Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet
Posted on Sunday May 10, 2026

Catherine West tells the BBC if a leadership hopeful does not put themselves forward she will try to trigger a contest.

Is Starmer's leadership under serious threat?
Posted on Sunday May 10, 2026

Downing Street is trying to ignore the challenge from a former minister, but it has raised eyebrows around Westminster.

How Reform won votes from Swansea to Sunderland
Posted on Saturday May 09, 2026

Many voters have turned to Reform UK with devastating consequences for the main two parties, Labour and the Conservatives.

Tenerife medics poised for arrival of virus-hit cruise ship
Posted on Sunday May 10, 2026

BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from the port in Tenerife where the MV Hondius is soon to dock, after a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

Steve Rosenberg: This year's Victory Day parade in Moscow felt very different
Posted on Saturday May 09, 2026

The BBC's Russia editor reports from a Red Square with none of the military hardware which the Kremlin normally showcases to project power internationally.