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Starmer Fighting To Keep Job As Former Minister Warns He Has Lost The Country

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Starmer Fighting To Keep Job As Former Minister Warns He Has Lost The Country

Sir Keir Starmer will set out a “fresh direction” as he battles to save his job in the face of a leadership challenge following Labour’s disastrous election results. The Prime Minister, who has indicated he hopes to remain in power until 2034, has a major speech on Monday as he tries to shore up his position after the MP Catherine West declared her intention to launch a leadership bid. Former minister Ms West intends to […]

today10 May 2026

Daizen Maeda Nets Memorable Goal As Celtic Close Gap On Leaders With Rangers Win

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Daizen Maeda Nets Memorable Goal As Celtic Close Gap On Leaders With Rangers Win

A resurgent Daizen Maeda delivered a memorable Celtic Park goal as the champions cut the gap on William Hill Premiership leaders Hearts to one point with a 3-1 comeback win over Rangers. Maeda looped an overhead kick into the top corner to net his second goal in four minutes and his sixth in four games. The Japan attacker had fired Celtic ahead with a first-time finish in the 53rd minute to complete a […]

today10 May 2026

Rayner Starmer Needs To Set Out Change And Bring Back Burnham

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Rayner Starmer Needs To Set Out Change And Bring Back Burnham

Angela Rayner has called on Sir Keir Starmer to “set out the change our country needs” as she warned Labour is facing its “last chance” after a disastrous set of election results. The former deputy leader, widely seen as a potential successor to the Prime Minister, stopped short of calling for him to quit but set out a series of steps he needed to take to win back working-class voters. She added that it had been a mistake […]

today10 May 2026

Adolescence Star Owen Cooper Pays Tribute To The Beatles After Bafta Win

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Adolescence Star Owen Cooper Pays Tribute To The Beatles After Bafta Win

Owen Cooper paid tribute to John Lennon and The Beatles as he collected a Bafta Television Award for Adolescence. The Warrington-born star, 16, has won a string of trophies for his turn as a teenage boy accused of a terrible crime in the hit Netflix drama. He beat co-star Ashley Walters to win the best supporting actor prize at the annual ceremony in London. Collecting the gong, he said: “Wow, it’s heavy that, to be […]

today10 May 2026

Tale Of Two Scotlands As Survey Reveals Areas With Highest Life Satisfaction

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Tale Of Two Scotlands As Survey Reveals Areas With Highest Life Satisfaction

Mid Dunbartonshire ranks as the highest constituency in the UK for life satisfaction, according to a survey on feelings of “belonging”. However areas of Glasgow also rank among the highest in the UK for feelings of loneliness, with the results described as a “tale of two Scotlands”. The 2026 Belonging Barometer, which is a nationally representative survey of 10,001 UK adults conducted by Opinium, analysed a number of social trends – broken down by UK […]

today9 May 2026

Survey Reveals How First Time Buyers Are Achieving Dream Home On A Budget

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Survey Reveals How First Time Buyers Are Achieving Dream Home On A Budget

Two-thirds (66%) of first-time buyers bought a “doer-upper” that needed renovation work to save money on the property price, a survey has found. Nine in 10 (93%) first-time buyers had completed at least one renovation or DIY project since moving in, Nationwide Building Society reported. Of these, three-quarters (75%) carried out more work than they initially anticipated, with 25% of these people saying they had done much more than expected and 18% taking on major structural projects to […]

today9 May 2026

Starmer Refuses To Shift Left Or Right Amid Pressure Over Electoral Mauling

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Starmer Refuses To Shift Left Or Right Amid Pressure Over Electoral Mauling

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to listen to voters but refused to shift “left or right” despite pressure to change course and backbench calls for a new leader following Labour’s electoral mauling. The Prime Minister said responding to “tough” results, which saw Labour lose hundreds of councillors in England and suffer humiliation in Wales, would mean “being assertive in our values” and “unifying rather than dividing”. The ruling party haemorrhaged support in former strongholds while […]

today9 May 2026

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Swinney Fails To Win Majority But Says SNP Emphatically Won Holyrood Election

John Swinney declared the SNP has “emphatically” won the election, and a fifth term in power in Scotland, as Labour recorded its worst ever Holyrood result and tied for second place with Reform UK. With Sir Keir Starmer’s party also suffering losses south of the border, Mr Swinney said that the under-pressure Prime Minister has a “lot of listening to do”, and called for respect between the two governments. But while his SNP was easily […]

today9 May 2026

Plaid Cymru Eyes Up Prospects For Welsh Government As Labour Licks Its Wounds

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Plaid Cymru Eyes Up Prospects For Welsh Government As Labour Licks Its Wounds

Plaid Cymru is set to gather its 43-strong team of Welsh parliamentarians together, as the party sizes up the prospects of forming the next Government of Wales while Labour licks its wounds from a historic defeat. Rhun ap Iorwerth, the leader of Plaid Cymru, has effectively declared victory for his party in the Welsh elections, after it became the largest party in the new Senedd. However, Plaid fell short of attaining a majority of 49 Members of the […]

today9 May 2026

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