Story of fish discovered and rescued by cardiologist in Newcastle grips millions on social mediaHow did a live goldfish come to be found on a Newcastle lawn? It is hardly the mystery of the century but it has confounded social media users ever since Ben Beska, a junior doctor, posted on X, formerly Twitter, about his unlikely animal rescue.Beska was...

New leader tells activists in Glasgow that they must demonstrate the ‘relevance’ of independence to the cost of living crisisSign up for our Election Edition newsletterPlaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has said Keir Starmer wants to “act as the puppet master within all of the Labour party” through his “parachuting of candidates last minute to Wales”.He...

Exclusive: Ukrainian leader says bad peace deal in event of Trump victory would mean end of US as global ‘player’Donald Trump risks being a “loser president” if he wins November’s election and imposes a bad peace deal on Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said, saying it would mean the end of the US as a global “player”.In an interview with the Guardian...

‘The campaign is playing on all fields,’ an adviser to Trump’s campaign tells PoliticoFormer president Donald Trump has joined social media platform TikTok and made his first post late Saturday night, a video featuring the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO, Dana White, introducing Trump on the social media platform.The move came despite that fact that...

Thinktank says £1 lost in every £13 basic payment to repay debts to private landlords and utility firms and correct tax office errorsHalf of those on universal credit are losing money on every payment because of automatic deductions by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to research.Claimants are losing £1 in every £13 of basic payment...

The coronavirus pandemic had a huge effect on the justice system, but what else can the data show us?“Justice delayed is justice denied” goes the old legal maxim – one that has captured the state of the court system in England and Wales in recent years.The backlogs caused by the coronavirus pandemic are only one of the ways in which the justice and...