Town Hall Fat Cats: 320 Council Staff Now Out-Earn the Prime Minister
A new report reveals 320 council employees earned more than the Prime Minister's £172,153 salary in 2024-25, with six-figure pay packets in local government hitting record levels.
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Pope Leo XIV Denounces 'Delusion of Omnipotence' as He Intensifies Calls for Peace in Iran Conflict
Pope Leo XIV used a prayer vigil at St Peter's Basilica to condemn the 'delusion of omnipotence' fuelling the US-Iran conflict, marking his sharpest rebuke yet in an escalating series of papal interventions calling for peace.
Diplomacy in Islamabad: US and Iran Talk Peace While Lebanon Burns
US and Iranian delegations held landmark talks in Islamabad, brokered by Pakistan, as a fragile ceasefire teeters and deadly strikes in Lebanon threaten to derail peace efforts.
Melania's Former Right Hand Calls 'BS' on Trump's Claim He Knew Nothing About Her Epstein Address
Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump's former chief of staff, has publicly dismissed Donald Trump's claim that he was unaware of the First Lady's White House address distancing herself from Jeffrey Epstein, calling it 'BS' on CNN.
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We Teach Kids to Cross the Road Safely, So Why Not the Internet?
The ICO's new survey reveals 75% of UK parents fear their children cannot make safe online privacy choices, prompting a campaign urging families to treat data protection with the same urgency as road safety.
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Britain's Iran Balancing Act: Not Quite At War, Not Quite At Peace
The UK insists it will not join the US-Israeli offensive against Iran, but the reality is far more nuanced, with base access granted, drones intercepted, and Trump publicly fuming at Starmer's refusal to fully commit.
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Britain's Army Can Barely Seize a Market Town, and the Plan to Fix It Just Got Delayed
Britain's Defence Readiness Bill, designed to put UK industries on a war footing, has been delayed until 2027 despite the army being at its smallest since the Napoleonic Wars and growing geopolitical threats.
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Iran Says No to Ceasefire, Trump Says Hold My Truth Social Post
Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal brokered by Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey, demanding a permanent end to the war instead. With Trump's Tuesday deadline looming and threats of infrastructure strikes escalating, the six-week conflict shows no sign of resolution.
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From Apollo to Artemis: Charlie Duke's Intergenerational Message and the Return of Crewed Lunar Exploration
Charlie Duke, the youngest person ever to walk on the Moon during Apollo 16, recorded a message for the Artemis II crew ahead of their historic lunar flyby on 6 April 2026, bridging two eras of human space exploration.
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Starmer vs Silicon Valley: The Fight to Save Britain's Kids From the Infinite Scroll
Keir Starmer has pledged to take on social media giants over addictive content targeting children, as new government guidance limits screen time for under-fives to just one hour a day.
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He Built an App to Track ICE. Then Apple, Fox News, and the Feds All Came for Him.
Rafael Concepcion, a Syracuse University professor turned activist coder, built the DEICER app to crowdsource ICE tracking. It gained 30,000 users before Apple pulled it under government pressure, and the personal fallout has been severe.
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Putin vs the Internet: Russia Blocks Nearly 500 VPNs in Its Biggest Digital Crackdown Yet
Russia has blocked 439 VPN services, shut down WhatsApp, throttled Telegram, and jammed mobile internet across Moscow in what experts are calling the most aggressive digital crackdown since the Soviet era.