5 h. ago More than 700 officers deployed and protest planned for Aston Villa

A protest will assemble a short distance from Villa Park on Thursday evening.

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6 h. ago Bonfire night horror as youths set tower block alight with fireworks then shoot rockets at 999 crews battling inferno: Boy, 14, arrested 'for trying to kill'

Bonfire Night descended into chaos in Liverpool as Merseyside fire crews were hurled with fireworks as they attended a tower block blaze.

Events

8 h. ago Kylie among the stars to turn out for William’s Earthshot Prize ceremony

The Australian pop star and Canadian singer Shawn Mendes appeared at the environmental awards event in Rio de Janeiro.

Politics

9 h. ago US to cut airline traffic by 10% due to shutdown, Trump transport chief says

Sean Duffy says cuts at 40 locations to reduce stress on air traffic controllers will start Friday if solution not foundThe transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, and the FAA administrator, Bryan Bedford, said on Wednesday the federal government would be reducing airline traffic by 10% at 40 locations beginning on Friday if the government shutdown does not end by then.Duffy’s announcement did not specify which 40 airports would see the reduction in airport traffic. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Keir Starmer makes major pledge as he arrives at climate summit

The PM Keir Starmer will meet with global leaders at COP 30 in Belem, Brazil, where he will outline how clean energy is the economic opportunity of the 21st century

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9 h. ago PM vows to ‘stand up for our values and future’ at Cop30 with new power deals

The Prime Minister will use a speech to make the economic case for green energy.

Economics

11 h. ago 5SOS fans shut down London streets as band takeover shop window

Aussie hitmakers 5SOS caused traffic chaos in L.ndon when they took over a a shop window. Thousands of fans tried to get close to the band who posed as manequins ahead of their album launch show. Also Ed Sheeran successfully gets PM Keir Starmer to update the music curriculum in England for the first time in ten years.

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12 h. ago Brits flock to Bonfire Night celebrations across the country

In Lewes, Sussex, torch bearers in historic garb paraded through the town centre in one of the UK's largest and most famous Bonfire Night celebrations.

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12 h. ago Government announcement on energy drinks and junk food as child obesity numbers released

Almost one in four youngsters in the reception age group, four and five, are overweight or obese

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12 h. ago Ed Sheeran takes partial credit for move to overhaul music teaching in England

Singer-songwriter says curriculum changes reflect points raised in open letter to PM organised by his foundationEd Sheeran has taken partial credit for the government’s move to overhaul the teaching of music in England’s state schools shortly after being mentioned by the education secretary in parliament.The Department for Education (DfE) said it wanted to broaden the appeal of music education “to give every child a strong start in the subject” and boost the creative subjects taken at GCSE as part of its wider changes to England’s national curriculum. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv: Why there will be 700 police officers and zero away fans at Europa League match

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer criticised the decision over the Europa League match, with a heightened police presence expected at Villa Park

Events

16 h. ago US ambassador warns pharma firms will quit UK if NHS does not pay more for drugs

Donald Trump’s man in London reiterated the US president’s demands for the UK to pay pharmaceutical companies more money.

Events

16 h. ago Keir Starmer could become a world class DJ if he gets boot from Downing Street

The Labour man may have a next job lined up already if he is ousted from Number 10 after revealing an unlikely musical connection to legendary DJ Fatboy Slim

Politics

17 h. ago UK will not invest in Brazilian tropical forest fund at Cop30

Britain will not commit public money as Rachel Reeves grapples with balancing the books ahead of the Budget.

Economics

17 h. ago Ed Sheeran's open letter forces Keir Starmer into music curriculum change

The Prime Minister today wrote to Ed Sheeran to thank him for his campaign as the Government made some changes to the music curriculum

Politics

17 h. ago Giant 36ft effigy of Keir Starmer wearing a 'farmer harmer' badge and a digital ID card tucked at his belt will be burnt at Bonfire Night event

Sir Keir Starmer has been depicted as Guy Fawkes wearing a Capotain hat with a digital ID tucked into his belt poking fun at the Prime Minister's mandatory digital ID scheme.

Events

17 h. ago Fury at David Lammy stonewalling MPs FIVE TIMES over whether another foreign prisoner had been wrongly freed

Justice Secretary David Lammy was challenged five times whether he had information as he stood in for Keir Starmer at PMQs.

Events

17 h. ago Second accidental release of prisoner ‘utterly unacceptable’, No 10 says, as Lammy blames system left by Tories – UK politics live

Lammy, standing in for Keir Starmer, avoided answering questions on the mistaken release during PMQsDavid Lammy starts by saying the PM is in Brazil.He says the thoughts of all MPs are still with the victims of the appalling attacks in Huntingdon and Peterborough, where, he says, he was at school for seven years. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Keir Starmer unveiled as latest giant effigy for Kent town's Bonfire Night celebrations over way government has treated its citizens

Sir Keir Starmer has been depicted as Guy Fawkes wearing a Capotain hat with a digital ID tucked into his belt poking fun at the Prime Minister's mandatory digital ID scheme.

Politics

18 h. ago Where's your poppy, Deputy PM? David Lammy pays Remembrance tribute as he fills in for Starmer in Commons... but has to be handed badge halfway through after forgetting to wear one

Filling in for Keir Starmer in the Commons, the Justice Secretary started the session by making a sombre Remembrance tribute.

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