March 2026

Mandelson files: It’s difficult to see how Starmer can put this right

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In the end, the first drop of the Mandelson files contained neither a smoking gun nor bombshell revelation. The most newsworthy elements in this 147-page document detailing the vetting, appointment and severance of the ex-US ambassador were the eye-watering £75,000 payoff Peter Mandelson received for being sacked – he had asked for near £550,000 – […]

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Man faces jail for ‘goading’ American to shoot himself on call

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A UK man has been told to prepare himself for prison after admitting to goading a “vulnerable” US citizen into shooting himself over a video call. Dylan Phelan, 21, from Morley in West Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to encouraging the suicide of Travis Dyer in Louisiana on 30 October 2024. During the call, alongside two other

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MPs launch investigation into student loans system

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A committee of MPs is launching an inquiry into the student loan system and whether it’s fair for graduates The investigation will put further pressure on the government to relieve the burden on young people. Politics Hub: Follow the latest The Treasury Committee, a cross-party group, said it’s responding to people who are “intensely dissatisfied

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Extraordinary IEA announcement not enough to bring down oil price

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The International Energy Agency (IEA), the developed nation body founded in the 1970s to deal with oil crises precisely like the one we’re now facing, has announced something extraordinary. Its members, which is to say most of the world’s rich nations, will release an unprecedented amount of oil from their national stockpiles into the global

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Sudan shows how the nature of war is changing – and it’s a death trap for civilians

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A drone is circling in the skies above Zaki Ramadan when he takes my call. As a humanitarian worker in Sudan’s southeastern Blue Nile state, he is helplessly watching aid dwindle and civilians be killed by the meteoric rise in drone strikes. “We stopped all humanitarian activity. We cannot work. All the offices are closing

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E-bike rider sentenced after killing great-grandfather, 91, on pavement in Kent

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A man who struck and killed a 91-year-old great-grandfather while riding his electric bike on the pavement has been given a suspended sentence for manslaughter. Clifford Cage, 50, from Rochester, Kent, received a jail term of 15 months, suspended for two years, at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday after the collision in the town on

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Tech giants warned to protect children online as Ofcom hands down deadline

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Tech companies have been warned to protect young people online after MPs voted down a blanket social media ban for under-16s. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Ofcom, the communications regulator, have written to several platforms to demand stronger protections for children. Ofcom has given Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube until the end

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Army officers deny charges over soldier who took her own life after sexual assault

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Two senior Army officers have denied charges brought following the death of a young soldier who took her own life after a sexual assault by a superior. The officers are facing allegations over their handling of information before Jaysley Beck was found hanged in her barracks in Larkhill Camp, Wiltshire, in 2021. Colonel Samantha Shepherd

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