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Updated 04:07, 28 Apr 2026

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BUILDINGS EVACUATED

Whitehall on High Alert Over Suspicious Package

PAID OFF

Mandelson Demands £547k After UK Ambassador Sack – Whitehall Slashes Payoff to £75k

NO FLIGHTS

76,000 Brits Stranded in Middle East After Iran Airstrikes – Evacuation Plans Underway 76,000 Brits Stranded in Middle East After Iran Airstrikes as Evacuation Plans Ramped Up

CALLING TIME

Shock Exit at Number 10: Top Civil Servant Sir Chris Wormald Quits Days After Chief of Staff Resignation

TERROR TAG

UK Hesitates on Iran’s IRGC Ban Amid EU Terror Label and Diplomatic Fears

FLIPFLOPS "ACT OF WAR"

UK Politicians Blast Trump’s Venezuela Raid as Starmer Stays Silent Amid Global Chaos

CABINET CLASH

Deputy PM Lammy Urges UK to Rejoin EU Customs Union, Sparks Clash with Starmer’s Brexit Stance

COVER UP

Grooming Gang Survivors Quit Govt Panel, Slam ‘Cover-Up’ as Tory MPs Demand Judge-Led Inquiry

Starmer Set to Launch Brit-Card Digital ID This Friday to Tackle Illegal Working and Migration

UNDER ATTACK

40 Arrested in Whitehall as Gaza Protest Erupts in Violence with Police Clashes

BRIT CARD

Starmer’s Brit-Card Launch: New UK Digital ID Set to Curb Illegal Work and Migration

COACH HORROR

Man Hospitalised with Head Injury After Coach Hits Pedestrian Near Parliament, Abingdon Street Closed

TERROR SCARE

Whitehall Sealed Off as Police Probe Abandoned Vehicle Near Downing Street

Starmer Signals Hybrid Car Ban U-Turn Amid Industry Pressure to Save UK Auto Jobs

Starmer to Axe NHS England Bureaucracy, Pledge More Cash for Frontline Care

Met Police Clamp Down on Whitehall Protest Tonight as Stand Up to Racism Marks US Inauguration

UK Set to Extend Outdoor Smoking Ban to Pubs, Stadiums, and Parks in Major Health Crackdown

Roofer Alfie Arrowsmith Jailed 16 Months for Violent Disorder at Far-Right Whitehall Protest

Tommy Robinson Defies Court, Screens Banned Film in Trafalgar Square Rally Sparking Violent Clashes and Nine Arrests

Thames Water on Brink of Financial Collapse by 2025 as £15bn Debt Sparks Nationalisation Talks

Government Secretly Scrambles as Atos Financial Crisis Threatens NHS, PIP & HMRC Services

Police Hunt Man and Boy After Threatening Incident at Dundee Bus Stop

Six Arrested After Violent Whitehall Pub Brawl and Attacks on Emergency Workers

Police Shut Whitehall Road Amid Horseguard Protest Opposite Downing Street

Hancock Admits UK Lockdown Three Weeks Late at Covid Inquiry, Slams Cummings Power Grab

Chaos in Parliament Square: 10 Arrested in Just Stop Oil and Pro-Palestinian Protests Amid Violence and Hate Charges

Remembrance Day Mayhem at Cenotaph: Police Assaulted With Metal Barrier in Shocking Attack

Just Stop Oil Chaos: 44 Charged After Whitehall Roadblock and National Gallery Art Attack

Dowden Chairs Emergency Cobra as UK Braces for Violent Pro-Palestine Protests Over Armistice Weekend

Braverman’s Bold Tent Ban: Fines for Charities as Homelessness Crackdown Hits UK Streets