13 h. ago Farage repeats ‘no idea’ six times over Reform mayor’s 600% allowance hike

Nigel Farage has responded that he has “no idea” six times in an interview with the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

Politics

59 h. ago 'Climate change doesn't exist,' says Reform UK mayor Andrea Jenkyns despite third heatwave of summer

Her comments came as the East and West Midlands became the latest areas of England to fall into drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976

Society

5 d. ago Donald Trump hits out at 'sloppy' Brexit but says it is getting 'straightened out'

Donald Trump is a long-time critic of the EU and championed the idea of the UK leaving the bloc during his first White House campaign in 2016.

Politics

6 d. ago Reform defector left Tories after mayoral candidate selection row involving Theresa May’s husband

Exclusive: A prospective Tory candidate for a mayoral race next year has switched to Reform after he was not added to a shortlist following an interview with Sir Philip May

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6 d. ago Disgraced family GP who stole worth £1,600 of Botox products from a cosmetic clinic has been allowed back to work

Dr Nimrit Dhillon, 35, of Mansfield, was caught on CCTV repeatedly helping herself to boxes of Belotero Intense and Bocouture botox from a store room while working as a trainer.

Economics

9 d. ago Vote system change for electing London mayor 'good news for Labour but makes victory harder for Tories and Reform'

Will axing of first past the post encourage Sir Sadiq Khan to seek a fourth term in 2028?

Politics

9 d. ago Is the Club World Cup a good addition to the football calendar?

Is the newly expanded tournament a waste of time or an interesting idea that brings the world together?There are plenty of reasons to be down on the Club World Cup. The players were already exhausted and overworked; its evolution into a 32-team tournament has been drive by a desire for profit; it has been played in temperatures that make football almost unbearable; the stadiums have often been half empty; and it has given Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino an opportunity to fluff their already inflated egos.But there is something to be said for a competition that brings together teams, and fans, from across the globe every four years. Supporters from around the world, especially Brazil, have lit up the show. And the underdogs have shown up. Flamengo stunned Chelsea; Botafogo shocked PSG; Al-Hilal sent Manchester City home. There have been great games, goals and performances, with PSG putting on a show for the ages in the semi-finals as they hammered Real Madrid. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago This isn't a sob story about me but every driver should hear this

'I glanced in the mirror and saw her walking off down the pavement. I had no idea that this would be the last time I would ever see her'

Politics

2 w. ago Carlos Alcaraz shakes off Tarvet from his back without inhibitions or regrets | Jonathan Liew

Defending champion is essentially a magic-eye puzzle you can read any way you want but has the inconsistency all but one of his rivals would dream ofThere were negatives, of course. Shall we focus on the negatives? Shall we dwell on the frailties a little? The uncharacteristic errors, the double faults, an occasional scruffiness at the net, the frequent slumps in intensity? Shall we marvel at the fact that the lowest-ranked player in the tournament earned more break points (11) than one of the greatest players of his generation (10)? Shall we warn, in a tone of affected sternness, that the defending champion will have to raise his game on this evidence?Of course we shall, because this is Carlos Alcaraz, and because there is an entire cottage industry built around maintaining the idea that Alcaraz is in a state of crisis at all times, a state of crisis so acute that it is necessary to feign round-the-clock concern for him. We just want to see all that rich talent fulfilled. That’s al...

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3 w. ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Keir Starmer is sowing the seeds of bigger political battles ahead'

Kevin Maguire says Nigel Farage and Reform could repeat the shooting star crash of Roy Jenkins and the SDP back in the early 1980s if voters are unhappy with Labour

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4 w. ago 'How many times are they going to peddle the idea you’ll be murdered if you venture past Watford Gap?'

“Remarkably, I didn’t leave The Spärrows feeling like I needed a police escort.”

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