Day: January 23, 2026
Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire
January 23, 2026Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos this week was hosted and paid for by the $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire, the Guardian has learned. The leader of Reform UK has been touring Davos this week, giving speeches in which he pledged to tax banks and “fight the globalists”. But in a surprising entry, he […]
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Victoria Beckham tops sales charts with 2001 single after fallout with Brooklyn
January 23, 2026Victoria Beckham has scored the UK’s best-selling single of the week after a public fallout with her son Brooklyn Peltz Beckham. According to the Official Charts Company, the fashion designer and former Spice Girl’s solo song, Not Such An Innocent Girl, has become the best-selling and most downloaded song of the week, a quarter of […]
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‘Precious little’ to suggest change at infections row health board, inquiry told
January 23, 2026There is “precious little” to show that a health board has learned what needs to change following infections at the flagship hospital in Glasgow, an inquiry’s senior counsel has said. On the final day of hearings in the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry, Fred Mackintosh KC said there needs to be clear evidence of change implemented at […]
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Findlay: Swinney is grasping at straws over documents detailing Sturgeon probe
January 23, 2026Russell Findlay has accused John Swinney of “grasping at straws” over why he chose to defy an order from Scotland’s transparency watchdog to release documents relating to an investigation into former first minister Nicola Sturgeon. The Scottish Tory leader said the move by the Scottish Government did not surprise him because the SNP was “addicted […]
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Suggestion I applied pressure to prematurely open hospital ‘untrue’ – Sturgeon
January 23, 2026Nicola Sturgeon has rejected suggestions she applied pressure to open Glasgow’s flagship hospital before it was ready, saying any such claims are “completely untrue”. The mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after contracting an infection at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) urged the former first minister to “come forward and be honest” about […]
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Trump remarks about British troops ‘insulting and appalling’, Starmer says
January 23, 2026Sir Keir Starmer said Donald Trump’s remarks about Nato troops in Afghanistan were “insulting and frankly appalling”. The Prime Minister also suggested the US president should apologise for the comment which has sparked a huge backlash in Britain. Speaking in Downing Street he paid tribute to the 457 British personnel who died and those who […]
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Man who ‘hit woman during call to Barron Trump’ says she led president’s son on
January 23, 2026A man accused of beating up a friend of Barron Trump in a jealous rage at their relationship tried to ‘show his dominance’ over the president’s son by making him watch, a court has heard. Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, is on trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court accused of physically and sexually assaulting the woman, who Mr […]
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London homebuyers are flocking to this ‘affordable and accessible’ borough — but prices are rising fast
January 23, 2026Artisan bakeries, independent coffee shops, and microbreweries galore can only mean one thing: skyrocketing house prices. Perched just above Stratford is Waltham Forest, which has just been named the London borough with the largest house price increases in 2025. A new study has found that in the zone three area, 59% of homes saw their […]
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Ram-raiders smash into Yves Saint Laurent shop and steal handbags ‘worth thousands’
January 23, 2026John Dunne Published January 23, 2026 2:56pm Updated January 23, 2026 5:20pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Ram-raiders ransacked an Yves Saint Laurent store in London and escaped with a haul of bags and other luxury items during a dawn raid. They […]
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Driver admits killing Marcus Fakana shortly after teen was freed from Dubai jail
January 23, 2026Sam Corbishley Published January 23, 2026 2:40pm Updated January 23, 2026 2:41pm A driver has admitted killing a British teenager in car crash shortly after the 19-year-old had been freed from a Dubai jail term for having sex with a 17-year-old girl. Marwaan Mohamed Huseen, 20, was trying to get away from Met Police officers […]
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