Taylor Swift has said her track Opalite is Travis Kelce’s favourite on her new album, The Life Of A Showgirl. The pop star spoke on The Graham Norton Show, which was filmed on Thursday and is due to air on Friday as the album is released. She said her father is excited about Opalite, and fans have speculated the song could reference her fiancé, the American football player Kelce, whom […]

The Green Party said Labour is too closely aligned with Reform UK as its Bournemouth conference begins. New leader Zack Polanski is due to set out a policy package ahead of May local elections, including proposals to tax the assets of the wealthiest 1% to help reduce bills and fund public services. He is expected to say the Greens want to build a country that everyone can afford to live […]

A Holyrood committee has backed the general principles of the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill. The measure would require councils and other public bodies to draw up plans aimed at generating, circulating and retaining wealth in local economies, including potential increases in local procurement. The Scottish Government would also be obliged to publish a parliamentary statement detailing actions to reduce wealth inequalities and boost wealth in local areas. The Economy […]

Taylor Swift has released her 12th studio album, The Life Of A Showgirl, which she calls a self-portrait. The record arrived at 5am in the UK, with fans waking early to hear it. In an Instagram post she said she was 'so proud' to share the new record and that it 'feels so right'. Swift thanks mentors and producers Max Martin and Shellback, saying they helped her paint this self-portrait. […]

Police say the man who killed two Jewish men outside a synagogue on the Jewish holy day was a British citizen of Syrian descent. The attacker has been named as Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, who is believed to have arrived in the UK as a child and was granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was around 16. He was shot dead by officers seven minutes after the emergency response was […]

Four people were injured after a car was driven towards members of the public and a man was stabbed outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, Manchester. Greater Manchester Police said officers were called to the scene at about 09:31 on Thursday. The suspect, believed to be the offender, was shot by firearms officers. A bomb disposal lorry arrived later, and the force declared a major […]

The Conservatives have pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act of 2008 and replace the framework with an energy strategy that prioritises cheap, reliable energy as the foundation for growth. Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the plan would remove what she described as the 'failed targets' and shift away from legally binding carbon budgets toward a new approach to energy policy. The Climate Change Act, introduced under Labour, set an […]

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said there is real urgency to scrap the two-child cap, amid speculation it could be removed in the upcoming budget. The limit, introduced by the Conservative government, restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households. Campaigners say the policy pushes more than 100 children into poverty each day. Ms Phillipson told a radio programme she is clear about […]

Dame Jane Goodall, the renowned primatologist and conservationist, has died aged 91. The Jane Goodall Institute said she died of natural causes in California while on a speaking tour. She had been due to meet students and teachers to plant 5,000 trees in wildfire burn zones around Los Angeles, with the event set to take place at the EF Academy in Pasadena. Organisers confirmed the first tree would be planted […]