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The entertainer shot to fame on Little Britain and also has best-selling series of children's books.

The BBC is removing Little Britain and other shows from iPlayer as it reviews all content featuring David Walliams following today’s allegations. A BBC spokeswoman told Deadline that the show that gave Walliams his big break will be taken down in its entirety. “These are serious allegations,” said the spokeswoman. “As such, the BBC is […]

De Britse acteur, comedian en kinderboekenschrijver David Walliams (55) wordt door meerdere vrouwen beschuldigd van seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag. Dat blijkt uit een onderzoek van ITV News en The Guardian. Walliams zou zijn bekendheid hebben gebruikt om contact te leggen met tienermeisjes en jonge vrouwen voor seksuele doeleinden. De voorbije weken pro

<p>Britain said on Tuesday that its military bases were safe, after the US removed huge refuelling aircraft from a British airbase following what the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-aircraft-evacuated-from-second-u-k-base-due-to-iran-threat-835a8b58"><em>Wall Street Journal</

De Britse komiek en schrijver David Walliams wordt door meerdere vrouwen beschuldigd van seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag. Volgens <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-preying-on-young-women-for-sex" target="_blank"><em>The Guardian</em></a> en <em>ITV News</em> heeft hij zijn bekendheid gebruikt om jonge vr

David Walliams has been accused of “grooming fans” and “harassing” women by The Guardian newspaper after he failed to get an injunction to prevent them from publishing the story. “Comedian and former ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge alleged to have groomed fans he met when they were as young as 15 and harassed women in the […]

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In a POLITICO interview, Norwegian leader Jonas Gahr Støre advises Andy Burnham to look for other solutions in his Brexit reset.

New figures suggest hazel dormice may be recovering after decades of decline, with warmer summers boosting survival.

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Britain compensated slave owners, not the enslaved. Can an apology without reparations be enough?

<p>In the Netherlands many felt the move, while welcome, was mishandled and exclusionary, mirroring past inequality</p><p>Andy Burnham’s pledge to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/02/andy-burnham-ask-countries-affected-uk-role-slavery-shape-formal-apology">seek a “structured dialogue”</a> with former colonies to help shape Britain’s first

The Democrats have won the Senate and the House, taking control of Congress for the rest of Donald Trump’s presidency. On this special episode of Westminster Insider, Patrick Baker is joined from Washington D.C. by our Global Politics Bureau Chief Jack Blanchard to unpack the election results and to explore what they could mean for […]

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The U.K., which played major role in trans-Atlantic slave trade but also ended it, says it won’t pay reparations.

<p>The home secretary’s reforms merely reinforce the lie that migrants are to blame for all of the UK’s problems </p><p>Five years ago, Shabana Mahmood called for a “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/edwin.davies.2024/videos/1056036440613195/">general amnesty</a>” for undocumented migrants. “That’s not official Labour party policy yet,” she mourned, “but mys

<p>Speech by Charles marks formal opening of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Antigua</p><p><em>Q: Do you think the UK should reconsider Commonwealth membership, given other countries just keep asking us for slavery reparations?</em></p><p><strong>Badenoch</strong> said she did not agree with that “because most Commonwealth countries aren’

<p>Around the world, virtues such as compassion and kindness are gathering dust, like old hymn books in a long-deserted church</p><p>Towards the end of the summer, the Tory-Reform defector Robert Jenrick authored an <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/15/dumping-young-people-on-welfare-isnt-compassion-its-neglect/">op-ed piece for the Daily Tel

<p>The British Social Attitudes survey reveals record levels of dissatisfaction. But still Kemi Badenoch and the business lobby want to take us backwards</p><p>Britain is unhappier at work than since records began. The British Social Attitudes <a href="https://natcen.ac.uk/publications/bsa-work-progress">survey</a>, the nation’s long-running annual pulse-tak

The Leprosy Mission Nigeria, in partnership with Great Britain, has planted economic trees in Minna, Niger State, to tackle climate change effects. Read More: https://punchng.com/leprosy-mission-partners-britain-on-tree-planting/

More than 25 years after its fossilised remains were discovered in a clay quarry in southern England, researchers have identified a new genus and species of herbivorous dinosaur that lived approximately 125 million years ago in what is now Surrey, Britain. The discovery highlights how fossils preserved in museum collections for decades can turn out […]

English politicians have taken a tongue-in-cheek approach to the end of the world. But it could be working.

Five suspected far-right activists from Britain were detained in northern France last Thursday, according to authorities.

Britain's Harriet Dart caps the best week of her career by beating fast-rising Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger in three sets in Guangzhou.

<p>Tory leader says apology would be ‘navel-gazing distraction’ and would be used as lever for financial compensation</p><p>Kemi Badenoch has said an apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade would be a “navel-gazing distraction”, describing slavery as an evil “in which people from every continent and region participated”.</p><p>Speaking to

U.K. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting visits Berlin as the two countries advance plans for long-range missiles and Germany weighs joining Britain’s fighter jet program.

SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has held a series of bilater...

<p>We need policies that stop treating property as a store of wealth and that allow people to move home cheaply</p><p>John Healey’s critics on the right and left accused him of dodging the big questions in his first <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/budget-2026">budget</a>. The chancellor failed to announce reforms that might tackle some of Britai

UK Prime Minister rules out financial reparations, despite longstanding Caribbean demands.

The U.K. prime minister however rejected calls for Britain to pay financial reparations.

<p>For Westminster’s special budget edition of the series, politicians have played to their strengths. Bombast, duplicity, distrust: it’s all second nature</p><p>You join us on a steam train in Scotland as we head to the next episode of the BBC’s hit show Political Traitors. It’s like the celebrity edition, except that everyone is less comely – politics bein

The premier’s comments represent a major change in British policy, but they are unlikely to satisfy those who hoped that reparations would follow.

<p>Exclusive: UK PM to launch drive to restructure debt of poorest Commonwealth countries but rejects demands for reparations</p><p><a href="https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/30/british-people-slave-trade-reparations-andy-burnham">• British people can’t be made to pay for the wrongs of slavery – but we must confront our complicated history | And

Is it 'now or never' for Jack Grealish after he was dropped by Everton for a breach of club discipline, asks chief football writer Phil McNulty?

<p>Ex-energy secretary Ed Miliband’s agenda appears undermined as money is diverted from renewables to defence</p><p>Britain is unlikely to hit its targets on green heating after the cuts announced by John Healey this week, experts have warned, as critics of Ed Miliband claim the former energy secretary’s green agenda is being dismantled.</p><p>The chancello

Israeli forces detained our parliamentary delegation and barred us from the West Bank. The violence is state policy.

Budgets are all about numbers: growth, inflation, unemployment, headroom. So this week on Westminster Insider, Sascha and Pat look into the numbers behind Britain’s economy — and just how much government policy is really made up of guesswork, rather than solid measurements. Sascha talks to Dr Laura Gilbert, the former director of data at Number […]

A new spending plan highlights the squeeze that welfare spending puts on national security.

Siobhán no longer seems to be an issue, but attentions have turned to Caoimhe

Intelligence agency GCHQ acknowledges its plan for keeping track of USB sticks and other devices with potentially sensitive data on were 'not sufficiently robust.'

A century after A.A. Milne first published his classic children's tales, British admirers and royal emissaries have made a polite push to bring Christopher Robin's original toys back home, if only for a royal vacation

Facing demands that Britain apologize and pay reparations, palace officials say Charles will reiterate previous comments that slavery was an "atrocity that forever stains our history," while stopping short of an apology.

<p>Amid global economic storms, the new chancellor has promised to steer the course – with promises of more help to come. Will it be enough?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/28/john-healey-breathing-space-budget-panel-responds">Continue reading...</a>

The chancellor’s first priority in the Budget is to make the UK look prudent again

A $1.3 billion redevelopment plan for Purfleet-on-Thames remains in limbo 17 years after it was first announced.

West New Britain province governor Sasindran Muthuvel says the public is deeply frustrated with repeated armed robberies and other violent crime.

West New Britain province governor Sasindran Muthuvel says the public is deeply frustrated with repeated armed robberies and other violent crime.

The devil will be in the detail as Britain's top finance minister tries to make good on a promise to boost defense spending.

Commanders from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces face travel and asset freezes.

<p>Andy Burnham claims revising Brexit would ‘bring people together’. The PM wants to look again at issues such as free movement but rules out joining the euro or Schengen. Would rejoining the EU open old wounds and risk further division? Plus, as the chancellor, John Healey, gears up for a tricky budget, what should you be looking out for?</p><p>You can wat

By one measure, John Healey’s budget has already been a success. He has avoided the paralysis that hit the UK before his predecessor Rachel Reeves delivered her tax and spending plans in November 2025. That budget had such an agonisingly long build-up that a combination of speculation and leaks caused jitters in financial markets, property transactions groun

That the UK has run out of money for its needs must be the grim realisation that underpins the national budget this week. There are signs that the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey , is indeed ingesting this message – yet Mr Healey must go further to level with the country. The national debt hit £3 trillion ($4 trillion) last week. The budget is e

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Many of those stoking fears of bloody unrest don’t actually live in the country

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Britain's Dalton Smith defends his WBC light-welterweight world title with a split-decision victory over Alberto Puello in a triumphant homecoming in Sheffield.

<p>Leading restaurateur says Gulf countries actively help businesses set up, while east Asia has a better work ethic</p><p>Some of London’s top restaurants are opening branches in Dubai because of a “tax tsunami” in the UK and better work ethic abroad, according to a leading restaurateur.</p><p>James Robson, a co-owner of Fallow in St James’s Market, regarde