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Former Home Secretary Priti Patel has called Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer some nasty names as she launched her bid to become the new Tory leader and future British PM as the Conservative Party - the world's oldest surviving political party - repairs itself after it suffered one of the...

Britain's Far Left Government wants to reduce the five day working week to a four day working week. To receive their full pay, the Labour Government say employees would still have to work their full hours but compressed into a shorter working week - something some workplaces already do. It is...

Would you rather take off from Earth on the Enterprise or on a rocket? For me, the Enterprise would be a doddle, but I don't fancy going to space on a rocket. I've seen the Challenger footage many times through my life.

I reckon it was Oasis and Bob Geldof who led to Hutchence doing himself him. Who can remember when Hutchence presented a Brit Award to Oasis in 1996 and Oasis attacked him? He topped himself the year after.

You need to look back to the era... In 1997 when the Australian band released that song they were seen as being Eighties and outdated, whereas Oasis were seen as being Nineties and trendy and modern and contemporary. It was a desperate and panicky move by INXS, just before Hutchence committed...

Oasis have issued a warning against people reselling tickets for their reunion tour at higher prices. The newly reformed band wrote on X: "We have noticed people attempting to sell tickets on the secondary market since the start of the pre-sale. Please note, tickets can ONLY be resold, at face...

Until we invent safe spacecraft like the starship Enterprise and continue to launch humans and other objects into space on rockets then these things will happen every now and then. The first starship Enterprise will be launched in 2245, so we're still in primitive space travel times.

King Charles III has adopted the 1 millionth British rescue chicken and named her Henrietta. Rather than being killed and eaten, Henrietta will spend her life living in luxury in Highgrove Gardens. The lucky bird even travelled to her luxurious new home in style. The King is renowned for his...

German soldiers welcome Starmer to Berlin outside the Reichstag German soldiers give British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer a warm welcome to Germany in Berlin. Europe's two most powerful nations - not long ago deadly enemies - wish to co-operate more closely in various issues including...

Britain and Germany agree to work more closely in various aspects but Britain tells Germany it is not going to rejoin the EU Europe's two largest economies Britain and Germany are in talks over a new co-operation agreement and the two hope to soon sign a new treaty. Britain has ruled out...

Kim Wilde - "Kids in America" (1981)

Kim Wilde - "Trail of Destruction" (2024) Famous for her 1981 debut single "Kids in America", the London songstress is back with this new single and a new album in 2025 at the age of 63.

Wonderwall is the band's best selling hit. It became the first song from the 1990s to reach a billion streams on Spotify.

They are back: Oasis announce their reunion Manchester Britpop giants Oasis - who have sold over 75 million records worldwide - have reformed 15 years after breaking up and will go on a UK and Ireland tour in 2025. The band, renowned for hits such as "Wonderwall" and "Roll With It", were...

90s Britpop. The Cool Britannia era.

The world's oldest living man has declared he has no "special secrets" to pass on about his longevity as he celebrated turning 112. John Tinniswood, who was born in Liverpool on 26 August 1912, told the Guinness World Records he had "no idea at all" why he had lived so long. The lifelong...

Meanwhile, a fire broke out in an apartment in a skyscraper in Blackwall, east London. Half of a flat and balcony on the 25th floor of a 45-storey building was alight on Biscayne Avenue. Nobody was killed on a day in which two fires broke out in high rise buildings in the metropolis. Ten fire...

Manchester rock giants Oasis look set to announce a comeback. Oasis, who have sold 75 million albums and are headed by brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher split in 2009 after almost 30 years together. Yesterday, seconds after Stockport, Greater Manchester, band Blossoms' headline set at...

Four people have been injured - with two taken to hospital - after a fire devastated a tower block in Dagenham, east London. Work was ongoing in the building to remove "non-compliant" cladding. In 2017, 72 people were killed in a fire in London's Grenfell Tower after it spread rapidly due to...

The £2 coin features the rose of England, the thistle of Scotland, the daffodil of Wales and the shamrock of Northern Ireland.