50 h. ago Mauritius 'will use cash from Labour's Chagos Islands deal to scrap income tax for 81% of its population and help pay off its national debt'

The Prime Minister last month signed an agreement to cede sovereignty of the stretegically-important Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

Economics

52 h. ago ITV Love Island fans 'rumble' bombshell set for Casa Amor return and it's a former star

Love Island fans are convinced they know which former Islander will return to the villa in just a few weeks time to shake things up in Casa Amor

Events

53 h. ago UK should renegotiate Chagos Islands deal to allow islanders to return, UN argues

Chagossians were expelled from the islands between 1965 and 1973 to make way for a joint UK-US base

Economics

62 h. ago UN experts urge UK to negotiate new Chagos deal that allows islanders to return

The deal returns sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius, but will see the UK lease back a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands.

Economics

4 d. ago Love Island 2025: What time does ITV show start tonight and who won the 2024 series?

Love Island 2025 is set to return this summer and will be the 12th series of the hit ITV2 dating show so here's everything you need to know about the upcoming season

Culture

8 d. ago Axed Love Island star breaks silence on sad return home after machete arrest

Axed Love Island star Kyle Ashman, who was cut from the upcoming series before the show has even launched, has insisted he's not a bad guy as he spoke out about his arrest

Events

8 d. ago Love Island's Helena Ford lets slip Justin Bieber bombshell days before entering villa

Love Island is set to return to our TV screens in just a few days and 2025 contestant Helena Ford is one of the many singletons hoping to find love in the Spanish sun

Events

1 week ago Meet Love Island's full 2025 cast including footballer with famous dad

Love Island is set to return to ITV next Monday, with Maya Jama hosting the 12th series

Politics

1 week ago Love Island 'signs up' footballer who has 'full package' for new series

Love Island is due to return to our TV screens in a matter of days, and there's a Farnham Town footballer rumoured to be entering the villa

Politics

2 w. ago China hails Keir Starmer's surrender of the Chagos Islands to leave PM facing furious demands to apologise for 'peddling lies' over his deal

After he signed the agreement to hand over sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius last week, Sir Keir Starmer claimed that Russia, China, Iran were opposed to the deal.

Economics

2 w. ago Love Island 2025 start date confirmed by ITV and it's just days away

Love Island is set to return to TV screens with a brand new series and a fresh batch of singletons who are preparing for the summer of a lifetime in the ultimate search for love

Politics

2 w. ago Love Island's first female contestant 'revealed' as Scouse make

With Love Island expected to return to our screens next month, the rumoured first female contestant for the 2025 summer series has been revealed as a make-up artist from Liverpool

Politics

2 w. ago Love Island series 12: Start date and rumoured contestants as first star 'revealed'

With Love Island series 12 just around the corner, here is everything we know so far on the latest series, including 'confirmed' islanders, return date and the gorgeous host

Culture

2 w. ago 'I work on Love Island and here's five things you need to be perfect Islander'

As Love Island is set to return for its twelfth series next month, staff members who work behind-the-scenes have opened up on what they look for in the singleton hoping to find love

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: This baffling Chagos deal will forever haunt Keir Starmer

The roll-call of British politicians who put their fingerprints on the decision to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius are no fools – and yet the deal the prime minister has just signed looks foolish, says John Rentoul

Economics

3 w. ago Displaced Chagos islanders fear they will never go home after a UK

The British government has signed a deal to transfer the Chagos Islands’ sovereignty to Mauritius

Politics

3 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer accused of signing 'one of the worst deals in the history of deals' after surrendering the Chagos islands for 'as much as £30billion'

The PM claimed the controversial giveaway of Britain's territory in the Indian Ocean would cost only £3.4 billion over the next century and was necessary to secure a vital military base.

Economics

3 w. ago UK to pay £101mn a year under deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

British government says accord will guarantee future of joint military base with US

Economics

3 w. ago UK signs £3.4bn deal to cede sovereignty over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Starmer says there’s ‘no alternative’ and defends cost, saying it is ‘part and parcel of using Britain’s reach to keep us safe at home’UK politics live – latest updatesThe UK has signed a £3.4bn agreement to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after an 11th-hour legal challenge failed.Keir Starmer told a press conference on Thursday afternoon he had signed the deal and that it was “one of the most significant contributions that we make to our security relationship with the United States”. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago ‘Very sad day’ as judge paves way for Chagos deal, says Briton born on island

Bertrice Pompe, who was born on the Chagos Islands, said she was not giving up after the decision to lift an injunction.

Economics