7+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1024+ words) The UK government says it is about to draw "a line in the sand" over children's use of social media. Announcing plans for what ministers are calling an "Australia-plus" model, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to ban under-16s from…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (477+ words) Two decades ago, European universities were entering an exciting chapter. For generations they had worked in isolation, drawing undergraduate students primarily from their own home population. But by the mid-2000s, with European cooperation well established and open borders across the European…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1038+ words) A series of fake, AI-generated advertisements running on X are using Nigel Farage's likeness to scam people online. The videos use deepfakes " AI-generated media digitally altered to convincingly manipulate a person's likeness or voice " of Nigel Farage and Bank of…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (642+ words) As I write this, the facts are still emerging from a horrific knife attack in Belfast. Police have confirmed that a Sudanese man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a brutal assault that left another man seriously…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1118+ words) Nigel Farage has been accused of politicising the tragic death of Henry Nowak by claiming it is proof that Britain operates a "two-tier" policing system. The claim has sparked a major political row, with the Prime Minister calling Farage's response…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (408+ words) For years, such taxes have been treated as an obsession of the radical left " the sort of policy aired enthusiastically at fringe events before being dismissed by serious politicians. Yet in Hungary, P'ter Magyar, successor to long-serving populist Viktor Orb'n,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (678+ words) Birmingham is often seen to be the capital of heavy metal in the UK's rock history, but Stoke-on-Trent has been staking a claim too. Motorhead frontman Lemmy and guitarist Slash of Guns'N'Roses both hail from the Potteries and it is…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (912+ words) This week, two separate investigations by Hope Not Hate and Searchlight unearthed a slew of violent and misogynistic posts from Reform UK's candidate for the Makerfield byelection, Robert Kenyon. Among sexual remarks about high-profile women and connections with far-right characters…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (246+ words) After four years at The Lead, I'm stepping away from my role as National Editor. When we launched in 2022, we set out with a simple but ambitious aim: to tell the stories others weren't, and to do it with humanity…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (511+ words) It's a sad indictment of British political debate that when people are asked why they are voting for the Green Party or Reform UK " or why they might prefer Andy Burnham to be Prime Minister " they will often reply that…...