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Morgan McSweeney steps down as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff amid Mandelson row Morgan McSweeney has resigned as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff after coming under fire in the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal. The Prime Minister’s right-hand man had faced intensifying calls from within the Labour Party to go after being blamed by many

Trump’s racist post about Obamas deleted after backlash Donald Trump’s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as primates in a jungle has been deleted. The Republican president’s Thursday night post was deleted on Friday and blamed on a

Julia Donaldson on new book Gruffalo Granny: I’m a big fan of grandmotherhood Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson has said it is “quite a relief” sharing the news of the third book with the world, adding the upcoming Gruffalo Granny reflects the fact she is a “big fan of grandmotherhood”. The third instalment comes more than

Beavers to be released at two sites in South West Beavers are set to be released at two sites in south-west England as part of efforts to reintroduce the species into the wild. Natural England said it has issued two further licences to release the semi-aquatic animals, which engineer the landscape with dams, ponds and

‘No end in sight’ after parts of UK see rain every day so far in 2026 “There’s no end in sight”, forecasters have said after announcing rain has fallen every day of 2026 in south-west England and South Wales. Meanwhile, Aberdeen has seen no sunshine for two weeks – the longest period for the area

UKHSA reports 36 notifications of baby formula cereulide poisoning There have been 36 clinical reports of children suffering symptoms consistent with toxin poisoning linked to recent baby formula recalls, the UK Health Security Agency has said. The UKHSA said it and partner agencies had received 24 notifications in England, seven in Scotland, three in Wales,

Autism rates could be ‘comparable between men and women’ – study shows Diagnosis rates of autism are “more or less equal for men and women”, a new study suggests. Previous work on gender and autism suggested that for every four men or boys diagnosed with autism there would be one woman or girl. And a

Criminals using AI to clone voices and set up direct debits Criminals are using AI to clone people’s voices and set up unauthorised direct debits over the phone, National Trading Standards (NTS) has warned. NTS said “advanced” voice cloning was part of an organised criminal operation that appeared to be targeting older people. Fraudsters began

MPs back release of files on Mandelson appointment as US ambassador MPs have approved the release of documents relating to Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to the United States. It comes after the Prime Minister backed down from his original plans for top civil servant Sir Chris Wormald to decide which documents could