London’s two big Irish centres celebrate combined 100 years helping emigrantsIrish Cultural Centre and London Irish Centre are keeping an eye on future generations’ needs tooMon Oct 06 2025 - 06:00
Britain’s Jewish communities remain on high alert after Manchester attackUK chief rabbi says Britain needs ‘national soul-searching’ over rising anti-SemitismSat Oct 04 2025 - 06:14
‘Tony O’Reilly should have been president of Ireland’: Jeffrey Archer on life, books and his God-given giftFormer Tory politician on his new novel End Game and - to the chagrin of his publisher - his secret final novel out next yearSat Oct 04 2025 - 06:00
‘How the f**k do you know me?’ the Ginger Patriot asked as he filmed from behind the security barrierYouTuber could not have been more polite at a recent asylum hotel protest. Now he was snarling at me across a security barrierWed Oct 01 2025 - 04:59
Starmer rhetorically chases Burnham down the road in one of his best speechesLabour leader takes the fight to his internal and external political enemies in address to his party’s conference in LiverpoolTue Sept 30 2025 - 18:28
Labour conference shows how future of Keir Starmer’s government depends on one womanAs protests gather outside Labour’s annual conference, Keir Starmer is betting on immigration hardliner Shabana Mahmood to save his governmentMon Sept 29 2025 - 17:37
Traitors host Siobhán McSweeney speaks out for Philomena’s Law at Labour conferenceCall for legal change to protect British-resident survivors of Irish mother and baby homes from welfare cutsSun Sept 28 2025 - 18:45
Hard right demo greets delegates to Labour conference in LiverpoolNoisy protests just the start of UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s problems as he tries to regain initiative after rough monthSun Sept 28 2025 - 18:08
Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s barrister was on crutches, yet looked ready to dance a jigJubilation at Woolwich Crown Court after prosecution against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh is thrown outFri Sept 26 2025 - 15:23
Could Labour’s ‘king of the north’ dethrone Keir Starmer?As Labour heads into a fractious party conference, the Manchester mayor has made his leadership ambitions clear. But some party insiders believe he might have ‘over-reached’Fri Sept 26 2025 - 15:00
Case against Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out in London courtKneecap rapper known as Mo Chara was accused of showing support for a proscribed organisation with Hizbullah flagFri Sept 26 2025 - 10:43
Kneecap band member’s London court hearing moved to other side of city after floodingBelfast rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on FridayThu Sept 25 2025 - 19:36
Self-appointed ‘Safeguard Force’ sparks debate over who should patrol Britain’s streetsVolunteers keep Bournemouth’s streets safe, group says, but others worry about vigilantesWed Sept 24 2025 - 06:00
Lib Dems gleeful as party eyes historic shift in British politicsFaithful see their party as the ‘liberal antidote’ to Nigel Farage’s Reform UKTue Sept 23 2025 - 17:28
Starmer bids Trump farewell and breathes a huge sigh of reliefRisky strategy of inviting US president on state visit seems to have paid off for embattled UK prime ministerThu Sept 18 2025 - 19:56
Trump protests prove much of the energy in UK politics is on the rightMuch of the energy at present seems to be on the right wing of British politics generallyWed Sept 17 2025 - 19:33
‘I am Cornish and I am British. But I am not English’: Cornwall petitions to be a nation Celtic land of Cornwall submits a petition demanding nationhood status but gets a predictable responseWed Sept 17 2025 - 05:00
Palestinian generations unite to tell Downing Street current conflict was ‘made in Britain’Ninety-one-year-old and his grandson, shot more than six decades apart, present petition holding UK responsible for divisionsMon Sept 15 2025 - 06:00
‘They don’t care about parking fines’: Mayfair grapples with ‘supercar season’ Westminster City Council’s traffic wardens go big-game hunting for luxury vehicles, often flown in from the Middle EastFri Sept 12 2025 - 13:06
‘Prince of Darkness’ Peter Mandelson’s exit raises questions over Keir Starmer’s judgmentBritain’s PM facing fresh crisis over appointment he was warned against, with sacking coming just six days before Trump visitThu Sept 11 2025 - 15:51
Chinese tourists in Oxford were told not to worry; this was just a UK government testAs warning notifications appeared on phones, Chinese tourists began looking at each other in alarmWed Sept 10 2025 - 06:00
Keir Starmer sacks one of his Northern Ireland ministers amid reshuffleFleur Anderson, who was liked by the Republic’s officials, is sacked Sun Sept 07 2025 - 20:11
Labour’s ‘King of the North’ highlights growing problem facing Keir StarmerLabour backbenches are uneasy, which is where the British prime minister’s northern problem comes inSun Sept 07 2025 - 18:00
Is Britain headed for prime minister Nigel Farage? Reform UK conference devotees cheer their man as Labour faces yet more turmoilSat Sept 06 2025 - 05:00
David Lammy appointed Britain’s deputy prime minister following Angela Rayner resignationKeir Starmer reshuffles cabinet as Angela Rayner steps down after underpaying stamp dutyFri Sept 05 2025 - 18:41
