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Sir Keir Starmer warned that the Government’s forthcoming Budget will be “painful” as he asked the country to “accept short-term pain for long-term good”. In a speech in the Downing Street rose garden, the Prime Minister claimed his Government has done more in seven weeks than the Conservative government did in seven years. But he warned “things are worse than we ever imagined” because of a £22 billion “black hole” […]

They'll play gigs in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin Liam and Noel Gallagher are getting back together for Oasis’s long-awaited reunion with a worldwide tour in 2025. The Britpop band, who split nearly 15 years ago and released their chart-topping album Definitely Maybe around three decades ago, announced the series of dates will kick off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. The UK and Ireland tour will also visit Manchester’s Heaton […]

From today, people in England can call the helpline and speak to a trained professsional NHS 111 will now offer mental health support to people of all ages in crisis, including children. Health leaders welcomed the announcement, but said NHS trusts “remain deeply concerned” about levels of unmet need for those seeking mental healthcare. Ministers said the change forms part of “plans to help fix the broken health system”. From Tuesday, people in […]

The Prime Minister will today pledge to 'reverse a decade of decline' in a keynote address in the Downing Street garden Sir Keir Starmer will compare his task as Prime Minister to the communities that rallied round to clean up in the wake of the summer’s riots. The Prime Minister will promise that his Government will do the “hard work” to “root out 14 years of rot” under the Conservatives. […]

All people have been “accounted for” after a fire engulfed a multi-storey building in Dagenham, east London, with “known” safety issues, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. More than 80 people were evacuated and two were taken to hospital after the fire broke out in the building that is used for residential and commercial purposes, the fire service said. The LFB said it was called to the blaze in […]

Around 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines are responding to a blaze in Blackwall, east London, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. Half of a flat and balcony on the 25th floor of the 45-storey tower block at New Providence Wharf, Biscayne Avenue, was alight, the LFB said in a statement on Monday afternoon. The LFB said it was first called to the blaze at 1.28pm and that crews […]

Prosecutors in Italy have placed under investigation the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, Italian media have reported. James Cutfield, a 51-year old New Zealand national, is being investigated for possible manslaughter and culpable shipwreck over the incident off Porticello, newspapers said. Under Italian law, being under investigation does not imply being guilty and does not necessarily lead to criminal […]

A Pakistani judge has acquitted a man who was charged with spreading misinformation that helped spark widespread rioting in the UK earlier this month, officials said on Monday. The decision came less than a week after Farhan Asif was arrested in a raid on his home in Lahore, the capital of eastern Punjab province, and charged with cyberterrorism. After a hearing on Monday, the judge ordered the release of the […]

He managed the English national side from 2001 to 2006 Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76. A statement on his official website confirmed he had died on Monday morning, surrounded by his family. The Swede, who had been battling cancer, was the first foreign manager of the English national side, taking charge of 67 matches from 2001 to 2006. He led England to the […]