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Wes Streeting has quit as Health Secretary, calling for a leadership contest and plunging Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership into crisis. MrStreetingcriticised the “drift” at the top of Government and told the Prime Minister it is “clear” he will not lead Labour into the next election. While stopping short of announcing a bid for the top job, MrStreetingurged Sir Keir to allow the “best possible field […]

The King has visited Golders Green and met the Jewish victims of the stabbings in the neighbourhood last month in a show of support for the community. Charles visited a Jewish Care charity centre on Thursday to meet with victims Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Ben Baila, 76, also known as Norman Shine, along with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. The […]

Police believe they have identified three women whose bodies were recovered from the sea off Brighton beach. Emergency services were called after concerns were raised for a person’s welfare at around 5.45am on Wednesday, before three bodies were pulled from the water near Madeira Drive. Sussex Police have said officers believe they have identified all three women and their next of kin have been informed. But the force […]

Spying charges against Southampton may not be heard until Tuesday, placing a question mark over the scheduling of next week’s Championship play-off final. The club were charged last week by the EFL with spying on a training session held by semi-final opponents Middlesbrough, with the league asking for an independent commission to examine the case “at the earliest opportunity”. The EFL issued a statement on Thursday afternoon to […]

Broadcaster Gloria Hunniford has said she is “delighted and humbled” to receive the Freedom of the City of London The 86-year-old’s long and varied career has seen her host chat shows and current affairs, lifestyle and consumer rights programmes. She was awarded the Freedom of the City of London at the city’s Guildhall on Thursday in recognition of her “outstanding contribution to entertainment and campaigning work as a […]

Andy Burnham has said he will ask for permission to stand for Labour in a by-election after an MP quit to make way for the Greater Manchester Mayor to return to Parliament to challenge Sir Keir Starmer. Mr Burnham said he wanted to return to Westminster to “bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly […]

Around 12.2 million adults across the UK are at risk of being unable to cover their basic financial needs in retirement, a report estimates. The report, published by Scottish Widows, did indicate an improvement compared with last year – when 15.3 million people were thought not to be on track for even the minimum needed in retirement. The improvement has partly been driven by people […]

Some of the UK’s most popular shop-bought sandwiches contain “alarmingly high” levels of salt, with one containing more than almost five McDonald’s cheeseburgers, according to a study. Action on Salt & Sugar analysed 546 sandwiches, wraps, rolls and baguettes sold in supermarkets and high street chains to find that one in 10 exceed the salt and calorie health targets. Almost half (44%) would carry a red or “high” […]

Nearly half (44%) of UK homes listed on the property market in the past three years have failed to sell, research from a property website indicates. A survey of more than 2,000 people across the UK who had listed their home in the past three years found that, among those whose properties did not sell, more than a third (34%) said, with hindsight, the price they had […]

Wes Streeting has been to Downing Street for crunch talks that lasted less than 20 minutes this morning as the Prime Minister continues to fend off calls to resign. The Health Secretary did not speak to reporters on his way in or out of Number 10. The talks with MrStreeting, seen as one of the key rivals for the Labour leadership, come after Sir Keir has so far […]