For the record, loved it. Well done, Paris. Plus to see Celine Dion back in action - what an ending. ❤️❤️❤️ #OpeningCeremony #Paris #OlympicGames

🚨 NEW: James Nelson, 19, is the first rioter to be jailed He pleaded guilty at Manchester Magistrates' Court to causing criminal damage during the disorder in Bolton on Sunday and has been jailed for two months

Unbelievable, but sadly quite believable

On behalf of his constituents in Clacton, where’s Nigel???

This bus driver was simply doing his job when he was racially abused and spat at. Today, Michael Mongan pleaded guilty at court following a rapid investigation by Roads & Transport MPS officers. 📰 | Read more at news.met.police.uk/news/man-plead…

ℹ️ | We are seeing lots of videos being shared online that were filmed at previous protests or during previous incidents. There has been no disorder in London this weekend and the videos are likely being shared to mislead or to fuel tension.

NEW: Scottish Conservative leadership contender Murdo Fraser is still opposed to gay marriage after voting against it 10 years ago. He also voted against gay adoption in 2006 and against same-sex civil partnerships in 2004.

Next time you read a book in the park as a woman, remember it’s now a privilege. In Afghanistan, you can’t read a book. In public. As a woman. The Handmaid’s Tale in 2024.

🚨 NEW: Sir Anthony Seldon's new biography claims that Liz Truss considered stopping cancer treatment on the NHS to fill the financial blackhole [The Independent]

Ugly moment in the Putintseva vs Paolini match at the US Open. The ball girl tries tossing the ball and Yulia watches it bounce on the ground without moving. So many ball kids look up to these athletes. Let's try to treat them kinder. (via Meredith Thompson)

Absolutely incredible! Great Britain have finished second in the medal table at the #Paralympics 🏆 #Paris2024

🚨 NEW: The Speaker's Office and Parliament's security team have 'no recollection' of telling Nigel Farage he shouldn't hold in-person surgeries in Clacton Farage said earlier he was advised not to hold these surgeries due to safety concerns h/t Richard Vaughan & PA Media

Sayeeda Warsi was once celebrated by her party for proving the Conservatives could be a modern, inclusive party. Her departure shows how far she feels it has drifted since the Cameron era.

The best bits in the Boris Johnson memoirs are the unintentional revelations. Here, we learn that the Queen read government briefings, and he didn't.

There seems to be significant faux outrage from Tory leadership candidates Cleverly and Tugendhat about the Starmer government’s transfer of the Chagos islands to Mauritius. Official sources tell me the transfer would have happened in materially the same way at roughly the

“We paid for the abortion in cash so that there wasn't a paper trail of our Texas credit cards paying for an abortion,” says Dani Mathisen. At 20 weeks pregnant, she learned her baby girl had a lethal condition, and was forced to leave the state to get care.

They pre-selected the winners? In other words, the entire thing was bullshit. They misled the American people and likely broke the law doing it

Of the 10 states with abortion rights on the ballot, seven were passed. Three didn't pass: Florida, Nebraska and North Dakota. A clear majority supported abortion rights in Florida but it didn't clear the 60% threshold. This means the closest states where Floridian women can

RFK Jr saying he never knew anybody who was autistic as a kid is particularly galling considering his aunt Eunice founded a day camp for kids with autism in 1962 and founded the Special Olympics in 1968 Just a completely dishonest POS

Breaking: Sources for Miami Herald/McClatchy confirm that the Ethics Report is "highly damaging" -- the report could be leaked today. @miamiherald