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Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.

The BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a speech in a Panorama programme in 2024.

A damning independent report into the failings by the various authorities who came into contact with Sara Sharif has said the 10-year-old should never have been placed in the care of her father and stepmother, describing the killers as a "lethal combination".

The wife of British journalist Sami Hamdi, who was held for more than a fortnight by US immigration, has issued a stark warning to football fans travelling to the 2026 World Cup about the risk of being detained.

A Metropolitan Police motorcyclist has been found not guilty of causing death by careless driving after hitting a pensioner while escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh.

The prime minister's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney will not leave his job at Number 10, Sky News understands, despite furious calls for him to be dismissed.

Three men have been jailed after they collected cocaine worth £26.5m from a ship off the Somerset coast, having claimed they were selling a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB).

Drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) will have to pay congestion charges in central London early next year - a move described by the AA as a "backward" step.

Since he served in the First World War and was mocked by his fellow soldiers, rumours have circulated about Adolf Hitler's sexual abnormalities.

Saturday Night Live UK has announced its top creative team ahead of the series launching next year.