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Keir Starmer addresses supporters after his Labour party’s landslide electoral victory. Photo: AFP

What we know about Keir Starmer

True test of what new UK PM is when his methodical approach meets a messy world

July 7, 2024| Mark Bennister and Ben Worthy
Newly elected UK PM Keir Starmer on Saturday. Credit: AFP

New UK PM declares Rwanda migrant plan 'dead and buried'

Keir Starmer said he was "restless for change" on his first day in charge

July 6, 2024| AFP
Clockwise from top left: British tourists Fraser Erskine, Becky Seddon, Grace Cerenko, Heather Rodgers, Alan Salisbury, Malcolm Stokes, Karen Yoksha and Lindsay Maurooney. Photos: Matthew Mirabelli

Watch: ‘They got what they deserved’ - Brits on ‘dramatic’ election results

Almost half said they didn't vote

July 5, 2024| James Cummings
Keir Starmer is Britain's oldest prime minister in almost half a century but is relatively new to politics. Photo: AFP

Keir Starmer: Britain's methodical new leader

Supporters say he is a safe pair of hands, detractors label him uninspiring

July 5, 2024| AFP
Britain's outgoing Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party, Risihi Sunak, watched by his wife Akshata Murty, delivers a statement after his general election defeat, outside 10 Downing Street in London. Photo: AFP

Rishi Sunak to step down as conservative leader after staggering electoral loss

PM apologised to the UK public in Downing Street speech

July 5, 2024| Times of Malta
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage reacts after being elected to become MP for Clacton. Photo: AFP

UK's Farage hails establishment 'revolt' after election gains

The rebranded Brexit party won four seats

July 5, 2024| AFP
Truss said she had "a lot to think about" when asked if she wanted to stay in politics. Photo: AFP

Ex-prime minister Liz Truss loses seat at UK election

She lost her constituency in Norfolk South West by 630 votes

July 5, 2024| AFP
Kevin Bonavia stood as a candidate for Stevenage.

'It hasn't sunk in': Malta-born Kevin Bonavia elected to the House of Commons

The 46-year-old spent his childhood in Rabat

July 5, 2024| Mario Xuereb
Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer stands with his wife Victoria during a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London early on July 5, 2024. Photo: AFP

Keir Starmer's Labour sweeps UK general election in landslide win

New PM promises "decade of national renewal" as Labour snatches seats from 8 cabinet members

July 5, 2024| AFP
Keir Starmer will be the new British prime minister. Photo: AFP

Labour wins UK election as Sunak concedes defeat

Keir Starmer is new British prime minister

July 4, 2024| AFP
Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak delivers a speech in what are likely the last hours of his government.

Britain goes to the polls with Labour tipped to oust the Tories

The Conservatives, in power for 14 years, could end up being the UK's third-biggest party

July 4, 2024| AFP
A handout image released by Cheshire Constabulary police force in Manchester on August 17, 2023, shows the November 2020 custody photograph of nurse Lucy Letby. Photo: AFP

UK baby killer Letby convicted of attempted murder at retrial 

The former nurse was caught red-handed as she displaced the child's breathing tube

July 2, 2024| AFP
Dame Judy Dench at the Venice Film Festival in 2013. Photo: Shutterstock

Judi Dench among first woman members of UK's Garrick Club

The highly exclusive club for 'men of refinement and education' voted to allow women in for the first time in May

July 2, 2024| AFP
Golfer Chloe May Frankish. Photo: Instagram

UK golfer fined €4,000 for drunken assault on police at Malta airport

Golfer Chloe May Frankish and her friend admitted to the charges

June 27, 2024| Times of Malta
Members of the Just Treatment campaign group drop a banner from Westminster Bridge in central London in support of a strike by junior doctors calling for better pay and conditions on June 27, 2024, a week before the July 4 general election. Photo: AFP

Hospital doctors in England launch new strike ahead of election

Doctors have been asking for 35 per cent 'pay restoration' as a starting position

