[ad_1] 1 hour agoShareSaveShareSaveRobert Jenrick's defection to Reform UK features heavily on Friday's front pages. The former Conservative shadow minister, who was sacked by Kemi Badenoch for plotting against her, has become the "most senior Tory to switch to Reform", the Guardian reports. Jenrick has called the Conservatives "rotten" and a "failed" party. The Sun dramatically imagines Farage, Badenoch and "banished Jenrick" as part of the hugely popular TV show
[ad_1] A new funding scheme will give access to emergency cash for people on low incomes across England. The Crisis and Resilience Fund beginning at the start of April will provide £1bn annually for the next three years. People will be able to apply for emergency funds through their local council, whether or not they currently receive benefits. The new rules say councils can give money to people in financial
[ad_1] Joe PikePolitics correspondentEPAOn Wednesday afternoon in a large wood-panelled room in parliament, Robert Jenrick was sitting alongside Kemi Badenoch and the rest of the Conservative shadow cabinet talking about foreign policy."He was honestly very positive and chipper", says one who was in the room.Within twenty-four hours a sensational leak from inside Jenrick's own Commons office would lead to him being thrown out of the party he joined as a
[ad_1] Beth Alaw WilliamsBBC WalesDr Alex George wants improved waiting times ADHD assessmentsLove Island star and author Dr Alex George says being diagnosed with ADHD and OCD has "completely changed my life". The former A&E doctor, who grew up in Carmarthenshire but now lives in London, is calling for improved waiting times for assessments after revealing he paid thousands of pounds for private ADHD and autism tests.In his new book,
[ad_1] Lori CarnochanDumfries and Galloway reporterBBC NewsThe Johnstone family say if they cannot find a way to make their milk production profitable, then they will be forced to sell their farmWhen Adam and Lucy Johnstone took over a dairy farm in the south-west of Scotland two years ago, they were able to make a comfortable profit from the milk produced from their herd of 60 cows. But over the last
[ad_1] A man has been charged with murder after the remains of another man were found in the Somerset countryside.Avon and Somerset Police officers had been searching for Craig Hurcombe, 40, after he was last seen in Gurney Slade at about 18:20 GMT on 1 January.Human remains believed to be his were found in the Roemead Road area on Wednesday evening and Michael Bretton, 40 - who had been arrested
[ad_1] BBCSandbags were being delivered in both Exmouth and Plymouth as emergency services work in and around the cordonsA World War Two bomb dredged from the water in Exmouth is to be disposed of at sea on Friday morning.Thousands of people are spending another night away from their homes as cordons remain in place in Exmouth and Plymouth - where separate unexploded World War Two bombs were discovered on Wednesday.The
[ad_1] 2027 will be the first time both the men's and women's Grand Departs have taken place in the same country outside France.It will mark the first time the Tour de France Femmes has ever started outside mainland Europe.The Tours are the world's biggest free-to-watch sporting events and British Cycling says it is looking to recruit 7,000 volunteers to help with route operations, spectator support and community engagement. The Department
[ad_1] George WalkerThe Old BaileyMet PoliceJazz Reid was found guilty of attempted murder last NovemberA gunman who shot an eight-year-old girl and her father while pretending to be a Deliveroo driver in north-west London has been jailed for 38 years.Jazz Reid, 33, fired 11 shots, hitting the child twice and the 34-year-old man five times as they sat with other family members in a car in Ladbroke Grove on 24
[ad_1] Getty ImagesRestaurant inspectors need to modernise, according to critic Giles CorenMichelin-starred restaurants should not have to abide by normal health and safety rules, food critic Giles Coren has said.The writer claimed inspectors needed to "modernise" after two-star Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms received a hygiene rating of one out of five after food safety officers visited on 5 November.According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), that means "major improvement" is
