7 h. ago Ministers face £5bn Nuked Blood bill as they refuse to reveal evidence

Ministers have refused to tell Parliament what evidence they have found about human radiation experiments on troops. The Nuked Blood Scandal threatens to land the MoD with a potential £5bn lawsuit

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40 h. ago AMANDA PLATELL: This is the real scandal at the heart of the BBC that we are all being manipulated into ignoring. John Torode's sacking is just a distraction

The BBC refuses to reveal exactly what Torode is accused of saying which makes it almost impossible for him to defend himself. And yet despite Aunty's sacking of Torode, ITV are standing by him.

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4 d. ago Last evil act of my son's Outback killer as he dies in prison still refusing to reveal the secret of where he left Peter's body 24 years ago

The  phone rang at the family home in Hepworth in the early hours of July 15, 2001. Joan Falconio answered it, eager for news from her son, Peter, who was in Australia.

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4 d. ago BBC boss refuses to repeat John Torode's 'racist remark' as it was 'too serious'

BBC boss Tim Davie has refused to reveal the racist term used by John Torode that got him sacked from MasterChef, saying it was 'so serious' he didn't want to repeat it

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1 week ago King Lear is a masterpiece – as told by Akira Kurosawa rather than Shakespeare | Michael Billington

The tragedy’s mythic quality appeals to adapters the world over but the Japanese film-maker’s Ran, now rereleased, manages to solve the play’s problemsI have long had mixed feelings about King Lear. I admire its cosmic grandeur and sublime poetry but balk at its structural unwieldiness and dramatic implausibility: like Coleridge, I find the spectacle of Gloucester’s suffering “unendurable” and there is something gratuitously cruel about Edgar’s refusal to reveal his identity to his father. I’ve never regretted omitting it from my book The 101 Greatest Plays yet I still remember a shocked head of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford greeting me with the words: “I hear you’ve dropped Lear.”Whatever my personal doubts, the play has a mythic quality that has appealed to dramatists, composers and film-makers including our own Peter Brook, the Russian Grigori Kozintsev and the Japanese Akira Kurosawa whose Ran is enjoying a rerelease to mark its 40th anniversary. Seeing Ran again after ...

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1 week ago Hunt for Wimbledon official who turned off AI: Chief REFUSES to reveal identity of operator who switched off new technology in farcical scenes

IAN HERBERT AT WIMBLEDON: All England chief executive Sally Bolton blamed German chair umpire Nico Helwerth.

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1 week ago Hunt for Wimbledon 'saboteur' who turned off AI: Chief REFUSES to reveal identity of operator who switched off new technology in farcical scenes as umpire is stood down

IAN HERBERT AT WIMBLEDON: All England chief executive Sally Bolton blamed German chair umpire Nico Helwerth.

Culture

1 week ago Wimbledon blame game: Chief REFUSES to reveal how AI technology was switched off leading to farcical scenes and says humans are culpable for failure

IAN HERBERT AT WIMBLEDON: All England chief executive Sally Bolton blamed German chair umpire Nico Helwerth.

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2 w. ago Nuked Blood: Post Office victims and Hillsborough survivors join veterans to urge Met investigation

After the Met was accused of a "cop out" on failing to investigate the Nuked Blood cover-up, victims of the Post Office scandal and the Hillsborough tragedy have joined veterans to urge ministers to intervene

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3 w. ago Video of Labour's broken promises to nuke veterans gets 3 million views as pressure grows

Labour is under pressure to act on the Nuked Blood scandal after a video of ministers' broken promises was seen by 3 million people

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3 w. ago Angela Rayner pays tribute to nuclear veterans as Newsnight airs Nuked Blood special

A Newsnight report on the Nuked Blood Scandal led to questions in Parliament as Angela Rayner paid tribute to veterans

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3 w. ago Katy Perry has 'been calling herself single for MONTHS' as pals reveal 'why she and Orlando Bloom refuse to publicly acknowledge split'

For weeks fans have been speculating all is not well between the pair after Katy, 40, was seen without her engagement ring .

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3 w. ago Starmer publishes £85bn trade strategy blueprint to tackle Trump tariffs

As Trump’s tariffs continue to cause international turbulence, the prime minister is publishing a new trade strategy which will release £5bn for businesses and increase export finance to £80bn

Economics

3 w. ago SNP ministers to axe public sector jobs as near £5bn funding black hole emerges

Shona Robison has warned compulsory redundancies will be considered if “no other route” to cutting jobs is available in order to balance the books.

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3 w. ago Council in secret pothole repair company payout over £31m court challenge

The local authority has refused to reveal how much it has paid to settle a legal challenge.

Economics