June 27, 2024| Times of Malta
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (L) and Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak attend a live TV debate, hosted by The BBC, in Nottingham, on June 26, 2024, in the build-up to the UK general election on July 4. Photo: AFP

'Are you the best we got?': Sunak, Starmer clash in final debate before election

UK electorate heads to the polls on July 4

June 27, 2024| AFP
The Australian citizen leaked US national security secrets in 2010. On Tuesday, the WikiLeaks founder walked free for the first time in 12 years after a US judge signed off on a plea deal. File photo: AFP

How the US and Assange reached a plea deal - and what it means

After more than 13 years in England, including five years in prison, Julian Assange has pleaded guilty

June 26, 2024| AFP
This screen shot courtesy of WikiLeaks X page shows Wikileaks founder Julian Assange walking to board a plane from London Stansted Airport. Photo: AFP

WikiLeaks says Julian Assange is 'free,' has left UK

He has reportedly reached a plea deal with US authorities and is expected to be sentenced to 62 months in prison

June 25, 2024| AFP
Princess Anne, Princess Royal meets guests during the Sovereign's Royal National Lifeboat Institution Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 23.

UK's Princess Anne in hospital after suspected horse incident 

She is expected to make a full and swift recovery

June 24, 2024| Times of Malta
The power cut led to problems with airport security and baggage systems. File photo: Shutterstock

Power cut causes flight chaos at UK's Manchester airport

Third-busies British airport cancels over 100 flights

June 23, 2024| AFP
A handout picture taken and released by the BBC on June 23, 2024, shows Britain's Home Secretary James Cleverly appearing on the BBC's "Sunday Morning" political television show with journalist Laura Kuenssberg. Photo: AFP

Aide to UK minister calls Rwanda migrant plan 'crap' in leaked audio

Cleverly tells BBC aide called policy 'crap' for effect

June 23, 2024| AFP
Actress Emma Thompson, environmentalist Chris Packham and green energy entrepreneur Dale Vince lead demonstrators during the "Restore Nature Now" protest supported by Extinction Rebellion (XR), National Trust and WWF. Photo: BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP.

Thousands march in London to call for 'urgent' climate action

The march also called for an environmental rights bill after the upcoming UK general election

June 22, 2024| AFP
An image grab from a video released by the Just Stop Oil climate campaign group shows activists spraying an orange substance at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, southwest England, on June 19, 2024. UK police said officers had arrested two people. Photo: AFP

Watch: Stonehenge monument sprayed orange in UK climate protest

Activists want an end to new oil and gas exploration in North Sea off UK's east coast

June 19, 2024| AFP
'When you cook and share food together, you build a connection'. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Watch: UK migrant cookery school offers recipe for integration

38 different nationalities at Migrateful, with a lot of exciting cuisines

June 19, 2024| AFP
Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, smiles next to Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Louis of Wales inside the State Coach on their way to Horse Guards Parade for the King's Birthday Parade "Trooping the Colour". Photo: Henry Nicholls/ AFP

UK's Princess of Wales makes first public appearance since cancer diagnosis

The princess says "she is making good progress"

June 15, 2024| AFP
AFP file photo of US singer and songwriter Taylor Swift in France on June 2, 2024.

Taylor Swift made 'ground shaking' UK debut: seismologists

Each show broke record for most-attended stadium concert in Scottish history

June 13, 2024| AFP
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UK's Sunak scotches resignation talk after D-Day row   

Opinion polls predict he will lead the Tories to a shuddering defeat

June 10, 2024| AFP
Sunak meets a World War II veteran. Photo: AFP

Rishi Sunak leaves D-Day ceremony early, then apologises after backlash

Beleaguered UK Tory leader returned home early to appear on TV interview

June 7, 2024| AFP
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and Labour leader Keir Starmer.

UK leaders clash in TV debate as Farage enters election fray

Labour has enjoyed double-digit poll leads for 18 months

June 5, 2024| AFP
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UK police seek parents of three children abandoned as newborns

A brother and sister were discovered in the same area of the UK capital in 2017 and 2019

June 4, 2024| AFP