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Labour poll lead hits 20 points and more than half of Brits will not consider voting Tory as two crunch by-elections loom Labour has extended its lead over the Tories to 20 points ahead of two crunch by-elections, a new poll has shown. The latest Redfield & Wilton Strategies survey found Sir Keir Starmer’s party […]

Tributes to pub landlord who died after he was stabbed – as police arrest woman on suspicion of murder Matthew Bryant was found last night with life-threatening injuries after stabbing Police rushed to the Hare and Hounds pub in Maidstone, Kent at around 6pm  Tributes have been paid to a pub landlord who died after […]

Putin calls legal proceedings against Trump a ‘politically motivated persecution’ that ‘shows the rottenness of the American system’ READ MORE: Putin ‘gambling’ on Donald Trump winning US election, officials say Vladimir Putin has slammed legal proceedings against former US president Donald Trump as ‘politically motivated persecution’ that ‘shows the rottenness of the American system’. Trump, who is the front-runner […]

Is this surgery’s MeToo moment? Nearly one in three NHS female surgeons from trainees to senior staff reveal they’ve been sexually assaulted by colleagues in operating theatres as one woman describes harrowing attack in vivid detail Woman named ‘Judith’ says colleague wiped his sweaty brow on her breasts Says she suggested getting him towel but […]

FRIENDS of a woman bludgeoned to death with a claw hammer by her BA pilot husband have called for him to be kept behind bars. Robert Brown is set to be freed from prison within weeks after serving just 13 years for killing his wife Joanna Simpson. Her friends have now issued a warning that […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Merri-bek council will consider ripping up a section of bike lanes in Pascoe Vale after residents complained they were causing safety issues and chaotic head-to-head stand-offs between motorists. Councillors will vote on Wednesday night on whether to accept […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Key points The woman about to be installed as head of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT has called on the state government to show “courage” and consider decriminalising drugs. Reverend Faaimata Havea Hiliau wants a […]

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Labour’s Angela Rayner to vow to scrap Tory anti-strike law and bring back collective bargaining in speech wooing union paymasters – but risks clash as she rules out wealth tax and renationalisation She told a fringe meeting she would ‘not let down’ unions if Labour wins election Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner will woo the […]

Grimes reveals Elon Musk sent photos of her having a C-section to family and friends: ‘He was just clueless about why I’d be upset’: Musk revealed Saturday that he has a previously undisclosed third child with the singer, days after she accused him of preventing her from seeing their children  Grimes revealed in a new […]