Nigel Farage and the £5m question that won’t go away – podcast
For a while this year, it looked like nothing could stop Nigel Farage getting to Downing Street. Not the allegations of schoolboy racism, not the dodgy Cameo videos or even…
Scottish seabird hunt cancelled for first time in 400 years
A controversial Scottish seabird hunt will not go ahead for the first time in 400 years, in what campaigners have called a “victory for common sense”. In the annual guga…
‘Clacton voters need a serious person’: the independent candidates taking on Nigel Farage – and Count Binface
In the town square in Clacton, in the blazing midday sunshine, some of the candidates for the upcoming byelection made their pitch to a scattering of potential voters, passing Deliveroo…
Rupert Lowe’s ‘olive branch’ to Farage piles more pressure on Reform leader
Even by the standards of their rivalry, the speed at which Rupert Lowe’s olive branch to Nigel Farage morphed into fresh recriminations between the two was swift. It began with…
Judge orders return of alleged victim of trafficking sent to France under ‘one in one out’ scheme
A high court judge has ordered the Home Office to bring an alleged victim of trafficking forcibly removed to France under the “one in one out” scheme back to the…
Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data
Apple has launched a new legal challenge against a UK government demand to access its customers’ highly encrypted data, a year after the Home Office agreed to abandon its previous…
Athens suitcase death: suspect admits hiding body but denies murder
Greek authorities are investigating what may have motivated a 26-year-old Afghan man to kill a Scottish charity worker found dead in a suitcase in an abandoned building in Athens last…
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
A former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, the creator of…
Rapists, child abusers and groomers will not leave prison early, says PM
Rapists, child sexual abusers and groomers will be excluded from early release plans to ease critical prison overcrowding in a major intervention by Andy Burnham. The prime minister said on…
NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients
NHS radiographers are experiencing racist abuse by patients, who have called them “monkeys” and refused to be seen by black and Asian staff, according to a report. A survey of…