The Independent

 Sir Keir Starmer has seen off a small rebellion from Labour backbench MPs in the Commons in a crunch vote over scrapping the two-child benefit cap.In total, there were 103 votes for the amendment, and 363 against, with the prime minister winning a majority of 170.Seven Labour MPs broke ranks and voted to scrap the amendment, which included Apsana Begum, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain, Rebecca Long-Bailey, John McDonnell and Zarah Sultana.But the issue is unlikely to go away with Mr Starmer set to face further questioning on the benefit cap at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.It follows...

Keir Starmer wins two-child benefit cap crunch vote despite Labour MP rebellion - live

 James Cleverly will become the first Tory to throw their hat in the ring and replace Rishi Sunak in what promises to be a fierce leadership battle.The former home secretary said he could “unite the Conservative Party and overturn Starmer’s loveless landslide” as he blew the race wide open with an emotional pitch featuring clips of home video of his childhood growing up in south London.In a post on social media, the shadow minister said he was running to “restore the confidence of the British people in us as a party” and “re-establish our reputation” as a party that...

James Cleverly enters race to become next Tory leader

The Guardian

If things don’t work out for the PM in No 10, he has a glorious alternative career ahead of him delivering heartfelt eulogies

Fresh from his international lap of honour, Starmer’s next role was Biden mourner-in-chief | John Crace

Eight people have been jailed for their role in a county lines plot which involved children delivering Class A drugs. The group was sentenced after being convicted of conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine in Barrow and Manchester, between September 2022 and January 2023. Preston Crown Court heard Jordan...

Eight jailed for county lines drugs plot

A dealer who lived a "luxurious lifestyle" and hired high value vehicles to use in a drug supply operation has been jailed. Dylan Martin, 31, was running the "Doctor" line which supplied heroin and cocaine in Braintree and the surrounding area. Essex Police said he was arrested in the town...

Drug dealer who lived 'luxurious' life jailed

A former wrestler has swapped headlocks and takedowns for weddings and baptisms after being ordained at Canterbury Cathedral. The Rev Steven Horne, 43, from Ashford, is among a new cohort of deacons and priests ordained by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Dover last month. He told BBC...

Former wrestler swaps headlocks for priesthood

Two men have been arrested after a person was raped in a cemetery in the early hours of Sunday. North Yorkshire Police said the incident happened at about 01:50 BST in Dean Road Cemetery in Scarborough. Officers said two men, 18 and 21, were arrested shortly after the incident on...

Two held after 'terrifying' rape in cemetery

Police say a 23-year-old man has been arrested following the incident in Ross-on-Wye.

Man arrested on suspicion of raping woman

The bodies of a couple who set off on a sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean have been found on a washed-up life raft almost six weeks after they were last seen. Briton Sarah Packwood and her Canadian husband Brett Clibbery are thought to have abandoned their yacht and perished before washing up on Sable Island near Nova Scotia in Canada on 12 July.

Couple found dead after trying to cross Atlantic

Christopher and Janine Barton died in the collision which claimed a total of six lives, police say.

Bike couple in crash that killed six people named

A former sub-postmistress, awarded compensation years after being falsely accused of stealing from the Post Office, has said she thought the case "would never end." Gail Ward, who ran a branch in Wells, Somerset, was convicted in 2007 of false accounting because of the Post Office's faulty Horizon IT system.

'I just sat down crying and said, it's finished'

Disco singer Evelyn Thomas, whose powerful voice helped define the Hi-NRG scene of the 1980s, has died at the age of 70. The Chicago-born star scored an international hit with the 1984 single High Energy, which made the top five in the UK and topped the US club charts. Her...

High Energy singer Evelyn Thomas dies, aged 70

US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has resigned from her position as head of the agency following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Ms Cheatle testified for nearly six hours during a contentious House committee hearing on Monday. Lawmakers became increasingly frustrated when she refused to answer questions...

US Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle resigns

The Conservative Party will appoint a new leader on November 2 to replace Rishi Sunak.The 1922 Committee of backbenchers has agreed the rules and timeline for the leadership contest.Nominations will kick off on Wednesday evening and close in the afternoon on July 29.Each candidate will need a proposer, seconder and eight nominations to qualify.I have given this job my all. But you have sent a clear message, and yours is the only judgement that matters.This is a difficult day, but I leave this job honoured to have been Prime Minister of the best country in the world.https://t.co/EhNsfIaGWM— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak)...

New Tory Party leader to be announced on November 2

Lillie Morgan-Roller, four, and Rubie Morgan-Roller, nine, died in the crash on Sunday.

Mum, dad and daughters, 4 and 9, among crash dead

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Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Three people have been arrested after a 10-year-old girl was bitten by an unregistered XL Bully dog and needed hospital treatment for her injuries. The attack happened at about 10:15 BST on Monday at Belvedere in Balby, Doncaster, according to South Yorkshire Police. The dog, from a neighbouring property, "aggressively...

Girl, 10, bitten by XL Bully as she plays in garden

 Nail bars and car washes will be targeted by immigration officers as they step up enforcement action over the summer, the Home Secretary has announced.Yvette Cooper said 1,000 civil servants had been redeployed from working on the now-abandoned Rwanda scheme to staffing a new “returns and enforcement programme”.The new programme is intended to “increase returns of those with no right to be here and to make sure rules are respected and enforced” and will see raids on businesses suspected of employing illegal workers ramped up.Writing in The Sun on Sunday, Ms Cooper added: “We have directed Immigration Enforcement to...

Nail bars and car washes to see immigration raid blitz, Yvette Cooper says

The family of a man who was stabbed to death have described him as a "loveable" character with a "heart of gold". Tommy Boom, 30, a father to one, died in Millers Meadow - also known as Semilong Park - in Northampton at about midnight on Thursday after suffering stab wounds.

Man stabbed to death had 'heart of gold' - family

Lewis Daines is fundraising to support his wife and three children.

Father of three fundraising after cancer diagnosis

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Chris Mason: Starmer’s ruthless streak on show again

You can demonstrate power with numbers in politics. But, boy, the real way to demonstrate it is in actions. Less than three weeks on from the...

Chris Mason: Starmer’s ruthless streak on show again

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