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No 10 resists growing calls within Labour for winter fuel rethink

No 10 resists Labour calls for winter fuel rethinkJust nowPaul SeddonPolitical reporterHenry ZeffmanChief political correspondentJohner Images/Getty ImagesThe government has insisted it will not...

Unions Jacks fly at VE Day parade as Brits declare 'you shouldn't be embarrassed'

It was the moment we had all been waiting for — thousands of heads turned in unison as 13 of the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows soared over the crowd, painting the sky red, white and blue. A grey...

Furious Keir Starmer ‘to sack Labour cabinet member’ who’s even worse than Ed Miliband

The UK’s controversial Energy Secretary appears to be safe for now, sadly. In fact, if there were a leadership election today, Labour members would probably back him over the embattled Prime...

Panic in Cyprus as protests over headscarves and Islam reach boiling point

Thousands of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets in the northern half of Nicosia on Friday to protest against attempts by the government to make the country more Islamic. The protest was the latest...

What it's like marrying a man who still has a wife - and she's at your wedding

Polygamy and pageantry on display at a mass wedding in South Africa9 hours agoKhanyisile NgcoboBBC News, ZuurbekomNhlanhla PhillipsThe bride, Evelyn Sekgalakane, sparkled in white as she walked down...

'Britain cannot afford two terms of Keir Starmer's Labour'

Thursday night was a brutal verdict on Keir Starmer’s leadership. Remarkably, Labour has performed even worse than in 2021 – when Starmer reportedly had to be talked down from resigning as Leader...

Teaching union launches legal action against Ofsted

Teaching union launches legal action against Ofsted22 minutes agoHazel ShearingEducation correspondent•@hazelshearingGetty ImagesA school leaders' union says it is taking legal action against...

Ed Miliband vs Tony Blair: Labour’s civil war is back with a vengeance

Ed Miliband has a rare knack for winding people up. Maybe it’s the sanctimonious tone, the misplaced certainty, the goofy conviction that his batty ideas are invariably correct.Or perhaps it’s...

Rats are terrorising Birmingham – so Angela Rayner steps up to make things worse

Labour’s Employment Rights Bill could see more towns and cities across the country go to rat and ruin, as bin strikes in Birmingham enter their eighth consecutive week with rubbish stacking up on...

Moment anti-tourist mob fires water pistols at holidaymakers in Spain

The next round of anti-tourist carnage has already begun in Spain, with shocking footage showing a mob of protesters firing water pistols at holidaymakers in Barcelona, outside the iconic Sagrada...

Labour set for war with trade unions as nurses prepare to walk out over pay demands

Nurses could threaten mass walkouts if Labour rejects NHS unions’ demands for larger pay rises. An independent pay review body recommended an increase of about 3% for 1.38million workers.Labour is...

Ed Miliband is tearing Labour apart AGAIN - and Nigel Farage is loving it

Ed Miliband’s frontline political career began in betrayal, leapfrogging his older, more talented and more electable brother David to seize the Labour leadership in 2010. That act split the party...

Keir Starmer, prove you want to put UK first and sack Mad Ed Miliband now

It’s time to ask the hard question: Why is Ed Miliband still the UK’s Energy Secretary? After the catastrophic power blackout that plunged millions of people across Spain and Portugal into...

Woke row after train repainted to celebrate diversity

The Tories have accused a train company of “virtue-signalling nonsense” after one of its trains was wrapped in a theme celebrating diversity. The artwork on the new Avanti West Coast celebrates...

Canary Islands row erupts as Primark workers rage in Tenerife over opening hours

Primark employees at C.C. Meridiano in Santa Cruz, Tenerife, have lashed out at plans to expand the High Tourist Influx Zone (ZGAT). The move would allow shops to open freely on Sundays and public...