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Labour MP threatens Starmer with leadership challenge after election rout
Financial Times · Sat 09 May, 17:46
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
The glory of low expectations
They are the key to happiness — and not a matter of choice
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
Tenerife prepares to evacuate hantavirus cruise ship
Passengers with symptoms could be sent to isolation on the island, health officials warn
BBC News
Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet
Catherine West tells the BBC if a leadership hopeful does not put themselves forward she will try to trigger a contest.
BBC News
Labour MPs have put Starmer on notice after election battering. Can he turn it around?
Even the prime minister's most loyal ministers are pushing him to change, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
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
Britons on virus-hit cruise ship to isolate at hospital after being flown to UK
The MV Hondius is expected to dock in the Canary Islands this weekend.
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
Passengers on Hantavirus Cruise Ship Will Disembark in Tenerife and Return to Home Countries
The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of...
NYT Europe
Britain’s Electorate Is ‘Splintering.’ Can Its System Stand the Strain?
Insurgent parties like Reform U.K. surged at the polls this week. But the British electoral system wasn’t built for...
The Telegraph
Challenge Starmer or I will, Labour MP tells Cabinet
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
‘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
Watch: Match of the Day
Gabby Logan presents highlights from the day’s five Premier League games.
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
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.
BBC Sport · Rugby Union
Four-try Packer 'doesn't go away' as England set up Grand Slam decider
Four-try veteran flanker Marlie Packer "doesn't go away" as she eyes a fitting England finale in Bordeaux's Women's...
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
Stokes falls to Home-town hero as Worcestershire keep Durham in check
England's Test captain out for 14 to young seamer Jack Home in first innings since the Ashes
ESPN Cricinfo
Glamorgan's Tom Norton makes history with hat-trick on debut
Somerset rocked to 32 for 6 second innings as 18-year old runs riot with four dismissals
Science
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...
New Scientist
Neanderthal 'kneeprint' found next to mysterious stalagmite circle
An impression made in clay around 175,000 years ago could be a kneeprint left by one of the builders of a strange...
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
Dyson’s powerful 360 Vis Nav robovac is down to $279.99 for a limited time
If you’re tired of running your vacuum multiple times just to get the dirt and debris out of the carpets in your...
The Verge
These great digital gifts will arrive just in time for Mother’s Day
And just like that, Mother’s Day is tomorrow, May 10th, which is too soon for most online purchases to arrive in...
The Verge
Let it snow
Water gets all the credit. When gaming companies want to show off new graphics technology, things tend to get wet;...
The Verge
The game that makes me actually want to exercise
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 127, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new...
Techcrunch
Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy
Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services, has filed for bankruptcy and is...
Techcrunch
GM agrees to pay $12.75M in California driver privacy settlement
General Motors has reached a privacy-related settlement with a group of law enforcement agencies led by California...
Techcrunch
The Instax Wide 400 builds on instant photography’s simplicity and stretches it, literally
In an AI and digital world, analog instant film and retro-style cameras continue to remain popular, fueled by a mix...
Techcrunch
Nvidia has already committed $40B to equity AI deals this year
Nvidia continues to be a big investor in the AI ecosystem.
Wired
Best Live-Captioning Smart Glasses (2026), WIRED tested
Can’t hear what they’re saying? Now you can turn on the subtitles for real-life conversations.
Wired
Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
Plus: Meta officially kills encrypted Instagram DMs, the Trump administration targets “violent left wing...
Hacker News · 207 pts
Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc
Hacker News · 461 pts
Internet Archive Switzerland
Hacker News · 158 pts
I’ve banned query strings
Hacker News · 100 pts
Zed Editor Theme-Builder
Hacker News · 29 pts
FreeBSD: Local Privilege Escalation via Execve()
Hacker News · 80 pts
CPanel's Black Week: 3 New Vulnerabilities Patched After Attack on 44k Servers
Scientific Papers
Congenital Heart Block
Comorbidities in parents of individuals with congenital heart block: a Swedish nationwide study
Diagnostic Yield of Serial PR Interval Screening for Fetal Heart Block in Anti-SSA/SSB Pregnancies
The Prevalence of Fetal Complete Heart Block and the Role of Positive Autoantibodies in Pregnant Women with Rheumatologic Diseases
Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies affected by mixed connective tissue disease
Prenatal Diagnosis of Immune-Mediated Fetal Complete Heart Block Revealing Maternal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus