Why did Reform UK’s chair quit? Senior source reveals inside details of shock departure

About 15 minutes before Zia Yusuf’s shock resignation, a few senior Reform figures were warned something was due to happen.

Minister ‘not going to speculate’ on alleged UK involvement in Ukrainian drone attack

A government minister has declined to say if the UK was involved in a Ukrainian drone strike after the Russian ambassador partially blamed Britain for the attack.

Trump and Musk’s extraordinary spat minute-by-minute

They were once the best of friends, but last night that came to an end – and it all unfolded online as people across the world looked on… and retweeted.

Biggest lottery prize UK has ever seen could make winner instantly richer than Adele or Dua Lipa

A single ticket-holder could win the biggest lottery prize the UK has ever seen if they match the right numbers in tonight’s EuroMillions draw.

‘A policy Labour never liked – but may not be able to scrap’

Labour may announce tweaks to the two-child benefit cap so that it exempts certain families, Harriet Harman has suggested.

Starmer will be breathing a sigh of relief to clinch shock victory over SNP and Reform UK

Anything other than a win for Labour would have been a humiliation in this contest.

Trump v Musk has got very messy very quickly, and TV’s punchline writers will be the only winners

And so, in the end, it was the big, beautiful bill that prompted the big, beautiful bust up almost everyone knew was coming.

Polls close and count begins to replace late MSP in Holyrood by-election

The polls have closed and counting is under way in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election.

Former girlfriend tells Diddy trial of sex with male escorts – as rapper is warned by judge

A former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs has told his sex trafficking trial how a whirlwind romance opened a “Pandora’s box” of sex sessions with male escorts that she did…

Scottish Labour win Holyrood by-election as SNP suffer shock defeat

Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell has won the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election.