‘UK’s most dangerous plant’ leaves toddler in A&E with second-degree burns

Brooklyn Bone, three, developed an agonising blister which quadrupled in size as it filled with pus after being exposed to the dreaded giant hogweed, his mum said A toddler was left with... Read more »

Equality street! The suburban road where identical homes on one side are ‘worth £100k more’ than the other

Homeowners have called on Royal Mail to adopt the postcode of a neighbouring suburb where average house prices are significantly higher.  A cluster of locals in Thornbury, a Bradford suburb straddling the city’s eastern edge,... Read more »

Starmer urged to drop key workers rights pledge to prevent ‘people dying’ from doctors strike

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Kemi Badenoch has... Read more »

Eighty years on from Labour’s landslide, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza brings Clement Attlee’s failure on Israel and Palestine to mind | Politics News

Here’s one for the aficionados: 26 July 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of Labour’s landslide victory in the 1945 general election. Trade unionists and Labour MPs are celebrating, claiming the nation still... Read more »

Heathrow-funded group sending ‘incredibly misleading’ mail to homes across west London, campaigners allege | Money News

A campaign group for a third runway at Heathrow that gets funding from the airport has been distributing “incredibly misleading” information to households in west London, according to opponents of the expansion.... Read more »

Benn says ‘no choice’ but to repeal NI legacy act as veterans stage protest | Northern Ireland

Hilary Benn has said that “only one soldier” has been convicted over a Troubles-related death since 1998 as he sought to justify Labour plans to repeal the Northern Ireland Legacy and Reconciliation... Read more »

Water chiefs’ pay rises to average of £1.1m despite ban on bonuses and outrage over pollution | Executive pay and bonuses

The pay of water company chief executives in England and Wales rose by 5% in the last financial year to an average of £1.1m, despite a ban on bonuses for several companies... Read more »

Trump tells Europe to ‘get your act together’ on immigration before US-EU trade talks | Trump tariffs

Intensive negotiations were continuing on Saturday between the EU and the US before a crunch meeting in Scotland between Donald Trump and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, to avert... Read more »

Get early retirees off the golf course and back to work – why early retirement isn’t good for UK plc | Phillip Inman

Early retirement is a wealthy indulgence that needs to be discouraged. As a minimum, ministers should strip away any inducement offered by the tax system for people who want to retire in... Read more »

Starmer says plan to airdrop Gaza aid and evacuate ill children will go ahead | Gaza

Keir Starmer has confirmed the government will be “taking forward” plans to airdrop aid into Gaza and evacuate children who need medical assistance in an effort to relieve what Downing Street called... Read more »