The Daily Telegraph
Lady Starmer goes to vote with a spring in her step
IT’S a study in contrast as stark as North and South Korea, Angela Rayner and Albert Einstein (“Oo?”). On the left, in his all-purpose suit, black for both landslides and funerals, Keir Starmer. Face of thunder, hair of despair. On the right, in bright...
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Briton evacuated from rat-virus ship
Martin Anstee, an ex-police officer, has been identified as the British worker airlifted from a cruise ship at the centre of a rat-borne virus outbreak. It emerged last night that two passengers from the hantavirus-stricken ship were now self-isolating...
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Starmer could cost us election, says Welsh leader
SIR KEIR STARMER could cost Labour the Senedd for the first time in its 27-year history, the First Minister of Wales has warned. Baroness Morgan of Ely, the Welsh Labour leader, said the Prime Minister “comes up as an issue on the doorstep” and could...
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Kidman’s costume drama
Nicole Kidman arrives at the Met Gala in New York last night. The annual fashion extravaganza, for which tickets cost $100,000, has been hit by a boycott of some stars objecting to its sponsorship by Jeff Bezos, the Amazon boss.
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Cost of pint hits £10 in London for first time
THE cost of a pint of beer has hit £10 in London for the first time, The Telegraph can reveal. A number of high-end bars are now charging £10 or in some cases even more for draught and bottled beer. Drinkers are billed £11 for a pint of Moretti or...
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Met accuses Polanski of stoking tensions
SIR MARK ROWLEY has accused Zack Polanski of inflaming tensions by criticising officers over their response to the Golders Green terror attack. The Metropolitan Police commissioner accused the Green Party leader of sharing an “inaccurate and...
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Jew hate ‘out of control’ in UK
ANTI-SEMITIC attacks are out of control in the UK, Israel has said after two Jewish men were stabbed in a terror attack in Golders Green. The Israeli foreign ministry said Sir Keir Starmer’s words were “no substitute for confronting the roots of...
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King defends Nato in historic Congress address
THE KING has praised Nato and said that the alliance between America and Europe “is more important than it’s ever been” in a historic speech to Congress. The address, aimed at smoothing over tensions between Britain and the United States, touched on...
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King: Britain and US must come together
THE King will call on the United States and Britain to “come together” even when they do not agree, in a landmark speech to Congress today. The monarch, who is in Washington for a four-day state visit, is expected to say that the long tradition of...
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Trump assassination attempt forces King to alter state visit
THE King and Queen’s state visit to the US will go ahead with slight adjustments after the apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The visit will take place as planned, but with small changes to the Royals’ programme following advice from...
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Prince of the tides
THE Prince and Princess of Wales have shared a video of Prince Louis on holiday in Cornwall as they celebrated his eighth birthday. Their youngest child is seen digging a hole in the sand, playing cricket and sprinting across a beach. Wearing a...
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Hermer pursued ‘witch hunt’ against troops despite warnings
LORD HERMER pursued a notorious “witch hunt” against British troops despite being warned that the allegations were lies, The Telegraph can disclose. An investigation by this newspaper can reveal the Attorney General’s leading role in the al-sweady...
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Hug a hero
AS the Royal family celebrated the 100th anniversary of Elizabeth II’S birth, they did it exactly as she would have wanted: on duty. The Princess of Wales hugged a newly widowed George Cross recipient, the Prince of Wales charmed a centenarian he said...
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I know many MPS will find these facts to be incredible
THE PM resembles Monty Python’s black knight, hacking off his own limbs through face-saving sackings – Peter Mandelson, Morgan Mcsweeney, Olly Robbins – till he’s a stump on the ground, wiggling furiously and shouting: “Fight me, fight me! I’m a man of...
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Starmer knew about Mandelson red flags
SIR KEIR STARMER was warned about the red flags that led to Lord Mandelson failing his developed vetting security clearance, The Telegraph can disclose. The Prime Minister will argue in the Commons today that it was “unforgivable” he was not told Lord...
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Starmer accused of misleading Parliament over Mandelson
SIR KEIR STARMER has been accused of misleading Parliament after admitting that Lord Mandelson was appointed US ambassador despite failing his security vetting. It emerged yesterday that the disgraced peer failed the enhanced vetting process but was...
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Surrey takes to the street over rape gang
Residents clashed with police in Epsom, Surrey, yesterday in a row over a gang rape in the town centre. Protesters demanded that the police release descriptions and CCTV footage of the men suspected of assaulting a woman outside a church on Friday...
