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Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended from the Labour Party for his role in the WhatsApp group scandal Second Labour MP suspended over WhatsApp group scandal A second Labour MP has been suspended from the party amid a row over alleged sexist, homophobic and racist messages in a constituency WhatsApp group. Labour has announced that Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been administratively suspended from the party after a meeting with the chief whip Sir Alan Campbell this afternoon. The scandal had already cost Andrew Gwynne his job as a junior health minister, and now Mr Ryan, who used to…

Trump’s tariffs on steel have provoked panic that his administration could soon go after other products Starmer urged to spell out plan to fight Trump’s tariff trade war Labour has insisted it has a plan to deal with Donald Trump’s tariffs, as the latest threat to British steel production prompts demands for Sir Keir Starmer to set out his strategy. The US president on Monday announced a worldwide 25 per cent tariff on steel, triggering panic over the future of Britain’s fragile industry and raising fears that more trade fees could deepen problems for the UK economy, which is already…

US President Donald Trump issued a 25% steel and aluminium tariff on all countries on Monday, heightening fears of a potential trade war and increased consumer costs.

Linda Robson thinks ‘it would be fantastic’ to have a trans panelist on Loose Women Loose Women panelist Linda Robson thinks a trans panelist would be ‘fantastic’ on the popular daytime TV show. The host, 66, spoke to Metro on the red carpet of the TV Choice Awards and shared her hopes that the show may get the recognition it deserves during the event and her belief that the show has a bright future. When asked if she thinks it would be a good time for a trans panelist to join Loose Women, Linda is enthusiastic, saying: ‘Yeah it would…

New York Dolls co-founder and punk icon David Johansen has shocked fans with the revelation that he has a brain tumour and stage four cancer. The news first broke via a Sweet Relief Fund in the 75-year-old’s name seeking to raise money for his treatment and ongoing care. Leah Hennessey, the singer’s daughter, revealed the extent of her 75-year-old father’s health issues on the site. She wrote: ‘Five years ago at the beginning of the pandemic we discovered that David’s cancer had progressed and he had a brain tumor. ‘There have been complications ever since. He’s never made his diagnosis public, as he and…

The Traitors winner Leanne Quigley has shown remarkable restraint after her bank balance was boosted by five figures. The 28-year-old veteran bagged £47,300 after successfully banishing all the traitors with fellow faithful Jake Brown, 28, on the BBC show earlier this year. While Leanne has had an agonising wait until after the show aired to splash the cash, she confirmed to Metro at the TV Choice Awards that she had finally been paid last week. However, the mother-of-two revealed she had resisted the urge to go on a shopping spree and instead had yet to touch the huge sum to…

Viewers of the new BBC drama Virdee all have the same complaint about the detective thriller series. The new series, about turf wars in the dark criminal underbelly of Bradford, premiered tonight on the broadcaster. The series follows detective Detective Harry Virdee (played by Staz Nair) as he takes charge of an investigation into the murder of a young drug dealer. His ethics are soon tested when he enlists the help of his drug kingpin brother-in-law to track down the killer, creating a web of deception. As fans tuned into the show, they struggled to adjust to the camera angles which…

ITVX has quietly added Norwegian drama Partners in Law All three seasons of a gripping Scandi legal drama have now been added to a free UK streaming platform. Last week, Norwegian courtroom series Partners in Law (Aber Bergen) arrived on ITVX – ready and waiting to be binge-watched. The show follows newly divorced Erik Aber (Odd-Magnus Williamson) and Elea Bergen (Ellen Dorrit Petersen) who must not let their fractured relationship damage their successful law firm. Instead, the two defence lawyers must push their personal problems aside as they work together on numerous challenging court cases. Across social media, TV…

A Dolly Parton-themed musical had to be suspended mid-show in Manchester because of homophobic harassment, according to one of the actor’s in the production. One of the performers in the musical Here You Come Again, Stevie Webb, said that homophobic incidents at the show have gotten so bad the cast was at one point forced to leave the stage. Webb, who explained the story on TikTok to his 102.7k followers, said that last Wednesday the whole cast had to ‘leave the stage, because a woman was so disgusted there was a gay character.’ He wrote on TikTok that the incident…

How tempted are you? The Tuesday letters page is unimpressed by Sony’s compensation for the PSN outage, as one reader thinks a new God Of War game set in Greece is a bad idea. Risk takersIf there’s one thing that gives me confidence about the Nintendo Switch 2 launch it’s that they’re taking a ‘risk’. I know they only mean in terms of making lots of them, even though they don’t know if they’ll all sell, but as usual in the games industry, and I guess most everything else, it’s the smaller companies that take all the risks and…