62 m. ago Zia Yusuf REJOINS Reform Party 48 hours after resigning over burka ban stance

Former banker Zia Yusuf has rejoined the Reform Party just 48 hours after dramatically resigning as chairman after calling out MP Sarah Pochin's 'dumb' questioning over banning the burka.

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86 m. ago Zia Yusuf returning to Reform UK two days after quitting over burka ban stance

Former party chairman Yusuf said his decision to leave on Thursday was a ‘mistake’ and the result of ‘exhaustion’

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90 m. ago Zia Yusuf announces return to Reform UK two days after quitting as chair

Party chair says he will lead a ‘Doge team’ inspired by Elon Musk and Donald TrumpZia Yusuf has said he will return to Reform UK, just two days after quitting the party.Yusuf was the rightwing party’s chair but resigned on Thursday after suggesting it was “dumb” of the party’s newest MP to ask the prime minister if he would ban the burqa. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Nigel Farage's party in more chaos as Reform UK chair returns 48 hours after quitting

Zia Yusuf "un-resigned" from Reform in an X post today - after quitting the chairmanship and the party on Friday and saying he no longer believed in the party, follwing a row over calls to ban the burqa

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1 hour ago Zia Yusuf makes astonishing return to Reform UK just 48 hours after quitting as party chairman

U-turn comes just two days after businessman said he no longer believed working to get a Reform government elected was a good use of time

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2 h. ago Astonishing act of bravery that sparked a revolution for gay people

Homosexuality was once considered to be both a crime and a mental illness, and gays and lesbians were vilified, attacked and pitied - but then something groundbreaking happened

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3 h. ago Government stalling in efforts to cut foreign aid spent on asylum seekers

The government has been accused of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’, with aid organisations claiming ministers are in danger of a ‘reckless repeat’ of the previous Conservative government

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3 h. ago NHS to get up to £30bn as other services squeezed in spending review

NHS leaders warn expected settlement will not be enough to enable recovery and reform

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3 h. ago Matt Goss claims Luke Goss was 'jealous' of him as he was lead singer of Bros

Matt Goss believes his twin brother Luke 'resented' him for being the lead singer of Bros

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4 h. ago France boss threatens to drop Premier League target amid £25m transfer talks

France face Germany in the Nations League third-place play-off on Sunday, with boss Didier Deschamps ready to take drastic action as Chelsea pursue one of his key players

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4 h. ago East Kilbride YM join West of Scotland Fourth Division to set up derby with EK Thistle next term

The club now has opportunity to reach the professional ranks after being voted in at the WOSFL AGM

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5 h. ago How Robert Jenrick skewered Kemi Badenoch’s Tory leadership reboot

Party insiders want to lean into the Tory leader’s forthright personality, and ‘let Kemi be Kemi’ as they try to tackle the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform. Kate Devlin and David Maddox report

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5 h. ago Meghan shares heartfelt video of Lilibet’s fourth birthday at Disneyland

The family shared a magical trip to Disneyland for Princess Lilbet's celebrations.

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5 h. ago River Island's 230 stores at risk as high street chain sees huge drop in sales

River Island has called in advisers from PricewaterhouseCoopers in a bid to turn around the fortunes of its 230 High Street branches which employ around 5,500 people

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6 h. ago Defined benefit pension reform will spur limited UK investment, officials warn

Rules to release surpluses will only extract 5% of £160bn in excess assets, according to departmental assessment

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6 h. ago Atlantic Starr singer Wayne Lewis dies as bandmates pay tribute to R&B legend

Wayne Lewis, who was the lead singer of the chart-topping band Atlantic Starr, has died at the age of 68, the band confirmed in a statement shared to social media

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7 h. ago NHS to get up to £30 billion as other services squeezed in spending review

NHS leaders warn expected settlement will not be enough to enable recovery and reform

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7 h. ago Conservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage status

Campaigners say designation promotes unsustainable sheep farming at expense of nature recovery and local communitiesConservationists have launched a campaign to revoke the Lake District’s Unesco world heritage status, arguing that it promotes unsustainable sheep farming at the expense of nature recovery and local communities.In a letter to Unesco, the ecologist Lee Schofield argues that the designation “promotes a false perception of farming, is not economically sustainable, is working against crucial efforts to restore the natural environment and mitigate the impacts of climate change, does not help sustain farming livelihoods, is not wanted by local people and is contributing to damaging overtourism.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Meghan shares video of family trip to Disneyland for Lili’s fourth birthday

The montage drew comparisons with a trip Harry took with his mother in 1993.

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10 h. ago Watch: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry take Archie and Lilibet to Disneyland

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have shared a video celebrating their daughter Princess Lilibet’s fourth birthday with a family trip to Disneyland.

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