By SOPHIE CHURCH – POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 00:21 BST, 8 September 2026 | Updated: 00:24 BST, 8 September 2026 British veterans are set to run a drill replicating a scenario where they are mobilised for war. Members of the Armed Forces strategic reserve will be tested next year on being…
Andy Burnham rules out paying billions in slavery reparations – as critics say campaigners are trying to exploit Britain’s ‘self-doubt and guilt’
By JASON GROVES, POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 22:56 BST, 7 September 2026 | Updated: 23:42 BST, 7 September 2026 Britain will not pay billions of pounds in slavery ‘reparations’, Downing Street has said. A delegation from Jamaica visited Buckingham Palace on Monday to lodge a petition seeking acknowledgment that Britain owes…
Stephen Lawrence killer Gary Dobson makes first bid for parole – and may now finally have to accept his role in infamous racist murder
One of Stephen Lawrence’s racist murderers may have to admit being at the scene of the killing if he wants to be freed. Gary Dobson, 51, has made his first parole bid after being jailed for life in 2012 for murdering the teenager, along with David Norris, 50. The pair…
Labour is set to ban trade with settlements in the West Bank – despite warnings it could damage the UK’s security
By JASON GROVES, POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 22:36 BST, 7 September 2026 | Updated: 22:36 BST, 7 September 2026 Andy Burnham is poised to impose sanctions on Israel, despite warnings that it could undermine Britain’s security. The Prime Minister is close to agreeing a package of measures that is expected to…
Why music is a powerful tool to quiet stress in the brain
We all know the power of music to make us feel better when stressed. But this relaxing effect goes much deeper than our mood: music changes our brain, reorienting our neural pathways and altering our physiology along the way. This power, it seems, is particular to music over other soothing…
Shocking moment group are kicked out of Portland women’s sports bar for wearing ‘Save Women’s Sports’ shirts
A group of friends were kicked out of a women’s sports bar in Portland, Oregon, because they were wearing shirts that made others ‘uncomfortable,’ according to an employee. Amy Sousa and four other patrons walked into The Sports Bra in Northeast Portland on Sunday, but were soon denied service after…
‘The Last Starship’ is 2026’s most slept-on space game — you need to check out this ‘FTL’-like shipbuilding strategy gem
I’m a pretty thrifty guy; no one will ever accuse me of being a hoarder or a bulk shopper. You won’t ever see me at a Costco lugging around 48-count packs of toilet paper, hernia-inducing apple bags, or ginormous 5-pound boxes of Goldfish Crackers. But after tinkering around with “The…
Couple are found stabbed to death at home in Blackburn: Man in his 40s is arrested
By TOM LAWRENCE, NEWS REPORTER Published: 21:05 BST, 7 September 2026 | Updated: 21:13 BST, 7 September 2026 A murder investigation has been launched after a couple was found stabbed to death at a home in Blackburn. Police were called to a terraced home on Monday where the man and…
Uninsured BMW driver, 20, admits killing dog walker, 28, after running her over on pedestrian crossing
By SOPHIA STANFORD, NEWS REPORTER Published: 20:46 BST, 7 September 2026 | Updated: 20:56 BST, 7 September 2026 An uninsured BMW driver has admitted killing a woman while she was out walking her dogs. Laura Sone-Demetrious, 28, was on a pedestrian crossing on the A10 Great Cambridge Road in Enfield,…
Families issue heartbreaking plea for help after four young friends killed when car rolled off cliff
A group of young friends in California died after their car veered off a cliff, as their families ask for help paying for funeral expenses. The black Hyundai Veloster came off the Angeles Crest Highway just before 1.30am on Friday and rolled down a hill before crashing into a telephone pole. …