Andy Burnham appoints equalities minister Bridget Phillipson as Labour party chair
The Prime Minister said Ms Phillipson will help drive ‘culture change’ in the party Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson has been appointed Labour Party chairwoman by Andy Burnham, who has tasked…
Armed officers to patrol UK’s largest Pride festival after Berlin attack
The deployment comes a week before the Brighton and Hove festival, which attracts an estimated 500,000 peopl Armed officers will be deployed at the UK’s largest Pride festival in Brighton,…
Burnham to end prioritising university in biggest schools reform for 15 years
PM also reveals he intends to cut the welfare bill by making some benefits conditional on working Andy Burnham is set to unveil the biggest overhaul in education in 15…
Mapped: Areas most likely to benefit as Burnham eyes income tax overhaul
Experts have warned the new prime minister could create a ‘postcode lottery’ Metro mayors in England could soon have greater spending power under plans reportedly being considered by Andy Burnham…
Don’t sit under trees in heatwave, park visitors told as Britain braces for 33C temperatures this week
Trees have weakened due to the extreme heat and lack of rainfall, the staff at Normanby Hall Country Park in Lincolnshire have warned Visitors at a country park have been…
White paint, trees or air con? What parents and teachers can do to cool UK’s overheating schools
This summer, repeated heatwaves drove classroom temperatures to unbearable levels, leaving pupils and teachers scrambling to cope and forcing thousands of schools to close. School WhatsApp groups have lit up…
Two women in their 20s die while diving in Scottish loch
The deaths are being treated as unexplained Two women in their 20s have died while diving at a loch in Argyll and Bute. Emergency services were called to reports of…
Families given wrong ashes by fraudulent funeral director tell of pain ‘beyond belief’
The daughter of an elderly man left in a cardboard coffin for 10 months says it feels like ‘he was just forgotten’ Families given the wrong ashes by a fraudulent…
AstraZeneca boss urges western drugmakers to move at ‘Chinese speed’
AstraZeneca must operate at “Chinese speed” to ensure it doesn’t suffer the fate of the western automotive industry by losing out to more innovative rivals, the drug company’s boss has…
Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation
The boss of the startup hacked by an OpenAI agent has called for the investigation into the incident to show “radical transparency”. Clement Delangue, chief executive of Hugging Face, said…