When a party’s own group leader finds herself apologising not for a policy failure but for the racist and misogynistic conduct of three elected councillors, something has gone structurally wrong — not merely personally. That is the uncomfortable reality facing…
The BBC’s director-general has moved to contain the fallout from a decision to abandon plans for a bespoke Archers recording studio at its new Birmingham headquarters, insisting that options to keep the production in the West Midlands remain very much…
Whitbread: More Rooms Sold, Less Money Made Rising costs and a sweeping corporate overhaul have punished Whitbread’s bottom line. The Premier Inn owner posted a 62 per cent collapse in pre-tax profits to £109 million for the six months ending…
The hearing room in Eastleigh, Hampshire, was not the setting Scott Chilton had anticipated for the final chapter of a policing career that had reached its apex as chief constable of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constabulary. He did…
At around three o’clock on a quiet north London morning, the returning officer at the Holborn and St Pancras by-election declared Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali the winner — and with that, the seat once held by Sir Keir Starmer passed, unremarkably…
One migrant reached British shores every six minutes during the first week of October, according to Home Office figures — the highest rate ever recorded for that period since small boat crossings began in 2018. The Scale of the Surge…
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Aviation Authority confirmed on Tuesday that two airports close to the Yemeni border sustained strikes the previous evening, leaving three people injured and causing material damage to infrastructure at both sites. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz airport in…
The arrest of a former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service on suspicion of treason and espionage represents a serious breach at the heart of the country’s security apparatus, raising uncomfortable questions about the integrity of its most sensitive institutions.…
A Radical Overhaul Gathers Pace The BBC’s £180 annual television licence fee could be abolished and replaced with a £132 charge applied directly to household broadband bills, under proposals gaining traction within Andy Burnham’s cabinet. The plan, which would amount…
Manchester City’s legal troubles are deepening. Having been found guilty of 114 of the 115 financial charges brought against them by the Premier League, the club now faces the prospect of a parallel investigation by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs,…