Labour’s first ‘Twitter tsar’ says ministers should get off ‘cesspit’ X immediately
Kerry McCarthy says X had ‘gone too far’ after its AI tool Grok was found to have been used to ‘undress’ images of people without consent and sexualise women and children
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Who is Nadhim Zahawi? Millionaire former Tory chancellor who has joined Reform
Born to a Kurdish family in Iraq, Nadhim Zahawi rose to prominence first as Boris Johnson’s vaccines minister
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Four people killed and five more injured in serious car crash in early hours
Police urge witnesses to come forward after major collision between car and taxi in Bolton
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Time unveils its person of the year and it’s the driving force looking to replace humans
The magazine has named a ‘Person of the Year’ since 1927
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Reeves admits Budget leaks were ‘extremely damaging’ but insists she wasn’t to blame
The chancellor hit out at ‘too many leaks’ and said an inquiry was underway to root out who was responsible
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Ted Cruz lights up Tucker Carlson in bizarre AI photo and sexually explicit rant after ex-Fox host buys home in Qatar
Texas Republican senator reignites feud with conservative pundit in series of abusive posts
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Government accused of delaying crucial guidance on single-sex spaces
The Government says it received draft advice in September – but outgoing EHRC chair says it was sent months before
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Reform UK to make its own tartan in bid to woo Scottish voters
Dr David Bull, the Reform chairman, promised the party would produce ‘scarves, hats and kilts’ for members north of the border
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Labour voters want Starmer to ditch Brexit red lines and rejoin EU customs union instead of raising taxes
Exclusive: Some 67 per cent of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows
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Women’s Institute expresses ‘deep regret’ as it bans trans women after Supreme Court ruling
The WI has welcomed transgender women as members for more than 40 years, but said it felt it ‘had no other choice’ to now exclude them
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Juries to be scrapped in thousands of cases, David Lammy confirms
The justice secretary outlined ‘bold but necessary’ reforms including scrapping juries in cases that could have a likely sentence of three years or less
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Experts doubt the Pentagon can punish Kelly over the ‘illegal orders’ video
Legal experts are raising lots of questions about the Pentagon’s investigation of Mark Kelly
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Met Office issues weather warning with 80mm of heavy rain and flooding set to hit parts of UK
The Met Office said heavy rain is likely to bring some disruption and possible flooding on Monday and Tuesday
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