Calls for Rishi Sunak to end ‘cushy’ public-sector jobs culture after claims civil servants are TEN times more likely to die in post than be sacked for poor performance Across 11 government departments employing more than 310,000 civil servants  Just 248 faced a performance review in the previous 12 months Rishi Sunak is under pressure […]

Veteran British explorer who become first person to climb the highest mountain in every continent will attempt to cross the Atlantic in an open basket gas balloon  Sir David Hempleman-Adams’ challenge is expected to take four to five days A veteran British explorer will attempt the first flight across the Atlantic in an open basket […]

DAN HODGES: Don’t get sucked into the culture wars, Rishi… It won’t impress voters who can’t pay their bills Rishi Sunak is off to war. No more abstract lectures on his NHS Workforce Plan. Or entreaties about the lifelong joys of mathematics. Instead, the Prime Minister is embarking on what’s been briefed as a new […]

Angela Rayner is accused of trying to ‘bounce’ Keir Starmer into guaranteeing she would be his Deputy PM in new Labour party row breaks The party is desperate to avoid looking as if it is complacent about winning Shadow Ministers expect Labour leader Sir Keir to carry out a delayed reshuffle Tensions broke out within […]

Crew member dies after falling from cruise ship docked at Scottish pier  A man in his 40s has died after falling from the docked Viking Mars cruise ship  The crew member was airlifted on Friday to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary    Viking Cruises confirmed news of death with ‘great sadness’ on Saturday A man in his […]

Potential Wilko rescue deal ‘could take weeks’ to complete with future of 400 stores and 12,500 jobs hanging in the balance Several companies including B&M and Home Bargains are said to be interested  Any potential deal to rescue high street chain Wilko could take ‘weeks’ to complete, it was claimed on Saturday, as 400 stores […]

Anti-Ulez protesters bring traffic to a standstill on edge of London using tractors and a three-wheeled car 10 days before hated £12.50-a-day charge is due to cover entire city Protestors shouted into megaphones and blew whistles in Orpington today  READ MORE: Residents’ fury as ULEZ camera is erected on their quiet cul-de-sac  Protesters have brought traffic […]

BRITS are waving goodbye to the stormy weather as they welcome temperatures reaching 24C this weekend. An inventive group of pals enjoying the summer sunshine threw their very own Ibiza pool party right here in the UK – but the bizarre location raised a few eyebrows. M60 Skip Hire, in Greater Manchester, transformed one of […]

ONE of Putin's prized war planes has been damaged after a kamikaze drone strike deep inside Russian territory. The attack, at the military airport in the Novgorod region more than 700 miles from Ukraine, witnessed a "helicopter style" drone. The ministry said nobody was hurt and the fire was quickly extinguished. The Russian defence ministry […]

Belarus leader Lukashenko threatens to nuke NATO nations if he is faced with ‘aggression’ Poland is planning to send some 10,000 soldiers to the border with Belarus Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to deploy nuclear weapons on NATO nations if he is faced with aggression, amid heightened tension on the country’s border with Poland. […]