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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

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

Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds tr

Workers' Rights / 28 July 2026

Train drivers could strike over lack of toilet facilities, Aslef warns

28 July 2026

First Minister John Swinney with orthopedic technician Stuart Main during a visit to National Treatment Centre - Fife Orthopaedics in Kirkcaldy, where he announced funding to reduce long waits for NHS treatment, July 27, 2026

SNP / 28 July 2026

Cutting long NHS waits will be his government’s legacy, says Swinney

28 July 2026

Smoke from a fire on the side of Bangor Mountain, in Gwynedd, July 23, 2026

Environment / 28 July 2026

Greens call for fire service funding boost in wake of Welsh wildfires

28 July 2026

Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaking at Niamos in Hulme as the party's Greater Manchester mayoral candidate Geraldine Coggins launches her manifesto for the election, July 9, 2026

Green Party / 28 July 2026

Farage calls in cops over Polanski's post on social media

28 July 2026

A fish leaps on the weir of the River Tyne at Hexham in Northumberland as it travels upstream to spawn, September 15, 2021

Scotland / 28 July 2026

Death of young salmon farm worker ‘confirms’ union’s safety fears

28 July 2026

(Left to right) Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch (centre left) and shadow justice minister Kieran Mullan (centre right), at a press conference at the Conrad, St James, London, regarding the early release of prisoners July 28, 2026

The Tories / 28 July 2026

Badenoch apologises for prison crisis

28 July 2026

A registration form and a stethoscope at the Temple Fortune Health Centre GP Practice near Golders Green, London

Privatisation / 27 July 2026

Control of NHS patient records handed to US private equity firm in £300m deal

27 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham (centre) during a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North, located in Heron House, central Manchester. Mr Burnham has said No 10 North is

Politics / 27 July 2026

National care service now!

27 July 2026

Burnham urged to create publicly-provided national care service before the end of the parliament, and to keep his promise to ditch neoliberalism

Mahmoud is on the left and Mohammed is on the right

Palestine Solidarity / 27 July 2026

Maxine Peake among more than 20 celebrities donating items for Gaza students accepted by British universities

27 July 2026

A lady walks through a water feature spraying a fine mist to cool off in Dover, Kent, July 8, 2026

Heatwave / 27 July 2026

More than 175,000 back calls for maximum workplace temperatures as 35°C highs loom

27 July 2026

Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon in the count hall at the South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters in Hamilton for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, October 5, 2023

Politics / 27 July 2026

Scottish Labour leadership hopeful says Starmer ‘selfish and stubborn’ for refusing to stand down

27 July 2026

The Royal Courts of Justice

Workers' Rights / 27 July 2026

Firms cannot charge recruits training costs that undermine national minimum wage, Court of Appeal rules

27 July 2026

A radar [Pic: Stephan Widua / Creative Commons]

Anti-War Activism / 27 July 2026

Deep space radar protesters plan celebration vigil

27 July 2026

A Barclays bank branch covered in red spray paint in Burnley, Lancashire, August 5, 2024

Courts / 27 July 2026

Palestine Action activists in Barclays bank attack could be jailed as terrorists

27 July 2026

Eisteddfod

Wales / 27 July 2026

The Morning Star prepares to go to the National Eisteddfod

27 July 2026

Workers' Rights / 27 July 2026

Aberdeen airport strike called off as Unite secures last-minute 6.5% pay offer

27 July 2026

A plane flies past a

Economy / 27 July 2026

Heathrow expansion should be ‘anathema’ to Burnham as study suggests 15,000 regional job losses by 2050

27 July 2026

Police in October 2018 at a property on Shipton Road in Sutton Coldfield, where they have begun a search for the body of Suzy Lamplugh who went missing in 1986

Stalking / 28 July 2026

Women are still not safe 40 years on from Suzy Lamplugh’s disappearance, charity head warns

28 July 2026

The wreckage of the Chinook Helicopter which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre killing all 29 on board, June 4, 1994

Justice / 27 July 2026

Chinook crash families urge new PM to back fresh review into 1994 tragedy

27 July 2026

Anti-war protesters outside RAF Fairford, July 2#, 2026 [Pic: CND]

War / 26 July 2026

Burnham urged to do the ‘right thing’ and end US use of British military bases to bomb Iran

26 July 2026

A group of demonstrators from the anti-immigration protest, organised by Unite the Clans Scotland, break away from the rally and march towards Glasgow city centre, July 25, 2026

Far Right / 26 July 2026

Fascists go on the rampage in Glasgow

26 July 2026

A view of the 14-metre tall The Brownhills Miner statue, which has been draped in a Union flag, in Walsall, Staffordshire, September 29, 2025

