Politics
Calls for extra bank holiday if England win the Euros
The England men’s football team will face Spain in the Euros final on Sunday.
Campaigners angry over bill rises amid ‘environmental carnage’ of sewage spills
Proposed water bill increases have been labelled unfair and insulting amid the ‘national scandal’ of sewage pollution in rivers and seas.
Braverman expected to defect to Reform because ‘she has no mates and has pissed off the gays’ – reports
"She has no chance of being leader and she thinks she is bigger than she is so what is there left for her?”
Criticism of Starmer’s defence spending plans ‘unfair’, security minister says
Dan Jarvis defended the Prime Minister against accusations of hypocrisy after he pressed Nato allies to increase defence spending.
Ofwat to put Thames Water in ‘turnaround regime’ and rejects 44% bills hike plan
Heavily indebted Thames will have to ‘fully re-evaluate’ its current turnaround strategy under Ofwat’s draft measures.
Labour won its lowest-ever share of the vote in deprived areas at the General Election
Conversely, it won its highest ever share in affluent areas.
Braverman hits out at Badenoch’s ‘nervous breakdown’ comment as row escalates
The two potential rivals for the Tory leadership have traded barbs ahead of the race to replace Rishi Sunak.
Biden supporter George Clooney asks president to leave race
Biden has refused to end his re-election bid after his weak debate performance against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
William to say rough sleeping ‘can be ended’ in homelessness project speech
The project has been pledged a £1 million by Homebase and is also supported by Pret-a-Manger which has expanded its scheme employing the homeless.