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Gordon Brown: Tories will not be remembered for their convictions

Gordon Brown: Tories will not be remembered for their convictions

Gordon Brown: Tories will not be remembered for their convictions

01 June 2023

Gordon Brown addressed an Our Scottish Future Rally in Edinburgh on Thursday evening about reforming the UK.


Phillip Schofield is ‘broken and ashamed’ after revealing affair

Phillip Schofield is ‘broken and ashamed’ after revealing affair

Phillip Schofield is ‘broken and ashamed’ after revealing affair

01 June 2023

The presenter has resigned from ITV and This Morning.


Phillip Schofield at centre of This Morning affair furore: a timeline of events

Phillip Schofield at centre of This Morning affair furore: a timeline of events

Phillip Schofield at centre of This Morning affair furore: a timeline of events

01 June 2023

The star has left ITV after admitting to an extramarital relationship with a younger colleague.


Truss joins calls by senior Tories to scrap inheritance tax

Truss joins calls by senior Tories to scrap inheritance tax

Truss joins calls by senior Tories to scrap inheritance tax

01 June 2023

The proposal has been met with scepticism from senior economists and tax experts.


British Airways fined almost £1 million by US government over Covid refunds

British Airways fined almost £1 million by US government over Covid refunds

British Airways fined almost £1 million by US government over Covid refunds

01 June 2023

The US Transportation Department said the airline failed ‘to provide timely refunds to passengers’ for abandoned or rescheduled flights in 2020.


Government likely to lose Covid inquiry legal challenge, says minister

Government likely to lose Covid inquiry legal challenge, says minister

Government likely to lose Covid inquiry legal challenge, says minister

01 June 2023

Science minister George Freeman said ‘it’s a point worth testing’.


Key questions for Boris Johnson from the Covid inquiry

Key questions for Boris Johnson from the Covid inquiry

Key questions for Boris Johnson from the Covid inquiry

01 June 2023

The Covid Inquiry sent Boris Johnson a list of 150 questions and requests for his witness statement, documents have shown.


Man arrested after Bournemouth beach incident released under investigation

Man arrested after Bournemouth beach incident released under investigation

Man arrested after Bournemouth beach incident released under investigation

01 June 2023

A 17-year-old boy from Southampton and a 12-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire died after getting into difficulty in the water at the Dorset resort.


Drakeford: I would dispute use of internal markets act for deposit return

Drakeford: I would dispute use of internal markets act for deposit return

Drakeford: I would dispute use of internal markets act for deposit return

01 June 2023

First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford told BBC Scotland he would ‘dispute’ the use of the internal market act for the deposit return scheme.


Johnson ‘more than happy’ to hand material to Covid inquiry amid legal battle

Johnson ‘more than happy’ to hand material to Covid inquiry amid legal battle

Johnson ‘more than happy’ to hand material to Covid inquiry amid legal battle

01 June 2023

The Cabinet Office on Thursday confirmed it was seeking a judicial review of inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s document request.


Andrew Tate: ‘I am utterly sure I’ll be found innocent’ over charges in Romania

Andrew Tate: ‘I am utterly sure I’ll be found innocent’ over charges in Romania

Andrew Tate: ‘I am utterly sure I’ll be found innocent’ over charges in Romania

01 June 2023

Tate, who is under house arrest in Romania with his brother Tristan, said he is ‘absolutely and utterly sure’ he is innocent.


Teenage girl dies after swimming in reservoir

Teenage girl dies after swimming in reservoir

Teenage girl dies after swimming in reservoir

01 June 2023

Police said the girl’s next of kin had been made aware and would be supported by specialist officers.


Water scarcity in Scotland and a rain-soaked southern England – Met Office

Water scarcity in Scotland and a rain-soaked southern England – Met Office

Water scarcity in Scotland and a rain-soaked southern England – Met Office

01 June 2023

A spring report released on the first day of the meteorological summer has revealed large regional differences in rainfall across the UK.


Call for King to apologise for historical LGBT ban in armed forces

Call for King to apologise for historical LGBT ban in armed forces

Call for King to apologise for historical LGBT ban in armed forces

01 June 2023

Service personnel were forced to leave the armed forces if identified as gay before the ban was lifted in 2000.


Government seeks judicial review of Covid inquiry’s demand for Johnson documents

Government seeks judicial review of Covid inquiry’s demand for Johnson documents

Government seeks judicial review of Covid inquiry’s demand for Johnson documents

01 June 2023

The Cabinet Office said it was taking the step ‘with regret’.


Formal complaint submitted to Labour over suspended MP Geraint Davies

Formal complaint submitted to Labour over suspended MP Geraint Davies

Formal complaint submitted to Labour over suspended MP Geraint Davies

01 June 2023

The party suspended the veteran politician pending a probe into claims of ‘unacceptable behaviour’.


Caster Semenya wants to inspire resilience with memoir published by Merky Books

Caster Semenya wants to inspire resilience with memoir published by Merky Books

Caster Semenya wants to inspire resilience with memoir published by Merky Books

01 June 2023

She won the 2009 World Championships in Berlin at the age of 18.


Sunak urges European nations to ‘work cooperatively to tackle illegal migration’

Sunak urges European nations to ‘work cooperatively to tackle illegal migration’

Sunak urges European nations to ‘work cooperatively to tackle illegal migration’

01 June 2023

The Prime Minister also said he was working to ‘strengthen everyone’s support for Ukraine’ at a European Political Community summit in Moldova.


Nurse jailed after paedophile hunters caught him sending sexual images to girl

Nurse jailed after paedophile hunters caught him sending sexual images to girl

Nurse jailed after paedophile hunters caught him sending sexual images to girl

01 June 2023

Phillip Hill, 54, was confronted by the vigilant group outside Morriston Hospital in South Wales where he worked as an anaesthetic theatre assistant.


CBI to shrink workforce after losing dozens of members, reports say

CBI to shrink workforce after losing dozens of members, reports say

CBI to shrink workforce after losing dozens of members, reports say

01 June 2023

The scandal-hit business group is reportedly eyeing up a ‘smaller and refocused organisation’, with plans to cut its wage bill by a third.


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