Far Right / 26 July 2026

Birmingham City Council ‘reluctant’ to stop racists putting up flags across city

26 July 2026

a general view of the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh

Employment / 26 July 2026

Scottish government to cover cost of social care workers' background checks

26 July 2026

Smoke rises from the wildfire in the Cairngorms National Park which has been declared a major incident. More than 500 firefighters have tackled the blaze over the last 10 days, alongside specialist wildfire appliances, all-terrain vehicles, helicopter water-bombing operations and partner agencies, July 25, 2026

Environment / 26 July 2026

Scottish government facing questions over Cairngorms wildfire

26 July 2026

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, July 24, 2026

International Diplomacy / 26 July 2026

Burnham says he would publicly disagree with Trump if in Britain's national interest

26 July 2026

General view of newly constructed houses at Stanton Cross in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, July 2, 2026

Housing / 26 July 2026

Scottish government must ‘build it like Burnham,’ say housing charities

26 July 2026

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice during a press conference in Westminster, central London, June 10, 2026

Far Right / 26 July 2026

Police launch investigation into Reform UK donations from company controlled by Richard Tice

26 July 2026

Spanish Civil War / 26 July 2026

Lanarkshire International Brigaders remembered

26 July 2026

Economy / 27 July 2026

Bank of England expected to hold interest rates after US resumes Middle East attacks

27 July 2026

General view of No 10 North signage as Prime Minister Andy Burnham holds a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North, located in Heron House, central Manchester. Mr Burnham has said No 10 North is

Economy / 26 July 2026

Protesters call for wealth tax outside No 10 North

26 July 2026

Campaigners from Fossil Free London, Christian Climate Action and the Climate Choir take part in a protest against plans for drilling in the Rosebank oil field, outside the Department For Energy Security And Net Zero (DESNZ) in Westminster, central London, July 22, 2026

Climate Crisis / 26 July 2026

Rosebank drilling equipment lost at sea

26 July 2026

Inequality / 27 July 2026

North–South divide in life expectancy widens, new study shows

27 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham (centre) with ministers at No 10 North, located in Heron House, central Manchester, July 24, 2026

Politics / 24 July 2026

Burnham hits back at ‘London-based’ critics as he opens No 10 North

24 July 2026

Angela Rayner

Housing / 24 July 2026

A ‘cost-of-living’ government would not rule out rent controls, campaigners say

24 July 2026

‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says

A man in a Union Jack blazer sports a Reform UK rosette

Far Right / 24 July 2026

Reform tells councillors to say police probe into donations is a ‘smear’ and ‘hit job’

24 July 2026

Thousands of shipping containers at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk, October 13, 2021

Trade / 24 July 2026

New Trump tariffs will cost jobs and reduce wages despite forced labour claims, union says

24 July 2026

Douglas Alexander leaving number 10 Downing Street, London, July 20, 2026

Scottish Labour / 24 July 2026

Sarwar exit provokes ‘deeper’ questions, says Alexander

24 July 2026

Activists protest outside Aviva's Norwich headquarters demanding the insurer sever ties with companies accused of human rights abuses, July 24, 2026

Asylum Seekers / 24 July 2026

Activists confront Aviva Norwich HQ for insuring companies accused of human rights abuses

24 July 2026

Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank protest outside the UK Government building in Edinburgh, September 30, 2023

Climate Crisis / 24 July 2026

Swinney backs ‘sham’ climate assessments on North Sea fossil fuel

24 July 2026

Protesters at Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth as part of a nationwide day of action, organised by Surfers Against Sewage, May 16, 2026

Pollution / 24 July 2026

Water companies have breached official guidance on discharging sewage at 65 popular swimming sites in England since May

24 July 2026

A teenage girl showing signs of mental health issues, February 2, 2020

Mental Health / 24 July 2026

Young people’s life satisfaction plummets since 2010, analysis suggests

24 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham (left) and First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during a bilateral meeting at the Cabinet Office in Atlantic Square, Glasgow, July 23, 2026

Scotland / 24 July 2026

‘Independence is off limits,’ Burnham tells Swinney

24 July 2026

A view of the Edinburgh skyline showing the Balmoral Clock and Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, February 2022

Tourism / 24 July 2026

Councils urged to follow Edinburgh's tourist tax

24 July 2026

Houses in Thamesmead, south east London

Britain / 24 July 2026

London council loses appeal to overturn High Court decision on affordable homes

24 July 2026

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney with Chief Executive Officer Susan Morrison during a visit to the Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh, November 6, 2024

International Trade / 24 July 2026

Swinney welcomes US lifting tariffs on Scotch Whisky

24 July 2026

Patriotic Millionaires

Economy / 23 July 2026

‘We can afford it’: Britain-based millionaires tell Burnham to ‘tax us more’

23 July 2026

A general view of the Centrica Head office in Windsor, Berks

Cost-of-Living Crisis / 23 July 2026

British Gas owners rake in over £56bn since privatisation 40 years ago

23 July 2026

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Education / 23 July 2026

Online bullying over social media could be linked to declining school attendance rates, according to a study

23 July 2026