Controversial left-wing firebrand George Galloway has won the Rochdale by-election. The former Labour MP and Celebrity Big Brother contestant, who was standing for the Workers Party of Britain, won 12,335 votes, a majority of 5,697. Independent candidate David Anthony Tully came in second with 6,638 votes, followed by Conservative runner …...Read More

A woman arrested at a vigil for murdered Sarah Everard has told Sky News the Metropolitan Police hasn't changed since and "there's other Wayne Couzens in the Met right now". Patsy Stevenson, a campaigner and equal rights activist, was speaking after an inquiry said on Thursday that Wayne Couzens, the …...Read More

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has said he "absolutely" expects to remain in charge for next week's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The team principal told Sky Sports that Red Bull is a "very strong team" after reigning world champion Max Verstappen and his team-mate Sergio Perez came first and second …...Read More

Formula One world champion Max Verstappen has said his Red Bull boss Christian Horner is "probably a little bit distracted" as he faces more questions over its investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour. Team principal Horner, who is married to former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, said he "won't comment on anonymous …...Read More

Red Bull Formula One team principal Christian Horner has repeated his denial of allegations of inappropriate behaviour after material purported to be alleged evidence in the investigation was leaked. The F1 team's Austrian parent company Red Bull GmbH cleared the 50-year-old of misconduct on Wednesday. He had been placed under …...Read More

Post Office Limited (POL) "intended to pervert the course of justice" by relying on knowingly flawed cash accounts, an inquiry submission filed today alleged. Sir Edward Henry KC, who represents former sub-postmasters Lee Castleton and Seema Misra, among others, in the Post Office scandal, made the remarks in a closing …...Read More

The cost of the stalled Rwanda asylum scheme could balloon to half a billion pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each deportee, an investigation by the public spending watchdog found. The Home Office has so far refused to say how much more money, on top of the £290m already …...Read More

MPs are calling for a new review into the dangers of the drug Primodos, claiming that families who suffered avoidable harm from it have been "sidelined and stonewalled". MPs said the suggestion there is no proven link between the hormone pregnancy test and babies being born with malformations is "factually …...Read More

A drug addict is facing life in prison after being been found guilty of murdering a father-of-three. The decomposing body of Donald Prentice Patience, 45, was discovered inside a duvet cover at the bottom of his stairs after officers were called to a suspected burglary at his home in Radcliffe, …...Read More

The number of obese people worldwide has surpassed one billion, according to global analysis. Research published by The Lancet journal shows 879 million adults and 159 million children were obese in 2022 - the most recent year included in the analysis. In the UK, around 16.8 million people are living …...Read More