Victory for the free Press! ‘Draconian’ libel law that would force newspapers to pay the legal costs of people who sue them – no matter who wins – is to be scrapped The law was never brought into force amid widespread opposition from papers John Whittingdale, who refused to enact law, said it was a […]

CELEBRITY chef Mark Hix has blasted his local council after he was ordered to tear down his restaurant's wooden decking. Hix posted a picture of the £20,000 decking being removed from Oyster and Fish House in Lyme Regis, Dorset, after losing a planning battle. Posting on Instagram he described it as “devastating” and said: “It’s […]

JK Rowling says her family have received ‘threats’ because of her outspoken views on gender issues – but the Harry Potter author says ‘I still don’t regret standing up’ Rowling said she was disappointed at the lack of support from the literary world She hit out at trans rights activists who stopped a women’s rights campaign rally […]

The Guardian’s not so liberal past… How the now virtuous and high-minded newspaper was founded in 1821 by a cotton merchant who profited off free labour – before it sided with the slave-owning South in the American Civil War Guardian newspaper founded om 1821 by cotton merchant John Edward Taylor He was radicalised after seeing […]

MEGHAN MCCAIN: Thank God for the Nashville heroes! I watched those brave officers run towards the gunfire thinking only of the terrified children – and now I can FINALLY lay to rest the dark spectre of Uvalde’s cowards The students and families of a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee join the ever-growing list of […]

Former US president Barack Obama warned of the truth-warping dangers of artificial intelligence and polarised media, and took a swipe at News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, in a wide-ranging discussion before a Sydney audience that also canvassed, China, Russian President Vladimir Putin and economic justice. The 61-year-old, who served two terms in the Oval Office […]

Hugh Grant jokes he misses the days of hooking up with co-stars… and says now ‘everyone goes home and looks at Twitter’ The British actor, 62, said that instead of flirting and drinking together, co-stars now just go home and ‘look on Twitter’ after a long day on set Grant has been gracing the screen […]

Key posts 7.30amLabor’s core housing promise suffers major setback 7.15amLabor targets Liberal’s childcare ‘hypocrisy’ ahead of Aston byelection 7.00amSolicitor-general didn’t advise watering down Voice wording 6.45am‘Women being ripped off’ by quarterly super payments 6.30amRussia fires supersonic anti-ship missile in Sea of Japan 6.15amThis morning’s headlines at a glance 1 of 1 Labor’s core housing promise […]

‘I have no intention of stopping now’: Jeremy Corbyn paves way to standing AGAINST Labour at next general election as ex-leader vows not to be ‘intimidated into silence’ after he’s blocked from being official party candidate Labour’s NEC voted to block Jeremy Corbyn from standing for the party He’s now expected to stand as independent […]

Mexico City: Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention centre in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed at least 40 people, in one of the deadliest events ever at a Mexican immigration lockup. Hours after the fire broke out late Monday (Mexico time), rows of bodies were laid out under shimmery […]