Boots carried by her horse🕊️ An emotional farewell was bit to Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan as her coffin travelled to The Guards Chapel

9 of every 10 new American jobs since pre-COVID went to someone born outside the country.

The Boriswave might be the most significant demographic event in centuries. The stability from 2007 to 2021 was quite noticeable, but after 2021 when the post-Brexit immigration system was put in-place and non-EU immigration surged, look at the increase in Asian births.

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Produced by the Dicastery for Integral Human Development and EWTN a video reflection on Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, opened the historic launch event on May 25, 2026 in the Vatican.

Starmer's ex-chief of staff Sue Gray joins team Burnham as key adviser - as Tories prepare for snap election trib.al/gQJPjxs

Today my heart is with our trans community, treated so abysmally in this country. Draft guidance means trans people are barred from services they could previously access & inclusive service providers will be at legal risk. Green Party statement: greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22…

Pleasure to speak this afternoon with the leadership of Plaid Cymru & Sinn Fein - @RhunapIorwerth, @MoNeillSF and @MaryLouMcdonald. The direction of travel and demand for independence is clear, and Westminster should grasp the significance of this moment.

A gentle reminder that a man who goes to work to “provide for his family” is actually sacrificing nothing And would still have to work if he didn’t have a family

There is no real argument for rejoining the EU, argues @baylissbaghdad in his latest column for our online subscribers — and nobody makes one thecritic.co.uk/the-ghost-da…

I am genuinely struggling to understand this logic. If the rest of the world is willing to pay a small toll to Iran to keep oil flowing and stabilise markets, then why does the U.S. feel the need to block all shipping, especially when it is not dependent on that oil?

ChatGPT is now available in CarPlay. The voice mode you know, now available on-the-go. Rolling out to iPhone users running iOS 26.4 where CarPlay is supported.