Todd Blanche begins by telling the jury that “President Trump is innocent”. “The district attorney has not met their burden of proof, period,” he says. Blanche then begins a two-pronged argument. “This case is about documents,” he says, adding that it’s not about Stormy Daniels or the hush money she was paid. Rather, he says,...
A 1kg (2.2lbs) suspected World War Two German bomb has been removed and destroyed after being found in a Devon garden. Devon and Cornwall Police said the device was discovered in a home in Church Road, Colaton Raleigh, near Sidmouth, at about 13:40 BST on Sunday. The force said a cordon was set up while...
Nigel Farage has said Reform UK is becoming a “brand new Conservative movement”. Making a speech in Kent, Mr Farage said there was a “lack of debate” between the two main parties and that the election had got off to the “dullest start” he could remember. The party’s honorary president acknowledged Reform UK was “not...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer gave a 30-minute speech that did not have a “single new idea” and that he was taking the country for granted. Speaking in Staffordshire on the campaign trail, Mr Sunak said he was going to “fight very hard every single day” to earn people’s trust. Live...
James Corden and Ruth Jones / PA Gavin and Stacey co-creators James Corden and Ruth Jones confirmed the show would return for a final episode Gavin and Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones has said news leaking early about the show’s final episode was “really mean”. Jones and fellow co-creator James Corden confirmed earlier this month that...
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised that there will be “no additional tax rises needed” beyond those she has set out if Labour wins the general election. In her first major speech of the election campaign, Ms Reeves said that every Labour policy “will be fully funded and fully costed – no ifs, no ands,...
1 hour ago Jude Winter,BBC News, East Midlands Nottinghamshire Police Mr Singraur died after falling off his private e-scooter without wearing a helmet The family of a “kind and caring” Nottinghamshire man who died after falling off an e-scooter have urged people to wear a helmet while riding. Mohit Singraur, 40, who lived in Wollaton,...
Sir Ed Davey fell into the water three times while paddleboarding on Lake Windermere. The Liberal Democrats leader was on a visit to Lake District with local candidate and former party leader Tim Farron, as part of a general election campaign trail. Earlier in May United Utilities was engulfed in a scandal over news of...
9 minutes ago David Deans,Political reporter, BBC Wales News BBC Jonathan Edwards has been an MP since 2010 A former Plaid Cymru MP who accepted a police caution for assaulting his wife has announced he will not be standing in the general election. Jonathan Edwards had been considering running against his former party, but on...
Getty Images The Scottish government has not achieved its headline goal to “eradicate” long waits for treatment in the NHS NHS waiting lists in Scotland have reached a record high, the latest figures show. Public Health Scotland recorded more than 690,000 waits for appointments or treatment for non-urgent care at of 31 March. It also...