‘Reality TV show Meet the Rees-Moggs is a calculated risk’
Discovery+ The first episode of Meet the Rees-Moggs will air on 2 December on Discovery+ “I don’t want to be a celebrity,” former Conservative MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg insists when…
French PM risks no confidence vote after forcing through budget
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has used special powers to push through a social security budget bill without a vote by MPs, in a move expected to trigger a vote…
Leigh Pateman jailed for murdering girlfriend he set on fire
A man whose girlfriend died two years after he poured petrol over her and deliberately set her on fire has been jailed for life. Ellen Marshall suffered 80% burns when…
Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways
Pesticides that harm bees were found in the “majority” of English waterways tested in the last year, according to data analysis by two environmental charities. The Rivers Trust and Wildlife…
Joe Biden visits Angola to showcase Lobito Corridor
Getty Images Joe Biden is set to begin his long-anticipated maiden visit to Africa as US president but it comes amidst uncertainty over future US-Africa relations as Donald Trump prepares…
Chris Wormald to become new civil service head
Sir Chris Wormald will become the new head of the civil service and Cabinet Secretary later this month. The prime minister has appointed him to replace Simon Case, who announced…
Letby hospital chairman accepts ‘big personal failure’
BBC Sir Duncan Nichol said he should have allowed senior consultants to attend a meeting where Lucy Letby’s future was discussed The former chairman of the hospital where serial killer…
What has Joe Biden said about pardoning his son Hunter Biden?
Getty Images Since Hunter Biden’s conviction on federal felony gun and tax charges over the summer, the White House has insisted that President Joe Biden had no intention of pardoning…
Gregg Wallace apologises for ‘middle-class women’ comment
MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace has apologised for suggesting allegations against him came from a handful of “middle-class women of a certain age”. “I want to apologise for any offence that…
Belgium ordered to pay reparations for colonial kidnappings in Congo
A Belgium court has ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly removed from their families in the colonial-era Belgian Congo. The women, now in…