BREAKING: China has immediately lifted sanctions imposed on serving British MPs and peers in significant sign of warming relations after Keir Starmer travelled to Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping.

The Lancashire Telegraph was the only media outlet to attend every day of this trial, investing a huge amount of time and resources into it, because we know how much it mattered to our readers. This is what quality local journalism looks like. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2581131...

Was it you, Nigel? 🤔 https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/humiliation-melania-trump-just-1-33323049

Government chooses to treat #WASPI women and @phsombudsman.bsky.social with utter contempt, refusing to acknowledge the harm done by DWP maladministration. We are considering all options.

I am appalled that the Government has once again chosen to ignore the WASPI women’s demand for fair compensation. These women were failed by poor communication and shifting goal posts. They deserve justice, not delay or dismissal. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Waspi gets the thumb down (again) henrytapper.com/2026/01/29/w... An apology without compensation is not justice and these women deserve far more than words.” Ann Davies MP

The hopes of the WASPI women were raised when the Govt reconsidered new evidence. Returning to no compensation whatsoever will be a very bitter pill to swallow. The imperative for Labour is to raise living standards for all but the sense of disappointment will be profound.

(1) A very disappointing response from the Government today on the topic of WASPI Women. Ministers have admitted that millions of women, including thousands in NE Hampshire, were wronged. And yet, they're refusing to issue compensation to those affected, because it "would not be practical".

Couldn't happen to a nicer Nazi.

NEW: Keir Starmer says he’ll “raise the issues that need to be raised” on human rights with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, as he arrives in Beijing for first trip to country by UK leader in 8 years.

1,200 jobs at risk as The Original Factory Shop calls in administrators

📢 The latest figures from #UKPoverty2026 reveal a picture of poverty hardening, not easing. The average person in poverty in 2021-24 was 29% below the poverty line. This is up from 23% in 1994-97. As people fall further into poverty, the impact on their lives worsens.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we need to remember all 11 million of the human beings the Nazis killed: * 6 million Jews. * 2.8 million Soviet POW's. * 1.8 million non-Jewish Poles. * 275,000 disabled people. * Also Catholics, Roma, homosexuals and political dissidents. #HolocaustRemembranceDay

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

NEW: Keir Starmer says Labour should concentrate on improving cost of living & fighting Reform UK rather than internal divisions. "The single most important thing for people across the country is cost of living & that's why we're bearing down on it in everything we're doing, pulling every lever.

WASPI has sent a Legal Briefing to all 650 MPs. ow.ly/h8zW50Y3mVn It explains 3 reasons why MPs should act now: respect for the Ombudsman’s investigation & proposals; the fatal flaws in the Govt’s past decision; & need for MPs to honour their own past commitments to #WASPI. Do take time to read it.

Horrified & heartbroken by the latest ICE murder in Minneapolis. Alex Pretti was an intensive care nurse & beloved son. Americans, please know how many millions of us here in the UK are sickened by Trump and his fascist thugs, and stand in solidarity with all of you resisting them 🇬🇧🇺🇸

BREAKING: Labour’s NEC have blocked Andy Burnham’s candidacy.

The man ICE officers shot and killed in Minneapolis is 37 yr old Alex Pretti Mr Pretti is a US citizen and worked as a nurse 10 shots were fired. The video of what happened is out there

With Trump in the White House, the US can no longer be treated as a reliable ally. Britain must step up fast. His tariffs will hurt the British people. That’s why we’re pushing for a customs union.

To all those in America, who may not quit understand how Trumps words about the allied soldiers who fought in Afghanistan impact the world. I suggest you listen to the @mrjamesob.bsky.social radio show from yesterday. This is so powerful and should hit home for everyone. youtu.be/Rdm3sMIH8fk?...

Emily Thornberry MP: "How dare this man, who's never seen any action, who somehow or other, when there was a draft for everybodyelse in the United States, managed to avoid it" "And yet now is commander in Chief and knows nothing about how it is that America has been defended."

457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.

457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment. This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.

EXCL: Andy Burnham may have a new route to parliament after the MP Andrew Gwynne reached a settlement with the Commons that would allow him to retire and call a byelection. *All* the details from me, @jessicaelgot.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A tragic case - still with some unanswered questions www.lep.co.uk/news/courts/...

Farage failed to declare over £380,000 in outside earnings on top of his MP's salary. He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain. www.parliament.uk/globalassets...

The daycare units weren't included in Reform's surprise care homes investment announcement. www.lep.co.uk/news/politic...

Waspi women friends, write to your MP in UK with this super easy template. Takes less than a minute. waspi.co.uk/getting-invo...

100 MPs, including @teamlabouruk.bsky.social MPs, have publicly called on DWP minister @patmcfaddenmp.bsky.social to compensate #WASPI women, ahead of the Government’s new decision on the matter.

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Three journalists on their way to film a displacement camp in central Gaza were among at least 11 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday. Their vehicle was known to the Israeli military and their work was sponsored by the Egyptian Relief Committee www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in this room. Is this a celebration of the first year?”, Trump asks journalists at the White House press briefing. “Yes!” a number of them shout back. This is not normal press briefing behaviour on either side.

Children could be screened for diabetes in NHS clinics after landmark study

After one day of unity over Trump the Mail, the Telegraph, Times and Badenoch have decided the Chagos are more important than the destruction of the western alliance and backed the insane ramblings of a rogue president who was fine with the deal last year. We see you #collaborators

They got so so much wrong. And we are all paying the price.

Young female member of the Irish Republican Army aims an AR18 assault rifle on the streets of West Belfast, 1973, photo by Irish photojournalist Colman Doyle.

Our fathers and grandfathers would not believe that they fought in World War II only for Europe to have to contemplate “appeasement” again - this time of its closest ally, America. We really are in a new age.

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

Ebook version of 'Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day' currently on offer from bookshop.org for just 99p. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nort...

Quite the substack post from Paul Krugman. These are desperate times for America and the world.

Standard staff on Tuesday were told the proposed outsourcing of the website to Independent Media will take effect from 1 March pressgazette.co.uk/news/indepen...