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People participate in a protest and vigil after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, on January 7, 2026. Photo: Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP

United States / 8 January 2026

‘This is what happens when a far-right government emboldens a violent death squad’

8 January 2026

Protests erupt across US after ICE agent shoots woman dead

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy speaking during the launch of the Government's anti-corruption strategy at home and abroad to strengthen national security and drive growth, at Mansion House in London, December 8, 2025

Britain / 8 January 2026

Commons leader vow to raise hunger striker prison move with Lammy branded 'too little too late'

8 January 2026

The 150m long mountain of rubbish that has been illegally dumped beside the A34 and near the River Cherwell in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, December 12, 2025

Environment / 8 January 2026

Government may have failed to comply with key water quality laws, finds watchdog

8 January 2026

Metropolitan Police officers form a cordon at Parliament Square to prevent protesters reaching Westminster Bridge during a Free Palestine Coalition demonstration in central London, January 6, 2024

Britain / 8 January 2026

Attacks on right to protest 'fraying the fabric of democracy,' major reports warn

8 January 2026

A sign for the London Underground seen through the closed shutters at Euston station, central London

Transport / 8 January 2026

RMT threaten 'mass industrial action' over any attempt to automate Tube

8 January 2026

Labour MP for Leeds East, Richard Burgon

Britain / 8 January 2026

MPs challenge Starmer on Venezuela

8 January 2026

A preschool age child playing with plastic building blocks

Britain / 8 January 2026

Labour acts to lift two-child benefit cap

8 January 2026

The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed

Healthcare / 8 January 2026

NHS hospitals being forced to adapt corridors for patient care, watchdog says

8 January 2026

A view of £5, £10, £20 and £50 bank notes

Employment Rights Bill / 8 January 2026

Gutting the Employment Rights Bill saved businesses billions, government analysis claims

8 January 2026

Transport / 8 January 2026

Leeds council's passenger service drivers to strike for 20 days

8 January 2026

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney delivers a keynote speech at Oran Mor, in Glasgow, January 5, 2026

Scotland / 8 January 2026

Swinney accuses Farage of 'basic racism'

8 January 2026

The Tesco Express on Bedford Street in Covent Garden, London

Retail / 8 January 2026

'Rampant profiteering' as Tesco hails its highest market share for more than a decade

8 January 2026

'DROP L3HARRIS' sprayed on the Smiths Metal branch walls

Britain / 8 January 2026

Palestine protesters target L3Harris supplier with spray paint and expanding foam

8 January 2026

Nigel Farage, December 6, 2025

Wales / 8 January 2026

Reform and Tories would push 19,000 families back into poverty in Wales, Labour warns

8 January 2026

A fan carrying three pints of alcohol

Hospitality / 8 January 2026

Pubs could get more support, minister hints

8 January 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer picks up UK-US trade deal papers dropped by US President Donald Trump before speaking to the media at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, December 15, 2025

The ‘Special Relationship’ / 7 January 2026

When the ‘US says jump, Britain asks how high’

7 January 2026

Starmer slammed for refusing to say whether Trump broke international law by kidnapping Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife

Business / 7 January 2026

Two Carillion finance bosses fined for acting ‘recklessly’

7 January 2026

Kamran Ahmed

Human Rights / 7 January 2026

Palestine Action hunger striker hospitalised for sixth time

7 January 2026

Reform UK's Laila Cunningham with party leader Nigel Farage during a press conference at Glazier's Hall Southwark, south London, January 7, 2026

Far-Right / 7 January 2026

Farage announces another Tory defector as London mayoral candidate

7 January 2026

HMP Dartmoor

Prison Reform / 7 January 2026

Campaigners slam £4m a year for unusable prison

7 January 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (left) after delivering his keynote speech during the Scottish Labour Party conference at the Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC) in Glasgow. Picture date: Sunday February 23, 2025

Politics / 7 January 2026

Labour civil war erupts as Starmer allies call critical Scottish MPs ‘idiots’

7 January 2026

A man clearing the snow from his car at Glen More, by Loch Morlich as heavy snow continues to cause disruption to many part of the Highlands. Hundreds of schools in northern Scotland will remain closed for a third day as much of the country braces itself for further snow and icy conditions. Temperatures are expected to drop as low as minus 6C in parts of rural Scotland, January 7, 2026

Environment / 7 January 2026

Hundreds of schools remained closed in Scotland due to snow and ice

7 January 2026

Bill sponsor Labour MP Kim Leadbeater gathers with terminally ill people and bereaved family members, in Parliament Square, London, in support of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill), December 12, 2025

