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Douglas Ross backtracks on suggestion Tories could vote Labour to oust SNP
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has backtracked on comments he made suggesting Conservative voters could back Labour at the next election.
Starmer makes ‘zero apologies’ about under-fire attack ad on Sunak
Starmer said he stands by ‘every word’ of the campaign claiming the PM does not want child abusers to go to jail.
Paul O’Grady’s long-time producer pays tribute on Easter broadcast
Malcolm Prince worked with O’Grady at both BBC Radio 2 and independent station Boom Radio, until the entertainer’s death on March 28.
Police ‘seize high-end campervan in SNP finances probe’
The ongoing investigation has been described by SNP president Mike Russell as the party’s biggest crisis in 50 years.
Teachers call out rape threats as poll says 13% physically assaulted by pupils
The survey conducted by the NASUWT teaching union found teachers have been spat on, kicked at, and upskirted.
Latest polls show Rees-Mogg on course to LOSE his seat as MP
It's the sort of news that could put Jacob Rees-Mogg off his Easter egg on Sunday, as public opinion turns against the Tories.
Water CEOs ‘rewarded with huge bonuses’ – despite filling UK rivers with sewage
Although sewage is spewing into our rivers, bosses at the UK's top water companies have received millions in bonuses between them.
Access to abortion pill in the US plunged into uncertainty by competing rulings
Two separate rulings were issued just minutes apart by federal judges in Texas and Washington.
China defends search for source of Covid-19 after WHO criticism
The director of the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Shen Hongbing, said research is ‘always shared’.