Graham Linehan called 17-year-old transgender activist a ‘disgusting incel’ and a ‘groomer’, court hearsSophia Brooks denies pressing police to pursue charges against Father Ted creator soley for ‘kudos’Thu Sept 04 2025 - 19:03
Greens to the left, Reform to the right: Starmer’s Labour feels the squeeze New Green Party leader Zack Polanski shows growing challenge to Labour from the leftWed Sept 03 2025 - 06:00
Keir Starmer faces real peril in defining period as MPs returnUK prime minister must overturn Reform’s migration-fuelled summer dominance, while crucial budget also looms into viewSun Aug 31 2025 - 14:42
Glasgow’s famous welcome for migrants tested by influx of homeless refugeesAs UK tries to slash asylum backlog, many head north for Scotland’s more generous housing regimeThu Aug 28 2025 - 19:56
Tory Scottish parliamentarian defects to Farage’s Reform UK Burgeoning anti-migrant party has dominated summer recess of British politicsWed Aug 27 2025 - 13:18
I braced for impact at Notting Hill Carnival and was greeted by a joyous attack of the sensesLondon celebration passed off more peacefully than its detractors might claim, but it needs fundingTue Aug 26 2025 - 15:29
Britain’s summer angst over migration heaps pressure on Keir Starmer’s Labour governmentEven a majority of Labour members believe the UK prime minister is handling the issue badly, poll suggestsMon Aug 25 2025 - 16:43
London police arrest 100 in advance of this weekend’s Notting Hill CarnivalTwo people were murdered in outbreaks of serious violence at last year’s eventFri Aug 22 2025 - 15:42
‘Pack your bags, son’: inside the live-streamed right-wing protests against asylum hotels in Britain More than 200 hotels in Britain house more than 30,000 asylum seekersThu Aug 21 2025 - 17:00
Kneecap leave London police scrambling once again as hundreds of fans descend on courtClearly, the police need to get up much earlier in the morning to keep ahead of KneecapWed Aug 20 2025 - 20:35
Tensions flutter as flag patriotism row reaches east London’s Isle of DogsRight-wing activists accuse councils of being anti-British for removing Union Jacks and St George’s CrossesTue Aug 19 2025 - 15:00
‘If you prick us, do we not bleed?’: UK government minister Chris Bryant reflects on new revealing autobiographyThe Welsh politician, a former Anglican priest, has been an MP for 24 years, is still a Remainer and may be related to Donald TrumpMon Aug 18 2025 - 17:03
Nicola Sturgeon on Leo Varadkar’s shyness, Enda Kenny’s charm and Martin McGuinness’s bear hugsThe former Scottish National Party leader talks politics, life, love, pain and her new autobiographySat Aug 16 2025 - 06:00
Occasion of Welsh language cultural festival ‘dramatic and emotional’ To get a sense of the scale of this event, imagine a Gaeltacht concoction of Aosdána, Electric Picnic and the National Ploughing Championships Fri Aug 15 2025 - 10:00
Beers and cheers as Wrexham’s latest Hollywood sequel kicks offIn a Britain plagued by bad news, this modest Welsh town’s luck seems to be holding outWed Aug 13 2025 - 05:00
Pro-Palestine demonstrators in London braced for mass arrests this Saturday for holding placardsRally in support of banned group Palestine Action planned for 1pm on Saturday outside parliament in Westminster Fri Aug 08 2025 - 16:46
Kate Forbes’s looming exit from Scottish politics clears way for SNP leadership rivalsScotland’s youthful deputy first minister will stand down next May for family reasonsWed Aug 06 2025 - 16:56
The truth is out there: how many disgruntled ex-Tories can Nigel Farage’s Reform UK swallow?A UFO-hunting police and crime commissioner is the latest to switchTue Aug 05 2025 - 18:09
Keir Starmer promises ‘no more gimmicks’ as migrant-returns deal with France kicks inSmall boat arrivals across the English Channel are at record levels Tue Aug 05 2025 - 17:45
New rows over old divisions in Labour before Westminster MPs take summer breakBritish prime minister Keir Starmer attempts to reassert authority but risks reopening wounds by suspending rebel MPsThu Jul 17 2025 - 18:00
Starmer and Martin to hold talks following Labour revolt over plan to abort Troubles Legacy ActBritish prime minister was reminded that he ‘looked victims’ families in the eye’ and made them a promiseWed Jul 16 2025 - 19:47
Labour accuses Tories of ‘total incompetence’ over injunction and secret Afghan resettlement schemeIn 2022 the UK’s ministry of defence accidentally leaked names of 18,700 Afghans who had helped British forcesWed Jul 16 2025 - 18:19
Where a cherry costs £1: Ordinary London neighbourhoods falling to gentrification Spiralling rents are putting the UK capital out of reach for all but the highest earnersWed Jul 16 2025 - 05:00
UK’s Labour government facing backbench revolt over plan to repeal Troubles Legacy ActVeterans minister said to have threatened to resign over plan to revoke immunity for British soldiers and othersTue Jul 15 2025 - 22:46
September dates for Donald Trump’s UK state visit confirmedTrump will be hosted by King Charles at banquet during three-day visit, but address to parliament unlikelyMon Jul 14 2025 - 09:29
