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A Tory MP appears to have endorsed Reform's Lee Anderson, after his former colleague promised not to campaign against him. Mr Anderson - who jumped ship after losing the Tory whip in February - posted on Facebook that he would not campaign with his new party at the next election in four seats won by the Conservatives in 2019, as the MPs in place would "always be my friends". One […]

A 27-year-old woman stabbed to death at her home in Westminster has been named. Kamonnan Thiamphanit - who was known to her friends as Angela - was found dead in Stanhope Place near Hyde Park on Monday morning after police forced entry to the property. No arrests have been made so far, and post-mortem on Wednesday found the cause of death was sharp force trauma. Image: Looking towards Stanhope Place […]

A man has been charged with the murder of a woman who was killed while pushing her baby in a pram.Habibur Masum, 25, of Leamington Avenue, Burnley, was also charged with possession of a bladed article.He will appear at Bradford Magistrates' Court on Thursday.Kulsuma Akter, 27, died after being stabbed in Bradford, West Yorkshire, on Saturday afternoon.She was taken to hospital but died from her injuries.Video from the scene showed […]

The Home Office has promised to close 150 migrant hotels by May after figures showed aid spending on asylum seekers in the UK rose to £4.3bn in 2023.The department said the number of people staying in taxpayer-funded accommodation had dropped from 56,000 in September to fewer than 20,000 people currently as part of a drive to end the "damaging" practice. Approximately £8m a day was spent housing thousands of asylum seekers […]

More than 7,000 complaints were reported to Police Scotland in the first week of new hate crime legislation coming into force.From 1-7 April, the force received 7,152 online hate reports. Of these, 240 were recorded as hate crimes - 3.3% of all reports - while 30 were logged as non-crime hate incidents, meaning they did not meet the threshold for a criminal offence.Police Scotland said the vast majority of reports […]

More than seven million people in the UK were struggling with bills and credit repayments in January, according to a financial watchdog.The number is down significantly on the 10.9 million people in the same position in January 2023. However, it's still above the 5.8 million recorded in February 2020, before the pandemic and the cost of living crisis.Money blog: Pub chain owner admits 'uncertainty' over futureRenters, single adults with children, […]

Former Liverpool and England footballer Danny Murphy has opened up about his use of cocaine after retiring from the sport.The 47-year-old enjoyed a successful career with the Reds, winning the FA Cup and UEFA Cup, before playing for Fulham and Tottenham. The midfielder retired in 2013, having made a total of 417 Premier League appearances, and said he then struggled living without football.After losing the "adrenaline" of playing the sport […]

William Wragg, who shared other politicians' personal numbers as part of a honeytrap sexting scam, has "voluntarily" given up the Conservative whip - meaning he will now sit as an independent MP in the Commons.Mr Wragg, the MP for Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester, yesterday resigned as vice-chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers and also stepped down from his role heading the Commons' Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee. […]

Post Office victims campaigner Alan Bates has told the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal that it was "pretty obvious" the organisation "were after me - one way or another".Mr Bates was also described as "unmanageable" by a former senior figure at the organisation, documents disclosed at the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal have revealed. Appearing before the inquiry today, Mr Bates said the Post Office "didn't like me […]