23 h. ago Viktor Orbán’s latest clampdown bans Budapest Pride – but he won’t stop us marching

Elected leaders from across Europe should join us on the streets. It is critical to democracy – in Hungary, and the EU as a wholeHungary’s parliament has given Viktor Orbán the tools to do what he has long threatened: ban Pride, silence dissent and strip political critics of their citizenship. A constitutional amendment passed on 14 April allows the government to label LGBTQ+ gatherings a threat to children and to revoke the citizenship of dual nationals deemed a risk to “national sovereignty”.This is a purge disguised as law – another step in Orbán’s dismantling of democracy, where the constitution is degraded to a propaganda instrument. He calls it a “spring clean-up” to root out “bugs”, targeting LGBTQ+ people, journalists, critics, civil society and now, dual nationals. As one myself, I could be among the targets.Katalin Cseh is a member of the Hungarian national assembly for the Momentum Movement and a former MEP Continue reading...

Politics

26 h. ago Wes Streeting vows not to 'cut and run' to a safe seat at the next election

The Health Secretary won his Ilford North constituency at last July's general election with a majority of just 528 votes.

Politics

27 h. ago £200k of brand new electric vehicles abandoned on street for months leaving locals baffled

The dumped cars, which are all Fisker Ocean models, would normally retail for between £30,000 and £43,000, but have been parked up since the car manufacturer went bust in October, 2024

Economics

41 h. ago Astonishing queue of £200k electric vehicles dumped in street and left to rot

The Fisker Ocean cars have been abandoned on a road in Colwick, Nottingham, after the company that made them went bust and left them to rot at a local dealership

Economics

3 d. ago Asian shares are mostly higher after Trump eases some of his tariffs on electronics, for now

Asian shares have mostly gained, echoing a rally on Wall Street after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seems to be easing

Politics

4 d. ago Nigel Farage says Elon Musk calling for new Reform leader was 'him trying to encourage me'

The billionaire adviser to Donald Trump called for a new leader of Reform UK

Politics

6 d. ago ‘Space junk’: huge astronaut statue coming to Perth park is one giant leap too far for many

Council criticised over plan to replace beloved public artwork with 7-metre tall effigy of spaceman created by a former Wall Street traderGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe City of Perth is under increasing pressure to drop its plans to replace one of the city’s most beloved public artworks with a 7-metre tall effigy of an astronaut, which as been derided as a piece of “factory-produced space junk”.Until four years ago, Ore Obelisk, affectionately known as The Kebab by the people of Perth, stood in the heritage-listed Stirling Gardens in the heart of the city. The 15-metre work made from local geological minerals, created by the architect, artist and Perth’s first city planner, Paul Ritter, was erected in 1971 to celebrate Western Australia’s population reaching one million, and was one of the city’s first public artworks.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

Technology

6 d. ago 'Labour massively let us down': On the streets that elected Greater Manchester's first Reform councillor

Residents in Longdendale told the M.E.N. they voted for Reform's 'realistic' and 'honest' approach

Politics

6 d. ago Tories lose ground on Reform ahead of local elections as Farage party wins first council seat in red Manchester and threatens Labour in Wales

Kemi Badenoch's party trails Reform and Labour by two points on 22 per cent, down a point, according to Techne, ahead of the May 1 vote.

Politics

7 d. ago Reform will 'eat into old Labour vote in astonishing way' says Nigel Farage after by

Reform ousted Labour in a landslide victory in Tameside, Greater Manchester on Thursday night

Politics

2 w. ago Brutal murder of schoolgirl solved 26 years later with evidence from pub lunch

It was in October 1983 that the former electrician snatched the 16-year-old off the street as she walked the short distance to her boyfriend’s home.

Events

2 w. ago Marine Le Pen's party calls on supporters to take to the streets amid fury over her presidential election ban and jail sentence

The leader of France's far-right party called Monday for a peaceful 'mobilisation', after Marine Le Pen was banned from running for office following an embezzlement conviction.

Politics

2 w. ago Man injured in electric motorbike crash in residential street

South Wales Police said the 29-year-old rider suffered facial injuries and was arrested for driving offences following the incident in Cardiff

Events

3 w. ago Rival funeral workers brawl in street over who gets to take body of man killed by electric shock

The two undertakers started having a fight after they both showed up at a property in Villahermosa, south-east of Mexico City, after a resident was killed by an electric shock while decorating his home

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