2 h. ago Rupert Lowe cleared of breaching MPs’ rules over grooming gang inquiry donations

Parliament’s standards commissioner found Mr Lowe had not breached the rules governing donations to MPs over a crowdfunder for his grooming inquiry.

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4 h. ago Parliament’s standards watchdog begins investigation into Rupert Lowe

The BBC said it was launched because Mr Lowe is yet to declare money from his private grooming gang inquiry on his register of interests.

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8 h. ago Rightwing campaigners claim there is covert deal to return Parthenon marbles

Liz Truss reportedly among those who signed letter organised by hard-right group calling for end to talksThe former prime minister Liz Truss, the historian David Starkey and the former Wales secretary John Redwood are reportedly among 34 signatories to a letter alleging the British Museum is part of a “covert” campaign to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece.The letter, seen by Sky News, has been reportedly sent to Keir Starmer, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, and trustees of British Museum. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Arsene Wenger responds to Jurgen Klopp’s claim that Club World Cup is ‘the worst idea ever in football’

Wenger said the competition ‘is needed’ in football, adding that Fifa have learned lessons ahead of next year’s World Cup

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20 h. ago Real Madrid’s PSG thrashing shows Xabi Alonso true size of rebuilding job

New manager faces tough questions before next season, with the biggest just how to find the right fit for superstar striker Kylian MbappéThis is the end. For Real Madrid, the best thing that could be said about their last game of the 2024-2025 season was that it was their last game of the 2024-2025 season. So in the makeshift marquee set up by the MetLife Stadium, Xabi Alonso said exactly that, and repeatedly. He had watched his team, who aren’t entirely his team yet, be taken apart by Paris Saint-Germain; now he wanted to get home and “reset”, forget about it. Well, not forget exactly: the hurt might help, lessons learned. “I want this to have an impact but not drag us down,” he said. “In August we start 2025-26, which will be different.”The way they fell was familiar, back to their recent past, their reality. “We suffered the way others have suffered against them,” Alonso said, and that was true, but it is not only PSG; it is Madrid too. This was their 68th game of the season and ...

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24 h. ago Scotland hope to have learned Fiji lesson of 2017 but Townsend aware of 'bigger picture'

Head coach knows victory in Suva can make life easier for Scots in 2027

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44 h. ago The lessons Xabi Alonso will have to learn as Real Madrid humbled by imperious PSG

PSG 4-0 Real Madrid: Alonso will have an eye at emulating Luis Enrique’s transformation at PSG after a humiliating defeat

Politics

50 h. ago The cutting term Eluned Morgan used to describe Nigel Farage

Wales' First Minister didn't bite her tongue

Politics

54 h. ago Rangers teaching Celtic a transfer lesson they refuse to learn as Hotline predicts it will cost them Brendan Rodgers

Ross Pilcher took your calls as Rangers fans transfer view mirrors their rivals and the European point scoring rears its head again

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55 h. ago I thought settling for a man below my league meant safety. After five years of marriage, I learnt a humiliating lesson

I married down. Deliberately. Not because I thought Mike was ugly or unworthy. But because I believed being the hotter one gave me a kind of relationship insurance.

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3 d. ago First Minister says Labour are taking Reform threat in Wales ‘seriously’

Eluned Morgan told Sky News voters in Wales needed to understand Reform as a "threat", warning that "things that they're used to" such as free prescriptions and free school meals for primary school children "could be snatched away"

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3 d. ago New poll shows Reform UK's chances of winning Welsh election, and it's not good news for Labour

Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan has said she 'wouldn't touch Reform with a barge pole'

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3 d. ago Before the government overhauls special educational needs, lessons must be learnt

Editorial: The welfare reform bill fiasco has made rethinking education, health and care plans infinitely more difficult. Any reforms must clearly be for the benefit of the recipients – not driven by the Treasury’s need to make savings

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4 d. ago Inquiry launched into government handling of Harry Dunn’s death, Lammy announces

The foreign secretary says lessons need to be learned after the tragic death of the 19-year-old in 2019, who was killed by a car driven by a member of the US intelligence community

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6 d. ago Sister fights to save vulnerable British teen accused of smuggling kilo of meth to Japan

Sean Stephenson, 18, has been detained in Japan after allegedly being caught with over a kilo of meth - but his family insist he was groomed and coerced by British gang members

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8 d. ago Welsh Government ministers to skip Wales Euros match as row erupts

'This match is not only a significant sporting event, but also a moment of national pride,' the letter read.

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8 d. ago Greater Manchester police investigating over 1,000 grooming gang suspects

Inspectorate finds force has made ‘significant improvements’ in how it treats victims of sexual exploitationGreater Manchester police are investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects, as a new report found the force was “trying to provide a better service to those who have experienced sexual exploitation”.The force has made “significant improvements” in how it investigates grooming gangs and other types of child sexual abuse offences, according to the report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Andy Burnham issues statement on his grooming gang review after he's forced to miss press conference

The reports found that Greater Manchester Police has made 'significant improvements', but still faces some issues in tackling child sexual exploitation

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8 d. ago Greater Manchester Police investigating 1,000 grooming gang suspects, watchdog says

Andy Burnham said ‘never again will any child here be labelled or dismissed’ after a report found significant improvements in the force’s response to grooming gangs

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8 d. ago Police force investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects

Watchdog says Greater Manchester Police has made ‘significant improvements’ following years of failure.

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