Ruth Younger

With British politics in chaos, the Liberal Democrats are getting election-ready

LONDON — The Liberal Democrats have already selected a raft of prospective parliamentary candidates in their target seats for Britain’s next general election, as part of a wider move to ready the centrist party for a potential return to government. Over the past month, Britain’s pro-EU liberal party quietly picked 28 candidates and built three-person activist teams around each of them. It’s a move that lays the groundwork for the next election — not currently due until 2029 — and marks the...

A Book I Wish I’d Read at 22

The Top End town where 15 people died preventable deaths in six months

Residents in this Top End town say 15 preventable deaths in six months is 'not normal' Mon 8 Jun 2026 at 6:48am In short: Families in Borroloola are calling for an investigation into whether at least some of 15 recent deaths in the community from chronic health conditions and suicide could have been prevented. The rate of avoidable deaths among Indigenous Australians has risen in Australia over the past decade, and compared with non-Indigenous Australians, the gap has widened. The Northern...

'I watched gamer's live stream as he killed pregnant girlfriend - one thing haunts me'

'I watched gamer's live stream as he killed pregnant girlfriend - one thing haunts me' EXCLUSIVE: When YouTuber Stephen McCullagh's coldblooded plot to get away with murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Natalie McNally, was exposed, his fans were left reeling For his tens of thousands of followers, YouTuber Stephen McCullagh seemed nerdy, gentle, and perhaps a little pedantic - but behind the facade was a calculated killer. The week before Christmas in 2022, McCullagh, 36, murdered his...