PM defends Gogglebox appearance after Badenoch criticism
Badenoch told BBC Breakfast that "even as a junior minister or as a secretary of state, I never had time to go on Gogglebox" and it "takes hours to do". The Conservative leader was responding after Burnham was revealed…
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UK Column News — 23rd October 2026
UK Column News Show Notes 00:54 Antisemitism in UK Schools and Colleges: With special guest, Professor David Miller Independent review – antisemitism in schools and colleges in England Independent review – antisemitism…
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Ukraine and Russia each exchange 270 prisoners of war
A prisoner exchange deal was brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration in May . The process is expected to involve 2,000 prisoners of war in total, Zelenskyy said at the time. The latest wave of exchanges…
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Andy Burnham says he has emergency stockpile of beans, soup and Twiglets
The prime minister was questioned on his domestic supply situation after the Be Ready campaign advised households to have enough bottled water and long-life food to keep going in case of an emergency, such as one caused…
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Burnham suggests stocking up on tinned food and bottled water
With storms battering the UK, and in the wake of online disruption caused by a major security flaw, Andy Burnham said "unexpected events seem to be becoming more and more common". The government has drawn up…
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Military aircraft to help get UK 'on front foot' to fight wildfires, Burnham says
Civilian fire services in all four nations will be able to request the support of the Royal Air Force's Chinook helicopters and A400M planes to fight wildfires on tough terrain such as remote moorland and steep…
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French prosecutors open hate crime probe after deadly drive-by shooting
A 12-year-old was among those injured, the mayor of nearby town La Verrière told reporters . “The main focus will obviously be on identifying the perpetrator’s motives — what drove him to attempt to carry out a massacre…
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Neville Lishman: The door is ajar in the Red Wall – we can open it further
The only thing that will clinch Reform’s hold onto much of the Red Wall is if we concede it to them. When you read about an unnamed Shadow Minister proclaiming that Red Wall Voters to be ‘gone’ it is disheartening to…
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Viral image of French woman with ‘refugees welcome here’ sign has been edited
We traced the original image to a protest near the French embassy in Knightsbridge, London, in 2016. Posts shared across X , Facebook and Instagram show a screenshot of a genuine video of a woman trying to stop looters…
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Unaffordable? No, indispensable. The government tries to move the goalposts for care workers
The Home Office has identified a new problem with migrant care workers. Having spent months warning that they cost too much, it now fears that giving them more freedom would deprive us of their labour. The people…
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