21 h. ago Naga Munchetty shows the strain as she leaves BBC Breakfast with a security guard while facing formal investigation over bullying accusations

Dressed in a long green puffer-style coat with the hood up over her head, the veteran journalist, 50, kept her head bowed as she left Media City after Saturday's show.

Events

21 h. ago 'I can't deal with my sister's chosen baby name – it's a crime'

Choosing a name for a newborn baby is no easy task but one woman has been left scratching her head after learning what her pregnant sister, who is due in six months, plans to name her child

Economics

56 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: The minister was like my wife when she has a clear

Sometimes my wife announces a clear-out. She sweeps shelves free of clutter and promises that henceforth it will all be different.

Politics

3 d. ago As Sir Keir told the Commons Labour are a 'united team', backbenchers stared, arms crossed, wondering: Can't we send him back and ask Ikea for a refund? writes QUENTIN LETTS

When thoroughly embogged, lie. Produce a whopper which will at least make people laugh. And so Sir Keir Starmer told a raucous PMQs that all was well in his Cabinet. 'This is a united team!'

Politics

4 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Relating the fall of the BBC boss, Lisa Nandy could have been burying the family gerbil

After teatime, at an hour when most people at Broadcasting House were probably on their fifth jolt of neat gin, the Commons got round to discussing the BBC crisis.

Politics

5 d. ago New York Giants reportedly fire head coach Brian Daboll after another lost season

Decision comes after Giants blow another late leadDaboll was named NFL coach of the year in first seasonThe New York Giants have reportedly fired head coach Brian Daboll after Sunday’s defeat left the team with a 2-8 record and staring at another lost season.ESPN reported the Giants made the decision after the Giants blew a double-digit lead in their defeat to the Chicago Bears. It was the second time this season the team had lost a game in which they were leading by at least 10 points with fewer than four minutes remaining. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago New York Giants fire head coach Brian Daboll after another lost season

Decision comes after Giants blow another late leadDaboll was named NFL coach of the year in first seasonThe New York Giants have fired head coach Brian Daboll after Sunday’s defeat left the team with a 2-8 record and staring at another lost season.“The past few seasons have been nothing short of disappointing, and we have not met our expectations for this franchise,” Giants co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch said Monday in a joint statement. “We understand the frustrations of our fans, and we will work to deliver a significantly improved product.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago In New York, Zohran Mamdani showed how it’s done: ‘identity politics’ can win elections | Nesrine Malik

New York’s newly elected mayor rooted his campaign in the personal while, ironically, exemplifying the tradition of the American ‘melting pot’It is inevitable that too much will be laid on Zohran Mamdani’s head. So large is the vacuum on the left of politics that his victory will occupy an outsized space for progressives beyond New York City. And so, before I lay too much on his head myself, some caveats. New York is a specific place. It has a specific demographic and economic profile. And Mamdani is a man of a specific background, racial, political and religious. But with that out of the way, I think the successful practice of “identity politics” during his campaign offers some universal lessons.I put identity politics in quote marks because the term now means little that is universally agreed upon. Broadly, it has come to mean something derogatory, kind of in the same way that “wokeness” has. It increasingly has negative connotations: a political appeal to race or other markers of...

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8 d. ago Jonathan Ross reveals the 'horrible' moment that 'took a toll' on Celebrity Traitors champ Alan Carr and left him 'with his head in his hands'

The 64-year-old appeared on the ITV show to chat to former Traitors co-star Kate Garraway , 58, and her co-host Adil Ray , 51, about the epic series which wrapped up on Thursday.

Politics

1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: Lammy told MPs 'we will never forget' but he bleedin' forgot his poppy, didn't he?

A farce ensued for 15 minutes before a colleague managed to slap one on his right lapel when she thought no one was watching.

Politics

1 week ago Female prison officer appears in court charged with performing sex act on an inmate

Rebecca Pinckard, 46, did not enter a plea during a ten-minute hearing today and left court with a jacket pulled over head to try and hide her face.

Events

1 week ago Rachel Reeves was a wan prophet of perdition, honking like a faulty cyborg: QUENTIN LETTS

Few of us are at our best before breakfast but Rachel Reeves' early-morning speech was a horror show.

Politics

1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: Reeves was a wan prophet of perdition honking like a malfunctioning cyborg

Few of us are at our best before breakfast but Rachel Reeves's early-morning speech was a horror show.

Politics

1 week ago Woman told symptoms 'in her head' left bedridden for two years

Karen Tait eventually found out what was really wrong

Politics

1 week ago MAFS UK star's mum left with head in hands after 'worrying' confession

A Married At First Sight UK star's mum has issued a warning after her new daughter-in-law took things a step too far

Politics

1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: MPs used to treat Whitehall's panjandrums with awe. Now they snort at them with open ridicule

Sir Olly Robbins, the incumbent, described himself as 'Peter Mandelson's line manager'. If Peter ever uttered the term 'line manager' it would have been greased with irony.

Events

1 week ago Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas makes sensational error on TV as fans left shocked

Shirley Ballas is head judge on Strictly so she left fans gobsmacked when she answered a question wrong about dance on Michael McIntyre's The Wheel.

Events

2 w. ago Shirley Ballas breaks down in tears as she issues emotional Strictly message

The head judge was left feeling emotional during the Halloween themed live show of the BBC competition

Politics

2 w. ago America’s Next Top Model winner claims Tyra Banks hair makeover left her head ‘permanently damaged’

The former model won the first-ever season of the reality show in 2003

Events

2 w. ago Woman beat disabled child with football boot and attacked his dad in Scots park

The boy was reportedly left with bruises covering his head and body and still deals with the emotional effects of the incident to this day.

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