Analysis: Andy Burnham's route back to Commons is clearer - but can he win in Makerfield?
Fri, 15 May 2026 10:47:30 GMT
The Greater Manchester mayor faces a messy and bitter by-election battle with Reform UK.
Brutal raid on woman's birthday party highlights rise of Russian vigilante group
Fri, 15 May 2026 00:04:45 GMT
The Russkaya Obshina group stages raids to look for activities contravening
"traditional Russian values".
Trump and Xi conclude 'very successful' talks but no deals confirmed
Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:24 GMT
There were plenty of choreographed ceremonies but no trade breakthroughs after the two-day visit.
Five Italians die during cave scuba dive in Maldives
Fri, 15 May 2026 07:38:17 GMT
Four of the Italians were part of a team from the University of Genoa.
Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds
Fri, 15 May 2026 05:01:37 GMT
"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
NHS staff accessed Southport victims' records 'inappropriately', hospital trust admits
Fri, 15 May 2026 11:03:39 GMT
The victims affected by the data breach were not told for nearly two years.
Meningitis cases in Reading are pupils at two schools, UKHSA says
Fri, 15 May 2026 12:39:24 GMT
A sixth-form student died following the three meningitis cases in Reading.
Prisoner swap goes ahead as Kyiv mourns 24 killed in Russian strike on flats
Fri, 15 May 2026 12:53:57 GMT
Among the victims in Kyiv was 12-year-old Lyubava Yakovleva, whose father was killed during the war.
UK backs human rights plan to accelerate illegal migration removals
Fri, 15 May 2026 12:28:14 GMT
The agreement pushes for a new approach to the continent's main human rights treaty to tackle modern migration pressures.
Beckhams and Gallagher brothers make Sunday Times Rich List
Fri, 15 May 2026 12:14:28 GMT
The list is based off the paper's estimates of the minimum wealth of Britain’s 350 richest people or families.
