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January 15, 2025
Siddiq resigns as minister to avoid becoming 'distraction'
Tulip Siddiq resigned as the anti-corruption minister yesterday after she was named in a number of corruption probes in Bangladesh involving her aunt, the country's former prime minister.
4 mins
Starmer had picked Siddiq's replacement before she quit
The Daily Mail got half of what it wanted. Its front page yesterday morning was Two Lame Ducks”, and called for the resignations of Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, and Tulip Siddiq, a junior minister in Reeves’s Treasury.
2 mins
Reeves refuses to rule out emergency cuts to spending.
Rachel Reeves has not ruled out emergency spending cuts as she seeks to calm nerves following days of market turmoil. A defiant chancellor yesterday tried to face down her critics, rejecting claims the potential looming crisis was made in Downing Street” and urging opponents to get real”.
3 mins
With blood in the water, Reeves still swims to safety
Imagine watching Jaws, hearing the music rev up as the camera surges through the water and waiting for the great white shark to emerge. Except that instead of a killing machine, a harmless chunk of driftwood bobs up from the depths.
3 mins
Badenoch called 'shockingly offensive' after she blames sexual abuse on 'peasants'
Kemi Badenoch has been accused of Islamophobia after blaming “peasants” from “sub-communities” in foreign countries for the grooming gangs crisis.
2 mins
Why Labour MPs are asking for grooming gangs inquiry
Pressure is still being put on the government for a further national inquiry into grooming gangs, which remain a matter of acute public concern.
2 mins
'Relieved' Kate in remission as she focuses on recovery
Princess also visits London hospital where she was a patient
3 mins
Comedian and improv star Tony Slattery dies, aged 65.
Tony Slattery, the comedian and actor best known as a regular performer on comedy improv show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, has died of a heart attack, aged 65.
2 mins
Obesity diagnosis requires radical rethink, say experts
People are being \"overdiagnosed\" with obesity, leading medics have warned as they called for a \"reframing\" of the way the condition is diagnosed. Academics have suggested that a body mass index (BMI) score is not “nuanced\" enough to measure obesity and more assessments are needed before someone is told they are obese.
3 mins
Adams could finally receive compensation from Britain
Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will receive taxpayerfunded compensation if government plans to repeal the Legacy Act go ahead, a think tank has claimed.
2 mins
Spy's last secrets revealed: from traitor's confession to the Queen's involvement
Newly declassified files detail investigations into Kim Philby and Britain’s most notorious double agents, the Ring of Five’
5 mins
Bogarde was at risk of gay ‘entrapment' sting by KGB
Actor left disturbed’ after warning from MI5, files show
3 mins
Follow that cab, and tip well
MIS5’s wartime gues to the art of being a spy now on display
2 mins
Israel and Hamas truce is 'closer than ever', says US
First phase of agreement could bring release of 33 Israeli hostages in return for up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners
4 mins
US voters effectively kept president-elect out of jail
Attorney general releases special counsel’s report on Trump’s effort to overturn 2020 election loss after investigation halted
5 mins
Pope was handed files on Church's ‘painful scandals
Pope Francis has revealed he was handed a large white box” of documents concerning the most difficult and painful” scandals within the Catholic Church when he took office.
2 mins
Hundreds 'face starvation' trapped in illegal gold mine
At least 36 bodies and 82 survivors recovered since Friday at South African pit where miners have been stuck for months
3 mins
Kim's suicide squad pose a new danger in Ukraine war
‘Self-detonation and suicides: the reality about North Korea’
3 mins
Trump has dodged justice and denying it won't help
Who doesn't love a proper bombshell report? And the report from the special counsel, Jack Smith, into Donald Trump's attempt to illegally steal the 2020 election is utterly devastating - and will surely land with a thud.
2 mins
Reeves had to go to China this is what they made of her
Let's be clear. Rachel Reeves had to go to China. The chancellor went to promote Britain and to win business. Staying at home would not have saved the pound. It would have looked like weakness - one thing the Chinese regime will always pounce on. So much for the good bit. My doubts creep in afterwards...
3 mins
PM is not going to sack his chancellor and nor should he
It may be a silly question, but is the prime minister to blame for encouraging speculation about Rachel Reeves's future when he failed to answer it, twice, after his speech on the great opportunities of AI?
3 mins
Carnal knowledge: five easy ways to get better in bed.
Olivia Petter on fixing wrongs and adding back some spark
5 mins
There is a nagging problem with Shields' ode to ageing
Brooke Shields’ candid memoir is full of lessons in self-love and self-advocacy, says Annabel Nugent. But fails to engage with the uglier truths about getting older in the spotlight
7 mins
BrewDog founder attacks concept of work-life balance
The founder and former boss of BrewDog has said that the concept of a work-life balance is one invented by those unhappy with their own careers and that people should instead aim to achieve \"work-life integration\".
2 mins
Liverpool settle for draw after valiant Forest effort
Diogo Jota, it turns out, does not like fairytales. Nottingham Forest were closing in on a club record-equalling seventh successive league win and a first double over Liverpool since 1963 in a raucous East Midlands atmosphere.
2 mins
Isak's transformation from shy teen to ruthless striker
In-form Swede’s graph of progression is almost textbook’
4 mins
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