One of Nigel Farage’s new Reform councillors claimed not to remember if he TWICE stood for the British National Party.The Reform leader boasted it was his “golden rule” to prevent BNP activists joining – and has even attacked its “racist agenda”. Now we can reveal how a freshly-elected Reform councillor initially admitted not denying being on the ballot paper for the BNP. David Laing, part of a motorcycle “brotherhood”, was one of dozens of Reform hopefuls victorious in Sunderland as the party ended Labour’s over 50-year…

The suspected first case in the deadly “rat virus” cruise ship outbreak has reportedly been traced to a Dutch birdwatcher14:42, 09 May 2026Updated 14:46, 09 May 2026View ImageHealth workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026(Image: AP)The suspected first case in the deadly “rat virus” cruise ship outbreak has reportedly been traced to a Dutch birdwatcher. Ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, 70, is said to have boarded the…

MP's have expressed concern over an 'extremely sick' stage adaptation of author Dame Hilary Mantel's The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, just one week after a gunman was accused of trying to shoot US President Donald Trump. The short story, published a year after the former Conservative Prime Minister's death in 2013, imagined a plot to kill Thatcher and drew widespread criticism across the political spectrum.Now playwright Alexandra Wood has adapted the plot and the production is on stage at the Liverpool…

A man who has repeatedly objected to David and Victoria Beckham's plans for their luxury Cotswolds estate has been revealed to be living more than 9,000 miles away in Australia.James Worthington has lodged a string of complaints against planning applications linked to the Beckhams' Grade II-listed home, accusing the celebrity couple of turning the countryside into 'Miami or Florida' with 'suburbia-style' features. But despite presenting himself as a concerned local resident, Worthington admitted in one objection letter…