PETER HITCHENS: Blair brought us war, mass migration, tax, debt and lies. It's high time he faced the scrutiny he deserves - and stopped peddling suspect advice
Like an architect whose buildings fall down or a scientist whose drugs don't work, the Blair creature has lost any standing from which to criticise anybody or advise us to do anything.
Five influential stars you may not know hail from north and mid Essex
Here are five celebrities who have deep links to north and mid Essex.
'Minor disruption' expected as work starts on new Aldi supermarket in Essex town
Councillors and residents welcome investment and ongoing regeneration in the town
Five influential stars you may not know hail from north and mid Essex
Here are five celebrities who have deep links to north and mid Essex.
Megan McKenna shows off her gorgeous figure in a plunging swimsuit as she hits the beach with husband Oliver Burke and son Landon, 19-months, amid family getaway in Mallorca
Megan McKenna looked incredible as she hit the beach amid her sun-soaked family getaway in Mallorca on Saturday.
Sharon Osbourne looks effortlessly chic in all black as she enjoys a shopping spree at Zadig&Voltaire in Beverly Hills
The TV personality, 73, cut an effortlessly stylish figure in a black cardigan which featured large gold buttons.
Pregnant Laura Woods conceals her bump under a chic cream suit at Champions League final as she's seen for the first time since announcing she is expecting her second child with fiancé Adam Collard
Pregnant Laura Woods concealed her baby bump as she co-hosted TNT Sports' coverage of UEFA Champions League in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday.
Katie Price flaunts her surgically enhanced assets in a TINY bikini 'as fans await Instagram return' following 'ludicrous' claims she 'flashed her breasts' while drama surrounding husband Lee Andrews rumbles on
Katie Price slipped into a barely there bikini for sizzling snaps, after her Instagram account was taken down after 'ludicrous' claims she 'flashed her breasts.'
The unexpected vice that saved my sanity after my husband walked out on me after 26 years. Men will say it's a turn-off - but every abandoned wife should try it: ROSIE GREEN
My marriage split wasn't civilised or by mutual consent. There was no conscious uncoupling. I had my heart ripped out and stamped on. Hard. After 26 years together my husband walked out
Labour MP demands ex-Kasabian Tom Meighan gig be cancelled after he was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend
Tom Meighan is due to perform at The Half Moon in Putney, south-west London, on June 26 to a sold-out crowd.
BGT Essex star Sonny Green 'bent rules' during semi-final 'it was the only way'
Essex-born spoken word poet Sonny Green is favourite to win the final of ITV's Britain's Got Talent 2026
Arne Slot took Liverpool to the top of the tree but he deserved sacking for failing to stop their disastrous decline, writes IAN LADYMAN
There was a certain symmetry about Arne Slot being relieved of his job at Liverpool in the hours before Arsenal were about to play in a Champions League final.
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard gives his verdict on Arne Slot's 'shock' sacking - and reveals whether he's open to managerial return
With it looking like the Reds would opt to stick with the Dutchman on the back of a more-than-disappointing season, they opted to pull the trigger on Saturday and are now on the hunt for a new boss.
Software Stocks Have Best Month Since 2001. Talk of 'SaaSpocalypse' Subsides
Security company Okta shot up 30% Friday, reported CNBC, while data platform provider Snowflake jumped 50% this week.
They see it as part of a larger trend where software stocks "soared this week," signaling "some companies are navigating their way through AI disruption better than Wall Street expected" and that investors "may have been too quick to declare the end of software with the emergence of AI. Even as AI displaces certain tools and job functions, many software companies continue to show growth, assisted by their own AI products..."
The "SaaSpocalypse" may not be over. But for now at least, fears of software's demise have cooled... The iShares Expanded Tech-Software exchange-traded fund rose 8% this week and closed May up 21%, the best monthly performance for the ETF since October 2001. Back then it was a brief rebound during the dot-com bust, while the current rally comes as concerns about the impact of AI ripple across the sector. Software names have been hit particularly hard over the past year due to the boom in so-called vibe coding, with users able to now build apps and websites in minutes thanks to offerings from Anthropic, OpenAI and others...
Elsewhere in the software space, Atlassian climbed 26% for the week and ServiceNow surged over 20%, while Shopify, Workday and Asana each gained at least 14%.
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Arsenal fan with life-threatening injury after Budapest scooter accident walks out of hospital because he is desperate to see Champions League final
The British man, who is said to be in need of 'immediate' medical attention, was involved in the incident in Budapest, Hungary, earlier this afternoon. (Pictured: Arsenal fans in Budapest).
Now the countryside gets low traffic neighbourhoods too: Speed limits to be cut to 20mph and gates and bollards will block through traffic
A version of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs), which are typically found in urban areas, has quietly spread over hundreds of countryside roads.
Best selling Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell and the mystery of her chilling mountainside encounter with a sex attacker who tried to strangle her with binocular straps - and went on to murder a backpacker
Maggie O'Farrell has moved and thrilled millions of readers with her books, especially Hamnet, the movie adaptation of which claimed Best Actress Oscar for Jessie Buckley this year.
Driver stopped with 'dangerous' unsecured load
A tractor and trailer were stopped at Boreham Interchange by Essex Police who reported an unsecured load.
Driver stopped with 'dangerous' unsecured load
A tractor and trailer were stopped at Boreham Interchange by Essex Police who reported an unsecured load.
French thieves steal bronze statue remembering the British soldiers who died to liberate their country - a week before D-Day anniversary
The one-tonne statue of a piper in the 51st Highland Division during the Second World War at Bréville-les-Monts, north of Caen, vanished on Friday.