32 h. ago Labour’s neutrality on assisted dying questioned amid leaked report

Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, a strong opponent of the Bill, branded the emergence of a leaked policy document from 2023 ‘hugely disappointing’.

Events

33 h. ago Fresh questions about Keir Starmer's role in assisted dying bill as leaked document reveals how Labour plotted to change law while in opposition

A leaked document revealed a discussion within Labour - prior to the party winning power - about how a Private Member's Bill could be used to legalise assisted dying.

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3 d. ago OBR chief could be forced to quit TODAY as Starmer swipes at 'serious error' after Budget leak and revelations over when it told Treasury there was no hole in public finances

Keir Starmer used a press conference to jibe at the 'significant error' over the Budget leak and question the judgment of the independent body.

Economics

4 d. ago Dignitas founder dies by assisted suicide days before 93rd birthday

Minelli founded the Dignitas organisation in 1998 after decades working as a journalist and lawyer

Events

7 d. ago Brit dad, 28, died after being hit by ‘speeding’ jet ski in horror accident on Dubai boat trip, inquest hears

A BRIT dad was killed in a horror jet ski accident as his partner watched on holding their four-month-old baby, an inquest heard today. Ali Watson, 28, tragically died when a “speeding” jet ski ploughed into him in Dubai, a UK court heard. Assistant coroner Luisa Nicholson concluded Ali died as a result of an accident,...

Events

8 d. ago Chancellor to face more questions after Budget overshadowed by major leak

The Chancellor’s decisions put Britain on course for a record tax burden as she hiked levies.

Politics

8 d. ago Budget 2025 viewers spot moment Rachel Reeves discovers OBR leak

Sky News viewers have spotted the moment that Chancellor Rachel Reeves realised that her 2025 Budget had been accidentally leaked by the OBR during Prime Minister's Questions

Politics

1 week ago Locksmith dies after being shot during eviction in Florida; a deputy and the shooter also died

A locksmith assisting sheriff's deputies in Vero Beach, Florida, has died after a suspect opened fire while being served an eviction notice

Events

1 week ago Inseparable, sensuous and confident, the Kessler twins were pioneers of variety show culture

Alice and Ellen Kessler, who died by joint assisted suicide this week, entertained – and occasionally scandalised – Europe with their glitzy and subversive pop music and classically informed dance• The Kessler twins die together aged 89 – newsWhen Dean Martin announced the Kessler sisters’ appearance on his show in 1966, he remarked that he had been desperate to book them not just because the German-born dancer-singers were “so pretty and so talented”, but “also because they’re twins, that means there are two of them”. “They’re a double,” he added with a nod to his half-drunk crooner persona, “and there’s nothing I like more than a double”.The two sisters, who died by joint assisted suicide earlier this week, also performed with Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte and Fred Astaire, but the American market never impressed them much. In 1964 they turned down a role in Elvis’s Viva Las Vegas for fear of being pigeonholed in American musical comedies. Continue reading...

Culture

2 w. ago UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single

Labour accused of delaying new rules to avoid backlash, after leak of EHRC guidance saying trans people could be questioned based on looksThe UK government has insisted it will take as much time as necessary to “get right” new rules on access to single-sex spaces after a leak of guidance submitted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) raised concerns that its publication was being deliberately delayed.The equalities watchdog submitted its formal guidance on how public bodies, businesses and other service providers should respond to April’s landmark supreme court ruling on biological sex to the UK government in September. Since then, its outgoing chair, Kishwer Falkner, has urged the equalities minister, Bridget Phillipson, to approve it “as soon as possible”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Vin Diesel cleared of sexual battery claims made by former assistant over Fast 5 filming

The Fast and the Furious actor for the last two years had denied an ex-assistant claim that he 'forced himself on her' in Atlanta's St. Regis hotel during production of Fast 5 in 2010.

Events

2 w. ago Vin Diesel has sexual battery lawsuit from former assistant dismissed

The ‘Fast and Furious’ star was accused of sexual battery by former assistant Asta Jonasson

Events

2 w. ago Kessler Twins who performed with Frank Sinatra die by assisted suicide on same day

Police were informed Monday that the 89-year-olds had opted for ‘assisted suicide’

Events

2 w. ago Heartbreaking final wish of Kessler twins who died by assisted suicide on same day

Alice and Ellen Kessler, known to generations of fans as the 'Kessler Twins, made their last wishes crystal clear in their final years, expressing a shared heartfelt hope as they considered their deaths

Events

2 w. ago Famous Kessler Twins die by assisted suicide on the same day in Germany

Alice and Ellen Kessler, who worked with the likes of Frank Sinatra, have died on the same day

Events

2 w. ago Famous Kessler Twins die by assisted suicide on the same day

Twin sisters who worked with entertainers including Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire have died on the same day

Events

2 w. ago The 'immediate' Wilfried Nancy to Celtic timeline leaked by Martin O'Neill as board face one question

The Columbus Crew boss is locked in talks over replacing Brendan Rodgers in Glasgow's east end

Politics

2 w. ago These parrots came to Los Angeles as pets – then went wild. Now scientists are unlocking their mysteries

Once escapees from the pet trade, Los Angeles’s feral parrots have become a vibrant part of city life, and could even aid conservation in their native homelandsA morning mist hung over the palm trees as birds chattered and cars roared by on the streets of Pasadena. It was a scene that evoked a tropical island rather than a bustling city in north-east Los Angeles county.“It feels parrot-y,” says Diego Blanco, a research assistant at Occidental College’s Moore zoology lab, nodding to the verdant flora that surrounds us: tall trees and ornamental bushes with berries. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Lingo: Simple food swaps that can dramatically improve glucose stability

Lingo works to enhance glucose stability and assist individuals in making improved dietary choices.

Events

3 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing elimination spoiler leaks online as confused fans question 'mistake'

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left confused as the latest elimination from the hit BBC show leaked online, with one even questioning if there was a 'mistake'

Politics