Failed contender for the Democratic presidential nomination says Kathy Hochul should grant pardon ‘for the good of the country’The outgoing Democratic US congressman who failed in his presidential primary challenge against Joe Biden called on the New York governor, Kathy Hochul, to pardon Donald Trump over his criminal conviction for hush-money payments...

Starmer’s party was quicker out of the digital gate, with slicker, more engaging content than the Tory offeringThe video opens with an old clip of Cilla Black singing her classic ‘Surprise, Surprise!’. The caption reads “POV: Rishi Sunak turns up at your 18th birthday to send you to war.”This appeared on Labour’s TikTok account the day after the Conservatives...

Former Tory minister admits at festival that he felt a fraud due to need to give the impression he was in three places at onceFormer Conservative MP Rory Stewart found being a politician “very yucky” and felt like a fraud, he told an audience at Hay festival on Saturday.Asked whether he would consider going back into politics, he said that he found...

Lack of care and support leaves patients stranded on units when they are clinically ready to be dischargedThe number of patients stuck in NHS mental health units in England despite being clinically ready to leave has reached its highest level in at least eight years.“Delayed discharges” of patients from hospitals in NHS mental health trusts reached...

Forces outside the capital drawn on for Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid match and a Tommy Robinson march and counter-protestMore than 2,000 officers have been deployed across London, including more than 400 from outside the capital, to police the Champions League final, a protest by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson and a counter-demonstration.The...

Family and friends pay tribute to British record-holder Bren Orton, 29, who disappeared in the Melezza RiverA British man who went missing while kayaking in Switzerland has been found dead, Swiss police have confirmed.Bren Orton, 29, went missing on 16 May. Authorities searched for the professional kayaker for two weeks before a body was discovered...