18 h. ago Everyone under 22 should be able to take the bus for free, Green Party says

The push comes despite the Labour government's U-turn on the policy last October after they found the proposed free trial for young adults was simply 'unaffordable'.

Politics

26 h. ago Labour police and crime commissioner at centre of Israeli fan fiasco faces calls to resign

Simon Foster, the Labour police and crime commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands, was condemned as 'weak' for not firing Chief Constable Craig Guildford.

Events

36 h. ago Darlington nurses accuse Government of dragging feet on single

A tribunal found they suffered harassment which violated their dignity and created ‘a hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrading environment’.

Politics

37 h. ago West Midlands police boss ‘due to retire’ amid Maccabi fan ban fallout

Police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands Simon Foster is expected to speak to the media later and announce the exit of Craig Guildford.

Events

67 h. ago Wes Streeting says he will be 'horrified' if under fire West Midlands Police chief is still in a job by the end of the day after he 'misled MPs and the public' over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban

West Midlands Police chief Craig Guildford defied calls to step down and a Labour police and crime commissioner refused to remove him in the wake of a damning inquest.

Events

4 d. ago End of the line for top officer in Maccabi fan ban fiasco? Chief constable is fighting to save his career after Aston Villa saga

A chief constable fighting for his career is set to face heavy criticism today when a damning inquiry into the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan fiasco is shown to the Home Secretary.

Sport

4 d. ago Dept Q producers to adapt 'unreal' crime novels that made fans 'fall in love with reading again'

Sky has commissioned an eight-part series based on the bestselling series of crime novels that have had countless fans hooked

Events

4 d. ago Football fan ‘consumed’ by gambling thought he was better off dead – inquest

Oliver Long was found dead in East Sussex on February 23 2024 after sending farewell messages to his family a few days earlier.

Sport

5 d. ago No staff, no equipment, no medicine: a doctor on returning to Gaza after 665 days in an Israeli prison

Dr Ahmed Muhanna, one of the country’s most senior emergency care consultants, says the scale of destruction he saw on his release brought him to tearsThe only thing that kept Dr Ahmed Muhanna going during his 22 months inside Israeli prisons and detention centres was dreaming of his return to his family and to Gaza. When he was finally released after 665 days as a prisoner, he arrived home to find every place he had returned to in his memories had been obliterated.While in prison, he and the other inmates were “completely cut off from the outside world”, he says. When he was released he was driven over the border and through Gaza to his hospital, the al-Awda. The scale of the destruction he saw “made my skin crawl my chest tightened and my tears began to flow”. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago West Midlands Police chief constable blamed for the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan fiasco could be sacked in days after report is given to the Home Secretary

Senior Tories have called for Craig Guildford to be sacked as head of West Midlands Police over his handling of the force's decision to ban the Israeli fans from an Aston Villa game last year.

Society

9 d. ago Berlin mayor faces calls to resign after playing tennis during city blackout

Kai Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming to public about his actions when outage beganEurope live – latest updatesBerlin’s mayor, Kai Wegner, is facing calls to resign after it emerged he opted to play tennis hours after a crippling blackout triggered by an arson attack hit a large swathe of the city, and then misled the public about it.Districts in the south-west of the German capital were gradually returning to normal after the longest power cut since the second world war as Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming about his actions when the outage began. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Rachel Reeves brands critics of benefits splurge RACIST as Labour boasts about law scrapping two

Rachel Reeves accused Nigel Farage of only wanting white people to get welfare after he warned Labour's policy will benefit 'huge numbers of foreign-born people'.

Politics

9 d. ago Jewish community ‘frustrated’ with police over handling of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban

West Midlands police face MPs after barring Israeli football team’s supporters from match against Aston VillaWest Midlands police “did not do themselves any favours” when giving evidence to MPs about a decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, a Birmingham Jewish leader has said.The force’s chief constable, Craig Guildford, is facing growing calls from MPs and Jewish groups to resign after further details emerged about the circumstances surrounding a ban on away fans attending the Europa League match against Aston Villa at Villa Park on 6 November. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago South East Water boss gives his firm an eight out of 10 rating despite locals having no drinking water for TWO WEEKS...and blames those who WFH for supply issues

David Hinton, the chief executive of South East Water (SEW), offered the positive assessment despite calls for him to resign over a recent chaotic outage in Kent.

Economics

1 week ago DAN HODGES: From Brexit to Venezuela, this week has proved there's a gaping hole where No 10's foreign policy should be

A couple of months after Sir Keir Starmer was elected I asked a Labour minister what the PM's foreign policy priorities would be. 'It's not about specifics,' he answered. 'It's more about a vision.'

Events

1 week ago Wisconsin judge resigns after being convicted of obstructing immigrant arrest

Hannah Dugan faced calls to resign from state Republicans amid threats to impeach her if she did notThe Wisconsin judge convicted of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers has resigned.Hannah Dugan was convicted on 19 December and had faced calls to resign from state Republicans, who threatened to impeach her if she did not. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves's 'fiscal drag' stealth tax will leave striving British workers £505 worse off by 2030

Millions of workers will find themselves worse off by 2030 as Labour's tax policy 'quietly hammers' workers yet leaves benefits claimants and pensioners richer, a think tank has warned.

Economics

2 w. ago Newborn babies could be given Digital ID in 'deeply sinister' expansion of controversial Labour policy discussed in secret by ministers

Ministers have privately raised the prospect of the new technology being issued to children at birth alongside the 'red book' of health records given to new parents.

Politics

2 w. ago Police are facing ruin from Labour's 'soft justice crimewave': Forces set for £800million bill from plan to jail fewer criminals

Labour's soft justice reforms will unleash a crimewave, pushing some forces to the brink of bankruptcy, warn police chiefs.

Events

2 w. ago Asylum seekers should be electronically tagged so they can be tracked, says policing chief

Katy Bourne, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex, has proposed electronic tags are used on asylum seekers.

Events