Vice-president speaks in battleground state of Wisconsin day after securing enough delegates to win nomination US election – live updates Kamala Harris vowed on Tuesday that Americans were “not going back” to the “chaos” of the Donald Trump years, as she made her campaign trail debut in battleground Wisconsin with […]
Royal accounts show estate made £1.1bn profit, meaning sovereign grant will rise to £132m for 2025-26 King Charles is set for a huge £45m pay rise with an increase of more than 50% in his official annual income, official accounts reveal. Profits of £1.1bn from the crown estate – a […]
Canadian Olympic Committee have offered a ‘heartfelt’ apology Staff member caught watching Football Ferns practice session New Zealand’s Olympic Committee says their women’s football team had their training session disrupted by a drone flown by a staff member of the Canadian team. Defending Olympic champion Canada and New Zealand – […]
Former shadow chancellor John McDonell among Labour MPs who have had whip suspended for six months Keir Starmer has suspended seven MPs from the Labour party in an unprecedented response to an early rebellion supporting an amendment to scrap the two-child benefit limit. The move to suspend MPs from the […]
Exclusive: E Street Band and Sopranos star visits south London to see his TeachRock programme in action Legendary guitarist and Sopranos star Stevie Van Zandt has made an impassioned plea for more arts and music in England’s schools as a way of engaging disaffected young people during a visit to […]
Kamala Harris has secured the support of the majority of Democratic delegates, according to a spokesperson for Nancy Pelosi and US media Harris closes in on nomination as Biden voices support In a hypothetical head-to-head matchup, Harris and Trump were tied with 44% support each in a July 15-16 Reuters/Ipsos […]
The vice-president is in pole position to be the Democratic nominee – and thoughts have turned to a possible No 2 A Democratic party ticket led by Kamala Harris seems increasingly likely as scores of high-profile elected Democrats line up to endorse her for president in the wake of Joe […]
President could help his VP win race, issue executive orders to cut student debt, or he could pardon his son Hunter When Joe Biden finally ends his self-imposed seclusion at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, this week he will emerge into a very different world than the one […]
With a younger rival to emerge, the focus is likely to turn to ex-president, 78, and his often rambling, confused speeches With 78-year-old Donald Trump now certain to face a Democratic candidate younger than he is, the Republican could have the tables turned on him over the questions of age […]
National Police Chiefs’ Council analysis reveals 2m women a year estimated to be victims of male violence Two million women are estimated to be victims of violence perpetrated by men each year in an epidemic so serious it amounts to a “national emergency”, police chiefs have warned. Crimes including stalking, […]