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Partners in crime: The Israeli and US flags projected onto the wall of the Old City in Jerusalem
Britain / 2 August 2026
No lasting peace in Middle East unless US withdraws, activists warn
2 August 2026
Brittany Ferries
Britain / 2 August 2026
Brittany Ferries boss calls for incentives to help Net Zero as ferries start using £20m green infrastructure
2 August 2026
John Swinney
Britain / 2 August 2026
Scottish First Minister Swinney pledges ‘leadership’ on male violence against women
2 August 2026
Andy Burnham
Britain / 2 August 2026
Written constitution needed as country to be run differently, PM says
2 August 2026
Merseyrail train
Britain / 2 August 2026
Outsourced Merseyrail cleaners to strike over low pay
2 August 2026
Harrods
Britain / 2 August 2026
At least five Mohamed Al Fayed survivors confirmed as human trafficking victims
2 August 2026
Gillian Martin
Britain / 2 August 2026
Scottish government announces £15 million to support flood-hit communities
2 August 2026
Mobil
Britain / 2 August 2026
Prolonged Iran war could tip Britain into recession next year, report warns
2 August 2026
Burnham and Bev
Britain / 2 August 2026
Burnham tells new Greater Manchester Mayor to ‘go further and do more’
2 August 2026
energy bull
Britain / 2 August 2026
Scottish households paying the price for Trump’s illegal war
2 August 2026
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich
Britain / 2 August 2026
Royal Museums Greenwich workers to strike in pay and conditions row
2 August 2026
Hanging curds and whey in buckets
Britain / 2 August 2026
Whey hay - scientists produce fuel from cheese waste
2 August 2026
Across the pond: Activists make similar demands yesterday in Washington DC
Britain / 31 July 2026
Fossil fuel companies should pay up for climate crisis, public believe
31 July 2026
Andy Burnham votes in the Greater Manchester mayoral election
Britain / 31 July 2026
Votes counted to replace Burnham in Greater Manchester for largest by-election
31 July 2026
BP
Britain / 31 July 2026
BP exits the North Sea after 60 years
31 July 2026
Diane Abbott
Britain / 31 July 2026
Diane Abbott readmitted to Labour Party
31 July 2026
Britain / 31 July 2026
Organisers of anti-migrant group promoting far-right thugs, anti-racists say
31 July 2026
Sadiq Khan
Britain / 31 July 2026
London mayor’s office acted lawfully when blocking Met Palantir deal, court told
31 July 2026
Axel Rudakubana pictured in court last year
Britain / 31 July 2026
Southport killer charged with assaults on prison staff at Belmarsh
31 July 2026
Level up: Welsh First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth
Britain / 31 July 2026
Unison urges Plaid Cymru to match Burnham’s social care ambitions by banning for-profit adult social care
31 July 2026
Firefighters at the site of the blaze
Britain / 31 July 2026
Wildfire on Suffolk coast near nuclear power station ‘stabilised’
31 July 2026
NatWest
Britain / 31 July 2026
‘Overwhelming’ case for banking tax hike as NatWest latest to reveal unexpected jump in profits
31 July 2026
Transpennine Express
Britain / 31 July 2026
TransPennine Express catering and cleaning staff strike over low pay
31 July 2026
Argos
Britain / 31 July 2026
Sainsbury’s flogs Argos for £120 million
31 July 2026
Dirty water [Pic: Kayla Gibson / Creative Commons]
Pollution / 30 July 2026
South West Water sewage sentencing delayed as campaigners urge for company to ‘clean up its mess’
30 July 2026
Palestine Action and Defend Our Juries protesters outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, July 30, 2026
Activism / 30 July 2026
Arrests made as protesters invite support for Palestine Action outside court
30 July 2026
Lawyer Aamer Anwar speaks to the media outside the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, November 13, 2025
Scotland / 30 July 2026
Reform MSP accuses human rights lawyer of hate speech
30 July 2026

‘Ah the irony:’ Aamer Anwar says he doubts Reform has handed over the names of the far-right thugs who went on the rampage in Glasgow last weekend to the Police

Prime Minister Andy Burnham in front of HMS Agamemnon during a visit to Submarine Academy for Skills and Knowledge (SASK) at BAE Systems, in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, to set out his plans for British defence procurement and how the government will re-energise British procurement to create jobs across the country and increase production to make Britain safer, July 30, 2026
Militarism / 30 July 2026
‘Invest in people, not war,’ Burnham told
30 July 2026