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‘Call me Meg’
The Duchess of Sussex shrugged off her royal title on the first day of her Australia tour yesterday, telling well-wishers ‘call me Meg’. The Duke and Duchess. who received a warm welcome in Melbourne, met military veterans and toured a children’s...
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Trump repents his Jesus stunt
DONALD TRUMP posted and then deleted a picture of himself as Jesus Christ during an extraordinary row with the Pope. The US president said the leader of the Catholic Church was “terrible” and “weak” after the pontiff criticised the American-israeli...
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PM refuses to join blockade of Hormuz
SIR KEIR STARMER has refused to join Donald Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The Telegraph understands Britain will not send warships to enforce the blockade of oil tankers, after Mr Trump said the US navy would be helped by other countries....
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I had no relationship with Epstein
MELANIA TRUMP has denied she ever had a relationship with or was a victim of Jeffrey Epstein, in an unprecedented speech at the White House. Last night, the US first lady distanced herself from the late paedophile, denying any knowledge of his crimes...
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Putin mocks Starmer in Channel
VLADIMIR PUTIN has openly defied Sir Keir Starmer’s threat to seize sanctioned Russian vessels by sending a warship to escort them through the Channel. The Admiral Grigorovich, a Black Sea fleet frigate, accompanied a pair of shadow fleet ships...
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A long, long way from home
Astronauts on Nasa’s Orion spacecraft took pictures of ‘Earthset’ yesterday as they completed their fly-by of the Moon. The crew, who reached a record distance of 252,756 miles from Earth, reported seeing brown and green patches on the far side of the...
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Hello, Mr Mischief: Harry’s flirty messages with journalist
THE Duke of Sussex sent a stream of Facebook messages to a journalist, joking about drinking her under the table and “movie snuggles”. In conversations between December 2011 and January 2012, Prince Harry referred to Charlotte Griffiths of the Mail on...
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Scott Mills axed over ‘historic relationship’
THE DJ Scott Mills has been sacked by the BBC, reportedly over allegations relating to a “historic relationship”. In a statement yesterday, the BBC disclosed that Mills, one of its highest-paid stars, was “no longer contracted”. The broadcaster...
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Labour to ration NHS referrals to hit targets
THE NHS is to ration hospital referrals as Labour scrambles to meet its pledge to cut waiting lists. GPS have been ordered to consult on at least one in four referrals rather than sending them to hospital to reduce “unnecessary” appointments. The...
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NHS doctor charged with backing Hamas
Rahmeh Aladwan, an NHS doctor, has been charged under the Terrorism Act with multiple counts of inviting support for Hamas. The 31-year-old was arrested yesterday for breaching police bail conditions imposed following previous arrests.
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Please, call me Sarah
Dame Sarah Mullally took selfies with worshippers yesterday after being enthroned as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. Speaking ahead of the ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral, which was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales, she said...
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The Dragon has landed
Personnel aboard HMS Dragon, the Royal Navy warship, which finally arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean yesterday to defend Cyprus from Iranian attacks. The £1bn air defence destroyer – which was rushed out of maintenance to respond to the crisis in...
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‘The oldest hatred is rising again’
SHABANA MAHMOOD has admitted anti-semitism is still on the rise in Britain in the wake of an Iranian-linked firebomb attack on four Jewish volunteer ambulances. Counter-terror police are leading an investigation into the arson attack outside a...
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We’ll send price of oil soaring, vows Iran
IRAN has threatened to “irreversibly destroy” energy sites across the Middle East after Donald Trump gave the regime 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran said it would target energy and oil infrastructure, with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the...
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King of the coast
THE KING has teased cyclists for “cheating” by using e-bikes as he took a walk along a new coastal path named in his honour. Instead, wearing a suit and using a stick, he travelled the 2km route on foot to see a spectacular view of the Seven Sisters...
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Crowning glory
The Princess of Wales at a banquet for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Nigerian president, at Windsor Castle last night. She wore an Andrew Gn dress and the Lover’s Knot tiara worn by the late Queen, as well as the Royal family sash and star
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Trump: BBC is against me winning Iran war
DONALD TRUMP has attacked the BBC over its “corrupt and fraudulent” coverage of the Iran war. In a fresh attack on Britain’s state broadcaster, the US president said the BBC’S reporting was “unbelievable”, while also blaming Sir Keir Starmer for the...
