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World Commemorates 9/11’s 25th Anniversary with Ceremonies and New Grief Support Initiatives
The United States marked the 25th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on Friday with ceremonies at the three attack sites: the 9/11 Memorial in New York, the Pentagon in Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania. The attacks, in which 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized four commercial airliners, remain a defining…
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Death anniversary tributes, assisted dying vote and Cruz convention shooting threat dominate
Britain marked 25 years since 9/11 as MPs debate assisted dying for terminally ill adults; a Dallas convention heckler urged shooting Ted Cruz’s rivals, while the Atlantic stays hurricane-free and the Premier League returns.
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Unions demand worker negotiation rights over workplace AI systems
The Trades Union Congress (TUC), Britain’s largest trade union body, has urged the government to guarantee workers a formal say before employers roll out AI in the workplace, arguing that ministerial enthusiasm for the technology has outpaced any credible plan for the people who will work alongside it. In a letter to newly appointed AI…
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Green Party backlash as members push to end support for Ukraine as leading activist behind amendment says President Zelenskyy is a ‘sacrificial partner’ in ‘NATO’s war’
The Green Party is facing internal turmoil after more than a dozen members and activists tabled an amendment to strip a conference motion of its call to increase military aid to Ukraine, replacing it with language urging a negotiated settlement and a “departure from militarised responses.” The amendment, put forward by activist Ashley Tubb, describes…
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Republican cavalry arrives for Ken Paxton as big-bucks Texas offensive opens cash floodgates
Top Senate Republicans are pouring millions of dollars into Texas to defend Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bid for the US Senate, as the party rallies behind him against Democratic state representative James Talarico in one of the midterms’ most closely watched races. The move marks a significant show of unity from Senate leadership, who had…
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Trump leads Pentagon service honouring September 11 victims and rescuers
President Donald Trump marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon on Friday, honouring victims and the first responders who died in the rescue effort. The White House said Trump, who witnessed the 2001 attacks unfold from New York while working as a property developer, wanted to…
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PATRICK DARDIS: Burnham’s new holiday tax is delusional, unforgivable and, for many in the hospitality trade, unsurvivable
Daily Mail columnist Patrick Dardis criticises Labour’s proposed “overnight visitor levy”, a new tourism tax he warns could devastate seaside towns such as Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset and hospitality businesses nationwide. He argues the policy, confirmed by Housing Secretary Angela Rayner, would compound existing pressures on the sector from higher national insurance contributions, the rising minimum…
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Labour in northern uproar as ex-Starmer minister warns Burnham he can’t make the UK richer by making London poorer in attack on ‘Manchesterism’ devolution plans
Steve Reed, a former Cabinet minister under Sir Keir Starmer, has publicly criticised Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s plans to devolve power away from London, warning that the strategy could alienate Labour voters in the capital and the south of England. Writing in The Times, Reed argued that Burnham’s so-called “Manchesterism” model, which draws on his…
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The state pension triple lock is both affordable and well secured for future years, says former MP JOHN REDWOOD – here’s how…
Former Conservative MP and peer John Redwood argues that the state pension “triple lock” is affordable and financially secure, crediting Rachel Reeves’s increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions (NICs) for boosting the National Insurance Fund, which pays out state pensions. He contends that although he opposed the NICs rise as damaging to business and jobs,…
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MAGA prosecutor leading probe into ‘grand conspiracy’ against Trump suddenly resigns
Joe diGenova, the 81-year-old Trump ally leading a Justice Department investigation into alleged “deep state” conspiracies against the president, has resigned from the role. He told the Associated Press he had indeed quit, calling it an “honour and a privilege” to serve Trump and the department, but declined to explain his reasons. Sources cited by…