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Labour MP threatens Starmer with leadership challenge after election rout

Financial Times · Sat 09 May, 22:51

Catherine West says she has 10 backers as deputy leader Lucy Powell warns challengers not to provoke a contest

Financial Times

How do Labour leadership challenges work?

Keir Starmer’s party has less experience in ousting leaders than the Conservatives

Financial Times

Gordon Brown returns to Number 10 as global finance envoy

Some bemused Labour MPs say appointment is a curious response to Labour’s election drubbing

Financial Times

The court of king Farage

As Reform UK’s leader aims for government, he must juggle a growing crowd of admirers and influence-seekers

Financial Times

Sadiq Khan shares what he’s learnt in a decade as London mayor

Sadiq Khan’s long tenure as mayor is a sharp contrast to high turnover in Downing Street

BBC News

Is Starmer's leadership under serious threat?

Downing Street is trying to ignore the challenge from a former minister, but it has raised eyebrows around Westminster.

BBC News

How Reform won votes from Swansea to Sunderland

Many voters have turned to Reform UK with devastating consequences for the main two parties, Labour and the Conservatives.

BBC News

Virus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife as medics await passengers

The BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from Tenerife where the MV Hondius has arrived, after a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

BBC News

Steve Rosenberg: This year's Victory Day parade in Moscow felt very different

The BBC's Russia editor reports from a Red Square with none of the military hardware which the Kremlin normally...

The Economist

How a Ukrainian strike on a Russian oil hub caused catastrophe

How a Ukrainian strike on a Russian oil hub caused catastrophe The Economist

The Economist

Nigel Farage’s triumph is not quite what it seems

Nigel Farage’s triumph is not quite what it seems The Economist

NYT Europe

Cruise Ship Linked to Hantavirus Outbreak Arrives in Spain’s Canary Islands for Disembarking

The MV Hondius, the cruise ship that had carried passengers infected with hantavirus, anchored off the Spanish...

NYT Europe

The Man Who Cuts the Perfect Slice of Ham

Spaniards line up at weddings, tennis tournaments and galas to eat ham prepared by Ernesto Soriano, one of the...

The Telegraph

Challenge Starmer or I will, Labour MP tells Cabinet

The Telegraph

‘Come on you Irons!’: Guardiola turns West Ham fan as Man City keep title race alive

Wales

BBC Wales

What does Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth do next after election victory?

Plaid forged a stunning election victory, and its leader's thoughts are now on building a government.

BBC Wales

I took one of the most famous photos of the Aberfan disaster – it still haunts me

Mel Parry took one of the defining images of the Aberfan disaster, but "wished he'd never taken it".

BBC Wales

Plaid Cymru wants to run Welsh government on its own, leader says

Rhun ap Iorwerth said he will try to run a minority government after his party's Senedd election triumph.

BBC Wales

Dan Thomas: The ex-London council leader in charge of big Senedd opposition group

The Reform Wales leader has been on a steep learning curve and has challenges ahead in Cardiff Bay.

Sport

BBC Sport · Boxing

Defiant Dubois sheds quitter tag to write new narrative

Daniel Dubois faced questions over his heart and mentality before facing Fabio Wardley, but silenced his critics by...

BBC Sport · Football

'The goals are coming' - is Doku keeping Man City in title race?

Jeremy Doku said last month that he needed to add more goals to his game to be considered one of the best wingers in...

BBC Sport · Football

Hearts fans drunk on drama as intoxicating title race takes twist

Hearts' mentality monsters dig deep for a point in a frenetic game at Motherwell that sums up this Scottish...

BBC Sport · Football

Boos, no intensity and no identity - what is Slot's Liverpool?

More boos at Anfield highlight why Liverpool must change their style during a seismic summer for Arne Slot.

The Race · F1

Gary Anderson: F1's engine numbers still don't add up

Gary Anderson can't see how the changes F1's planning for 2027 will actually solve its problems

The Race · F1

Shorter races needed? F1's 2027 rule changes face big complications

F1 2027 rule changes have been agreed 'in principle' - but there's a key complication that must be addressed before...

The Race · F1

A 'delightful move'? Our verdict on F1's big 2027 engine shift

Is F1's move (in principle) to make fundamental changes to its engine rules an own-goal, or should we just be...

The Race · F1

F1 agrees plan to ditch '50/50' engine power split for 2027

F1 has agreed a plan for engine rule changes for 2027 that will include ditching the notional 50/50 power split...

Formula 1 Official

TREMAYNE: Miami proved Colapinto has rediscovered his mojo

After a dip in 2025, Franco Colapinto has found his groove again – and the F1 buzz is well and truly back among...

Formula 1 Official

The statistic that suggests Antonelli is set to become a champion

Kimi Antonelli joined an exclusive club of Formula 1 drivers who have won three or more races on the bounce with his...

ESPN Cricinfo

Bangladesh bring Taj Nehar back for women's T20 World Cup 2026

Bangladesh will be led by Nigar Sultana for the third consecutive T20 World Cup, and will start their campaign on June 14

ESPN Cricinfo

Mehidy, Taskin run through Pakistan middle order after Awais' debut century

From being at a dominant 210 for 1, Pakistan lost 4 for 20 as Mehidy and Taskin struck twice each

Science

New Scientist

The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over

Creating quantum entanglement inside a solid material is tricky in the lab – but crystals buried in the earth could...

New Scientist

There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise

Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres...

New Scientist

A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing

If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up...

New Scientist

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans...

Nature

Radioactive rain and proving relativity: Books in brief

Nature, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01500-0Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Nature

‘Undruggable’ cancer proteins meet their match

Nature, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01447-2People with a deadly form of pancreatic cancer...

Nature

World-leading climate centre takes Trump administration to court

Nature, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01501-zUniversities that run the National Center for...

Nature

Goodbye GDP? 31 ways to replace the world's favourite measure of economic health

Nature, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01511-xProposed UN progress indicators include...

Technology

The Verge