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Sir Keir Starmer will not face a parliamentary investigation into claims he misled Parliament over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US. MPs rejected a bid by the Conservatives to refer the Prime Minister to the Commons Privileges Committee on Tuesday by 335 to 223 after Labour MPs were ordered to oppose the move. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch had accused the […]

The King’s US state visit has “all appropriate security measures” in place, Britain’s ambassador to the US has said following what the White House has called an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. Sir Christopher Turner said UK and US security teams had been planning the trip for weeks before the incident at the media dinner, with changes possible “as we go”. Buckingham Palace confirmed the visit would […]

Sir Keir Starmer will chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee on Tuesday, as he warned the impact of the Iran war could continue “for some time”. The Prime Minister will convene the emergency committee with representatives from the Bank of England to discuss the war’s economic impact in the shadow of rising oil prices. He told the Usdaw union’s conference in Lancashire on Monday that he […]

An end to the long-running Birmingham bin strike is “within sight” after a breakthrough in the bitter dispute over jobs and pay. Council leader John Cotton said he believed a new offer could be made to the Unite union, whose members have been on all-out strike for more than a year. Onay Kasab, Unite national lead officer, said the offer, which has not yet been put to the […]

The owner of a fire-ravaged LGBT+ nightclub in Milton Keynes has said he is grateful that nobody was hurt, but announced the “institution” had been completely destroyed. Firefighters were still tackling the blaze at Pink Punters in Bletchley on Monday morning, after police were called just after 2am on Sunday as a fire spread through the club. Scores of partygoers and residents in the Watling Street area were […]

Sir Keir Starmer could face a Parliamentary inquiry into claims he lied to MPs over the Peter Mandelson scandal. The Commons will vote on Tuesday whether to refer the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee to consider if he misled the House over the way Lord Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US was handled. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle allowed a vote on the issue following requests […]

Ronnie O’Sullivan admitted he got what he deserved after seeing his bid for a record-breaking eighth Crucible crown shattered by a stunning comeback from John Higgins in a World Snooker Championship classic in Sheffield. O’Sullivan twice led by five frames but lost six in a row across the final two sessions, and Higgins fired three centuries on Monday before holding his nerve to get over the line in […]

Southern Water has admitted a further series of sewage pollution discharges in Kent which took place weeks after it received a record £90 million fine for illegal dumping. The water company pleaded guilty at Medway Magistrates’ Court on April 7 to five offences of sewage discharges between 2019 and 2021, the Environment Agency said. It comes after Southern Water was handed the multimillion-pound fine in July 2021 for […]

Millie Bobby Brown’s teenage sleuth Enola Holmes is to tie the knot, according to first-look pictures from the third film in the detective series. In Enola Holmes 3 the Stranger Things actress reprises her role as the mystery-solving sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, as she travels to Malta to tackle her latest case. Brown, 22, is pictured as the brilliant sleuth wearing a wedding dress with a veil […]

US President Donald Trump and other top officials were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after shots were fired in the building. A person is in custody after a “shooting incident” near a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton, authorities said. Mr Trump said the suspect, who is reported to be a 31-year-old from California, was armed […]