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Dame Zandra Rhodes looks back on her six decades at the forefront of British style
Dame Zandra Rhodes has been a leading figure in British design for the past six decades – dressing everyone from Princess Diana to Freddie Mercury and Marc Bolan.
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Top UN court says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal
The United Nations’ top court has ruled that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are “unlawful” – declaring that its presence should be ended “as rapidly as possible”.
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Biden candidacy needs to be resolved ‘very soon’, says Democratic pollster
We spoke to Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump – a psychologist and author who’s written a book about the family.
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30 Democratic lawmakers call for Biden to pull out of presidential race
Recovering from Covid in his beach house in Delaware, Joe Biden has let it be known that he intends to resume campaigning on Monday.
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Leeds violence ‘extremely distressing’ for community, says Harehills Labour councillor
The Labour councillor for Harehills, Salma Arif was on the scene yesterday urging residents to go home and remain calm.
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How did violent disorder start in Leeds?
Police in Leeds say they’ve made a number of arrests after last night’s violent disorder in the Harehills area of the city – warning that more arrests would come in the next few days.
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Do we need a culture shift in the way we approach death in the UK?
People across the country are dying in ways they have not planned for – that’s if they have planned at all.
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Do Republicans fear a new Democrat presidential candidate?
Pressure grows on Joe Biden to step out of the presidential race against Donald Trump.
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Will Starmer’s summit with European leaders deliver results on illegal migration?
Calling them “friends and fellow Europeans”, Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed more than forty european leaders to a summit at Blenheim Palace.
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‘This is not the Greater Manchester Police the public deserve’, says Chief Constable
We spoke to Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, Stephen Watson, to get his reaction to Dame Vera Baird’s review.
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GMP accused of unlawful strip searches of vulnerable women
A shocking report into Greater Manchester Police found that officers were making unlawful arrests, carrying out demeaning strip searches with traumatic consequences for those who have suffered sexual abuse or domestic violence.
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Justice Secretary calls for sacking of criminal case review boss
New Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has intervened in another case of devastating statutory failure, calling for the sacking of the chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
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Covid Inquiry: Government failures led to more deaths
“The UK government and devolved administrations and civil services failed their citizens.”
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Trump-Vance platform is ‘dismantling American state into chaos’, says historian
We spoke to Yale University historian Timothy Snyder who has written extensively about the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany and whose new book “On Freedom” explores the fragility of democracy.
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‘A three-point poll lead shouldn’t mean we force Biden out’, says political strategist
We spoke to Cornell Belcher, a political strategist and pollster who worked for the Democratic Party on both of Obama’s presidential campaigns.