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Top Nigel Hastilow stories
How did Birmingham get into this fine mess?
Incompetence, complacency or sheer stupidity?
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Nigel Hastilow: This is serious – but it’s not the end of the world
Comment: The most hideously awful General Election campaign in living memory
Nigel Hastilow: I can’t wait to get this election over and done with
Comment: The whole election process is sickening
Nigel Hastilow comment: Race to be PM is a battle of the crazies
Nigel Hastilow: Getting a divorce shouldn’t be child’s play
More Nigel Hastilow stories
Nigel Hastilow: Keep calm and carry on
Nigel Hastilow: Poor Theresa is left having to make deals with the devil
Nigel Hastilow: Brexit reduced to farce
Nigel Hastilow: Will May stay down?
Nigel Hastilow: We may not like it, but climate change is real
Nigel Hastilow: A future as bright as a 40 watt bulb
Nigel Hastilow: The week Brexit died
Nigel Hastilow: Tech-age Ratners are fleeing a sinking chip
Nigel Hastilow: Voters just want Brexit resolved
Nigel Hastilow: PM dancing with death over hokey cokey Brexit
UK News
In Pictures: Records tumble and reindeer stop traffic in 2025 weather highlights
FTSE 100 scores best year since 2009 and outperforms Wall Street
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay could be part-funded by visitor levy – council leader
Man in court charged with murder of grandfather who was punched outside pub
Boy, 15, killed by single stab wound to the chest, court told
Incoming Archbishop of Canterbury ‘received hundreds of letters of support’
Viral News
Scottish TikToker of the year revealed
John Lewis recall popular toddler toys due to 'choking' risk
The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65
Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Reiner among the celebrities we mourned in 2025
Charity busk draws hundreds to Dublin city centre
Over 200,000 portable chargers sold on Amazon recalled due to 'fire risk'
World News
Fireworks displays in New Zealand and Australia kick off 2026 celebrations
China announces it has ‘successfully completed’ military exercises near Taiwan
Children among those injured as Russian drones strike Ukraine’s Odesa
NFL star Stefon Diggs faces strangulation charges, denies allegations
Iran’s president pledges ‘harsh’ response on back of Trump warning
Thieves drill into German bank vault and steal property worth tens of millions
