Friday June 27 2025
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Starmer gives in to welfare rebels by offering to water down cuts

More than 120 Labour MPs have backed an amendment that would effectively kill the bill

Politics

Pensioners protesting outside Parliament against winter fuel payment cuts.
Reeves ‘will have to raise taxes’ to pay for U-turns

The chancellor’s climbdowns will cost £4.5 billion, according to the Resolution Foundation


Four arrested over Palestine Action raid on RAF Brize Norton

Woman and two men arrested on suspicion of a terror offence, while another woman is suspected of assisting an offender

Crime
15 minutes ago


Jeremy Clarkson: ‘I want to put Peroni out of business’

The TV star’s Hawkstone brewery sales almost tripled to £21.3 million — now, he’s aiming for total domination of the British lager market



Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez kissing in a boat in Venice.
‘Jeff in Venice’: Bezos’s three-day wedding party gets under way

President Trump gesturing at a NATO summit dinner.
Call him Daddy … How flattery and fanfare warmed Trump to Nato

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez kissing in a boat in Venice.


Interior view of a self-driving car on a city street.
Morality and the machine: why driverless cars must learn not to kill

Portrait of composer Lalo Schifrin at home.
Lalo Schifrin, composer of the Mission Impossible theme, dies aged 93

Interior view of a self-driving car on a city street.
Morality and the machine: why driverless cars must learn not to kill






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Big Brother is watching your baby: the top gadgets for peace of mind

From touchscreen bouncers to heart-monitoring socks, technology is helping out exhausted parents

Parenting
14 minutes ago


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Woman touching a bronze horse sculpture.
Newby Hall’s ambitious sculpture trail — and other news in pictures


Badenoch digs Starmer out of the abyss


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Editor's picks



Michael Gove on divorce, gay rumours, dating and the Camerons

This month, the former Tory minister’s ex-wife, Sarah Vine, spoke to Janice Turner about how their marriage fell apart. Now it’s his turn


Portrait of Cathy Adams and her son at home in London.
Why women like me are having IVF now


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How to break a sex stalemate: the therapist’s 10-point plan

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Joe Wicks: ‘We had a chaotic childhood — Dad was a heroin addict’


Mona Tehrani as a child dancing with her father, and a current photo of her as an adult.


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25 of the most tempting weekends in Europe — all reached by train


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Backbench revolt shows Labour hasn’t changed

Despite the grand ambitions of the Starmer leadership, No 10 is finding that the party has not been reprogrammed



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Cartoon by Morten Morland



Zohran Mamdani is riding a populist wave, like Trump






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Zohran Mamdani is riding a populist wave, like Trump







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Alistair Osborne Banker’s reckless endangerment






Marco Bassetti, CEO of Banijay Entertainment, at Boundary Brasserie in Shoreditch.
Banijay boss on why YouTubers couldn’t have made Peaky Blinders


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The head coach says that he has been reminded about the power of the Lions shirt after being brought to tears by a number of emotional conversations



Follow our live coverage as the UK’s biggest party gets into full swing — Myles Smith and Supergrass are on soon, before the 1975 headline tonight

Music
3 minutes ago

Paul Mescal as Lucius Verus Aurelius in Gladiator II.
What’s on TV and radio this weekend: Gladiator II


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