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People take part in a Together Alliance march, through central London, to demonstrate against the far-right, March 28, 2026
Far Right / 10 September 2026
10 September 2026
An aerial view of the parched grass of Danson Park in Bexley, south east London, August 14, 2026
Climate Crisis / 10 September 2026
10 September 2026
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, March 23, 2026
Britain / 10 September 2026
10 September 2026
A rally outside Glasgow Tribunals Centre ahead of a hearing for a group of former Rockstar employees who are claiming unfair dismissal, September 10, 2026
Industrial / 10 September 2026
10 September 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham with Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey during a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North, located in Heron House, central Manchester, Friday July 24, 2026
Economy / 10 September 2026
10 September 2026
Hotel bed pillow
Economy / 10 September 2026
10 September 2026
First Minister John Swinney during First Minister's Questions for party leaders at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, September 10, 2026
Scotland / 10 September 2026
10 September 2026
Former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing Street, July 20, 2026
Politics / 10 September 2026
10 September 2026
Diageo headquarters Edinburgh
Industrial / 10 September 2026
10 September 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend his first Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, September 9, 2026
Middle East / 9 September 2026
9 September 2026
A firearms officer during a taser demonstration at the British Transport Police building in central London, October 2, 2025
Britain / 9 September 2026
9 September 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks to supporters at Chelmsford City Racecourse, Essex, following the 2026 local election results, May 8, 2026
Politics / 9 September 2026
9 September 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaking during the Green Party conference at Bournemouth International Centre, October 3, 2025
Politics / 9 September 2026
9 September 2026
Scottish Education Secretary Mairi McAllan with students at Broughton High School in Edinburgh, August 4, 2026
Scotland / 9 September 2026
9 September 2026
A household energy bill displayed on a mobile phone held next to a gas hob
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 9 September 2026
9 September 2026
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander arrives at Downing Street, London, May 19, 2026
Britain / 9 September 2026
9 September 2026
Tunnock’s Teacakes headquarters in Uddingston
Industrial / 9 September 2026
9 September 2026
Reform Party Leader Nigel Farage speaks during the Reform party's annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, September 4, 2026
Britain / 8 September 2026
8 September 2026
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband making a statement on Israel-Palestine in the House of Commons, London September 8, 2026
Middle East / 8 September 2026
8 September 2026
Earth from space
Militarism / 8 September 2026
8 September 2026
Unison
Industrial / 8 September 2026
8 September 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 9 September 2026
9 September 2026
Industrial / 8 September 2026
8 September 2026
Alan Milburn speaks at the first national conference of the
Employment / 8 September 2026
8 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney, August 28, 2026
Scotland / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Jamaica's Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, attends a service for
Reparations / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski, speaks to the media outside the Hackney Service Centre, east London, May 8, 2026
Politics / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Scottish Parliament building, Holyrood, Edinburgh
Scotland / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Peter Crane, who has driven for Arriva for 22 years, shows a photo of a temperature reading from inside his cab at 44C, as he takes part in strike action at Wood Green Bus station in north London
Industrial / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Dr Eman El Bahnassawy, who is from Palestine, speaking during a pro-Palestine march in Edinburgh
Justice System / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Solar power plant panels
Climate Crisis / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Ryan Bridge from Raise the Colours speaks during a protest in Crowborough, East Sussex
Britain / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Families from the Chinook Justice Campaign outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, ahead of a hearing to determine whether they can proceed with a Judicial Review, July 14, 2026
Britain / 8 September 2026
8 September 2026
Scotland / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sport
Reparations / 6 September 2026
6 September 2026
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband
Britain / 6 September 2026
6 September 2026

But campaigners say more must be done 

Jaguar Land Rover
Industrial / 6 September 2026
6 September 2026

Unite hits back as government says there will be no bailout

Nigel Farage
Media / 6 September 2026
6 September 2026

Joint Council for the Welfare of Migrants hits back as Farage said he would 'take back control of the Channel’

NHS staff face assaults on weekly basis
NHS assaults / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Attingham Park in Shropshire
Conservation / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber, stands with Darren Coates, a son of Ian Coates
Nottingham attacks / 6 September 2026
6 September 2026
Jo Grady, General Secretary UCU
Education / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Dorothea Bate's blue plaque in her birth place in Carmarthen
Commemoration / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Wales energy costs
Cost of living / 7 September 2026
7 September 2026
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Miatta Fahnbulleh leaves a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, September 1, 2026
Climate Crisis / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Gas hob burning on a stove in a kitchen
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Students take part in a protest against tuition fees in central London.jpg
Education / 5 September 2026
5 September 2026
Police struggle to hold back hundreds of pickets as a worker's bus approaches the Grunwick film processing plant in Willesden, north London
Industrial / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
STEM SUBJECTS TECHNOLOGY breadboard circuit board
Education / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
US Embassy protest
Latin America / 4 September 2026
4 September 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski, speaks to the media outside the Hackney Service Centre, east London, May 8, 2026
Politics / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026