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Race to stop meningitis spreading nationwide
ANTIBIOTICS will be handed out to thousands of students in a race to stop the spread of deadly meningitis across the country. Unprecedented emergency measures are being taken across Kent in an effort to contain the infection before young people go...
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Starmer refusing to send warships to Strait
SIR KEIR STARMER is refusing to send warships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz after Donald Trump called for reinforcements to stave off a mounting economic crisis. Britain and other allies are resisting the US president’s request for a “team...
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Princess of Ales lends a hand to save our pubs
THE Prince and Princess of Wales have shown their support for the British beer industry by scaling a brewery ladder, tipping in some hops and declaring that “pubs are so important”. The couple, who undertook a royal tour de force through London, spoke...
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Where did you get that hat, Carole?
IT is supposed to be the sport of kings, but the thunder of hooves on the turf at Cheltenham has been eclipsed by bat and ball. In the feature race on day two at the festival, cricketer Craig Kieswetter – capped 71 times by England – left Sir Alex...
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Trump ramps up bombing of Iran
DONALD TRUMP intensified his war against Iran yesterday, dropping bunker-busting bombs on the regime’s underground missile facilities. Just 24 hours earlier, the US president had declared the war was “very complete” and that Iran’s military had been...
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Trump: Iran war ‘very complete’
DONALD TRUMP said the war in Iran was “very complete” after an hour-long phone call with Vladimir Putin. The US president said his country’s joint operation with Israel had left Iran with “no navy, no communications… no air force”. “I think the war is...
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Defiant Iran turns to Khamenei’s son
IRAN has chosen the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the country’s next supreme leader. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, a mid-ranking hardliner, was elected by clerics despite lacking the senior religious credentials typically required. His...
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Starmer: US must negotiate with Iran
SIR KEIR STARMER has told Donald Trump to negotiate with Iran despite the regime firing missiles at allies across the Middle East. The Prime Minister called on the United States to reach a settlement with Tehran, saying it was his “strong view” that...
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As the world burns, MPS keep dancing...
WHILE the world reels from war in the Middle East, MPS are waltzing in Parliament accompanied by Nero and his Titanic Orchestra. The ageless Angela Rippon led Lindsay Hoyle in a merry dance on the floor of Portcullis House to promote health, wellbeing...
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Starmer is no Churchill
DONALD TRUMP has attacked Sir Keir Starmer over his lack of support for the Iran war, saying he is “not Winston Churchill” and “ruins relationships”. In his harshest rebuke of the Prime Minister yet, the US president criticised him for initially...
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I am very disappointed in Keir
DONALD TRUMP has told The Telegraph he is “very disappointed” in Sir Keir Starmer for blocking him from using Diego Garcia to carry out strikes on Iran. In an exclusive interview, the US president said that the Prime Minister’s initial refusal to let...
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Britain backs war on Iran
BRITAIN has given the US permission to use its military bases to strike Iran. Sir Keir Starmer backed the war with Iran after allies across the Middle East came under attack from Tehran’s missiles and drones. “The United States has requested...
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The showgirl and the Prince
Ruthie Henshall, the West End actress, has revealed that she is writing a memoir inspired by her ‘bittersweet’ relationship with Prince Edward – including love letters that the now Duke of Edinburgh wrote to her.
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Doubling cash for NHS ‘had no impact’
NHS spending has doubled in 17 years with “no impact” on the nation’s health, a former health minister has admitted. Lord Bethell, a Conservative minister under Boris Johnson, said Britain was facing “a social, moral and economic disaster” because...
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Sinners and winners
Aimee Lou Wood blows a kiss before the EE Bafta Film Awards in London. An early surprise was Rada-trained Wunmi Mosaku’s win in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in Ryan Coogler’s vampire tale Sinners
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Andrew arrested
HE LEFT the police station under the cover of darkness. Slumped in the back seat of a car, wild-eyed and exhausted, Andrew Mountbatten-windsor looked like a man with the full weight of the past and the future on his shoulders. Born in a palace and...
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British technology helped Putin destroy my home
YANA KHUDYO, 15, woke to find herself buried beneath the rubble of her home. Two of her ribs and one leg had been shattered by an explosion. It took rescuers 40 minutes to pull her from the wreckage after Igor, her 24-year-old brother, heard her...
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Reeves blocking defence cash boost
RACHEL REEVES is resisting pressure from military chiefs to spend billions more on defence, The Telegraph understands. The Chancellor has rejected requests from the Ministry of Defence to increase its budget amid fears of a £28bn funding shortfall....
