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Millions of pensioners are getting their winter fuel payments back
Details of the policy's almost total reversal have been revealed
09 Jun 2025,30 mins
President Trump deploys National Guard in LA
President Trump deploys the National Guard in LA,
08 Jun 2025,16 mins
Reform UK's chairman returns to the party
Days after reg as Reform UK's chairman, Zia Yusuf says he's returning to the party.
07 Jun 2025,16 mins
Donald Trump has said he's not that interested in making up with Elon Musk
The White House says Mr Trump has no immediate plans to speak to his former advisor
06 Jun 2025,30 mins
Zia Yusuf has resigned as chairman of Reform UK
He said that working to get the party elected was no longer "a good use" of his time
05 Jun 2025,30 mins
The Chancellor confirms changes to the winter fuel allowance will be in place this year
The government is under pressure to give more details about its U-turn
04 Jun 2025,30 mins
27 people killed near new aid distribution centre in Gaza
UN condemns the killing of at least 27 people near a new aid distribution centre in Gaza
03 Jun 2025,30 mins
Major review of the UK's military unveiled
A review of the UK's armed forces calls for a national shift to war-fighting readiness
02 Jun 2025,30 mins
01/06/2025 Ukraine's daring drone attack on Russian aircraft
Ukraine claims 40 bomber planes were left "burning" at four airbases in Russia
01 Jun 2025,16 mins
Beijing reacts furiously to America's claim that China could soon invade Taiwan
Beijing responds to an American warning that China poses an "imminent" threat to Taiwan
31 May 2025,16 mins
Gerry Adams wins libel case against the BBC
The former Sinn Féin leader has been awarded 84 thousand pounds in damages
30 May 2025,30 mins
The suspect in the Liverpool car ramming is charged
Paul Doyle is charged on seven counts including grievous bodily harm
29 May 2025,30 mins
agrees to help Ukraine develop new long-range missiles
The new German chancellor has signalled a change in policy over the war
28 May 2025,30 mins
Police confirm man held on suspicion of attempted murder after Liverpool parade crash
The 53-year-old is also detained on suspicion of driving while unfit through drugs
27 May 2025,30 mins
Moscow suggests Donald Trump is "emotionally overloaded"
Officials in Moscow brush off a rebuke from the US President
26 May 2025,30 mins
The former BBC executive and presenter, Alan Yentob, has died
Alan Yentob, one of British television's most influential figures, has died aged 78
25 May 2025,16 mins
Ukraine and Russia each swap more than three hundred prisoners
The second stage of Russia and Ukraine's largest prisoner exchange has been completed
24 May 2025,16 mins
White House blocked from banning foreign students at Harvard
A judge blocks the White House from banning foreign students at Harvard University.
23 May 2025,30 mins
Large drop in UK net migration
The difference between the number of people moving to the UK and leaving has halved
22 May 2025,30 mins
The government makes a U-turn on winter fuel
More pensioners will receive the payment once the threshold is altered
21 May 2025,30 mins
The UK hardens its stance on Israel
The government says the current offensive in Gaza is intolerable
20 May 2025,30 mins
The Prime Minister signs a new agreement with the EU
Sir Keir Starmer has declared that Britain is "back on the world stage"
19 May 2025,30 mins
Israel launches ground offensive
Israel says it is sending troops into Gaza -- after days of missile strikes.
18 May 2025,16 mins
17/05/2025 Second arrest over PM arson attacks
Second man arrested over fires on properties linked to Sir Keir Starmer.
17 May 2025,16 mins
Two firefighters are among three people killed in a fire in Oxfordshire
The huge blaze broke out at a former RAF base in Bicester
16 May 2025,30 mins
The UK economy has grown more than expected
The economy grew by 0.7% in the first three months of the year
15 May 2025,30 mins
14/05/2025 President Trump meets Syrian leader
Donald Trump holds talks with a former jihadist who's now president of Syria.
14 May 2025,30 mins
Peter Sullivan Freed From Jail
Peter Sullivan, jailed for the 1986 murder of Diane Sindall, freed after DNA test.
13 May 2025,30 mins
Sir Keir Starmer promises to cut legal migration to the UK
The Home Office says tighter restrictions will see figures drop by 100,000 a year
12 May 2025,30 mins
Labour's plans to cut immigration
The Home Secretary says care workers will no longer be recruited from overseas.
11 May 2025,16 mins