Starmer admits No 10 asked about job for aide Matthew Doyle
Posted on Wednesday April 22, 2026

The ex-communications chief was made a Labour peer after leaving Downing Street in March 2025, but was suspended from the parliamentary party this February over links with a convicted sex offender.

Husband cleared of manslaughter over wife's suicide
Posted on Wednesday April 22, 2026

Christopher Trybus is found not guilty of the manslaughter of Tarryn Baird after a five-week trial.

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 summer flights as fuel prices surge
Posted on Wednesday April 22, 2026

The airline is the latest to cut flights as the US-Israel war with Iran sends jet fuel prices soaring.

EU approves €90bn loan for Ukraine as pipeline is turned on ending deadlock
Posted on Wednesday April 22, 2026

Ukraine says it has reopened the Druzhba pipeline, after months of stalemate over stalled oil supplies to neighbouring Hungary.

Three ways the latest inflation figures affect you
Posted on Wednesday April 22, 2026

How high could inflation get? And what could it mean for borrowers and savers around the country?