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    Gordon Brown calls for police to interview Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

    2026/2/11 | 30 mins.
    The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for police to interview Andrew Mountbatten Windsor over his links to the sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. The former Prince has strongly denied any wrongdoing. Also: Sir Keir Starmer has said his former communications chief, Lord Doyle, didn't give a full account of his actions when he was awarded a peerage, despite his links to a paedophile. And a Ukrainian Olympic skeleton racer has worn a helmet, which features images of people killed during Russia's invasion of his country, despite it being banned.
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    Sir Keir Starmer says he will "never walk away" from his mandate to change the country

    2026/2/10 | 30 mins.
    Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he will "never walk away" from his mandate to change the country after coming under intense pressure to resign in the wake of the scandal surrounding Lord Mandelson. Also: A teenager has been jailed for at least 13 years for what police say was the random, unprovoked murder of a 12-year-old boy as he walked home from school. And a village in the Lake District says it is "dismayed" no doctors want to work there after an advert for a new GP failed to attract a single applicant.
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    The Prime Minister faces calls to resign from the Scottish Labour leader

    2026/2/09 | 30 mins.
    Sir Keir Starmer's entire cabinet has come out in a coordinated show of support for the Prime Minister after the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Anas Sarwar, publicly called for him to step down. Also: a statement on behalf of the King has said he stands ready to support the police if needed as they investigate his brother's relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And one of Scotland's last surviving D-Day veterans, Albert Lamond, has died at the age of 100.
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    Morgan McSweeney quits as PM's chief of staff

    2026/2/08 | 16 mins.
    Morgan McSweeney has resigned as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff and said he takes "full responsibilty" for having advised the Prime Minister to appoint Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US last year. In a statement, Mr McSweeney said the decision had been "wrong". Also: The BBC’s seen evidence that suggests Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor knowingly shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein when he was working as UK trade envoy. And: Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are in place across Britain, following days of non-stop rain in some areas
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    Former PM Gordon Brown says Sir Keir Starmer is in a "serious" situation as he battles to keep his job

    2026/2/07 | 16 mins.
    Gordon Brown says Sir Keir Starmer is in a "serious" situation as he battles to keep his job - but insisted the Prime Minister was the right man to "clean up the system". Sir Keir is facing scrutiny about his appointment of Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US - after files released by the US Department of Justice suggested the peer had close links with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Also: President Zelensky says Russia has used more than 400 drones and around 40 missiles in its latest attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. And: At the Winter Olympics in Italy, the first gold medal has been won by the Swiss skier, Franjo von Allmen, who was crowned champion of the men's downhill in Bormio.

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