All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
AT the beginning of December a YouTube prankster cemented his head into a microwave. The video has been watched over five million times since it was posted.
After wrapping his head in a bag, sticking it into the oven and pouring in Polyfilla, Jay Swingler realised his head was trapped and he was struggling to breathe.
“I’m going to die” he said, a mouth filled with dust and barely audible.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT