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Starmer U-turns on cancelled elections
SIR KEIR STARMER has abandoned plans to cancel local elections for 4.6million people following The Telegraph’s Campaign for Democracy. In the Prime Minister’s latest aboutturn, elections in 30 local authorities will now take place in May, reversing a...
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Golden couple
Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker celebrate winning gold in the skeleton mixed team final at the Winter Olympics. Weston’s second win in the space of three days means he is the first British man to claim two Winter Olympic gold medals. Charlotte Bankes...
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Rayner turns on Starmer over pubs
ANGELA RAYNER and Andy Burnham have called for more tax support for pubs in a fresh challenge to Sir Keir Starmer’s authority. The two Labour figures, tipped as potential rivals in a leadership contest, suggested the Prime Minister should cut VAT to...
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Jagger’s fiancée attacked outside Annabel’s
SIR MICK JAGGER’S fiancée has been “physically attacked” in Mayfair. Melanie Hamrick, a ballerina, said that she was grabbed from behind by two assailants after a night at Annabel’s, a private members’ club. Ms Hamrick, 38, said she was left...
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The Olympic cheating scandal you didn’t expect
Sturla Holm Laegreid gave one of the most unusual interviews in Olympics history yesterday by tearfully telling the world on live TV that he had cheated on his girlfriend. The Norwegian biathlete told TV journalists after winning a bronze medal: ‘Six...
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Streeting accused of No10 coup
WES STREETING has been accused of orchestrating a leadership coup against Sir Keir Starmer. The Prime Minister clung on to power yesterday after Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, went public with calls for him to resign. The Telegraph can...
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Starmer plays his last card as Mcsweeney leaves No 10
SIR KEIR STARMER has been told by Labour MPS that the departure of his chief of staff will not be enough to save his premiership. Morgan Mcsweeney resigned from Downing Street yesterday after giving “wrong” advice that Sir Keir should appoint Lord...
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It’s me, Cathy
Margot Robbie at the British premiere of Wuthering Heights in Leicester Square, London, last night. The Australian actress plays Cathy Earnshaw in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of the 1847 Emily Brontë novel, opposite Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff
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Rayner turns on Starmer
ANGELA RAYNER has forced Sir Keir Starmer into an about-turn over his handling of the Lord Mandelson scandal. The Prime Minister’s own MPS are calling for him to consider his position after the planned release of documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s...
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Brown accuses No10 of cover-up
GORDON BROWN has dragged Britain’s most senior civil servant into the Mandelson scandal, questioning why he failed to launch an investigation last autumn. The Metropolitan Police announced a criminal investigation yesterday after emails showed Lord...
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Mandelson leaked No10 emails to Epstein
LORD MANDELSON leaked confidential government emails to Jeffrey Epstein while serving in Gordon Brown’s Cabinet, new files show. The Labour peer, who was serving as business secretary, shared market-sensitive information with Epstein that the...
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Mandelson faces order for Epstein evidence
LORD MANDELSON is set to be summoned to give evidence before Congress about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Sources close to the powerful US House Oversight Committee, which has spearheaded the release of millions of government-held files on...
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Starmer among friends
EVEN by the standards of thin-skinned tyrants, China’s leaders are supremely sensitive about how foreigners describe their country. Caught between his irascible hosts and a sceptical British public, Sir Keir Starmer has had to negotiate a verbal...
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Starmer: Use ECHR to investigate British troops
SIR KEIR STARMER called for European human rights laws to be used to investigate British troops in Iraq in a book edited by Phil Shiner, the disgraced lawyer. In the book, the Prime Minister accused the government of a “deliberate effort” to alter...
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Starmer led ‘witch-hunt’ against Iraq veterans
SIR KEIR STARMER led a legal case that opened the door to hundreds of British soldiers being pursued for alleged war crimes, The Telegraph can disclose. The Prime Minister worked free of charge alongside his close ally, Lord Hermer, currently the...
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‘I feel like I’ve come home’
Suella Braverman accused the Conservatives of betrayal yesterday as she defected to Reform UK, telling its leader Nigel Farage she feels like she’s ‘come home’. In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph today, the former home secretary adds: ‘Reform...
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Labour in revolt over Burnham ‘stitch-up’
LABOUR MPS are in open revolt against Sir Keir Starmer after he oversaw a “stitch-up” that blocked Andy Burnham from returning to Parliament. Loyalists on the ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) voted yesterday to bar the Mayor of Greater...
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