PM commits to blowing millions on nukes

Fossil Free London campaigners dressed as a firefighters with a black liquid resembling oil poured over them, outside Shell UK Headquarters in London, July 29, 2026
Fossil Fuels / 30 July 2026
Shell makes more profit per minute than most people earn in a year, campaigners warn
30 July 2026
One of the cells at HMP Millsike during it's official opening - the new Category C jail in Yorkshire will deliver 1,500 prison places, March 27, 2025
Scottish Human Rights Commission / 30 July 2026
Human rights in Scottish prisons need more than ‘warm words,’ say SHRC
30 July 2026
The Bank of England, London
Economy / 30 July 2026
Bank of England holds interest rates for the fifth successive time
30 July 2026
The sun rising behind a redundant oil platform moored in the Firth of Forth near Kirkcaldy, Fife
Climate Emergency / 30 July 2026
Burnham wants to ‘open up’ North Sea, claims Trump
30 July 2026
A branch of Lloyds Bank on Oxford Street, central London
Capitalism / 30 July 2026
Soaring Lloyds profits ‘further proof’ that banks can pay more tax to cut bills, says TUC
30 July 2026
West End pic
Workers' Rights / 30 July 2026
Equity members ratify new three-year West End Agreement
30 July 2026
GMB pic
Workers' Rights / 30 July 2026
Staff at Kingston and Richmond NHS Trust stage strike over payment issues
30 July 2026
Workers' Rights / 30 July 2026
Former Trafford Council whistleblower brings unfair dismissal claim
30 July 2026
Generic prison [Pic: Matthew Ansley / Creative Commons]
Justice System / 30 July 2026
Tackling overcrowding making prisons safer, say Howard League
30 July 2026
Reform UK Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick speaking on social care during a press conference at Millbank Tower, London, July 30, 2026
Politics / 30 July 2026
Reform dodges funding questions
30 July 2026
Voters at the polling station at St Chrysostom's Church, as voting gets underway in the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election, July 30, 2026
Northern England / 30 July 2026
Labour looks for Manchester mayoralty victory
30 July 2026
Members of C Squadron Royal Scots Dragoon Guards on a patrol from patrol base Attal in Afghanistan, June 2011
War / 30 July 2026
MoD secrecy slammed as MPs find Afghan data breach was among string of ‘foreseeable’ Excel errors
30 July 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during a visit to a care home in north London, on adult social care reform, July 29, 2026
Society / 29 July 2026
Burnham pledges to finally end the social care crisis
29 July 2026
A police officer detains Reverend Sue Parfitt who declared her support for Palestine Action outside the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard, central London, July 5, 2026
Palestine Action / 5 August 2026
Hundreds of pensioners risk arrest at protest outside Westminster magistrates’ court
5 August 2026
Scottish Labour MSP Joe Fagan arriving at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, May 11, 2026
Scotland / 29 July 2026
Fagan becomes third runner for Scottish Labour leadership
29 July 2026
Swans on the river Severn in Worcester
Environment / 30 July 2026
Private firms licensed to abstract 33trn litres of water, campaigners warn
30 July 2026
Ambulances waiting at an Emergency Department (A&E) at the R
NHS Crisis / 30 July 2026
Elderly twice as likely to wait more than 12 hours in A&E
30 July 2026
Climate Crisis / 29 July 2026
Swansea University accused of U-turn in fossil fuel ties
29 July 2026
Scottish First Minister John Swinney during his visit to mental health charity The Lighthouse for Perth, in Perthshire, for an announcement on funding to enhance emergency mental health support services, February 18, 2026
Healthcare / 30 July 2026
Scottish health and social care integration ‘failing’ mental patients, warn medics
30 July 2026
Fossil Free London campaigners protest outside Shell's London HQ, July 2026
Climate Crisis / 29 July 2026
Activists pour ‘oil’ over Shell headquarters
29 July 2026
Workers' Rights / 29 July 2026
Great Yarmouth faces ‘summer of rubbish’ as refuse workers to begin strikes next month
29 July 2026
A registration form and a stethoscope at the Temple Fortune
Healthcare / 29 July 2026
Effect of walk-in clinics ‘minimal’ say GPs
29 July 2026
Climate activists from Greenpeace and Uplift during a demonstration outside the Scottish Court of Session, Edinburgh, November 12, 2024
Climate Crisis / 29 July 2026
Burnham should heed science and block Rosebank oil drilling, Scottish Greens say
29 July 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaking at the British Chambers of Commerce Global Annual Conference, at the QEII Centre, London, June 25, 2026
Politics / 29 July 2026
Polanski refuses to apologise to Farage amid confected row over social media post
29 July 2026
Diane Abbott attends a protest by Stand Up to Racism and the Afghan Human Rights Foundation outside the Home Office in Westminster, central London, August 2021
Labour Party / 29 July 2026
Thousands tell Burnham to reinstate Diane Abbott
29 July 2026
The skyline of Canary Wharf in London as the cold snap continues to grip much of the nation, February 14, 2021
Banking / 28 July 2026
‘Tax big banks to end food banks’
28 July 2026

Burnham urged to raise taxes on banks after Barclays reveals 30% rise in pre-tax profits

Prime Minister Andy Burnham (centre) during a visit to Alstom Transport in Derby, to unveil a change to the education system with the launch of new technical educational routes, July 28, 2026
Education / 28 July 2026
Burnham vows to bring down Neets with new technical education routes for 14-year-olds
28 July 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, center, is seen during an event marking the 73th anniversary of the start of the Cuban Revolution in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, July 26, 2026
US Politics / 28 July 2026
Corbyn and Cuba Solidarity Campaign singled out in US government report on Cuba
28 July 2026
Scottish Labour's Michael Marra (right) with then party leader Anas Sarwar during a media briefing at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, August 27, 2024
Scotland / 28 July 2026
Marra joins Lennon in Scottish Labour leadership race
28 July 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham (right) waves following a visit to Alstom Transport in Derby, July 28, 2026
Politics / 28 July 2026
Labour enjoys ‘Burnham bounce’ in polls
28 July 2026
A view of fencing blocking a road in Coalsnaughton during a visit by First Minister John Swinney to hear about the work taking place to support local residents who have been evacuated from their homes because of safety concerns caused by ground movements in the former mining village, June 5, 2026
Housing / 28 July 2026
Coalsnaughton costs could run to ‘tens of millions’, says minister
28 July 2026
A ballot box arrives during the count for the Blackpool Sout
Politics / 28 July 2026
Left parties urged to introduce compulsory voting to give voters ‘stake in society’
28 July 2026