News – World and UK

Clacton MP Nigel Farage is paid almost £98,000 a month to be a presenter on GB News, his register of interests has revealed. The Reform UK leader is paid £97,928.40 a month by the broadcaster, for 32 hours of work. Meanwhile, Mr Farage’s party colleague Lee Anderson is being paid £100,000 a year by GB News for eight hours work a month. During the general election, Mr Farage cancelled his show, which aired […]

Sir Keir Starmer’s register of interests shows he is no longer intending to write a book which was set to be published by Harper Collins. The Prime Minister’s love of football was also confirmed by the list as he was gifted tickets to 12 games in the past year, the majority of which involved Arsenal. Four Taylor Swift hospitality tickets, £16,200 worth of clothes from Lord Waheed Ali and tickets […]

The first case of polio has been recorded in an unvaccinated 10-month old-child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the Palestinian health ministry says. t is the first case in years in the coastal enclave engulfed in the Israel-Hamas war. After discovering the child’s symptoms, tests were conducted in Jordan’s capital, Amman, and the case was confirmed to be polio, said the ministry. The potentially fatal, paralysing disease mostly […]

Joshua Zirkzee enjoyed a dream debut as the summer signing came off the bench to earn Manchester United a late victory in Friday’s Premier League opener against Fulham. After a summer of speculation and change behind the scenes, Erik ten Hag – retained after winning the FA Cup against Manchester City – wanted to start the season with a bang at a packed Old Trafford. United showed promise in patches […]

Mediators trying to end the Israel-Hamas war expressed hope for an imminent deal on Friday, saying two days of talks had wrapped up in Qatar and they aimed to reconvene in Cairo next week to seal an agreement to stop the fighting. Israel issued a vague statement saying it appreciated the mediators’ efforts, and a statement from Hamas did not sound enthusiastic about the latest proposed deal to end the […]

The mother of a 13-year-old girl who died after having a severe reaction to a Costa hot chocolate has said allergen safety training should not be treated as a “tick-box exercise”, after a coroner concluded she died following staff’s “failure to follow processes”. Hannah Jacobs, who had been allergic to dairy products, died within hours of taking one sip of the drink on February 8 2023, East London Coroner’s Court […]

Thousands of Taylor Swift fans have begun queuing for the US singer-songwriter’s Wembley Stadium show as she takes to the stage for the second night of her August run in London. Swift returned to the venue on Thursday, as the European leg of her Eras Tour comes to an end in the capital next week. Her comeback to the UK following a slew of shows in June, which the Prince […]

Police found “no crime” took place at a Reginald D Hunter comedy gig following a report of a hate incident at his Edinburgh Fringe show. Two Israelis were reportedly heckled out of his Sunday performance by the audience following their objection to the 55-year-old US comedian’s joke. Eastwood Theatre in Giffnock, which was not the venue where the incident took place, announced on Friday that it would not go ahead […]

Hundreds of Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport are to take industrial action for 23 days from the end of the month. Around 650 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) will walk out from August 31 to September 3, then work to rule and refuse to work overtime until September 22. The action is over a long-running dispute about changes to terms and conditions. The union said […]