Leaders from the EU Parliament’s European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group have voiced concerns over the year-long initiative to interact more closely with voters. It was launched today by arch-federalist MEP Guy Verhofstadt, Croatian commissioner Dubravka Suica and Portuguese minister Ana Paula
NYPD cop who was facing 40 years in prison for trying to kill her husband in a murder-for-hire plot is given a plea deal that will put her away for four Valerie Cincinelli, 36, was charged with murder for hire and obstruction
Gladiators: Shadow is pictured in police mugshot after admitting role in drug-fuelled blackmail plot
This astonishing mugshot of Shadow from ITV’s Gladiator series with hollow cheeks and dead eyes has been issued by police after he admitted taking part in a drug-fuelled blackmail plot. Jefferson King had demanded £1,000 last year from a mother for the
The European Commission has drawn up plans to convince capitals to block the UK’s bid to join the Lugano Convention. Downing Street has previously asked to become an independent member of the accord, that determines which countries’ courts have jurisdiction over cross-border
The Scottish Conservative leader insisted Nicola Sturgeon’s plans for independence in Scotland would be divisive. During the STV debate, Douglas Ross said it was “reckless” for the SNP leader to introduce a referendum bill in parliament and to campaign for the divisive
Alex Salmond: Westminster referendum resistance will ‘crumble’ The debate, which will run between 7.30pm and 9pm tonight on STV will feature the five leaders of the main political parties at Holyrood – Labour, Lib Dems, Greens, Conservatives and the SNP. Patrick Harvie, Willie
Ted Hastings’ exclamation ‘mother of God!’ to the Jo Davidson revelation at the end of last night’s Line of Duty pretty much summed up how many viewers felt as the action-packed episode came to a close. DNA samples taken from PS Farida
France’s fiscal program will be officially presented to the Commission next week. Debt stabilisation and a return to the deficit below 3 percent of GDP are planned for 2027, at the cost of an unprecedented effort on public spending. Growth for the
The French European Affairs Minister announced a new plan to highlight the French language and relaunch its use within international bodies, particularly in the EU. Mr Clement, together with the French Tourism Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoynem, will be pushing for French to replace
Brexit: UK campaign to rejoin ‘not in EU’s appetite’ says expert The latest attempt at more integration in the European Union comes from the Volt Europa movement, a self-described pan-European progressive party. Rejoiners in the UK have already joined the group in