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Determined to increase Labour's popularity after the local elections, Keir Starmer is reportedly getting a grip on visa-overstaying. Which is fine -...
Determined to increase Labour's popularity after the local elections, Keir Starmer is reportedly getting a grip on visa-overstaying. Which is fine -...
Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, arguably the most significant date in the 20th century, when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies. But...
Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, arguably the most significant date in the 20th century, when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies. But...
Star columist Peter Rhodes gives his views on working from home, unsmashed boat gangs and more We once lived next to a family whose little girl played...
Future-guessing. April 2025: Trump buys Ukrainian mineral rights from Kyiv. May 2025: Trump sells Ukrainian mineral rights to Moscow. Watch more of...
Future-guessing. April 2025: Trump buys Ukrainian mineral rights from Kyiv. May 2025: Trump sells Ukrainian mineral rights to Moscow. Watch more of...
This was the week when Kneecap had its Winnie Mandela moment. Kneecap, charmingly named after the IRA's preferred method of torture and maiming (a...
This was the week when Kneecap had its Winnie Mandela moment. Kneecap, charmingly named after the IRA's preferred method of torture and maiming (a...
This is the season when the British weather does something quite unique. It flips from Celsius to Fahrenheit. One day, according to the headlines,...
This is the season when the British weather does something quite unique. It flips from Celsius to Fahrenheit. One day, according to the headlines,...
It was typical of that most irritating pressure group Just Stop Oil that they announced they were giving up blocking roads by holding one last...
It was typical of that most irritating pressure group Just Stop Oil that they announced they were giving up blocking roads by holding one last...
Star columnist Peter Rhodes gives his latest views on the issues that matter In newspaper folklore, the ultimate attention-grabbing headline is, of...
According to the old gag, in just a millisecond a computer can make make a mistake that would take a team of humans years. The sheer speed of...
According to the old gag, in just a millisecond a computer can make make a mistake that would take a team of humans years. The sheer speed of...
Pope Francis will be buried in a simple coffin in a simple grave with one simple word carved on it: “Franciscus.” There are times, and this is...
Pope Francis will be buried in a simple coffin in a simple grave with one simple word carved on it: “Franciscus.” There are times, and this is...
It is a well known fact that when you reach 50, everybody else starts to mumble. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely...
It is a well known fact that when you reach 50, everybody else starts to mumble. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely...
May I apologise for some of my colleagues in journalism who have been agonising over the felling of an ancient oak near a Toby Carvery in Enfield....
May I apologise for some of my colleagues in journalism who have been agonising over the felling of an ancient oak near a Toby Carvery in Enfield....
Last week's item on the joys of electric motoring brings this sober reflection from a reader impressed with his new EV's technology but a tad...
Last week's item on the joys of electric motoring brings this sober reflection from a reader impressed with his new EV's technology but a tad...
Our extended family was down from Scotland for Easter, travelling in the now-obligatory electric SUV. The driver made a good point: “Remember in the...
Our extended family was down from Scotland for Easter, travelling in the now-obligatory electric SUV. The driver made a good point: “Remember in the...
Q: Why do six rich, photogenic women in a space capsule have to land it by parachute? A: Because none of them knows how to park it. Ho, ho. Watch more...
Q: Why do six rich, photogenic women in a space capsule have to land it by parachute? A: Because none of them knows how to park it. Ho, ho. Watch more...
What could be a more quintessentially English Easter present for one's spouse than a new pair of gardening gloves? Except that, according to the...
What could be a more quintessentially English Easter present for one's spouse than a new pair of gardening gloves? Except that, according to the...
Two cases have come to light of police officers deliberately weighing down keys on their computers to create the false impression that they were...
Two cases have come to light of police officers deliberately weighing down keys on their computers to create the false impression that they were...
Star columnist Peter Rhodes has achieved a new personal best and wants to tell you about his views on car tax a beautiful illusion and the countryside...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that once you have opened a tube of Pringles, you can't stop eating them. This scientific fact may lie behind...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that once you have opened a tube of Pringles, you can't stop eating them. This scientific fact may lie behind...
Star columnist gives his opinions on wolves, hippos and a curious case of two-tier talking Another event I missed entirely. Tuesday was Pygmy Hippo...
Keir Starmer is tinkering with the rules to exempt “elite” British-made cars from the proposed phase-out of sales of petrol and diesel vehicles...
Keir Starmer is tinkering with the rules to exempt “elite” British-made cars from the proposed phase-out of sales of petrol and diesel vehicles...
In preparation for the upcoming Third World War (come as you are, date to be confirmed), “security advisers” across Europe are urging us to...
In preparation for the upcoming Third World War (come as you are, date to be confirmed), “security advisers” across Europe are urging us to...
How to capture the unfairness and inequality of billionaire-ruled, drug-addled US society in a single glance? Private Eye magazine reports from San...
How to capture the unfairness and inequality of billionaire-ruled, drug-addled US society in a single glance? Private Eye magazine reports from San...
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and also dog poo. The fashion for ESAs, Emotional Support Animals which began, of course, in America,...
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and also dog poo. The fashion for ESAs, Emotional Support Animals which began, of course, in America,...
We live in an age when, if you utter the wrong words, write the wrong stuff or meet in a Quaker hall to plan your next demo, you can expect the cops...
We live in an age when, if you utter the wrong words, write the wrong stuff or meet in a Quaker hall to plan your next demo, you can expect the cops...
Great secrets of our age: what exactly did Paul Marchant do? The boss of Primark stepped down this week following an allegation by a woman about "his...
Great secrets of our age: what exactly did Paul Marchant do? The boss of Primark stepped down this week following an allegation by a woman about "his...
The haggling resumes. This week Donald Trump continues trying to convince the world that, while stealing Ukraine is bad, stealing Greenland is good....
Great expressions of our time. “The world has changed,” laments Chancellor Rachel Reeves, trying to explain how, having promised us the New...