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Friday, 16 January 2026 10:21
Twenty-two councils ask for election delays
More than twenty English councils have requested permission to delay their local elections scheduled for May, affecting over 2.5 million voters. The proposed postponements are linked to the government’s wide-ranging reorganisation of local government, which will…
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:17
PM: 'X is acting to ensure full compliance with UK law'
Keir Starmer has said that Elon Musk’s social media platform X is acting to ensure compliance with UK law, following outrage over its AI tool, Grok, being used to generate non-consensual sexualised images. There was widespread…
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:14
Assisted dying debate faces delay, bishops ‘risk losing legitimacy’
In an unexpected move, as the House of Lords was considering the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a motion was introduced calling for additional time to scrutinise the proposals before the current parliamentary session…
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:10
Kent / Sussex: major incident declared, water supplier under investigation for shortages
South East Water is under investigation by regulator Ofwat after repeated outages since November left tens of thousands of households and businesses across Kent and Sussex without drinking water. Some properties have endured up to six…
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:07
Poland: ‘only Trump can restrain Russia’
On a visit to the UK, Karol Nawrocki, Poland’s president, has warned that Europe faces an increasingly dangerous security environment and believes only Donald Trump can restrain Russia’s ambitions. He said that Russia could not be…
Friday, 16 January 2026 09:59
Greenland: talks in Washington and Denmark, US senators seek to block Trump’s plans
US senators have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at safeguarding NATO unity amid rising tensions over Greenland. The bill would prevent US government funds from being used to seize, occupy or otherwise assert control over the territory…