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The home secretary has described election results as devastating, especially in Birmingham, where Labour lost control of the council after fourteen years. Writing on X, Shabana Mahmood said public servants, colleagues and friends had lost their seats. She said the results were a verdict on Labour rather than opponents and agreed with Sir Keir Starmer that the government must do better. Mahmood added it was a privilege to serve the […]

A thirty nine year old man has been charged after an incident near the Norfolk home of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Alex Jenkinson, from Stowmarket in Suffolk, faces two charges of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to harass someone or cause alarm or distress. He is also charged with failing to provide a specimen of blood in custody after his arrest in Wolferton. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham […]

Two British nationals are self isolating at home after possible exposure to hantavirus on board the MV Hondius cruise ship, the UK Health Security Agency has said. Both left the vessel before the outbreak was confirmed and are currently symptom free. They travelled back to the UK via Johannesburg after disembarking at St Helena in late April. Health officials are tracing contacts from their journey home, although the risk to […]

A Dutch cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak is to sail to the Canary Islands, according to Spain. The health ministry says officials are deciding which passengers need urgent evacuation from Cape Verde, where the vessel is docked. Remaining passengers will continue to the islands, expected within three to four days, with no port confirmed. Three passengers have died after the MV Hondius left Argentina around a month ago. Hate […]

Teenager Brodan Dubickas died after being hit by a falling tree while playing in a park in Stafford, with his family saying he was truly the best of us tragically in Stafford. Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have reached a settlement over civil claims brought by the actress following their work together on It Ends With Us. Lively had accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and of co ordinating a smear […]

Three people have died following a virus outbreak on board a cruise ship, with five more suspected cases under investigation. One case of Hantavirus has been confirmed on the MV Hondius. The illness is typically linked to exposure to infected rodents’ urine or faeces and can lead to severe respiratory problems. The ship had been travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde. Iran has received a response from the United States […]

Donald Trump has been urged to resume military strikes if Tehran continues to be provocative during peace talks. Republican senator Lindsey Graham said the president should finish the job and stand up to Iran. He also said the United States must take whatever action is necessary to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping and remove Iran's leverage. A nineteen year old has been charged with false communications after […]

A failed asylum seeker has been found guilty of attempting to break into the Israeli embassy in London to launch a knife attack. Abdullah Albadri, a thirty-four-year-old born in Kuwait, was tackled by armed police officers after he leapt up an embassy fence in Kensington last May. He was armed with two four-inch knives. Jurors at the Old Bailey heard he intended to exact revenge for the killing of children […]

Sir Keir Starmer has faced protests during a visit to Golders Green following yesterday’s double stabbing. Some demonstrators held posters with messages critical of the prime minister, while chants were heard as he arrived. Shouts of “shame on you” were also directed at him during the visit. The response came as he attended the area after the incident, with tensions evident among those gathered at the scene. Iran’s supreme leader […]