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Aug 3, 2026 - World

Admission may undermine Farage’s account of circumstances surrounding £5m gift from crypto billionaireUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has admitted he held talks about the possibility of returning as Reform UK’s leader months before the 2024 general election, potentially undermining his own account of the circumstances in which he received a £5m gift from a crypto billionaire.It was reported at the weekend that Farage had struck a deal with the party’s then leader, Richard Tice, and the convicted fraudster George Cottrell to return to frontline politics. Continue reading...

Aug 3, 2026 - World

Iranian spokesperson says there are no plans to receive or send a delegation following US president’s assertion that talks would take place on MondayIran in talks with Oman over shipping route but not US, says TehranSix Saudi-flagged supertankers have changed course in the Gulf of Aden in recent days amid threats from the Iran-aligned Houthis, Reuters reports.The tankers, which were empty of cargo after returning from destinations in Asia, opted to avoid transit through the southern Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint by sailing in formation toward southern Africa, according to automatic identification systems data collected by Reuters. Continue reading...

Aug 3, 2026 - World

Christopher Phillips, who had been his mother Sylvia’s primary carer since 2008, given two years and four months in prison A man has been jailed for keeping his dead mother’s body in a freezer at their shared home for almost three years, during which time he received more than £70,000 of her benefits and other funds.Christopher Phillips, 60, stored the body of Sylvia Phillips, a retired company secretary, in the chest freezer in the living room of their house in the south Wales seaside town of Porthcawl. Continue reading...

Aug 3, 2026 - World

Party’s deputy leader says on social media the case is related to a complaint by an anti-Israel lobby groupUK politics live – latest updatesReform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, is under investigation by parliament’s standards watchdog over a possible failure to declare an interest.The watchdog did not provide details of the allegation aside from ⁠saying the case was opened on 28 July and would be conducted by the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Daniel ⁠Greenberg. Continue reading...

Aug 3, 2026 - World

Staff at 5 Live told he will not return following claims about his previous career at Sullivan’s Sport newspapersThe BBC radio presenter Tony Livesey has left the broadcaster after allegations were raised about his previous career as the editor-in-chief of David Sullivan’s Sport newspapers.Staff at 5 Live, where Livesey had most recently presented the 10pm to 1am show four days a week, were told he would not be returning to the station, having stepped away from the role after the allegations first emerged. Continue reading...