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- Manchester Evening News
Moment Big Brother's Baked Potato is sent home
Moment Big Brother's Baked Potato is sent home
- Digital Spy
Big Brother 2024 names finalists after double eviction
Big Brother has aired its latest double eviction, with Sarah Griffiths and Thomas Atkinson the latest housemates to leave the house.
- The Independent
UK hotspots for uninsured driving revealed – with 5 of the worst areas in a single city
Driving without insurance guarantees that you will pay the full cost of any accident, receive six to eight points on your licence and be fined up to £300
- Digital Spy
Big Brother’s Lily issues emotional statement following eviction
Big Brother star Lily Benson has shared an emotional statement following her exit last week.
- HuffPost UK
Tory Gloom As Gaffe-Prone Kemi Badenoch Endures Another Miserable PMQs
The new Tory leader walked straight into a trap laid by Keir Starmer.
- The Independent
Rachel Reeves to face winter fuel cuts fury as protesters target her Leeds constituency
Event just days before farmers descend on London in a row over the Labour chancellor’s tax hikes
- The Telegraph
Council tax bills to go up by more than £100 next year, No 10 confirms
The average family faces inflation-busting council tax rises of more than £100 in April, the Government has announced.
- CNN
Trump wants to shut down the Department of Education. Here’s what that could mean
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. Here’s what the agency does and how eliminating it could play out.
- The Telegraph
Fury as Angela Rayner takes control of Kent ‘garden town’ plan
Angela Rayner has been accused of undermining local democracy after taking control of plans for a new “garden town” development in Kent.
- HuffPost
‘Are You S***tin' Me?’ Republicans Shocked By Donald Trump Nominating Matt Gaetz For Attorney General
Gaetz is a Trump defender who has faced investigations over his own personal conduct.
- The Telegraph
Musk leads growing backlash against police for investigating Allison Pearson
Elon Musk and senior British politicians have led a growing backlash against police for investigating a social media post by a Telegraph journalist.
- Yahoo News UK
Why the £10 Christmas ‘benefits bonus’ has not increased for 52 years
The Christmas benefit payment bonus is being put under scrutiny.
- PA Media: UK News
Tories claim Starmer’s 81% emission cut will cause ‘hardship’ for British people
Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho said the cut would require a ‘shift away from meat and dairy’, as energy ministers said bills would be lower.
- HuffPost UK
Wes Streeting Struggles To Suppress Laughter After Being Compared To Elon Musk On Sky News
The health secretary said that was not the feedback he was "expecting this morning".
- Euronews
Barroso calls for Ukraine support, but 'nobody believes it will get back Crimea'
In an exclusive interview with Euronews, José Manuel Durão Barroso recalls how EU leaders struggled to come up with a common response to Russia's invasion of Crimea and what Vladimir Putin told him in private.View on euronews
- CNN
Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia election subversion case to federal court
The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to let Mark Meadows move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court, effectively barring the former chief of staff during Donald Trump’s first term from claiming immunity from those charges.
- The Independent
India’s top court cracks down on use of bulldozers to demolish homes of crime suspects
Supreme Court says ‘chilling sight of a bulldozer demolishing’ homes reminder of lawless state of affairs
- Rolling Stone
Trump Picks Matt Gaetz for Attorney General
The president-elect wants one of his most loyal followers in Congress, who was investigated for sex crimes, to head up DOJ
- The Telegraph
Senior police refuse to work past 4pm in pay row
Senior police officers in Scotland are being told to refuse to work beyond 4pm after rejecting a pay offer from SNP ministers.
- Associated Press
Philippines says it will cooperate if ICC seeks Duterte's custody over drug killings
The Philippine government said Wednesday its law enforcement agencies will be bound to cooperate if the International Criminal Court seeks the custody of former President Rodrigo Duterte as part of an investigation into thousands of deaths during his crackdown on illegal drugs. The Hague-based court has been investigating the widespread killings that took place while Duterte was mayor of the southern Philippine city of Davao and later as president from 2016 to 2020, as a possible crime against humanity. Human rights groups estimate the deaths could exceed 20,000 during Duterte’s presidency alone.