After Labour’s by-election defeat, Starmer hopes to win back empathetic Green voters by becoming endangered

Wifi mysteriously drops in Gorton and Denton as Matt Goodwin’s messages to Farage seem to be left on read

A study shows that sperm swim more quickly in the summer - these Olympic athletes keep getting younger

The minister of state for the armed forces says the UK would not be ready for a war - although the UK should probably stop telling everyone that

Eddie Redmayne to reprise his role as Hawking in The Theory of Everything 2: Surf’s Up

The King has been asked to save the UK's oldest Indian restaurant - preferably without putting it in the British museum

In the Commons trade minister Chris Bryant called Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor "rude, arrogant and entitled" - but anyway back to the news

In sad news for those who enjoy quiet spaces, Vue cinemas confirm the Melania documentary has finished its UK run

Kemi Badenoch called high interest rates on student loans an ‘unfair debt trap’ - no one tell her who introduced it

Ryanair may let dual nationals board UK flights without a British passport despite new immigration rules, because their customers have suffered enough

Starmer reveals why his policies fail spectacularly on the first attempt

A UK gang has been jailed after cocaine was found hidden in books - they had people hooked from the first line

Farage is set to name Robert Jenrick as his future chancellor. Many expected climate-sceptic Richard Tice - but when it comes to Tories, Farage loves recycling

A preview of the 2030 Winter Olympics, based on US climate change policy

Turns out Reform’s financial plans are backed up with research

Turns out Reform’s financial plans are backed up with research

Liz Truss tweeted that Trump is ‘always right’, in a fresh blow to the president

Concerns raised about Trump’s cognitive decline after he claims to recognise random people off the street

The BNP has won a historic election in Bangladesh - a surprising turnaround since that Question Time episode in 2009

Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe says Britain is being colonised by immigrants - much like he 'colonised' Monaco to cut his tax bill

After a bronze-winning Norwegian biathlete confessed to having an affair on live TV, Olympics organisers are to review their policies on cheating

Nigel Farage has called for an end to working from home - any excuse to avoid Clacton

As parts of Britain see their 40th day of rain, Starmer considers a new survival plan

Winter Olympic bosses launch an investigation after several athletes' medals fell apart

Reform is set to issue England’s largest council tax rise in Worcestershire. A rare display of efficiency by the party, breaking their election promises ahead of schedule

Super Bowl viewers were divided between Bad Bunny and Kid Rock during the half time break - then the US came together again for its national pastime, watching adverts

Team GB’s Gus Kenworthy urinated this message in protest against Trump at the Winter Olympics. Or he was just having a bad work day

Sensing the Prime Minister is on very thin ice, his loyal ministers gather round in a show of support

The Epstein files appear to be finally bringing down the government, although no one thought it would be the UK one

According to the Times:  Everything Starmer has done as leader of the Labour Party has been driven by Morgan McSweeney. Indeed, let’s not forget his election-winning strategy was to do nothing

In Australia, new commemorative coins feature a portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II – celebrating the occasion on which she went into anaphylactic shock after being stung in the face by a bee

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal – a basic guide

As mystery deep-space object 3I/ATLAS passes through the remote outer Solar System beyond Jupiter, scientists reveal it’s transmitted a radio signal which they’ve just decoded – ‘So, what’s the latest on this Andrew-Epstein-Mandelson story?

Peter Mandelson had lied repeatedly, declared a shocked Keir Starmer – adding, ‘Also, you'll never guess the Pope’s religion, or what woods-based activity all those bears get up to’

ITV has made a controversial change to its coverage of this year's Rugby Union Six Nations, and will run adverts during play, before scrums – mainly for deodorants and mouthwash

Soon, he’ll lose his title, and be known just as plain Mr Peter Mandelson, the former Prince of Darkness

As social media companies are urged to solve the growing problem of AI ‘slop’, Elon Musk appoints a new Head of Genuine Human Creativity

Elon Musk leads the online criticism against director Christopher Nolan’s controversial choice of casting for Queen Helen of Troy in his new film, ‘The Odyssey’

After being included in an Epstein joke at the Grammys, President Trump threatens to sue host Trevor Noah – who he’d always thought was a really great guy, for saving all those poor animals from drowning

Lord Mandelson resigns from Labour, over links with Jeffrey Epstein about a loan he can’t recall being given, and a photo he can’t recall being taken – it may be true, as we can’t really tell from the photo if his pants are on fire or not

Global crisis worsens as President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Canada and Greenland with imminent hostile launch

‘Waspi’ women, those affected by changes to the State Pension age, have their claim for compensation rejected again – looks like Toby Jones is going to have to make another film

In the South East, as arrests are made in the supersized illegal waste-dump case, another huge pile of rubbish is discovered

At a US citizenship event, rapper Nicki Minaj says she’s President Trump's ‘number one fan’ – with a distinctive voice, an elaborate hairstyle and an ample curvy figure, President Trump is 79

Keir Starmer is hoping for better trade deals with China – though it’s easy to guess which country will still make all those flags

Keir Starmer announces that China is to relax travel visa rules for visitors from the UK – confirming they’ve already got everyone’s personal data anyway

In the light of Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, composer Philip Glass has protested by cancelling the premiere of his new symphony – goodforhimgoodforhimgoodforhimgoodforhim

During Keir Starmer’s visit to China, the sensitive topic of greater political freedom may well arise – though the PM’s already said he won’t be discussing Andy Burnham

100 years after the invention of television, scientists re-create John Logie Baird’s first TV set – along with the earliest image ever broadcast

After Nigel Farage hinted that more leading influential Conservatives would defect to Reform UK, Suella Braverman has just joined the Party – so maybe she knows who Nigel meant