Driving test waiting times have increased by nearly a month since Labour came to power, despite the Government’s pledge to slash delays ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/14/driving-test-waiting-times-soar-labour-crackdown/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_waiting-times-soar-labour-crackdown/

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has been accused of calling victims of London crime liars ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/15/khan-accused-of-calling-victims-of-crime-liars/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_calling-victims-of-crime-liars/

🔴 BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has announced a social media ban for children under the age of 16. 🖇️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/06/15/keir-starmer-latest-labour-leadership-social-media-ban/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_labour-leadership-social-media-ban/

Sir Keir Starmer’s chief economic adviser has accused AI bosses of exaggerating the risks of a job apocalypse caused by the technology. ➡️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/10/ai-jobs-apocalypse-is-overblown-says-starmer-adviser/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_threads_is-overblown-says-starmer-adviser/

Sam Altman, the creator of ChatGPT, has said nations should be able to demand slower AI development to avoid “catastrophic risks” to humanity. 🔗: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/altman-slow-ai/

After a public and violent breakdown, Hannah Murray was taken to hospital by police and sectioned for two weeks. Now, the Game of Thrones actress reveals the story of her time in a cult that exploited her undiagnosed bipolar disorder ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/hannah-murray-cult/

Alex Batty was 11 when his mother kidnapped him, subjecting him to six years roaming the Continent. Now back home, he is rebuilding his life. Read the full exclusive interview here ⬇️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/24/alex-batty-kidnap-interview/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky

When Gina Sapsted bought her £300,000 two-bed flat in London, she never dreamt she would be selling it a decade later for a fiver. But with falling demand for flats in the capital, she had to get creative 👇 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/london-flat-raffle/

🔴 BREAKING: The police investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will assess claims of sexual misconduct 🖇️: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2026/05/22/andrew-investigation-could-include-sexual-offences/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_investigation-could-include-sexual-offences/

🥀 This year’s Flower Show features a tribute to Emily Plane, whose story is instrumental in highlighting issues around women’s health 🔗: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/chelsea-flower-show/emily-plane-lady-garden-chelsea-flower-show/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_lady-garden-chelsea-flower-show/

🇺🇦 Zelensky claimed a victory this week after Putin said the Ukraine war was “coming to an end”. While the war's end remains distant, his claim holds some truth. Data analysed by The Telegraph suggest Russia's war machine is under strain 👇 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/putin-war-shrinking/

🏠 Artificial Intelligence has swiftly emerged as a new threat to employment – but it could have dramatic ramifications for our fragile housing market, too. One buying agent sees real danger lurking below the surface ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/ai-losses-property/

Shabana Mahmood and Yvette Cooper said to have played role of dreaded ‘men in grey suits’ as pressure on PM to step down increases https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/12/keir-starmer-fights-resignation-prime-minister-labour/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post_fights-resignation-prime-minister-labour/

🔴 A rider’s row with Benedict Cumberbatch over the rules of the road will feel familiar to pedestrians sick of two-wheeled terrors. 🔗: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/11/benedict-cumberbatch-cyclist-rules-hilda-griffiths/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_cumberbatch-cyclist-rules-hilda-griffiths/

Four years, £100m, then put on the scrapheap: HMS Iron Duke’s end illustrates the dilemma facing a force that’s no longer world leading ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/11/warship-hms-iron-duke-costly-refit-scrapheap/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_iron-duke-costly-refit-scrapheap/

🔴 NEW: Spain has called for the creation of a European Union army to replace the protections offered by Nato 🔗: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/11/spain-calls-for-european-union-army/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_calls-for-european-union-army/

The UK is poised to shed 163,000 jobs this year as the Iran war drives up energy costs Read the full report to see why these jobs have been impacted ⬇️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/05/11/uk-to-shed-160000-jobs-over-iran-war-chaos/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_jobs-over-iran-war-chaos/

Syria’s health system under strain from returnees following fall of Assad, says report Nearly 1.4m refugees have flooded back into the country, far outpacing the restoration of hospitals, clinics and essential services @liliasebouai.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

British rat-virus patient relying on world’s most remote GP surgery Tristan da Cunha has a single healthcare centre staffed by two doctors and with space for two inpatients @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Blindsided: Why there are no vaccines or treatments for hantavirus Unlike Covid 19, hantavirus is no mystery Disease X. So why has the world seemingly been caught off-guard by the latest outbreak? @sneweyy.bsky.social and @paulnuki.bsky.social explain ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🔴 UPDATE: Gordon Brown, the Labour prime minister from 2007 to 2010, will become the Government’s special envoy on global finance: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/09/keir-starmer-latest-news-local-elections-labour-reform/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post_news-local-elections-labour-reform/

🗣️ The actor on taking on the role of “black cab rapist” John Worboys, and breaking out of his working-class mould Read the full interview with Daniel Mays below 🔗 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/05/07/daniel-mays-interview-believe-me/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post

🔴 Allies watch with concern as US critically depletes stocks of key munitions that they also rely on 🔗: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/05/06/america-runs-dangerously-short-of-weapons-trump-war/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_short-of-weapons-trump-war/

