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In some quarters there were misgivings when Switzerland was chosen as host nation for the Women’s Euro 2025. The Swiss track record in women’s...
A year ago, following Labour’s election win and the Conservative rout, the new government’s standing could hardly have been higher or its...
In January, only two months after becoming Conservative party leader, Kemi Badenoch let it be known that she would not be reshuffling her shadow...
July has been one of the deadliest months of the war in Gaza, with Israel killing one person every 12 minutes. The UN says more than 1,000...
Sunday’s announcement that there will be an inquiry into the shocking violence used against striking miners by police at Orgreave in 1984, and the...
There are currently around 130,000 vacancies in the social care sector, a higher proportion of unfilled roles than anywhere else in the labour market....
Elections are imperfect reflections of public sentiment. But they are the least worst means to distribute political power. Each vote does count,...
Labour could have chosen the public interest over the profit motive, as it set about its promised reorganisation of the water industry in England and...
Eight babies have been born free of a disease that can lead to terrible suffering and early death, thanks to pioneering scientists in the UK...
As European politicians begin to pack their suitcases and head to the beach, they do so against a domestic backdrop that begins to look distinctly...
The traditional showpiece of any summer in County Durham is the annual miners’ gala, which last Saturday once again connected the region to its...
Sir Keir Starmer’s crackdown on dissent has been a troubling hallmark of his leadership. Muzzling protest over welfare cuts won’t make the...
Rachel Reeves’s Mansion House speech mattered less for what it changed than what it confirmed: she’s staying – and backing the City. After...
One of many extraordinary features of the data breach that put tens of thousands of Afghan lives in jeopardy is the length of time between the...
Never try to explain Test cricket to an American. In sport, Americans value brevity, drama, a guaranteed resolution. Draws are anathema and ways must...
On Sunday, an Israeli strike killed six Palestinian children – and four adults – as they queued for water in a refugee camp. The deaths of...