All news by author: Simon Murphy

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a £1,000 bet on the 2010 general election result – but he has been accused of failing to stump up the cash after he lost

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who has faced criticism for suggesting the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, pointed the finger of blame at his own candidates

Neil Mahapatra, who is standing in the traditional Conservative stronghold of Tunbridge Wells, admitted at a General Election hustings that the party is 'not working'

The Admiralty Board certificate of valediction praises Fred Thomas’ seven-year service – with a commanding officer saying he 'will always be part of the Royal Marines family'

Stephen James, who is standing in Dover and Deal, claimed he was 'the only true local candidate' in the now-deleted social media post that criticised so-called 'carpetbaggers'

Israel said Noa and three other hostages, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41, were rescued in two locations in daytime raids in the heart of Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday morning

Richard Holden and a minister canvassed with Philip Stephenson-Oliver only months after our revelations led to the latter's suspension

In reference to a female journalist’s claim against the then PM, Alex Deane said he was quoting late Tory diarist Alan Clark’s remark: ‘how do I know my advances are unwanted until I’ve made them?’

Wannabe Tory MP Adam Gregg, who has rubbed shoulders with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, has withdrawn from the election race – saying the 'events were of their time'

Magistrate Sam Trask, expected to 'respect the dignity of all' in his judicial role, once boasted his favoured bra size measuring technique was 'hand sizing them by feel'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is urging Hamas to accept the terms of a new ceasefire proposal but Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has so far remained wary of pledging an end to the brutal conflict

Former Post Office IT chief Mike Young insisted it would have been easy for the inquiry to find him and said he would give evidence as he accused Paula Vennells of trying to shift the blame

The investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire, led by the Metropolitan Police, has so far established 27,000 lines of enquiry, with more than 152 million files retrieved

The father of schoolgirl Molly Russell have attacked former deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg's millions in share sales and accused social media giant Meta of failing to protect kids

Three-quarters of drivers surveyed by union Unite accused bus operators of not taking complaints seriously.

As latest polls show Reform UK is our third most popular political party, today we expose the frightening vile views of some of its would-be MPs.

Ex-subpostmistress Seema Misra, who was sentenced to 15 months in 2010, said she still has nightmares about her imprisonment and that she did not accept David Smith’s apology

Former investigator Adrian Morris joined Brighton and Hove Albion the year after giving evidence at the trial of wrongfully convicted sub-postmistress Seema Misra

Great-grandmother Christine Avery at one stage even faced removal from her care home

Speaking near his BMW 5 Series, which had a Transport for London private hire badge, the father of five – who changed his name to Alex Stone in July 2016 – confirmed he worked as a minicab driver

Jai’s flat is owned by The Guinness Partnership, one of the UK’s biggest social housing providers. Boss Catriona Simons, on £300,000 a year, has a five-bed pile in a London neighbourhood beloved of celebrities

Football superstar Lionel Messi has been criticised for promoting several apps and video games that are part of what Human Rights Watch has described as China's network of censorship and surveillance

TUC also warns of the risk of a disaster similar to the Post Office Horizon scandal if workers do not get a say in how machines are rolled out

The United States used Hercules transport aircraft to drop critical humanitarian aid into Gaza as the population of the besieged Palestinian enclave faces conditions of extreme starvation

One teacher in Ukraine is carrying on the fight for education in the port city of Mykolaiv, while her husband is in the military fighting for their country