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‘I was on the loo when I got the news!’ Strictly Come Dancing’s new hosts spill their scandalous secrets

After a year of frenzied conjecture, the new hosts putting the razzle back into Strictly are Johannes Radebe, Emma Willis and Josh Widdicombe. They talk night sweats, sparkly pants – and the hilarious fake show cooked up to fool the pressJohannes Radebe, one of the...

Tourists in England face nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb-style stays under new plans

Many mayors welcome power to impose tourist tax but industry warns of ‘irreparable harm’ and job lossesUK politics live – latest updatesHolidaymakers will face a nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb-style stays across large parts of England in a move welcomed by many...

Labour shifts on Israel – but what difference will it make? | podcast

It has been a huge week for Labour as Ed Miliband shifted the party’s stance on Israel by announcing sanctions on the illegal settlements in the West Bank and describing what is happening in Gaza as ethnic cleansing. What is behind this shift, and will it make any...

MPs on both sides urge Commons not to take ‘extraordinary risk’ of forcing through assisted dying bill

Joint appeal issued by Labour MPs Gareth Snell, who voted for the bill, and Meg Hillier, who voted againstMPs who voted for and against assisted dying have urged their respective sides not to take the “extraordinary risk” of forcing through the bill using an obscure...