Personal decision for Starmer on whether to fight leadership contest, minister says
Posted on Sunday May 17, 2026

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy tells the BBC that the prime minister has "shown before that he's up for a fight" and she "wouldn't write [him] off".

The UK is churning through leaders. Is the country becoming harder to govern?
Posted on Saturday May 16, 2026

Discontent with the political class is greater than ever - has the UK become ungovernable?

Forty-three arrests after £4.5m police operation to keep rival London protests apart
Posted on Sunday May 17, 2026

Serious clashes between Unite the Kingdom and pro-Palestinian protesters were avoided on Saturday.

'Look Mum, one point': Why does the UK keep getting Eurovision wrong?
Posted on Sunday May 17, 2026

After four years of flops, the BBC has to think hard about how it approaches Eurovision in 2027.

Large-scale Ukrainian drone attack kills three in Moscow region, says Russia
Posted on Sunday May 17, 2026

Ukraine's president says the strikes are a "justified" response to deadly Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities.