28 h. ago Roy Keane makes final decision on Sky Sports return after 'quit' threat and two incidents

Sky Sports have announced their plans for the 2025/26 Premier League season - and they will include star pundit Roy Keane, despite him recently saying he might quit

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3 d. ago Made In Chelsea's Louise Thompson and Ryan Libbey's wedding plans including best man

Made In Chelsea's Ryan Libbey has shared an update on his wedding with fiancée Louise Thompson, what kind of day they are planning and which famous face will be best man.

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3 d. ago Made In Chelsea star Ryan Libbey and Louise Thompson's wedding plans including best man

EXCLUSIVE: Made In Chelsea's Ryan Libbey has given an update on his wedding plans with fiancée Louise Thompson, and whether her brother Sam Thompson will be the best man

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6 d. ago James Carville says Democrats need a radical plan to ‘save democracy,’ including new states

80-year-old strategist calls for expanding Supreme Court and adding Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico as states

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer downplays warnings that taxes will have to be raised in autumn

PM says he doesn’t recognise some figures in independent forecast that projects £51bn shortfall in public finances UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has sought to play down warnings that the government will be forced to raise taxes this autumn and said some of the figures being circulated “are not ones I recognise”.The prime minister was responding to forecasts from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), which projected a shortfall of up to £51bn in the public finances, given a number of factors had knocked the chancellor’s plans to stay within Whitehall spending limits, including higher debt interest payments and U-turns on welfare spending cuts. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer plays down warnings that taxes will have to be raised in autumn

PM says he doesn’t recognise some figures in independent forecast that projects £51bn shortfall in public financesKeir Starmer has sought to play down warnings that the government will be forced to raise taxes this autumn and said some of the figures being circulated “are not ones I recognise”.The prime minister was responding to forecasts from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), which projected a shortfall of up to £51bn in the public finances, given a number of factors had knocked the chancellor’s plans to stay within Whitehall spending limits, including higher debt interest payments and U-turns on welfare spending cuts. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Coronation Street spoilers: Carla plans proposal, Aadi's downfall and child missing

Coronation Street spoilers for next week tease big and exciting scenes, including Carla Connor planning a proposal for Lisa Swain while the return of a character leads to worry

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9 d. ago Texas House reconvenes without quorum as Democrats flee state to thwart Republicans’ redistricting plan

Lawmakers in Illinois, New York and elsewhere, stopping legislature from moving ahead with vote on maps proposalTexas Democrats in the state legislature denied its speaker a legislative quorum Monday by leaving the state, forestalling plans proposed by the White House to redistrict Texas’s congressional lines to more greatly favor Republicans.When the legislature gaveled in at 3pm local time on Monday, at least 51 Democrats were in Illinois, a legislative conference in Boston, New York and elsewhere. Democrats hold 62 of the 150 seats in the legislature’s lower chamber, so as long as at least 51 members remain out of Austin, the Texas legislature cannot move forward with any votes, including a plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps to give Republicans five more seats in Congress. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Wandsworth unveils 'growth plan' which could see 14,000 new homes in next decade

The scheme includes plans for 8,400 new homes in Nine Elms, 3,000 more homes in Clapham Junction and 3,000 extra homes in Wandsworth Town

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9 d. ago Ministers to spend extra £100m on stopping small boat crossings to UK

Home Office’s announcement follows growing number of protests outside asylum seeker hotelsMinisters will spend an extra £100m on measures to deter Channel crossings, including on the planned “one in, one out” returns agreement with France, the Home Office has said.In a third immigration policy pledge within 24 hours, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the money would pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers, as well as new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on people-smuggling gangs. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mum's tragic final act in plane crash saved her two young sons as 111 killed

Spencer Bailey was just three years old when he was involved in a horrific plane crash, which killed 111 people, including his mum Frances, who managed to save him and his brother

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3 w. ago Travellers lose battle to settle in National Park despite 'token' promise to install e

Michael Chalk and Tom Butler were accused of including 'token sustainability features' in their planning application for the site in the New Forest

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3 w. ago Merz calls for UK, Germany and France to align on migration and defence

German chancellor’s proposal for strategic axis comes as London and Berlin sign first treaty since second world warThe German chancellor has called for a strategic axis between London, Paris and Berlin to tackle illegal migration and deepen defence cooperation, despite declaring that he “deeply deplores” Brexit.Friedrich Merz appeared alongside Keir Starmer at a press conference in Stevenage after the signing of the Kensington treaty, the first formal pact between the UK and Germany since the second world war. The agreement, signed at the V&A Museum and followed by a meeting at Downing Street, sets out plans for closer cooperation on migration, defence, trade and education, including a framework for school exchanges.A mutual assistance clause on national security, including shared recognition that Russia poses “the most significant and direct threat” to both countries.Joint procurement and development of defence technologies including Typhoon jets, Boxer vehicles and long-range ...

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3 w. ago Starmer says coalition of willing plan for peacekeeping force for Ukraine includes troops on ground – UK politics live

UK PM and German chancellor answered media questions after signing first treaty between two countries since second world warWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live feed here.Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Von der Leyen calls for new EU taxes on big firms in €2tn budget proposal

Plan, which also includes levies on tobacco and electronic waste, ignites major political scrap to define bloc’s futureThe European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for new EU taxes on large companies, tobacco and electronic waste as part of a proposed €2tn (£1.7tn) budget.Announcing the planned EU budget for 2028 to 2034, she effectively fired the starting gun on a major and complex political fight to define the EU’s future. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sam Thompson supports sister Louise at parliament to discuss birth trauma ordeal

Former Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson was joined by her brother Sam Thompson as they spoke at parliament following her harrowing birth trauma ordeal in 2021

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4 w. ago Terrorists will use AI to plan attacks in seven ways including 'chatbot radicalisation'

An official annual report on terrorism has warned extremists could use AI to plan attacks, promote propaganda and evade online detection among other concerning things

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4 w. ago Reeves unveils City strategy aimed at cutting red tape and fuelling UK growth

‘Leeds Reforms’ include streamlined accountability for senior bankers and a campaign to get more consumers investing in stock marketBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has unveiled a package of City changes meant to cut “unnecessary” red tape and encourage more financial risk-taking by companies and consumers in the hopes of spurring economic growth.In a financial services strategy dubbed the Leeds Reforms, the chancellor outlined initiatives designed to boost the financial services sector, including plans to cut “unnecessary costs” related to accountability rules for senior bankers, and to launch an advertising campaign to get consumers investing cash savings in stocks. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Reeves unveils City reforms aimed at cutting red tape and fuelling UK growth

Leeds Reforms include streamlined accountability for senior bankers and a campaign to get more consumers investing in the stock marketBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has unveiled a package of City reforms meant to cut “unnecessary” red tape and encourage more financial risk-taking by companies and consumers in the hopes of spurring economic growth.In a financial services strategy dubbed the Leeds Reforms, the chancellor outlined initiatives designed to boost the financial services sector, including plans to cut “unnecessary costs” related to accountability rules for senior bankers, and to launch an advertising campaign to get consumers investing cash savings in stocks. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Haunting final moments of doomed Southend Airport plane before it exploded in fireball and killed four on board including nurse, 31, on her first day in new job

The haunting final moments of the doomed Southend Airport plane show it speeding up the runway before tragically exploding into a fireball just minutes later.

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