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Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa ran the London Marathon in a world record time  for women in April 2025.

London Marathon plans to become two-day, 100,000-runner event in 2027

Next year’s “Double London Marathon” would be staged on Saturday and Sunday April 24-25, with the elite men’s and women’s races also held on separate days.

Britain got there first: When establishment parties are cannibalised their foreign policy bandwidth collapses

Starmer’s foreign policy is about politics – and a warning for Australia

When establishment parties are genuinely destabilised by their flanks in Australia, the economic consequences will be felt well beyond the ballot box.

February

The Greens Party candidate Hannah Spencer, left, stands with party leader Zack Polanski after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election, Manchester, England, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.

UK prime minister in fresh turmoil after Greens’ stunning election win

Voters in Manchester have delivered an electoral earthquake in a traditional Labour stronghold, piling pressure on both Keir Starmer and populist Nigel Farage.

Jay Smith (centre) on stage with his Oasis cover band, Wonderwall.

Farage’s next big fight is on the home turf of Oasis

Labour’s biggest hope is in attracting voters who don’t like British Labour PM Keir Starmer but detest Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 16: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends Katharine, Duchess of Kent’s Requiem Mass service at Westminster Cathedral on September 16, 2025 in London, England. Katharine, Duchess of Kent was married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. She died on September 4 at the age of 92 at Kensington Palace surrounded by her family. Having converted to Catholicism in 1994, her funeral takes place at Westminster Cathedral and is the first Catholic funeral to be held for a member of the royal family in modern British history. Her Royal Highness will be laid to rest at the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore, Windsor. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) SMH NEWS.

Massages, jets and hustle: Andrew’s humiliation grows

Britain’s politicians laid into the outcast royal amid mounting public anger, as the government agreed to release files on his appointment as a UK trade envoy.

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Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe stands in front of former manager Alex Ferguson during a match against Manchester City last year.

Sorry, not sorry: Manchester United owner’s immigrant claim sparks fury

UK billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe apologised if people were offended by his comments that Britain had been “colonised” by incoming migrants.

Keir Starmer’s Labour is close to a historic low in its polling.

‘Puke or diarrhoea’: The brutal choice facing voters in a broken Britain

Reform UK is on the verge of snatching a safe seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer, threatening to end his leadership after a fortnight from hell.

The “Unite the Kingdom” rally in central London on September 13.

Why MAGA loathes ‘third-world sinkhole’ London

Donald Trump and his supporters see London as the symbol of a Europe facing “civilisational erasure”.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (left) has publicly called on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign.

‘Like a slow-motion car crash’: Starmer vows to fight Epstein crisis

The leader of the Labour Party in Scotland has called on him to resign, but the prime minister says he is determined to fight on.

Keir Starmer has lost his chief of staff as the Epstein files continues to rock UK politics.

Starmer loses top aide over Epstein scandal. Will the PM be next?

Keir Starmer has sacrificed his chief of staff over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK envoy to the US. But it won’t stop questions over his leadership.

Morgan McSweeney was Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.

Keir Starmer’s chief of staff resigns over Mandelson-Epstein scandal

The UK prime minister’s right-hand man has quit over his insistence on the appointment of the US ambassador.

Keir Starmer says he regrets appointing Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US.

Starmer says Mandelson betrayed UK, vows to release files

The British prime minister says disgraced former US envoy Peter Mandelson lied repeatedly about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Britain’s now former ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson, left, with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

‘Biggest scandal this century’: Epstein’s pal set to destroy UK PM

Labour MPs have revolted against their own government over its handling of Peter Mandelson, who is accused of leaking secret information to Jeffrey Epstein.

The image from the file appears to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, but there is no detail on where or when it was taken.

Starmer calls for Andrew to reveal everything he has on Epstein

The UK prime minister has suggested the former Duke of York has a duty to the victims of the convicted paedophile to testify to the United States Congress.

January

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s polling numbers are poor, as are those of his Labour government.

Starmer to meet Xi, walking ‘diplomatic tightrope’ amid Trump upheaval

Britain’s prime minister is the latest G7 leader to head to China in pursuit of better economic ties as a buffer against the US president’s trade turbulence.

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Anthony Albanese and Keir Starmer are close politically and personally.

Britain’s PM just sealed his fate. That’s bad news for Albanese

The knives are out for Keir Starmer who blocked a potential leadership rival from running in an upcoming byelection, sparking anger in Labour ranks.

Elon Musk biography family career

UK makes it illegal to create AI nudes without permission

Britain is ratcheting up pressure on Elon Musk’s X, with new laws criminalising deepfakes and a formal investigation being launched.

In 2025 a total of 366 pubs closed for good in England and Wales: one for each day of the year, and it wasn’t even a leap year.

Nanny-state health-and-safety fascism is shutting down British pubs

To drive around England, urban and rural, these days is to see an epidemic of recently closed boozers.

December 2025

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage interviews sports promoter Barry Hearn for his end of year Christmas show on GB News. 

Farage’s anti-woke Christmas party brings cheer to angry Britain

The leading politician hit the sweet spots with his loyal followers during a festive broadcast of his Christmas show in Britain.

Why Jeremy Clarkson is calling last drinks for MPs

The popular TV personality has joined a nationwide ban of Labour MPs in pubs calling out the government for ignoring the struggling hospitality sector.