A High Court judge temporarily blocked Keir Starmer from handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius pending a hearing over a challenge to the move. Sadly, the challenge was soon dismissed, allowing the giveaway to go ahead.
A flotilla of 'Little Ships' crossing the English Channel to commemorate the Dunkirk evacuation was forced to divert so Border Force could escort a migrant boat to Britain. Why wasn't it being escorted back to France?
Sir U-Turn strikes again as Keir Starmer announced today a backtrack on the winter fuel allowance as he faces a growing rebellion among Labour MPs amid a slump in the polls.
This morning's unexpected spike in inflation to 3.5%, up from 2.6% last month, is all on Rachel Reeves and her economically illiterate tax rises and broader economic policies, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
Is this the experiment that started the COVID-19 pandemic? While the pandemic was likely triggered by a lab leak, the exact experiment that caused it has eluded scientists. But has the mystery now been solved?
The US has ended its recommendation of Covid vaccine boosters for most Americans. FDA Commissioner Martin Makary and FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad announced the change for healthy under-65s today in the NEJM.
The Conservative Party has sunk to its lowest ever poll rating, after a YouGov poll carried out on Sunday and Monday found the Tories are now in fourth place on just 16%. Reform is flying on 29% ahead of Labour on 22%.
Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for 31 months for a tweet posted in the wake of the Southport murders, has failed in her attempt to be released early after the Court of Appeal refused to reduce her sentence.
Tommy Robinson is due to be released from prison within days after his 18-month sentence for the civil offence of contempt of court was reduced by four months at the High Court after he showed a "change in attitude".
Households are facing the threat of a new £40 'boiler tax' as Labour consults on plans to raise heat pump targets despite waning demand. "It’s like fining the local butcher because people aren’t eating enough greens."
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