Labour has been accused of launching an attack on aspiration by restricting the Right to Buy.Ministers are stopping newly built council houses being sold off for 35 years under major changes to Margaret Thatcher’s flagship policy that helped millions get on the housing ladder.They are also requiring tenants to have lived in social homes for a decade – up from the current three years – before they are eligible to buy them.In addition, the maximum discount available is being slashed. Buyers will only be able to get…

LOADINGERROR LOADINGA Wyoming judge has blocked a new state law that bans abortions beyond the earliest stages of pregnancy while a lawsuit challenging the provision moves ahead.It’s the first court ruling affecting the legal status of abortion in Wyoming since the state Supreme Court struck down sweeping abortion and abortion pill bans in January, finding that the laws violated the state constitution.Advertisement The new law, which would ban abortion after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected, is likely to be…

The high-flying Melbourne Demons have stunned the AFL by parting ways with chief executive Paul Guerra less than a year after his appointment despite the club's strong on-field form.Guerra, who was appointed in April 2025 but did not officially commence duties until September, lasted just seven months in the role before being told the club is moving him on.Guerra was informed of the decision on Tuesday morning, a decision which reportedly blindsided the outgoing Demons boss.Guerra is now understood to be seeking legal advice…

Beverley Stephens was volunteering at a day centre for the down at heel in the Saltley area of Birmingham when she first met Barry Williams.She thought he was kind with a friendly personality, a ‘regular’ man who had simply fallen on hard times.Despite a 17-year age gap they started dating, but while Beverley, 34, was falling for her new man, he was hiding a dark secret that would make most potential suitors run for the hills.Williams, 51, was a convicted spree killer who had just spent 15 years in Broadmoor Hospital for…