Al Carns says the military isn't "sufficiently funded", as Dan Jarvis becomes the new defence secretary. Source link

He added: "It is, on the face of it, difficult to reconcile the current scope of Cambridge Aerospace's operations with the restriction that you avoid defence matters entirely, and ...

It comes after a Lords standards probe into his contacts with ministers and advisers during the pandemic. Source link

"Blame me" is the Daily Mirror's headline, referring to McSweeney's statement. But the paper notes that this is a "Labour leadership crisis", with pressure still on the prime minister ...

The adviser says he takes "full responsibility" for advising Sir Keir Starmer to make the peer US ambassador. Source link

Odessa A'zion says she didn't realise her character in Deep Cuts was meant to be half-Mexican. Source link

The Northern Ireland Assembly's new standards commissioner has stepped down a week after being appointed.Mark McEwan, a former assistant chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), ...

The boss of P&O Ferries who presided over the mass sacking of hundreds of workers has quit his role.Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite sparked outrage after he sacked 800 staff ...

An Australian politician and convicted rapist has resigned from parliament moments before he was to be kicked out, after losing a legal challenge to remain.Gareth Ward, 44, was last ...

Lord Robert Winston, a professor and TV doctor who was a pioneer of IVF treatment, has resigned from the British Medical Association (BMA) over planned strikes by resident doctors.Resident ...

Aida FofanaBBC News, West MidlandsPA MediaPiles of rubbish, like in this picture from April, have built up on the city's streets during the disputeTalks over Birmingham's bin strike have ...

Dearbail JordanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesPrimark chief executive Paul Marchant Primark boss Paul Marchant has resigned following an allegation by a woman about "his behaviour towards her in a ...