Labour’s high command is attempting to bounce Andy Burnham into a super-quick decision on a Commons by-election comeback, giving him just 24 hours to decide. The party has published a timetable, with the whole selection process being completed next Saturday, suggesting Labour could be planning a dash to the polls as early as next month. […]
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Prince Harry has joined Sir Keir Starmer in criticising false claims by Donald Trump that British and NATO troops were not on the frontline in Afghanistan. The Duke of Sussex, who undertook two tours of Afghanistan, said British “sacrifices deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect”. “I served there. I made lifelong friends
Donald Trump has claimed a large purple bruise on his left hand was caused by “clipping it” on a table while he was in Switzerland. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, he said using high doses of aspirin had left him prone to bruising. The US president said: “I clipped it on the table.
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The London-listed trading and investing platform IG Group has broken ranks with industry rivals by backing Rachel Reeves’s plans to overhaul Britain’s most popular savings product. Sky News has seen a letter from Michael Healy, the UK managing director of IG Group, in which he argues that cash ISAs “have become too popular relative to
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A major winter storm is set to sweep the United States this weekend, bringing with it snow, sleet, ice and sub-zero temperatures from the Arizona-New Mexico border to upstate New York. What is it? A winter storm is defined as a combination of heavy snow, blowing snow and/or dangerous wind chills, according to the NOAA’s
Cambridgeshire Police have begun a murder investigation after the death of a baby boy with a head injury. Atijus Elertaite, who was three months old, was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition on January 3. Officers were called to a property in St John’s Chase in the town of March just after 11am. Atijus
Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators are taking part in the first trilateral talks since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The three-way security discussions in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, are part of efforts to reach a deal to end the war. The Kremlin confirmed the talks would take place but warned
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After the damage done by the American president in Davos – and make no mistake, it was significant, with alliances further ruptured – he has now managed to amplify it with comments that are as disrespectful as they are false. To suggest that coalition forces fighting with the Americans in Afghanistan “stayed a little back;
Donald Trump has been criticised for claiming NATO troops stayed “a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan. In an interview with Fox News in Davos, the US president repeated his criticism of NATO, saying he was not “sure” the alliance would “be there if we ever needed them”. He added: “We’ve never needed them. “They’ll
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“Molly’s life was cut short… because of failings within an institution that was there to protect her.” The words of John Cuddihy, whose daughter was diagnosed with cancer aged 15 before contracting an infection possibly linked to contaminated hospital water. The scandal centres on the near £1bn Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow that opened
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