Nigeria wages war on the deadly fake drug trade The country’s crackdown could be a blueprint for other countries grappling with a global crisis of counterfeit and substandard medicines Link here 🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Ghana is latest African country to reject Trump aid deal over data concerns West African nation reportedly joins Zimbabwe and Zambia in turning down a new ‘America First’ agreement to receive US health funding More below ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

The Iran war has exposed Britain’s broken food chain The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered an unprecedented crisis – and the UK is particularly vulnerable @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🔴 NEW: Banksy has admitted to his latest artwork, a sculpture of a man striding off a plinth with his face smothered by a billowing flag: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/30/false-flag-operation-no-this-statue-really-is-a-banksy/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_statue-really-is-a-banksy/

🔴 UPDATE: The suspect in the Golders Green terror attack is Essa Suleiman, The Telegraph can reveal 🔗 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/30/golders-green-suspect-named-golders-essa-suleiman/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_suspect-named-golders-essa-suleiman/

Could a simple house design cut malaria rates by almost half? Children living in redesigned rural homes in Tanzania were found to have fewer bouts of sickness than those in traditional huts @liliasebouai.bsky.social has the latest www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

World Cup health security hub launched as measles surges There are fears diseases like measles could surge as millions of football fans travel across North America for the tournament @sneweyy.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

💷 The minimum wage is freezing young people out of work, according to the chairman of the Confederation of British Industry. 🔗: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/30/minimum-wage-locking-young-people-out-of-jobs/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_young-people-out-of-jobs/

Birds living in cities are more scared of women than men, a study has found Our Science Correspondent breaks down what the study suggests: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/29/pigeons-more-scared-of-women-than-men/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_scared-of-women-than-men/

Rachel Reeves is “an awful chancellor”, but firing her could make things even worse, according to Matthew Lynn ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/29/rachel-reeves-awful-chancellor-but-too-late-to-sack/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_but-too-late-to-sack/

“The Left’s loathing of success will destroy Britain” Michael Deacon on why “tax the rich” cannot fix all issues ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/29/left-hatred-success-destroy-britain/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky

🔴 An Iran-linked militant group has claimed responsibility for the Golders Green stabbings Follow more live updates here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/29/two-men-stabbed-outside-golders-green-synagogue/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_stabbed-outside-golders-green-synagogue/

🏠 Rachel Reeves is considering freezing rents in an attempt to soften the fallout from the Iran war on household budgets, according to reports. 🔗: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/28/reeves-rent-freeze-iran-war/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky

🗣️ 'The King marks the permanence of a friendship that cannot be undone by squabbling politicians' Read the latest Telegraph View below ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026/04/27/anglo-american-relationship-endures/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky

Former SAS member calls for end to ‘witch hunts’ as MPs prepare to debate Labour’s Troubles bill: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/27/soldier-b-no-more-troops-should-face-abuse-have-suffered/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_should-face-abuse-have-suffered/

💷 “As American-style ‘tipflation’ infects Britain, the rest of us must resist this moral shakedown” Celia Walden on how tipping culture is seeping into the UK 👇 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/27/tipping-in-america/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky

🧥 Stanley Tucci has suggested he wants to try his hand at designing clothing after his star turn in The Devil Wears Prada 2 Get an idea of what his fashion line could be like here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/27/stanley-tucci-plans-clothing-line/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky

The moment Trump reviewed footage of his would-be assassin charging past secret service agents was captured in a picture on Saturday night: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/27/trump-watches-cctv-footage-of-attempted-assassin/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_cctv-footage-of-attempted-assassin/

'Lord Falconer’s plan to invoke the Parliament Act for a private members’ bill risks exposing deep Labour divisions' | Writes Charles Moore ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/27/starmer-foolish-pick-fight-lords-assisted-suicide/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_pick-fight-lords-assisted-suicide/

🔴 Friedrich Merz said the US had been “humiliated” by Iran in an overt attack on Donald Trump Follow more live updates here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/27/us-iran-war-talks-latest-news/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_iran-war-talks-latest-news/

⚠️ Britain is losing three pubs and restaurants every day as the Iran war forces costs even higher for the struggling hospitality sector. 🔗: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/27/britain-losing-three-pubs-and-restaurants-every-day/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_pubs-and-restaurants-every-day/

Dog owners warned of deadly ‘louping ill’ disease A virus long found in parts of Scotland is now emerging in other parts the country @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Why are we seeing more outbreaks of the deadliest diseases? Cases of illnesses like haemorrhagic fever were once sporadic but have been increasing in frequency ✍️ @maevecullinan.bsky.social and @benfarmerdt.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

🔴 Iran has submitted a new peace proposal to the US, offering to open the Strait of Hormuz while postponing talks on its nuclear programme https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/27/us-iran-war-talks-latest-news/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_iran-war-talks-latest-news/

✈️ Other nations look to removing the hurdle before summer arrives Find out which countries ⬇️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/countries-join-greece-scrapping-ees-checks/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_join-greece-scrapping-ees-checks/

🔴 It raises concerns about the feasibility of the Pentagon’s contingency plans to defend Taiwan 🔗: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/24/us-burning-through-weapons-designed-to-deter-china/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_weapons-designed-to-deter-china/

A robot powered by artificial intelligence (AI) has defeated elite human table tennis players, a milestone in competitive sport ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/23/ai-sony-beats-table-tennis-players/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_bluesky_sony-beats-table-tennis-players/