54 m. ago Politicians have put us in an impossible position over free speech, says Met Police chief

The head of the Metropolitan Police has blamed politicians for putting his officers in an 'impossible position' over online speech.

Politics

2 h. ago Angela Rayner fights for future as Deputy PM after £800,000 stamp duty row

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner faces a battle to stay in her role after an £800,000 Hove flat row emerged as your Daily Star offers readers a FREE badge in today's paper (September 4)

Economics

4 h. ago Is Starmer so spineless that he won't sack his Deputy Prime Minister (and Housing Secretary!) who dodged £40,000 in stamp duty?

Kemi Badenoch urged Keir Starmer to grow a 'backbone' and sack his deputy after she finally admitted failing to pay the full stamp duty due on a luxury £800,000 second home in Hove.

Politics

4 h. ago Marc Guehi's behaviour in England training says it all after Liverpool transfer collapse

Marc Guehi had been all set to complete a transfer deadline day move to Liverpool only for Crystal Palace to pull the plug on the move at the 11th hour

Politics

5 h. ago An Arizona hiker has died after falling near Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier

Authorities say a hiker died from injuries sustained in a fall near the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska’s capital city of Juneau

Events

6 h. ago The Guardian view on fiscal rules and financial myths: Britain must stop fearing imaginary bond vigilantes | Editorial

Liz Truss fell not for borrowing, but for incompetence. Rachel Reeves mustn’t repeat the mistake with rules markets don’t demandIn 1995, Nick Leeson, a 28-year-old trader for Barings Bank, brought down the City’s oldest finance house by, among other things, betting that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) couldn’t keep rates low forever after its financial crash led to a borrowing spree. The devastating Kobe earthquake was the final blow. The BoJ cut rates, bond prices rose and his losses spiralled to $1.4bn. His bet that markets would beat Japan brought down the bank.Barings’ collapse is perhaps a spectacular example of the “widowmaker” trade, where speculators think they can outsmart Japanese authorities. They’ve ended up with egg on their face as their gamble on Japan losing fiscal control proved misguided. Japan, with its own currency and a central bank working with the government, shows how the state shapes markets, not the other way round.Do you have an opinion on the issue...

Politics

7 h. ago King Charles gives health update as he comforts cancer patient on hospital visit

King Charles returned to duty after his Balmoral break today by visiting Birmingham to open the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital where he met staff and patients

Science

7 h. ago Now even Labour MPs turn on their 'Red Queen' Angela Rayner as she faces HMRC probe and calls grow for Keir Starmer to sack her for tax 'hypocrisy'

The Deputy Prime Minister is under pressure to resign - if she's not sacked by Sir Keir Starmer - over the mishandling of her purchase of a £800,000 apartment in Hove, East Sussex.

Politics

8 h. ago King jokes that ‘bits don’t work so well after 70’ on hospital visit

Staff, patients and volunteers gathered to welcome Charles to the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital on Wednesday.

Politics

8 h. ago Angela Rayner’s full statement after underpaying tax on second home

The Deputy PM revealed she had considered resigning and also confirmed she will pay any unpaid stamp duty requested by HMRC on her £800,000 seaside flat in Hove

Economics

9 h. ago Marsquakes indicate a solid core for the red planet, just like Earth

It turns out Mars has a solid core just like Earth

Politics

9 h. ago Release of ‘missing minute’ of Epstein video contradicts Bondi claim cameras stopped recording

Video taken outside Epstein’s cell on night he died is part of new materials released by House oversight committeeUS politics live – latest updatesA so-called “missing minute” of CCTV footage, a key ingredient of conspiracy theories surrounding the prison death of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been found, contradicting the assertion of Pam Bondi, the attorney general, that it was recorded over.The video was in a cache of material, including 33,000 pages of records relating to the disgraced financier and former Donald Trump associate, released late on Tuesday by the US House oversight committee. The panel has been looking into Epstein’s August 2019 death at Manhattan’s Metropolitan correctional center. Continue reading...

Events

10 h. ago ‘I watched the bombs fall. I watched the mothers’: how do we grieve the children of Gaza?

Palestine is not a metaphor. And yet – I’ve superimposed every experience of my own mothering these last months on to PalestineThe last time I carried a life, I got to hear her heartbeat exactly three times before it stopped. It was my fifth pregnancy. After the final appointment, the one where the surgeon furrowed her brow as she looked at the ultrasound, I walked down First Avenue. It was winter. It was the year after the pandemic had begun. I was feral with grief. I snapped at strangers, cried in the bodega, etc. I’d spent a year getting pregnant, then unpregnant. I’d wake in the middle of the night and remember: heartbeat, heartbeat. At times, I felt absurd for my grief. I couldn’t ascertain what the metric of a mother was, what goalpost had to be met. Had I met it? Surely grief like this – love like this – had to be more deeply earned?Three years later, I went under anesthesia again for another egg retrieval. At this point, I had a baby, nearly 18 months old. The surgery was on...

Events

10 h. ago Website of popular beauty retailer with 130 stores shuts down amid administration fears

The potential collapse could trigger job losses and store closures.

Politics

10 h. ago How can tax 'hypocrite' Angela Rayner possibly keep her job? Calls for her to quit grow as Starmer fails to guarantee her job after she admitted not paying enough stamp duty on £800k flat

The Deputy Prime Minister, dubbed 'Three Pads' Rayner in a row over her trio of homes, said she 'deeply regrets' the error made when purchasing her £800,000 apartment in Hove, East Sussex.

Economics

10 h. ago UK deputy prime minister Angela Rayner admits underpaying tax

Labour politician has referred herself to government’s ethics adviser over £800,000 Hove flat

Politics

11 h. ago American visits 'UK's poorest area' and makes 'special' discovery

Drew Binsky, a YouTuber from the US, has visited every single country on Earth - but he was particularly intrigued to come to the UK's 'most deprived' seaside resort

Politics

11 h. ago Alien ship 'coming to Earth to test our intelligence' should be intercepted says scientist

A mysterious object is hurtling towards Earth with scientists debating on the origins of the UFO – but there could be a chance for us to intercept it as it travels through the universe

Politics

12 h. ago Starmer breaks silence after Rayner admits underpaying stamp duty on £800k Hove flat

Sir Keir Starmer has spoken for the first time since Angela Rayner amitted that she did not pay enough stamp duty on her £800,000 second property in Hove.

Economics

12 h. ago Met police chief calls for review of law after Graham Linehan arrest

Rowley says officers should not be ‘policing toxic culture wars debates’ and are in an impossible positionThe Metropolitan police have declined to drop their investigation into the comedy writer Graham Linehan for tweets about trans issues, and said that the law used by officers to detain him needs reviewing.The Met commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, said on Wednesday officers should not be “policing toxic culture wars debates”, and while any review took place, officers would investigate only more serious cases concerning online messages. Continue reading...

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