News – World and UK

The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, was on track to become the strongest party in a state election for the first time on Sunday in the country’s east, and was roughly level with mainstream conservatives in a second vote, exit polls showed. A new party founded by a prominent leftist was also making an immediate impact, while the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government were set for […]

A Government minister has been hit by dynamic pricing, and eventually had to fork out more than double the original quoted cost of a ticket for Oasis. Fans called the “in-demand” pricing on Saturday for the band’s passes “sickening” and “scandalous” following standard tickets more than doubling from £148 to £355 on Ticketmaster. When asked about this issue by the PA news agency, the ticket selling giant said it does […]

John Swinney has promised to make the SNP an “election winning organisation” again, vowing the lead his party to victory at the Holyrood vote in 2026. He made the commitment in the wake of what he conceded was “an incredibly tough night” in the July general election. That vote saw the SNP slump to just nine MPs at Westminster, down from 48 at the previous general election. Just weeks after […]

Kadeena Cox secured Paralympic redemption by retaining the mixed team sprint title alongside Jaco van Gass and Jody Cundy as Great Britain added three more golds on the final day of track cycling in Paris. The 33-year-old was left distraught on day one of the Games when her eight-year reign as C4-5 time trial champion agonisingly ended following a fall on the first bend of her final. Back at the […]

Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Oldbury. The boy, who has not been named, died inside a house on Lovett Avenue in Oldbury, West Midlands, on Thursday afternoon. Two teenage boys were arrested on Sunday in connection with the fatal stabbing and have been taken into custody for questioning, West Midlands Police said. A spokesman for West Midlands […]

Floral tributes have been laid after a man and three young children were found dead in a house in Surrey. Police discovered their bodies in a property in Bremer Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, at around 1.15pm on Saturday. Neighbours said they believed a young Polish family with twins lived at the house, and that the three children were all boys. Surrey Police confirmed the three children, all under four, were related to […]

Adele has signed off her final Germany residency show by saying that she will not see her fans for a “long time”. The 36-year-old London singer was emotional on Saturday evening as she said goodbye to the purpose-built outdoor arena in Munich, with capacity for 80,000 people per night, where she began performing a series of shows on August 2. She had previously said she plans to take “a big […]

Neil Warnock has paid tribute to Sol Bamba and described him as “a ray of sunshine” following Bamba’s death aged 39. The former Cardiff, Leeds and Hibernian defender died on Saturday in Turkey, where he was managing Adanaspor. He had missed their match against Manisa on Friday after being admitted to hospital. The football world has paid tribute to Bamba, including Warnock who managed the defender at Cardiff where together […]

The UK could have faced a run on the pound and an economic crash if Rachel Reeves had not axed winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners to fill a black hole in the public finances, Commons Leader Lucy Powell said. Ms Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer have faced criticism from opponents, campaigners and some of their own MPs over the decision to means-test the payments worth up to £300. […]