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Now this is extremely exciting. We have the runners and riders out of the blocks. We have complete chaos.It’s like that Grand National when almost all of them got confused before the first fence. But some of them have been planning to be a Prime Minister for quite some time, including one Wesley Streeting.Just look at Streeting’s letter towards the Prime Minister. He was vitriolic. He said where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift.This compares to what Margaret Thatcher said when she went into Downing Street all those years ago, quoting Saint…
King Charles made a brief foray into the world of DJing at a Buckingham Palace garden party celebrating half a century of his youth charity.Sir Idris Elba, who attended the event marking the King’s Trust 50th anniversary, revealed the monarch had announced his intention to take to the decks before hitting play on the equipment.”Well he pressed play and as a DJ I know that’s the hardest part,” the 53-year-old actor quipped.When asked if Charles had appreciated the fast-paced electronic music being played, Sir Idris responded with a laugh: “Well, he didn’t stick around, let’s put it that way.”King Charles…
The pound fell to a one-month low last night after Andy Burnham confirmed he would stand for Parliament in his bid to oust Sir Keir Starmer.The Mayor of Greater Manchester issued a statement shortly after 5.30pm yesterday vowing to stand in the looming Makerfield by-election.That came around 15 minutes after Josh Simons said he would clear the way for Mr Burnham to have a shot at power.Within minutes, the pound had sunk to $1.34, its lowest level since April 13.The near-one per cent drop was its largest in more than three months.News of the arrival of the so-called “King in…
Top Gear is set to return to the BBC after four years off-air, according to reports.The BBC is believed to have launched a search to replace the former presenting hosts of Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris.Former cricketer Flintoff sustained a life-changing crash in December 2022 which resulted in the broadcaster shelving the programme.But now insiders have told The Sun that BBC Studios has already started work on a reboot, which could be aired as early as next year.An insider said: “BBC bosses are keen to revive Top Gear because they have never filled the space it left…
In 2019 Bolton were not just relegated out of the Championship, but their very existence looked in doubt.A takeover went through later that summer but the damage of an interrupted season had already taken hold and a second successive relegation in a Covid-interrupted campaign followed.And then came the rebuild.Ian Evatt led them back to the third tier and a pathway to the second could have followed in 2024, having narrowly missed out on automatic promotion to the Championship.The League One play-off final beckoned and, off the back of an impressive campaign, perhaps they were destined to return to the second…
Watch the horrific moment an asylum seeker knocks a woman unconscious after she rejected him on a night out.Abdoela Berhan, a 35-year-old Eritrean national, punched Cleo Lake, 20, after she told him to “f**k off” when he refused to leave her alone. The young woman was out with her friends at a Dorset nightclub, Cameo, and was outside the club when the migrant approached the group. There, he attempted to put his arm around of the women.Although he did not attend court, the on-the-run criminal was found guilty of assault. When he was arrested, he said his address was the…
Andy Burnham is risking everything by goading Reform UK into a by-election showdown in Makerfield.The Greater Manchester Mayor, who held the nearby seat of Leigh from 2001 to 2017, is hoping his Teflon local reputation will propel him back to Parliament. The 56-year-old hoovered up almost two-thirds of votes across Greater Manchester when he romped to victory in 2024.Mr Burnham’s support vastly outstripped Labour’s vote share in the 2024 General Election, with Josh Simons only securing Makerfield with a majority of 5,399 votes. Makerfield, which has returned a Labour MP since its creation in 1983, is now poised to pivot…
Jewish organisations have accused Prince Harry’s essay, which criticised rising antisemitism in Britain, of not acknowledging the October 7 Hamas atrocities.Writing in the New Statesman, the Duke of Sussex described the increase in antisemitic incidents across the country as “deeply troubling” and stated that directing hatred towards individuals based on their race constitutes “not protest, it is prejudice.”The Campaign Against Antisemitism labelled it “extraordinary” that the Duke of Sussex mentioned Israeli actions and referenced devastation in Gaza without acknowledging the Hamas attacks that preceded them.Harry’s piece appeared to criticise Israel, without naming the country, referring to states that “act without…
Martin Lewis has warned around £30billion is sitting unclaimed in lost pension pots across the UK, with the average forgotten fund worth close to £10,000.The MoneySavingExpert founder shared the figures during a special pensions edition of The Martin Lewis Money Show on ITV, telling viewers: “Lost pensions are a much, much bigger issue than people think about.”He highlighted the scale of the problem through the story of Ruth, a pensioner from Berkshire, who traced a forgotten workplace pension worth £45,000. She had opened the scheme at age 22 and said previous advice from the programme had “shone a light on…
Angela Scanlon has spoken publicly for the first time about stepping into the role of BBC Eurovision commentator following Scott Mills’ departure from the broadcaster.The 42-year-old Irish presenter, who was confirmed as Mr Mills’ replacement after nearly a month of speculation, made clear she has no intention of copying her predecessor’s approach.”I think when you step into anybody’s shoes you just want to make it your own,” she said, speaking from Vienna where Eurovision 2026 is currently taking place,” she said.”No matter what job I have ever done, I am never trying to replicate a dynamic. I can do what…