Shadow foreign minister Andrew Rosindell appeared to call for an electoral pact with Nigel Farage’s party in an interview with GB News on Monday. Mr Rosindell urged right-of-centre parties to “unite together” to defeat the left and get Sir Keir Starmer out of Number 10 in the next election. He argued that, on policy, the…
Beverley Knight is coming to the SEC Armadillo on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, as part of her tour, Born to Perform. The singer said: “I’m excited to get back on the road but with a different kind of show folk are used to with me. “Born to Perform is me taking you on a journey…
The United Kingdom branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP-UK) has clarified remarks made by Mr. Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko at the party’s Birmingham Chapter event, stating that he never claimed Ashanti MPs preferred community roads over flyovers. This clarification comes after widespread reactions to comments Mr. Otchere-Darko made during an interaction with members of the…
The criminal organisation is believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months – up to 40% of all phones stolen in the capital, the Met said on Monday. The force launched Operation Echosteep in December 2024 after a box containing about 1,000 iPhones being…
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said that, as of 8.30am on Monday, their teams had reconnected 80,000 households and work is under way to restore power for 8,500. As the clean-up work continued, most rail lines were able to run on Monday morning though some in the Highlands are still affected by storm damage….
Local areas can now bid for government support of up to £20 million each, to help them boost regional science and tech expertise. Through the new Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LKRI), research funding body UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is inviting local and regional groups to bid for government funding. The aim is to support…
British author Jilly Cooper, known for her unapologetically racy novels, has died at the age of 88, her agent and family said on Monday. UK media reported that the writer, who penned the series of romantic novels known as The Rutshire Chronicles, died after a fall on Sunday. “I have lost a friend, an ally,…
Born in Syria, Jihad Al-Shamie was granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was around 16, having entered the UK as a young child. The 35-year-old, who was on police bail accused of rape when he carried out the car and knife attack in Manchester on Thursday, claimed to be a devout father but cheated…
Ukraine and Poland have overtaken other EU countries to become the UK’s biggest egg suppliers, which has caused outrage among local farmers, The Guardian said, citing data from the UK’s Animal and Plant Health Agency. According to it, the Netherlands supplied a large proportion of UK eggs in 2022, its share has steadily fallen. By…
Some trans adults are waiting over two decades for a first appointment with a gender clinic. (Getty) Trans people in the UK will have to wait for more than a third of their life time for an appointment with an NHS gender clinic. A new report has revealed that NHS gender clinics in the UK…