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Tue 21 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham's premiership

Andy Burnham in a dark suit and glasses speaks outdoors with a blurred background
Politics
Andy Burnham vows to ‘bring back hope’ as he unveils his cabinet
Andy Burnham in a dark suit and glasses speaks while standing outdoors
Full report
Burnham pledges to end rough sleeping in England in first speech as prime minister
Mahmood, Healey, Haigh and Miliband walking outdoors in business attire
Politics
Andy Burnham’s first Labour cabinet: who’s in and who’s out?
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Politics Weekly UK
Can Andy Burnham’s cabinet fix Britain? – podcast
Podcast | 18:15
 
Andy Burnham has said his arrival in power will be a ‘circuit breaker’ moment for Britain, promising that his government will bring the ‘biggest changes in 40 years’. Lucy Hough speaks to political correspondent Alexandra Topping
Today in Focus: The Latest
Andy Burnham becomes Britain’s new prime minister
  Video | 8:31
 
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News

A fighter jet hovers above an aircraft carrier deck as crew members in colored vests watch
US-Israel war on Iran
Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies
Kevin Keegan after scoring for England v Scotland in the 1979 British Home Championship at Wembley Stadium, London, 26th May 1979. (Photo by Eamonn McCabe)
Football
Kevin Keegan, Liverpool legend and former Newcastle manager, dies aged 75
Joshua Kerry holding a jar of sweets in an office
UK
Man, 28, charged with murder of former MP Ann Widdecombe
two men side by side
US
Tate brothers fight extradition to UK over rape and sex-trafficking charges
Spain’s players parade the World Cup trophy through Madrid on Monday
Spain
Nearly two million people join Spain’s World Cup celebrations in Madrid
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In focus

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Internet safety
Inside the horrifying online network where children extort others to commit violence and self-harm
Gentrification
How Elephant and Castle risks becoming London’s gentrification ‘patient zero’
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Features

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Television
Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives review – Trewley Precious and her glorious family are a gift to reality TV
★★★★☆
The ideas interview
‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies
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Opinion

Andy Burnham gestures with his hands as he talks outside No 10
quote  No tears from Keir as Burnham strolls into No 10 with the clock already ticking
John Crace
quote  What’s left after this World Cup? A kind of messy hope
Jonathan Liew
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Sport

Kevin Keegan in action for Liverpool in August 1976
Kevin Keegan (1951-2026)
A pioneer and a superstar, Keegan’s achievements were extraordinary
quote  DeChambeau moves the dial for golf but is his posturing and pantomime worth the hassle?
Ewan Murray
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Podcast

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Burnham begins: what awaits the new PM? - podcast
Podcast | 29:32