Anas Sarwar has vowed to ban transgender women from the female prison estate “within days” if he becomes first minister after the Holyrood election. The Scottish Labour leader has pledged his party will “act swiftly” to ensure prisons are “single-sex, based on biological sex” if it gets into power in May. His declaration comes ahead…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Venezuela risks βa second strikeβ if its interim government doesnβt acquiesce to U.S. demands. Cuba is βready to fall,β and Colombia is βvery sick, too.β Iran may get βhit very hardβ if its government cracks down on protesters. And Denmark risks U.S. intervention, as well, because βwe need Greenland,β President Trump said. In just 37…
South East Water (SEW) is being investigated by regulator Ofwat after repeated outages since November have left tens of thousands of households and businesses across Kent and Sussex without drinking water. In an update on Thursday, the firm said around 8,500 addresses were still without water. With some properties entering a sixth day without water,…
Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of βReality Check: Inside Americaβs Next Top Modelβ claiming that she was manipulated and misrepresented in the series. The three-part documentary, directed by married duo Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, revisited the reality showβs rise and many controversies, including former contestant Shandi Sullivan…
Rashida Jones has always been a vocal fan of Netflixβs dystopian anthology series βBlack Mirror,β but she never expected it to secure her an Emmy nomination. βIβm still pretty shocked,β Jones says of her lead actress in a limited series or TV movie nod for the Season 7 episode βCommon People.β βIβve never really been…
If you’ve ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you. Each Monday, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. This week, we chat to Madison Godfrey, an automotive technician at the Steer Group. Apprentices, which is where I began…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump meet as part of the NATO Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands on June 24, 2025. Turkish Presidency | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of his European counterparts expected to attend next week’s NATO summit in Turkey. But…
WASHINGTON Β βΒ The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state laws forbidding βconversion therapyβ for minors may violate the free speech rights of licensed counselors. The 1st Amendment ruling is likely to undercut similar laws in California and 23 other states. In an 8-1 decision, the justices said Coloradoβs ban on βtalk therapyβ may prevent Christian counselors…
Robert Jenrick has published private texts allegedly from a Tory official after the party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, accused him of lying. It comes after the MP, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK last week, claimed Tory chief whip Rebecca Harris contacted him in 2024 to say there was “a special place in hell”…
The decision by FIFA to rescind U.S. striker Folarin Balogunβs one-game suspension followed a rapid response from the Trump administrationβand a personal call from the president.