Relatives in Tunisia of Ahmed Hanachi, named as the knifeman who stabbed to death two women in the French city of Marseille, said Wednesday they cannot… Via: Marseille knife attacker's family sees no Islamist ties
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen10 things we’ve learnt from the Conservative party conferenceMay’s speech – Snap verdictMay’s speech – Verdict from the Twitter commentariat 3.00pm BST Related: Theresa May offers voter ‘British dream’ in bid to relaunch premiership Related: Security inquiry after prankster Simon Brodkin Read more
One-year-old Pearl Melody Black, daughter of contestant on BBC talent show The Voice, killed in freak accident caused by roll-away Range Rover in August Via: Police weighing criminal charges after baby girl killed by falling wall struck by runaway car
The Duchess of Cambridge has a cohort of fans spending thousands to look like her, and we wouldn’t have known had Instagram not inadvertently banned themAs the saying runs, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. By this logic, then, the Duchess of Cambridge should be thrilled: she has inspired Read more
A bogglingly unsuccessful few days in Manchester showed that the Conservatives are less the natural party of government than cowboy builders who really ought to stop trying to ‘fix’ thingsBy the end of the Conservative party conference, Theresa May had suffered so many painful betrayals and humiliations that she should Read more
Campaigners urge government to act against companies that do not comply with legislation requiring them to disclose trafficking and slavery risksThe government must start enforcing new legislation requiring companies to disclose slavery and trafficking risks in their supply chains, say anti-slavery campaigners. Under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, any company Read more
The Prime Minister's conference speech was a nightmare so richly layered it was almost as if it had been directed by Christopher Nolan Via: Theresa May disappointed to discover she was not naked
North East Somerset MP’s rightwing views and vigorous defence of Brexit are at heart of his appeal to traditional party membersIt has been a tale of two conferences: while Conservative ministers speak to a half-empty auditorium, the party’s activists queue down stairwells and squeeze into hotel rooms to catch a Read more
Prime Minister vows to end 'rip-off fees' in extraordinary conference speech interrupted by prankster with P45 form Via: Theresa May promises to 'put a price cap on energy bills' in latest u-turn during conference speech
Theresa May's conference speech teetered on the brink of disaster, as she repeatedly spluttered and coughed and lost her voice – forcing her to apologise. Via: Theresa May apologises as conference speech interrupted when she loses her voice after several minutes of coughing