5 d. ago Keir Starmer has spiky jab at Nigel Farage after Reform MP's 'dog whistle' rant

Keir Starmer lashed out at Nigel Farage after Reform chief whip Lee Anderson accused Labour of engaging in 'dog whistle' politics in a tense PMQs spat

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6 d. ago Sisu: Road to Revenge review – Finnish hero takes on a Red Army butcher in terrific sequel

Punchy, old-school stunt work, inventive baddie-splattering and a simple plot as our grizzled Finish prospector finds a new foe in his Soviet-occupied homelandIn 2022, the Finnish indie action movie Sisu had the look of a one-hit wonder. Pitting a grizzled prospector against an entire platoon of Nazis, writer-director Jalmari Helander heeded the lessons of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, principally that there is serious cinematic value in going pedal-to-the-metal along a single, straight narrative line. That profitable sleeper hit now yields this choice follow-up, which somehow feels more expansive while still clocking in under 90 minutes.Having seen off the SS, indomitable hero Aatami (Jorma Tommila) gains a tragic backstory and a new, vicious postwar foe in the tremendously named Red Army butcher Igor Draganov, played by wily James Cameron favourite Stephen Lang. Again, the economy of Helander’s approach proves striking and thrilling. No unnecessary obstacles have been placed...

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6 d. ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK blasts Rachel Reeves' 'treachery' for hiking taxes on Brits while spending 'extortionate' amounts on foreigners

At a Westminster press conference, Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf, Reform's policy chief, set out five major measures to save £25billion in the current financial year alone.

Economics

9 d. ago Nigel Farage is 'today's incarnation of Enoch Powell's politics' according to Labour minister who said Reform leader was 'on the side of Jimmy Savile'

The Cabinet minister, who sparked a furious row when he claimed the Reform leader was 'on the side of Jimmy Savile', also compared Reform to the fascist British National Party.

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2 w. ago Historic England says London has 604 sites on at risk register

Historic England says London has 604 sites on at risk register  BBC

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2 w. ago Reform UK takes aim at pensions overhaul during pitch to business chiefs

Deputy leader Richard Tice said he wanted to emulate the ‘Big Bang’ the City experienced in the 1980s with a ‘big reform’.

Economics

2 w. ago EU could admit new members by 2030, says its foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas tells reporters more countries could join 27-country bloc, including Montenegro, Albania and UkraineThe European Union could admit new members by 2030, its foreign policy chief has said, as officials praised reform efforts by frontrunners Montenegro and Albania, while criticising backsliding in Serbia and an even steeper democratic decline in Georgia.The verdicts came as the European Commission published its annual report cards on 10 countries that aspire to join the EU, after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 injected new momentum into a process that had long been moribund. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Scots mum outraged after staff member 'mocked way autistic son entered school'

Carolann Denvir claims she was left speechless by the incident involving 15-year-old Logan in March.

Politics

3 w. ago Maine middle school principal under fire for dressing as ICE agent for Halloween

A Maine middle school principal dressed as an ICE agent has sparked outrage from community members while the Trump administration describes the anger as “insane”

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3 w. ago Reform chief's outrage after schools compare the party to Nazis in lessons on extremism... and tell pupils to rely on 'trusted sites like the BBC and Guardian' instead of the Mail

Richard Tice, Reform's deputy leader, complained after staff at the Orion group, which runs eight academy schools, used a picture of him to illustrate 'extremism'.

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3 w. ago Outrage over America's worst school where students fight, smoke weed and have sex in full view of horrified neighbors

Residents have demanded a stricter crackdown from school officials and city police in response to two fights in the last several weeks that have spilled out past school grounds.

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3 w. ago Dutch parliamentary election on a knife edge as race between Geert Wilders' far

The poll showed that D66 would win 27 seats, a rise of 18 compared to the 2023 election, while Wilders' Party for Freedom would lose 12 seats to finish at 25 seats.

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