Keir Starmer has noticeably hardened his rhetoric towards Donald Trump, telling the Commons that the US president’s condemnation of the Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius was intended to weaken the UK’s resolve over Greenland. In a sometimes angry exchange with Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions, Starmer denounced the Conservative leader’s use of Trump’s words to push back against the ...

The world would be a “better, more secure place” if America took over Greenland, Nigel Farage said at Davos, while insisting that he still believed in the sovereignty of nation states. During a panel at the World Economic Forum’s “America House” in the Swiss ski resort on Wednesday, the Reform UK leader said he had “no doubt” that the world ...

A coroner has warned that more babies could die without greater clarity and guidance over the role of home birthing assistants, after the death of a baby girl raised concerns about a doula delaying access to hospital treatment. Matilda Pomfret-Thomas died of a brain injury in November 2023, 15 days after her mother had a difficult home labour and was ...

Richard Collier-Keywood, the embattled chair of the Welsh Rugby Union, has insisted he has the support of fans and players in Wales as the WRU attempts to drive through radical plans to cut one of the four professional sides. Giving evidence before the House of Commons Welsh affairs select committee, Collier-Keywood – who is facing the threat of a vote ...

Anyone who’s ever nodded off under the weight of a purring cat or snoring dog already knows how weighted blankets work. The warmth, the softness, the hefty pressure that renders you unable to fidget or indeed move. Worries subside, and you have no choice but to slide into slumber. Studies have demonstrated some success for weighted blankets as sleep aids, ...

We had a mass snowball fight and a disco, and I slept in a room full of drunk men with wet socks. It was fun, but in future snowstorms I won’t be rushing to the pub The Tan Hill Inn, Yorkshire Dales In all my years of reporting, nothing seems to fascinate people more than the four days I spent ...

The Election Commission (EC) has completed the allocation of symbols for 1,973 candidates contesting 298 constituencies across the country for the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election. With the symbol allocation completed, candidates will be able to start their campaigns from tomorrow, EC officials said. Returning officers across the 298 constituencies conducted the symbol allocation from Wednesday morning until 5:00 pm, ...

Sylhet Office : BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman offered prayers at the shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA) in Sylhet today. The BNP chief reached the shrine at 9:05pm and performed the Nafl prayer here. After performing the prayers, he visited the grave of the former Chief of Staff of the Liberation War Late General (Retd.) M A G Osmani at ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today stressed on holding the forthcoming general elections slated for February 12 in a manner that it can set a standard for polls in the country in future. “The 2026 polls should be such an election that will set a standard for future elections,” he said. The Chief Adviser made the remarks while chairing a ...

Sylhet Office : BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman reached Sylhet to begin party’s 13th Parliament Election campaign formally from the holy city. His aircraft arrived at the airport at around 8:04 PM. Earlier, Tarique Rahman left his Gulshan residence for Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6:38 PM. Tarique Rahman will visit the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) tonight and offer prayer ...