmer urged to apologise to Epstein victims as MPs debate Mandelson appointment — UK politics live

Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey attack PM’s record over US ambassadorVikram Dodd is the Guardian’s crime correspondent.Police expect to arrest 50 more people following Saturday’s large far-right-led march through London, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police said this morning.If you are Conservative right-minded, then the future is Reform. The country is going to change a lot. The same people who thought that Brexit would not happen think that Reform will not happen. They are in for a shock. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago 'Outstanding' Western is so gripping Netflix viewers are watching it again and again

A film has been dubbed a "must watch" that is deemed tense and "quietly haunting", and people can't stop talking about how good it is. The "outstanding" Western is on Netflix now

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4 h. ago Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: How Robert Redford and Paul Newman captured Hollywood’s greatest outlaws

The 1969 movie wasn’t an immediate success with critics, yet it charmed the public. As Robert Redford dies aged 89, Martin Chilton tells the tale of one of Hollywood’s best buddy films and the two outlaws who inspired it

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4 h. ago Head of police group tells Government: Stop setting us up to fail

The president of the Police Superintendents’ Association outlined the challenges of policing issues such as offensive online statements.

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4 h. ago Mandelson ‘did not have national security vetting’ before he was appointed US ambassador: UK politics live

Parliament is holding a three-hour emergency debate on Tuesday to grill the government on the hiring of Lord Peter Mandelson

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