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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, April 15, 2026
Scotland, Wales & Local Elections / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

Polls show Labour facing meltdown in May elections for devolved parliaments and local authorities

People take part in a march organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, from Russell Square to Whitehall in central London, June 21, 2025
Editorial / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
A volunteer talks on his phone while walking amid the debris of a residential building that was damaged on March 4 during the US-Israeli military campaign, in southeastern Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2026
Middle East / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Steve Reed arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London, to appear on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, March 22, 2026
Eyes Left / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

The government has few aces up its sleeve when it comes to managing popular anger, argues ANDREW MURRAY

England team group ahead of the international friendly match at Wembley Stadium, London, March 31, 2026
Men’s football / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

Reported return fare hike would see prices surge from under $13 (£10) to over $100 (£74)

The Laozi (Lao Tzu) sculpture in Quanzhou is over 780 years old and was carved from a single rock during the Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE) / Pic: N509FZ/CC
Poetry / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

FINOLA SCOTT relishes a collection of verse in Scots that, among other things, meditates on the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets with former Nato chief George
Military-Industrial Complex / 14 April 2026
14 April 2026

Socialists cannot back warfare over welfare, MPs and peace campaigners warn after former Nato boss demands government cuts social spending to finance weapons

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King Charles III (left) with US President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, before formally bidding farewell to the president on day two of their state visit to the UK, September 18, 2025
Britain / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
Campaigners from Can't Buy My Silence and Pregnant Then Screwed, take part in a protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice, central London, to highlight non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) being used to stop women making complaints about harassment at work, May 14, 2024
Workplace Harassment / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

Campaigners and TUC welcome government consultation on non-disclosure agreements

Ambulance workers on the picket line outside London Ambulance Service (LAS) in Deptford, south-east London, during a strike by members of the Unison union in the long-running dispute over pay and staffing, February 10, 2023
Healthcare / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
Houses in Thamesmead, south east London
Housing Crisis / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
Boats carrying activists and humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza reposition in the port during a symbolic send-off as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, in Barcelona, Spain, April 12, 2026
Gaza / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025
Sudan / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
Peter Magyar gestures as he speaks to the media in Budapest, Hungary, April 13, 2026, after defeating Prime Minister Viktor Orban's party in the country's parliamentary elections
World / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
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Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Steve Reed arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London, to appear on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, March 22, 2026
Eyes Left / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

The government has few aces up its sleeve when it comes to managing popular anger, argues ANDREW MURRAY

Israeli bulldozers demolish homes in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, April 12, 2026
Middle East / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

Israel's brutality in Lebanon, combined with efforts to draw the Lebanese government into negotiations, are part of a strategy to delegitimise resistance to occupation and apartheid, argues RAMZY BAROUD

Police remove a protester at a demonstration against the ban on Palestine Action, in Trafalgar Square, central London, April 11, 2026
History / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

KEITH FLETT looks at the state’s efforts to limit protest rights from the 19th century to today’s repression of the Palestine movement

UN slave trade vote exposes deep global divide over history, justice and power
Features / 14 April 2026
14 April 2026

A landmark UN resolution led by Ghana declares the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity — but Western opposition and abstentions reveal enduring resistance to historical accountability, write ISAAC SANEY and JAMES COUNTS EARLY

OLD BOYS’ CLUB: New BBC top dog Matt Brittin
Features / 14 April 2026
14 April 2026

The new BBC director-general now faces a test of public scrutiny, with his record at McKinsey and lack of newsroom experience under the spotlight, says STEPHEN ARNELL

Pupils in a classroom
Features / 14 April 2026
14 April 2026

Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery during a press conference at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground, Tamworth, April 15, 2026
Men’s football / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
England's Lauren Hemp, third from left, attempts to score during the Women's 2027 World Cup group C qualifier soccer match between England and Spain in London, April 14, 2026
Women’s football / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
Jamie Murray during his doubles against Francisco Cabral and Lucas Miedler on day four of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, July 3, 2025
Men’s tennis / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
Katie Taylor celebrates after winning her Undisputed Super Lightweight Championship title fight against Chantelle Cameron in Dublin, Ireland, November 25, 2023
Women's Boxing / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
Mike Westbrook with Phil Minton and orchestra at Toynbee Studios in London on 2008 / Pic: Andy Newcombe/CC
Music / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

CHRIS SEARLE on Mike Westbrook who died aged 90

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Music / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026

STEVE JOHNSON speaks to JIM MORAY about an album that marks 25 years since his first

ASKEW OPTICS: Exclusive class paradise
TV Network Monitor / 13 April 2026
13 April 2026

DENNIS BROE observes how cutbacks, mergers and AI create content detached from both reality and history itself

Women at the the tomb of the most read Persian poet Hafez (1325-1389) at Shiraz / Pic: David Stanley/flickr/CC
Books / 13 April 2026
13 April 2026

SAHAR MARANLOU explores a novella, newly translated and republished in English that tells the history of Iran through women’s bodies

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Opera Review / 10 April 2026
10 April 2026

DAVID NICHOLSON applauds the revival of a joyous production that deals with choirs, competitions and communism

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Global Routes / 10 April 2026
10 April 2026

New releases from Peruvian Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical, Leve Leve: Sao Tome & Principe, and South African BCUC