Green Party leader confirms he is looking to fight Holborn and St Pancras by-election

Secretary of State for Wales Stephen Kinnock (left) and Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrive for a visit to Tata Steel in Port Talbot, August 27, 2026
Climate Crisis / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026
Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth during a visit to NHS Fife's Hospital at Home hub for Central and West Fife in Kirkcaldy, September 2, 2026
Scotland / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney speaking at Bute House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, August 28, 2026
Scotland / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026
Trade unions protest against cuts in council jobs and services outside the City Chambers in George Square, Glasgow, February 14, 2024
Scotland / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026
Reform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick speaking during a press conference at Church House in central London, August 17, 2026
Austerity / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026
Colourful performers welcome visitors to the city over Manchester Pride Festival weekend, August 24, 2023
Industrial / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage arrives to cast his vote in the Clacton by-election in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, August 13, 2026
Politics / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026
SOCIAL JUSTICE CALL: Brian Leishman
Scotland / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed
NHS Crisis / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during a visit to biotech company Ingenza, at the inGenius Building, Edinburgh Technopole, in Milton Bridge, Edinburgh, August 31, 2026
Austerity / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
Family members wearing tributes to victims whilst attending a service of recognition, remembrance and reflection for members of the infected blood community, at St Paul's Cathedral, London, May 19, 2026
Healthcare / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend his first Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, September 2, 2026
Economy / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026

PM tells MPs he want welfare cuts and backs Nato demands for soaring military spending

Tributes, flowers and photographs laid by a plaque during the Covid-19 Day of Reflection memorial event at Glasgow Green, marking the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic, March 9, 2025
Pandemic / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaking during a press conference at Church House in central London, August 5, 2026
Politics / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
An asbestos warning sign, February 8, 2009
Workers' Rights / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
Britain / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026
Unite leader Sharon Graham
Britain / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
A ballot box is emptied during the count for the Blackpool South by-election at Blackpool Sports Centre, Blackpool, May 2, 2024
Democracy / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney at Bute House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, August 28, 2026
Scotland / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a visit to the Grange Interlink Community Centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire August 20, 2026
Labour / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
Former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing Street, July 20, 2026
Labour / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
NHS Crisis / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
A rainbow flag, a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgen
Wales / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
Britain / 3 September 2026
3 September 2026
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) flag flying at the Fraserburgh lifeboat station in Aberdeenshire
Tragedy / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch speaking at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, July 21, 2026
The Tories / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
Britain / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
Scottish Greens economy spokesman Patrick Harvie said: “All over the country people are deeply concerned about the impact that hyperscale data centres could have on their community
Britain / 30 August 2026
30 August 2026
James Cleverly
Britain / 30 August 2026
30 August 2026
Bank holiday rail disruption due to strike over 'unsafe' trains
Industrial / 29 August 2026
29 August 2026
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC speaking at the TUC congress at the ACC Liverpool, September 11, 2023
Workers' Rights / 29 August 2026
29 August 2026
Rescuers use an earthmover to carry a victim of flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, August 26, 2026
Climate Crisis / 27 August 2026
27 August 2026
Teeth [Pic: Kamal Hoseinianzade / Creative Commons]
Health / 27 August 2026
27 August 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood during a meeting with representatives from criminal justice agencies at number 10 Downing Street, Westminster, April 30, 2026
Exploitation / 27 August 2026
27 August 2026
Ballot papers are removed from a ballot box at Fareham Leisure Centre in Fareham, Hampshire, during the count for the Fareham and Waterlooville constituency in the 2024 General Election, July 4, 2024
Electoral Reform / 27 August 2026
27 August 2026
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC speaking at the TUC congress at the ACC Liverpool, September 11, 2023
Workers' Rights / 27 August 2026
27 August 2026

Prime Minister must give young workers the right to guaranteed hours and ending the scourge of insecure work, TUC says

Prime Minister Andy Burnham, accompanied by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan  (second left)  and Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden (left), speaks to members of staff during his visit to Sainsbury's supermarket in Nine Elms, London, August 26, 2026
Politics / 26 August 2026
26 August 2026

National Education Union welcomes move but tells PM to go further and refund careers advice for young people

A gas hob burning on a stove. Ofgem has confirmed an 80.06 percent rise in the energy price cap, sending the average household's yearly bill from GBP 1,971 to GBP 3,549 from October. Picture date: Friday August 26, 2022
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 26 August 2026
26 August 2026

TUC calls for tax increase on bank profits to pay for social tariff to cut household bills

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth with his newly elected Senedd members on the steps of the Senedd, following winning the most seats in the Welsh Parliament election, May 9, 2026
Wales / 26 August 2026
26 August 2026

