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An Austrian court has convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The state court in Wiener Neustadt found the 21-year-old defendant, an Austrian citizen known only as Beran A in line with Austrian privacy rules, guilty on charges including those related to the concert, the Austria Press […]

The number of young people neither working nor learning could reach 1.25 million within the next five years, a review by an ex-Labour health secretary will warn amid fears of a “lost generation”. Its author Alan Milburn is expected to say the first rung of the career ladder is “simply out of reach” for many young people and conclude it is not this group’s fault but rather “failure […]

The heatwave that has seen record temperatures set for the month of May in recent days is expected to ease slightly across the UK on Thursday. The Met Office forecast a temperature high of 31C in London on Thursday, while the Midlands and North West are expected see highs of 28C, noticeably lower than the 35.1C recorded at Kew Gardens in west London on Tuesday. […]

A Sikh man has been found guilty of the murder of an 18-year-old university student by stabbing him to death with a Sikh kirpan ceremonial knife with a 21cm blade. Vickrum Digwa told police a “wicked lie” that he was the victim of a racist attack after he stabbed finance student Henry Nowak, from Chaffod Hundred, Essex, five times in the incident in Belmont Road, Southampton, on December […]

Kemi Badenoch has criticised the British Museum for postponing a talk on Jewish culture because of potential protests. The museum said it had postponed the event after being told a “significant proportion” of attendees were planning to disrupt it. The lecture on ancient Israel and Judah was due to take place on Thursday afternoon as part of Jewish Culture Month. The British Museum said in a statement: “In […]

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she is having “probably the worst week” of her life after her former husband admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party she once led. Conceding she was “not OK”, the former SNP leader said she had been “deceived”, “misled” and “betrayed” by her ex-husband, Peter Murrell. Her comments came as she appeared in public for the first time since Murrell, […]

Ofgem’s price cap is to rise by 13% from July 1 driven by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the regulator has said. The jump will equate to a rise of £18 a month for the average household using both electricity and gas, with households seeing an increase of 24% on their gas bills and 5% on their electricity bills. Ofgem chief executive Tim […]

A Treasury minister has rejected Sir Tony Blair’s call to curb the triple lock and defended net zero after the former prime minister mounted a scathing attack on Labour’s policy agenda. Dan Tomlinson said “things have moved on” since the ex-Labour leader was in No 10 and he insisted increases to the state pension are sustainable long-term. In a highly critical 5,700-word essay published on […]

They'll down tools for a 16th time in their ongoing row over pay Resident doctors will go on strike for four days in June, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. The announcement follows the union’s first talks with new Health Secretary James Murray on Wednesday. Walkouts will begin at 7am on Monday June 15, ending at 6.59am on Friday June 19. The BMA […]

The Eagles win their first European trophy with a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig Crystal Palace lifted their first European trophy and punched their ticket to the Europa League after Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half goal proved the difference during their 1-0 Conference League final victory over Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig. It marked the final chapter of a fairytale run for Palace boss Oliver Glasner, who, after […]