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Women holding up two middle fingers.I am a Scouser living in Glasgow which means you can assume three things about me: my family are aggressively working class, I have a soft spot for dockyards and I LOVE to swear. I don’t even think about it, it’s just so enjoyable. Nothing quite punctuates a sentence like a healthy f-bomb and getting into a healthy gossip session absolutely re

I should’ve known it was coming for me – the fog, the forgetting, the cognitive impairment. My father, his brother, their mother, their grandmother all had it... I just didn’t expect how it would come for me.At 54, it seems my forgetting is linked to a neurodegenerative disease. But even before my own memory and language issues began, I’d written about and wondered what my own neurological inheritance might be.In 1981, I spent several afternoons in the peacefully lamp-lit office of an elderly, retired professor and child psychologist and underwent a variety of aptitude tests and personality assessments. It turned out I was a “highly sensitive” 5th grader with the vocabulary of a high school senior.While most of the kids in my Midwestern neighbourhood rode their bikes, played flag football and Frogger, I was tucked away reading book after book. When I ran out of books, I’d spend entire afternoons sea

Darren Jones and Trevor PhillipsSky presenter Trevor Phillips has torn into Labour’s lacklustre response to Donald Trump’s military action in Venezuela.The US seized Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and indicted him on narco-terrorism conspiracy on Saturday.Trump has declared that the States will “run” Venezuela until there can be a safe transition of power – and

Lyse Doucet and Donald TrumpThe BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet said Donald Trump had established a “dangerous precedent” with his action in Venezuela.The US president launched a military strike on the South American nation and captured the country’s president Nicolas Maduro in the early hours of Saturday morning.Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been indicted on narco-terrorism conspiracy charges in the States, and Trump has claimed the US will “run” Venezuela until a safe transition of power

Keir Starmer speaking to Laura Kuenssberg on BBC OneKeir Starmer has brushed off concerns he could face a leadership challenge after the May local elections.The prime minister has overseen a nosedive in his personal ratings while Labour has also taken a beating in the polls over the last 18 months amid economic stagnation and a multitude of pol

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared to issue a call to action to Donald Trump after the US captured Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Keir Starmer has refused to describe Donald Trump’s takeover of

The New York Times trashes the Trump administrations operation in Venezuela and capturing their their president Nicolás MaduroThe New York Times editorial board railed against President Donald Trump’s military strike on Venezuela Saturday, calling the strike and

US President Donald Trump (R) looks on as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. President Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country. WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his regime-change military attack on Venezuela as a “law enforcement” operation to arrest a drug kingpin, just five weeks after having pardoned and released from prison a convicted drug kingpin and despite his multiple statements that the incursion was to gain access to oil.“Our military, work

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at his Mar-a-Lago club, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla.President Donald Trump said the US will “run” Venezuela until a “transition” can take place following a military operation.“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition,” Trump told reporters during a Saturday morning press conference.Trump was referring to a large-scale mil