Posts by Kim browne
Tories call for investigation into Angela Rayner over her tax affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner should face an ethics inquiry over her tax affairs, the Conservatives have said. It comes after The Daily Telegraph claimed Ms Rayner, who is also housing secretary, avoided £40,000 in stamp duty on a second home in East Sussex by removing her name from the deeds of another property in…
Read MoreMeet the women who never gave up on football, now hoping to secure their place on an Afghan squad
Far from home – at the St George’s Park home of the Lionesses – female footballers from Afghanistan have been reunited. Finally, they are playing together again. Here on a mission to win places on the Afghan refugee team, uniquely established by FIFA. “It was like a warm hug for every single one of us,”…
Read MoreThree teenage boys killed in Highlands car crash, police say
Three teenagers have died after the car they were travelling in crashed in the Highlands. Emergency crews were called to the A830 south of Arisaig at around 11.15pm on Thursday following reports of a crash involving a white Ford Fiesta. Three people, the driver and two passengers, were confirmed dead at the scene. Formal identification…
Read MoreLib Dems eye Labour-held cities as they target ‘seats not votes’
They demolished most of the “blue wall” at the general election, and now the Lib Dems are eyeing up Labour voters. Strategists see an opportunity in younger people who, over the course of this parliament, may be priced out of cities and into commuter belt areas as they seek to get on the housing ladder…
Read More‘Our daughter was unlawfully killed – but loophole means she won’t get justice’
In the hospital which was supposed to help her, the last moments of 14-year-old Ruth Szymankiewicz’s life were recorded on CCTV. The teenager, who should have been under constant supervision on the children’s psychiatric ward, was left alone by her support worker at Taplow Manor Hospital in Berkshire. Fifteen minutes later, she had fatally self-harmed.…
Read MoreUS court rules Trump’s global tariffs are illegal – but leaves them in place for now
Donald Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional, but they can remain in place for now, the US Court of Appeals has said. The court ruled that the US president was not legally allowed to declare national emergencies and impose import taxes on almost every country, as it mostly upheld a decision by a specialised federal trade court.…
Read MoreUS blocks Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials from United Nations’ annual meeting in New York
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials have been blocked from attending September’s annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. US secretary of state Marco Rubio has revoked the US visas of delegates from the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), and denied others from applying for one.…
Read MoreMSP denies placing secret camera in Scottish parliament toilets
A suspended Labour MSP has denied allegations he placed a secret camera in toilets in the Scottish parliament. Colin Smyth has been charged by police in relation to the allegation, according to the PA news agency. The South Scotland MSP was arrested on 5 August and charged with a separate offence of possession of indecent…
Read MoreRichard Tice defends Reform ban on local newspaper in free speech row
Reform UK’s deputy leader has defended a ban on a local newspaper handed down by a council leader in a free speech row. Nottinghamshire County Council leader Mick Barton banned its Reform councillors, who hold 41 of 66 seats, from speaking to journalists from the Nottingham Post, its digital site Nottinghamshire Live and its local…
Read MoreInvestigation urged after MP ‘apparently’ facilitates ‘racial slur’ against Sky News journalist
An investigation is being urged into MP James McMurdock over his “use of social media to apparently facilitate racial abuse” against Sky News political correspondent Mhari Aurora. Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty has written to the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Daniel Greenberg, over the matter. Mr McMurdock was previously a Reform UK MP, but suspended himself…
Read MoreTennis star Emma Raducanu crashes out of US Open in third round
Emma Raducanu has crashed out of the US Open after losing in the third round to ex-Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. Ninth seed Rybakina beat Raducanu, who won the US Open in 2021, in two sets 6-1 6-2 in Louis Armstrong Stadium. Raducanu’s only previous match against Rybakina resulted in the joint-most one-sided loss of her…
Read MorePolitical leanings of two judges involved in Epping migrant hotel case – and who they sided with
The Appeal Court judge who ruled in favour of Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in the Epping migrant hotel case is a long-standing Labour supporter. Lord Justice David Bean, 71, is a former treasurer of the Society of Labour Lawyers and chaired the left-leaning Fabian Society, which is affiliated to the Labour Party, in 1989 and…
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