National security can't come at expense of social security, Burnham says
Posted on Wednesday September 09, 2026

The prime minister says he will fund defence and get the welfare bill down in "the Labour way".

Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
Posted on Wednesday September 09, 2026

The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been under way into other donations.

Miliband rejects chief rabbi's claim British Jews in greater danger after sanctions move
Posted on Wednesday September 09, 2026

The foreign secretary disagrees that sanctions on Israeli settlements could put British Jews at greater risk.

'We were raped and exploited by a drug gang as teenagers', women tell BBC of their ordeal
Posted on Wednesday September 09, 2026

Four women have chosen to waive their anonymity and speak publicly to the BBC documentary, Britain's Forgotten Girls, about how they were targeted by criminals when they were children.

Hundreds mourn police officer killed in wrong-way A66 crash
Posted on Wednesday September 09, 2026

Officers give PC Matthew Blades a guard of honour as people line the streets for his funeral.