Starmer admits No 10 asked about job for aide Matthew Doyle
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:13:14 GMT
The ex-communications chief was made a Labour peer after leaving Downing Street in March 2025, but was suspended from the parliamentary party this February over links with a convicted sex offender.
Husband cleared of manslaughter over wife's suicide
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:26:40 GMT
Christopher Trybus is found not guilty of the manslaughter of Tarryn Baird after a five-week trial.
Lufthansa cuts 20,000 summer flights as fuel prices surge
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:31:29 GMT
The airline is the latest to cut flights as the US-Israel war with Iran sends jet fuel prices soaring.
EU approves €90bn loan for Ukraine as pipeline is turned on ending deadlock
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:19:57 GMT
Ukraine says it has reopened the Druzhba pipeline, after months of stalemate over stalled oil supplies to neighbouring Hungary.
Three ways the latest inflation figures affect you
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:39:25 GMT
How high could inflation get? And what could it mean for borrowers and savers around the country?
'Superstar' runners praised for helping exhausted man finish marathon
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:50:06 GMT
Two runners go viral for helping carry exhausted man over the finish line.
McDonald's boss on abuse claims: 'I don't want to talk about the past'
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:18:15 GMT
A BBC investigation in 2023 heard from more than 100 McDonald's workers in the UK claiming they faced sexual assault, harassment, racism, and bullying
Supreme Court rejects bid to revoke adoption of sisters
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:23:36 GMT
The children, now 18 and 19, supported their adoptive mother's application to the court.
UK set for Lyrid meteor shower display with clear skies forecast
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:35:52 GMT
The Lyrid meteor shower is the oldest recorded and Wednesday brings near perfect weather conditions to see them as they peak. Simon King explains.
Hay fever season is lasting longer - here's how to cope with it
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:41:51 GMT
Symptoms are lasting for up to two weeks longer than in the 1990s, according to a major report - so what can you do about the pollen bomb?
