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A close ally of Boris Johnson believes a comeback for the former prime minister cannot be ruled out. Nadine Dorries, who served as culture secretary in Mr Johnson’s administration, told BBC One’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “I have been in politics a long time, I don’t rule anything out. “But I would say it is highly, extremely unlikely.” Nadhim Zahawi, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was also asked […]

An explosion has caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking Russia to the Crimean peninsula, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. Russian authorities said a truck bomb caused the blast and that three people were killed. The speaker of Crimea’s Kremlin-backed regional parliament accused Ukraine of being behind the explosion, though Moscow did not apportion blame. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened […]

Liverpool will be covered in “sequins and glitter” to deliver a Eurovision Song Contest with a message of peace, organisers have said. The Merseyside city was chosen to host the 2023 contest on behalf of this year’s winners Ukraine and now has until May 13 to prepare for the grand final, which will be held at the 11,000-capacity M&S Bank Arena on Liverpool’s waterfront. Claire McColgan, director of Culture Liverpool, […]

Serial killer Peter Tobin refused to give police details about the further murders they think he committed as they questioned him before his death. Tobin, 76, died on Saturday in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh after becoming unwell at HMP Edinburgh where he was serving life sentences for three murders. But police have long suspected Tobin had more victims and hoped he would give up his secrets before he died […]

The final will take place on May the 13th Liverpool has been confirmed to host the Eurovision Song Contest next year. The international music show is being held in the UK after this year’s winner, Ukraine, was deemed unable to host because of the Russian invasion. The city faced Glasgow in the final run-off after a list of 20 candidates was whittled down by the BBC and European Broadcasting Union, […]

Nicola Sturgeon says she has not heard from Prime Minister Liz Truss since she took office describing the PM's actions as "absurd." Ahead of the SNP conference, the Scottish First Minister said she has not had a call or meeting with Ms Truss since she entered Number 10 last month. There were conversations between the two when they met during events commemorating the death of the Queen, the First Minister said, but […]

He says his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is 'not joking' about using tactical nuclear weapons US President Joe Biden has said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is “not joking” about tactical nuclear weapons and the “Armageddon” risk is at its highest level since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Russian officials have spoken of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in the eight-month invasion of Ukraine. Speaking […]

It has started it's 5-mile journey towards Greenford from West Ruislip in West London HS2 has launched the first of six machines that will dig the high-speed railway’s tunnels under London. The tunnel-boring machine was activated near West Ruislip railway station in the west of the capital on Thursday. It is one of two TBMs which will dig a five-mile twin-bore tunnel to Greenford over the next 22 months. Once […]

The British Boxing Board of Control declared the fight as “not in the interests of boxing” Conor Benn’s fight against Chris Eubank Jr on Saturday has been officially postponed after Benn tested positive for a banned substance, co-promoters Matchroom and Wasserman Boxing have announced. Eddie Hearn and Kalle Sauerland have conceded defeat in their attempts to stage the catchweight meeting at the O2 in defiance of the British Boxing Board […]