Plaid Cymru marks 100 days in Welsh government

A general view of the new V&A East Storehouse and Museum in Stratford, which is due to open in 2025. Picture date: Wednesday 17, April 2024
Industrial Dispute / 26 August 2026
26 August 2026

Their union Prospect accuses V&A boss Tristram Hunt of refusing to negotiate

Masked members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protest outside the Britsh Heart Foundation in North Finchley, London, August 2000
Animal Welfare / 26 August 2026
26 August 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks during a back to school event in the Rose Garden of the White House, August 24, 2026
Diplomacy / 26 August 2026
26 August 2026
An aerial view of housing in south west London, July 31, 2026
Housing Crisis / 25 August 2026
25 August 2026

Social Housing Action Campaign blasts PM’s decision to break commitment to allocate 100% of Affordable Homes Programme to social rents

First Minister John Swinney with medical staff during a visit to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for the announcement of additional funding for Scotland's National Health Service, November 3, 2025
Scotland / 25 August 2026
25 August 2026
New House Keys [Pic: Tierra Mallorca / Creative Commons]
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 26 August 2026
26 August 2026
The scene in the aftermath of a fire on a freight train carrying diesel fuel at Llangennech, near Llanelli, in South Wales, August 27, 2020
Wales / 25 August 2026
25 August 2026
People Against Genocide Martin-Baker
Gaza Genocide / 24 August 2026
24 August 2026

‘This is for the children of Palestine,’ People Against Genocide say after targeting a Martin-Baker site in Buckinghamshire

Unison members outside Oldham hospital, greater Manchester, August 24, 2026 [Pic: Neil Terry]
Workers' Rights / 24 August 2026
24 August 2026
Workers' Rights / 24 August 2026
24 August 2026
Peter Crane, who has driven for Arriva for 22 years, shows a photo of a temperature reading from inside his cab at 44C, as he takes part in strike action at Wood Green Bus station in north London
Industrial / 24 August 2026
24 August 2026
Cost-of-Living Machine / 24 August 2026
24 August 2026
Protestors outside the Undersea Defence Technology conference, organised by the Sink the Arms Fair coalition, at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, June 2018
Blood Money / 23 August 2026
23 August 2026
Deputy First Minister of Scotland Jenny Gilruth during a visit to Glasgow Central railway station following the fire in Union Street, July 17, 2026
Crime / 23 August 2026
23 August 2026
A general view of The Chat GPT website
Industrial / 24 August 2026
24 August 2026
Haverfordwest Castle [Pic: myrddrr / Creative Commons]
Tourism / 23 August 2026
23 August 2026
CrossCountry
Railways / 23 August 2026
23 August 2026
Relatives of Palestinian Karim Shalaldeh, 17, cry over his body at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron, August 21, 2026
West Bank / 21 August 2026
21 August 2026

Labour's Emily Thornberry calls on PM to ban goods from Israel-held Palestinian territory

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey gives his first all staff address at HM Treasury in central London, July 21, 2026
Economy / 21 August 2026
21 August 2026
Climate activists from Greenpeace and Uplift during a demonstration outside the Scottish Court of Session, Edinburgh, on the first day of the Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing, November 12, 2024
Climate Crisis / 21 August 2026
21 August 2026
UVW Butlins
Workers' Rights / 20 August 2026
20 August 2026
Smoke and flames from a blaze on Landmann Way, in Deptford as seen from Millwall. Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters are tackling a waste fire in southeast London. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said the blaze on Landmann Way, in Deptford, involves about 50 tonnes of household waste stored at a waste facility. The force were first called just before 8pm, and crews from East Greenwich, Old Kent Road, Deptford and surrounding fire stations went to the scene, August 18, 2026
Public Services / 20 August 2026
20 August 2026
An easyJet aeroplane at Gatwick Airport
Workers' Rights / 20 August 2026
20 August 2026
bill
Britain / 19 August 2026
19 August 2026
Train tickets
Britain / 19 August 2026
19 August 2026
FAULTY LINE: An aerial view of the site of the derailment of a passenger train at Lewes. A rail track defect existed in the area where a train derailed in East Sussex last week, injuring 30 people, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (Raib) said
Britain / 19 August 2026
19 August 2026
Andy Burnham
Britain / 19 August 2026
19 August 2026
A group of people are brought in to the Border Security Command compound in Dover, Kent, from a Border Security Command vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel, August 17, 2026
Migration / 18 August 2026
18 August 2026
Workers make final preparations before the launch of the MV Glen Rosa at Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow shipyard, marking the first time the vessel will enter the water, April 9, 2024
Workers' Rights / 18 August 2026
18 August 2026
Smoke from a fire on the side of Bangor Mountain, in Gwynedd, July 23, 2026
Wales / 18 August 2026
18 August 2026
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC speaking at the TUC congress at the ACC Liverpool, September 11, 2023
Workers' Rights / 18 August 2026
18 August 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to staff at the met office in Exeter, to discuss the UK's ongoing response to extreme heat, wildfires and drought, August 14, 2026
Climate Crisis / 17 August 2026
17 August 2026

