UK politics: New Reform mayor suggests 10% cut to council workforce – as it happened
urged council workers to sign up after Reform won control in several local authorities in Thursday’s local elections. Labour and one they are taking seriously
Idah hits Celtic leveller as Rangers denied in Old Firm showdown
A low-key Old Firm encounter preceded Barry Ferguson’s strongest public pitch yet to be made the Rangers manager. Nobody should be in any doubt that
Partisan and ‘creepy’ interviews are threat to democracy, Nick Robinson says
Fawning and partisan podcasts that give politicians hours of unchallenged airtime pose a danger to democracy, Nick Robinson has said, as he warned that Britain
Badenoch says more children, not immigration, will help with ageing population
People should be having more children rather than the UK relying on immigration to deal with an ageing population, Kemi Badenoch has suggested. The Conservative
US jury’s $30m verdict brings hope for Cuban exiles over confiscated land
Long before it became one of Cuba’s most popular tourist destinations in the 1990s, the small island of Cayo Coco, with its pristine beaches and
Post your questions for folk music legend Peggy Seeger
After a long career which has established her as one of the most significant folk singers on both sides of the Atlantic, Peggy Seeger is
‘Everything we built – gone’: how the wildfires decimated LA’s music scene
Within the ashes of what used to be Christopher Fudurich’s home in Los Angeles, some objects from his garage music studio were still identifiable. Microphones
‘I was the only person who didn’t know the words to Coldplay’: Anoushka Shankar’s honest playlist
The first song I fell in love withTana Mana by my dad, Ravi Shankar. In the late 80s he was experimenting with synthesisers and released
Who is behind the great rock’n’roll ripoff? How Ticketmaster swallowed the live entertainment scene
Even Donald Trump knows that the price of concert tickets is too damn high. Recently, flanked by the preposterously dressed Maga rocker Kid Rock, the
Arizona governor pauses deportation for Guatemalan who gave birth days ago
A Guatemalan immigrant who crossed the US border eight months pregnant and gave birth in Arizona has avoided fast-track deportation after intervention by the state’s