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Sir Keir Starmer has announced he will resign as Prime Minister less than two years after coming to power. In a statement outside 10 Downing Street, Sir Keir said his party had asked “whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election”. He said: “I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question, and I accept that answer with good grace.” Sir Keir’s […]

Landlords in England who fail to fix dangerous problems such as damp and mould now face fines of up to £7,000. From Monday, councils across England will gain a new power to issue landlords fines of up to £7,000 for serious hazards in private renters’ homes, such as severe damp and mould, freezing temperatures, structural issues, fire hazards, and faulty electrics. Housing Secretary Steve Reed has written to mayors and […]

Tui Airways has been ranked among the worst airlines for UK flight punctuality, with one route having an average delay of more than three quarters of an hour. The leisure carrier’s departures from UK airports were an average of 20 minutes and 24 seconds behind schedule in 2025, according to analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data by the Press Association. The least punctual of its routes with at least […]

The King is “greatly saddened” by a rail crash in which a train driver was killed and dozens of others seriously injured, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said. The crash involved two East Midlands Railway (EMR) services, when one smashed into the back of the other on the same line shortly after 5pm on Friday near Bedford. A passenger on board one of the trains reported being “flung into the chair […]

Twenty eight people remain in hospital, nine of them in a critical condition, after two trains collided near Bedford, police have said. The crash, which killed a train driver, involved two East Midlands Railway (EMR) services, one smashing into the back of the other on the same line shortly after 5pm on Friday. Speaking at a press conference near the scene on Saturday, British Transport Police Chief Constable Lucy D’Orsi […]

A man has been found guilty of sharing terrorist videos and having information about plastic explosives. A bomb-making manual was discovered on the telephone of Shuja Gibraeel Mohsin, 20, as well as a so-called Islamic State execution video he had sent to an online contact, the Metropolitan Police said. A USB stick also showed Mohsin had been viewing material and joined various chat groups linked to extreme Islamist groups, including […]

Sir Keir Starmer faces pressure to set out plans to quit Downing Street over the weekend after Andy Burnham stormed to victory in the Makerfield by-election. The Prime Minister has repeatedly vowed to fight any leadership challenge, insisting he will not “walk away”. But Mr Burnham’s by-election victory has prompted more backbenchers and Labour grandees to call for Sir Keir to stand down. Some MPs who had signed a statement […]

Two trains have collided in the Bedford area, police have said. Aerial footage of the aftermath shows the two damaged East Midlands Railway (EMR) trains with most carriages on the tracks but at least one shunted off. Footage shows a long line of emergency vehicles on a rural road as emergency crews and passengers of the two southbound trains gathered in the neighbouring field. The two East Midlands Railway services […]

Two “useful idiots” have been jailed for a series of arson attacks targeting Sir Keir Starmer on the orders of a shadowy Russian-speaking taskmaster. In May last year, a car and two houses linked to the Prime Minister were set alight in north London by Roman Lavrynovych. He was acting on the instructions of an anonymous Telegram user called El Money who was reportedly linked to a Russian online sabotage […]