Parliament / 7 January 2026

More time requested to discuss assisted dying bill

7 January 2026

Industrial / 7 January 2026

Sodexo workers resumes strikes at Shetlands-based oil and gas export hub

7 January 2026

A homeless person in a tent besides cashpoint machines in Liverpool city centre, December 26, 2025

Inequality / 7 January 2026

MP calls for ‘essentials guarantee’ to tackle poverty crisis

7 January 2026

Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) who work at STV take part in a picket outside their studios in Glasgow, after rejecting the company's latest pay offer, May 1, 2024

Workers' Rights / 7 January 2026

STV journalists walk out in dispute over changes to news programmes

7 January 2026

A general view of a domestic radiator room thermostat

Renters' Rights / 7 January 2026

Housing association tenants ‘without heating and hot water since September’

7 January 2026

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, September 1, 2025

Scotland / 7 January 2026

Scottish Labour tells SNP: tackle child poverty at ‘its root’

7 January 2026

Bamburgh Castle surrounded by snow in Bamburgh, Northumberland, January 6, 2026

Weather / 6 January 2026

Heavy snow in England as Storm Goretti sweeps in from France

6 January 2026

A woman's hand pressing keys of a laptop keyboard

Technology / 6 January 2026

Cyber security Bill will introduce mandatory digital ID by stealth, say Tories

6 January 2026

A sticker supporting the strikes on a bin as agency refuse workers collect rubbish in the Saltley area of Birmingham, January 6, 2026

Industrial / 6 January 2026

Birmingham's bin workers mark one year of strikes

6 January 2026

A Palestinian flag outside The Royal Courts Of Justice in central London

Britain / 6 January 2026

Palestine Action prisoner ends hunger strike after 60 days

6 January 2026

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, January 6, 2026

Healthcare / 6 January 2026

Talks to end doctor strikes resume as Streeting admits walkouts are in no-one's interest

6 January 2026

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (2nd right) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) listen to Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, January 6, 2026

Britain / 6 January 2026

MPs lash Cooper over Trump support

6 January 2026

A plane carrying Donald Trump Jr. lands in Nuuk, Greenland, January 7, 2025. Photo: Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix via AP

Britain / 6 January 2026

Downing Street dodges question on whether it would fight to protect Greenland from Trump

6 January 2026

Government supporters display posters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (right) and former President Hugo Chávez in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026

Media / 6 January 2026

BBC bosses slammed for ordering journalists to deny Maduro was 'kidnapped'

6 January 2026

The MI5 building on London's Millbank

Britain / 6 January 2026

MI5 can’t be trusted to prevent another Manchester Arena bombing, victims’ families say

6 January 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to the Emmer Green Youth & Community Centre in Reading, Berkshire, January 5, 2026

Scotland / 6 January 2026

SNP blames Starmer for rising food costs

6 January 2026

Wales / 6 January 2026

Communists demand Welsh government action on Venezuela

6 January 2026

Campaigners gather for the Stop the War Coalition's 'No War On Venezuela' protest outside 10 Downing Street, London, January 5, 2026

Britain / 6 January 2026

Solidarity groups and unions join forces to demand Britain not act as a US vassal

6 January 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (centre left) speaking during a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, January 6, 2026

Politics / 6 January 2026

Labour falls behind Tories for first time since election

6 January 2026

Government supporters demand President Nicolas Maduro's release from U.S. custody during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, January 4, 2026

Venezuela / 5 January 2026

Nobody is safe from Trump aggression, campaigners warn

5 January 2026

Government supporters rally in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026, after President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife

Venezuela / 5 January 2026

MPs slam Starmer's stance on US aggression against Venezuela

5 January 2026

A woman using a mobile phone in central London

Britain / 5 January 2026

Seizing migrants' phones on arrival 'profoundly inhumane'

5 January 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an interview with a broadcaster during a visit to the Emmer Green Youth & Community Centre in Reading, Berkshire, January 5, 2026

Britain / 5 January 2026

Starmer pledges focus on cost-of-living

5 January 2026

Jonathan Carley, from Harlech, Gwynedd, arrives at Llandudno Magistrates' Court in Conwy, North Wales, January 5, 2026

Wales / 5 January 2026

Fake rear admiral fined £500

5 January 2026

A view of bank notes

Britain / 6 January 2026

FTSE 100 bosses paid the average annual salary by noon, 'Fat Cat Day' analysis finds

6 January 2026

Britain / 5 January 2026

Salvation Army worker sacked for saying all refugees should be sent back 'on a boat'

5 January 2026