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For decades he was the dissident backbencher, then unlikely Labour leader. She was a firebrand left-wing Labour MP with a huge online presence. To the left – on paper – it looked... Read more »
As the British weather turns colder and wetter, many children will be spending less time outdoors. But for some, it’s not just the rain that’s keeping them indoors, it’s poverty. Experts say... Read more »
The Conservatives would scrap stamp duty on sales of primary residences if they won the next election, Kemi Badenoch has said, in a policy-heavy speech designed to improve her standing as Tory... Read more »
Pubs, clubs and restaurants will be able to open into the early hours as part of Labour’s drive for economic growth, a move which critics say will lead to more drunken disorder.... Read more »
On 30 July 1652, seven women were hanged on Penenden Heath in Maidstone, Kent. Witch trials and executions were far from unusual at the time, in the town or elsewhere, but rarely... Read more »
It’s a Friday morning at the Gold Centre in Maryborough, and the shop feels more like a social club than a place of commerce. A group who have signed up for a... Read more »
Sir Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while he was prime minister after a recommendation by Peter Mandelson, newly released papers from the National Archives show. Epstein visited Blair on... Read more »
SNP backs Swinney’s ‘clear’ strategy for new independence referendum | Scottish National party (SNP)
SNP members have overwhelmingly backed leader John Swinney’s “clear and unambiguous” independence strategy that a majority election win is the only route to another referendum. On the first day of the party’s... Read more »
Suranjana TewariAsia business correspondent, Tokyo and Peter HoskinsBusiness reporter Reuters Asahi Super Dry is Japan’s most popular beer Only four bottles of Asahi Super Dry beer are left on the shelves of... Read more »