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Aug 29, 2026 - World

Bridget Phillipson says government would not have to consider releasing prisoners early if Tories had created more capacityCells to hold newly arrested people could run out without the early prison release scheme, a minister has said.Bridget Phillipson defended the plan to address the prison capacity crisis in England and Wales by releasing thousands of prisoners early, which has been criticised by domestic abuse charities, bereaved families and probation officers among others. Continue reading...

Aug 29, 2026 - World

Nominated in three previous years, the rambunctious standup – one half of The Delightful Sausage – wins the prize for his show Rewilding while Marty Gleeson is named best newcomerThe annual Edinburgh comedy award has been won by the standup Chris Cantrill, two years after his comedy partner Amy Gledhill – in the raucous northern double act The Delightful Sausage – won the same prize.Cantrill, 42 and from Bradford, received the so-called “Oscar of live comedy” for a show, Rewilding, about his new life in rural Northumberland, where an act of vandalism shocks the local community – and a spoof whodunnit ensues. It builds on the foundations laid in 2024 by Easily Swayed, which documented his move to the countryside and secured what was then Cantrill’s third nomination (but first as a solo act) for the award. Continue reading...

Aug 29, 2026 - World

Soldiers in Niger have rebelled against officers at a key military base, firing at sensitive locations in the capital, Niamey

Aug 29, 2026 - World

Voters in Iceland are deciding whether to resume negotiations to join the EU.

Aug 29, 2026 - World

Ukrainian officials say at least 37 people have been killed in a Russian strike on a warehouse near Kyiv that may have been illegally storing munitions in a residential area