Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
EVERY macho motoring correspondent, from jingoistic Jeremy Clarkson upward, is saying a fond farewell to the Land Rover Defender, production of which ended on Friday.
Indian owners Tata Motors had been threatening the end of the traditional Land Rover for many months but now production has finally stopped.
Of course I’m sorry about any potential loss of jobs at Land Rover’s Solihull plant, indeed more sorry it would seem than Tata, which is already hinting that some of the replacement vehicle production will move to one of two new Land Rover factories one in Puna, India, the other in Nitra, western Slovakia.
From Barry McGuigan and Carl Frampton to Tyrone McKenna and Lewis Crocker, the city’s fighters carry a complex history into the ring, writes JOHN WIGHT
After battling hills, rain and injury in a three-day cycle ride ending at the CWU conference, MATT KERR reflects on why class unity remains the answer to injustice
The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
The plot to build a lavish Dubai-style luxury development where the rich can sun themselves on top of the mass graves of thousands is one of the most bizarre and twisted ideas to come out of the genocide in Gaza, writes ROGER McKENZIE



