“Have a laugh at my funeral,” reads the Sunday Mirror’s headline, alongside an image of Paul O’Grady, who died suddenly on Tuesday. The late TV star’s “best pal”, former Holby City actor Amanda Mealing, says O’Grady told his friends to “have a good time” during the upcoming celebration of his life.
Scottish Labour pulled off an unexpected victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, taking the seat from the SNP despite sliding poll numbers and backlash over UK-wide policies like cuts to winter fuel payments.
Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell won the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election with 8,559 votes, defeating the SNP’s Katy Loudon, who received 7,957 votes.
Labour may consider adjustments to the two-child benefit cap, potentially exempting specific families, as suggested by Harriet Harman.
Cliff Notes Counting is underway in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, triggered by the passing of SNP MSP Christina
A man who has admitted to aggravated arson at a Ukraine-linked warehouse was told to watch a Cold War spy drama as his “manual”, the Old Bailey has heard.
Zia Yusuf has resigned as chairman of Reform UK, stating that working to elect the party is no longer a “good use of my time.”
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