'There’ll be an end to the culture of authoritarianism in the Labour Party, where good MPs were kicked out just for disagreeing on policy', the former Health Secretary Wes Streeting writes16:49, 11 Jul 2026Updated 16:49, 11 Jul 2026View 2 ImagesAndy Burnham has pledged to change the way Labour MPs are treated by Downing Street(Image: AFP via Getty Images)There’s a breath of fresh air blowing in from the North. Andy Burnham is bringing his straight-talking, honest, values-driven politics down from Manchester. It’s giving the…

David O'Toole was found by cops hiding out in a caravan park in North Wales and was wanted for an array of offences, including one where he set his dog onto his then-girlfriend's tortoiseSian Hewitt and Adam Everett16:45, 11 Jul 2026Updated 16:47, 11 Jul 2026View 2 ImagesO'Toole was found hiding in a caravan park(Image: LIVERPOOL ECHO)A wanted man who was found hiding at a caravan park set his dog on his girlfriend's tortoise, a court heard. David O'Toole, 40, was on the run for nine months after fleeing from the back of a…

A neighbour of Ann Widdecombe has claimed a man wearing hiking gear appeared in the middle of the night before the body of the ex-Tory MP was found dead at her Dartmoor home16:04, 11 Jul 2026View 4 ImagesPolice were called to Ann Widdecombe's home shortly after midday on Thursday, where she was found deadOne of Ann Widdecombe's neighbours has claimed a man in hiking gear turned up in the dead of night before the former Tory MP's body was found. Miss Widdecombe was discovered at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor on Thursday…

The mystery of the murder of Ann Widdecombe continues as police try to piece together her movements on the final day of her life - here is the timeline of the events as detectives launch a manhunt for her killer15:43, 11 Jul 2026Updated 15:53, 11 Jul 2026View 3 ImagesAnn Widdecombe was proud of her stunning Devon home(Image: Christopher Jones/Shutterstock)Police believe former MP and MEP Ann Widdecombe was attacked in her home nearly 24 hours before her body was discovered and said they are hunting for a white male…