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One year on, how's Keir Starmer's government going? We've put together an end-of-term report with the help of pollster YouGov.First, here are the government's approval ratings - drifting downwards. It didn't start particularly high. There has never been a honeymoon.But here is the big change. Last year's Labour voters now disapprove of their own government. That wasn't true at the start - but is now. And remember, it's easier to […]

Two men stabbed to death at a business premises in central London were father and son, say police.Terry McMillan, 58, from Chislehurst, Bromley, was pronounced dead at the scene and Brendan McMillan, 27, died in hospital. Three other men were taken to hospital.The attack happened around 1pm on Monday at a property in Long Lane, an east-west road in Southwark that leads to Borough station.A 31-year-old man was arrested on […]

The British government has said it will officially recognise Palestine as a state in September - unless Israel meets certain conditions.The UK follows France, which recently said it would also recognise Palestine as a state before the UN conference in September. Ireland, Spain and Norway all officially recognised a Palestinian state last year.Britain has long maintained that recognising Palestine as a state must be on condition of direct negotiations between […]

Ozzy Osbourne fans will be able to say goodbye to the heavy metal pioneer at a procession for his cortege through his home city of Birmingham tomorrow.The star's hearse will make its way down Broad Street towards the Black Sabbath bridge and bench - where thousands of fans have left flowers, messages and other tributes since his death.Osbourne, 76, died less than three weeks after performing his "final bow" in […]

The suspect in the fatal shooting of a mother and her two children in Northern Ireland has died.Ian Rutledge, a 43-year-old agricultural worker, had himself suffered a gunshot wound during the attack in the village of Maguiresbridge in County Fermanagh on Wednesday morning.He was taken to hospital where he remained in a serious condition until the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) announced he had died on Monday evening.It is […]

The red carpet was rolled out at No 10 on Monday evening as the Lionesses attended a reception to celebrate their Euro 2025 victory.The England squad went straight to Downing Street after touching down at Southend Airport in Essex less than 24 hours after they defeated Spain in a penalty shootout in Sunday's final. Led by captain Leah Williamson, who proudly clutched the trophy, the side posed for pictures outside […]

Paul Gallagher, the older brother of Oasis stars Noel and Liam, has been charged with multiple offences including rape.The Metropolitan Police said Gallagher, 59, of East Finchley, north London, has been charged with rape, coercive and controlling behaviour, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of intentional strangulation, two counts of making a threat to kill and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The offences are reported to have taken place […]

A man has been arrested over a disturbance on board an easyJet flight to Scotland.The suspect was removed from the aircraft, which had travelled from London Luton Airport, after it touched down at Glasgow Airport at about 8.20am on Sunday. Footage is circulating online which appears to show a man on a plane shouting something about a "bomb", along with "death to America, death to Trump" and "Allahu Akbar" - […]

Tasers can be used in prisons for the first time to tackle "unacceptably high" levels of violence, as part of a new trial.Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said she is "determined to keep prison staff safe". Specialist officers from two bases in Oxfordshire and Doncaster can now be deployed to incidents in adult male prisons in England and Wales, equipped with Tasers. Image: In a demonstration hostage situation, officers used […]