Burnham urged to stand up to the fossil fuel giants and reject plans to drill Britain’s largest untapped oil fields

A view of the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood
Scotland / 17 August 2026
17 August 2026
The coffin is taken from Swansea Minster following the funeral of Bonnie Tyler. The Total Eclipse Of The Heart singer, whose real name was Gaynor Hopkins, died in July at the age of 75, August 17, 2026
Wales / 17 August 2026
17 August 2026
Reform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick speaking on social care during a press conference at Millbank Tower, London, July 30, 2026
Politics / 16 August 2026
16 August 2026

‘Ultimately, all of Reform's policies benefit big business and attack workers and the poor,’ Diane Abbott MP tells the Star

Co-founder Garreth Wood (second from left)
Britain / 16 August 2026
16 August 2026
A crowd of people watch the setting sun from a hill in Ealin
Climate Crisis / 17 August 2026
17 August 2026
NHS Crisis / 17 August 2026
17 August 2026
Soldiers deployed to assist South Wales firefighters with a firefighter at the weekend
Britain / 16 August 2026
16 August 2026
Demonstrators from CND and Fairford Action during an emergency protest outside the main gate of RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire, following an attack on Iran by a US B-1 bomber stationed there earlier this week, July 25, 2026
Iran War / 14 August 2026
14 August 2026

Peace activists and trade unionists to gather at RAF Fairford to protest against US bombers taking off from Britain to strike Iran

Scottish Labour MSP Joe Fagan arriving at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, May 11, 2026
Scottish Labour / 14 August 2026
14 August 2026
Houses damaged by a fire in Gorleston Road, Highers Heath, in the West Midlands, August 14, 2026
Climate Crisis / 14 August 2026
14 August 2026
A general view of the Thales missile factory in east Belfast, Ireland
Victory / 14 August 2026
14 August 2026
Count Binface reacts after the declaration for the Clacton by-election count at Clacton Leisure Centre in Essex, August 14, 2026
Politics / 14 August 2026
14 August 2026

Parliamentary probe into the Reform UK leader’s £5m gift from crypto-billionaire to resume

People take part in a rally outside the Scottish Parliament,
Workers' Rights / 14 August 2026
14 August 2026
Scottish Labour's Michael Marra with then party leader Anas Sarwar, August 27, 2024
Politics / 13 August 2026
13 August 2026
Money is stacked on top of an water bill
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 13 August 2026
13 August 2026
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Mental Health / 13 August 2026
13 August 2026
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 13 August 2026
13 August 2026
A vet holds a Bluetongue vaccine at Bixley Farms, Norfolk, May 2008
Animal Welfare / 13 August 2026
13 August 2026
Labour MSP Monica Lennon at the Protect The Right To Strike rally organised by the STUC, at the Donald Dewar Steps on Buchanan Street, Glasgow, February 1, 2023
Scotland / 12 August 2026
12 August 2026
Scotland's First Minister John Swinney, March 5, 2026
Scotland / 12 August 2026
12 August 2026
Students arrive for the Trinity May Ball at Cambridge University's Trinity College, June 22, 2026
Tribunal / 12 August 2026
12 August 2026
Union members and climate activists set up a ‘cool station’ outside Highbury and Islington station to hand out heatwave safety advice to workers [Pic: Immo Klink]
Heatwave strikes / 11 August 2026
11 August 2026

More than 1,500 London bus drivers set for heatwave strikes this Friday

Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during a visit to the Jewish Care, Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus care home in north London, on adult social care reform. Picture date: Wednesday July 29, 2026
Care and Support Alliance / 11 August 2026
11 August 2026
A view of signage for HM Treasury in Westminster, London
Workers' Rights / 11 August 2026
11 August 2026
People swim in the lido at Hampstead Heath, London, June 26, 2026
Education / 11 August 2026
11 August 2026
Thames Water sign at a water works in Islington, north London, July 23, 2026
Privatisation / 10 August 2026
10 August 2026
Scottish Green Party MSP Q Manivannan during the first sitting day of the new Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in Edinburgh, May 14, 2026
Scotland / 10 August 2026
10 August 2026
Mercedes Villalba
Britain / 10 August 2026
10 August 2026
A Travelodge hotel
Domestic Abuse / 10 August 2026
10 August 2026
First Minister of Scotland and SNP Leader John Swinney arrives on the CalMac ferry MV Loch Seaforth into Stornoway Harbour, on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, April 8, 2026
SNP / 10 August 2026
10 August 2026