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Jennifer Aniston turns 51: Courteney Cox leads birthday tributes

'No matter how hard you might try... there's only one Jennifer Aniston.' Cox wrote alongside a photo of the longtime pals wearing matching glasses.




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Jeremy Corbyn's supporters should be kicked out, Jewish community leader warns 

Jonathan Goldstein, chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council, said the 'problem is not only Corbyn but also Corbynism and Corbynites, and these remain strong in the party'.




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Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery is 'seriously considering' leadership bid

Mr Lavery is an ally of the current Labour leader, and could split senior left-wing party figures, including Mr Corbyn, who are believed to favour Rebecca Long-Bailey.




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Labour MP backlash after Ian Lavery floats idea of leadership bid

Rebecca Long-Bailey has ended weeks of speculation as she said she is 'considering standing' for the Labour leadership. Ian Lavery is also weighing up a run for the top job.




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Ex-Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says Shadow Cabinet should be banned from the party's leadership race

Former Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says the Shadow Cabinet should be banned from the leadership race for paying 'lip service' to rooting out anti-Semitism. She claims 'none of them deserve a vote'.




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Yvette Cooper set to ditch bid to lead the Labour party as she fears she cannot win, friend claims

Yvette Cooper is set to pull out of the Labour leadership race amid fears she cannot win. One friend told the Mail she was likely to withdraw as she feared being punished by Jeremy Corbyn's supporters.




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Jess Phillips launches bid to be next Labour leader saying she'll confront 'anybody in power'

The Birmingham Yardley MP said she 'would have absolutely no problem in confronting Donald Trump' as she launched a bid to become the Labour party's next leader this evening.




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Labour leadership hopeful Jess Phillips performs screeching U-turn on Brexit

Labour leadership hopeful Jess Phillips has backtracked after she suggested she would campaign to take the UK back into the European Union if she takes over from Jeremy Corbyn.




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Drugs and rent boy shame ex-MP Keith Vaz returns to play role in the Labour leadership battle

The 63-year-old attended today's meeting of the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC), which is due to decide on the rules and format of the battle to replace Jeremy Corbyn.




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Labour supporters who shell out £25 fee will be able to choose new leader

Labour's ruling national executive committee made the announcement yesterday, setting the fee for those to become registered supporters in time to vote in the leadership contest at £25.




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HENRY DEEDES watches the Labour leader rant about Western imperialism 

HENRY DEEDES: General Soleimani's death, Corbyn informed the House, was a classic example of American aggression. Once again, the US was making the wrong calls in the Middle East.




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Labour leadership outsider Clive Lewis calls for referendum on Royal Family in Meghan and Harry row

The left-winger, who is trailing sixth and last in the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn, made the suggestion in a campaign speech in London.




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Jeremy Corbyn rated as a 0/10 Labour leader by almost HALF of British voters in new poll

Some 42 per cent of more than 5,000 people surveyed by YouGov gave the outgoing leader a zero rating after he led his party to an election humiliation in December.




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Rebecca Long-Bailey vows to scrap House of Lords if Labour members choose her as new party leader

Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey said she would unveil a package of radical constitutional measures if she won the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.




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Yvette Cooper backs Sir Keir Starmer despite insisting 'it's time we had a Labour woman leader'

Yvette Cooper said backing Sir Keir Starmer to replace Jeremy Corbyn was a 'hard decision' because she has 'always argued it's time we had a Labour woman leader'.




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'It's fiction of course': Former deputy Labour leader Tom Watson unveils plans for political novel

The ex-West Bromwich East MP will write The House, a tale of 'ambition and failure, trust and betrayal' after signing up with publisher Little, Brown.




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Emily Thornberry vows to be an 'unashamedly socialist' Labour leader

Emily Thornberry today vowed to be an 'unashamedly socialist' Labour leader if she takes over from Jeremy Corbyn as she also pledged to quit if she did badly in the top job.




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Keir Starmer 'should pass the mic and let a woman be Labour leader'

Jess Phillips acknowledged it was 'very difficult' for people to stand back from the contest, but warned it would be 'embarrassing' if Labour elected another man to its top job.




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Jeremy Corbyn is Labour members' most liked party leader EVER despite 2019 election thrashing 

A YouGov poll found 71 per cent of them have a favourable view of Mr Corbyn. Second on 70 per cent was Ed Miliband, another election loser, while John Smith came third on 67 per cent.




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Rebecca Long-Bailey allies demand Sir Keir Starmer pull out of leadership race

Allies of Rebecca Long-Bailey have demanded Sir Keir Starmer pull out of the Labour leadership race to make way for a woman to take over from Jeremy Corbyn.




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Unite backs Rebecca Long-Bailey to be the next Labour leader

Members of Unite, the second largest union in Britain, backed the shadow business secretary after a ballot this afternoon, as well as Richard Burgon for deputy leader.




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Labour deputy leadership hustings descends into chaos in Leeds

Footage shows shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon arguing with shadow Equalities Minister Dawn Butler as they addressed potential voters in Leeds.




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Len McCluskey issues Labour leadership warning to moderate MPs

The Unite the union boss said critics of the shadow business secretary 'would be better to clear out now' amid reports some are planning to quit Labour if she wins the contest.




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Jeremy Corbyn 'backs Rebecca Long-Bailey for Labour leader'

Jeremy Corbyn delivered an apparent endorsement of Rebecca Long-Bailey at a retirement party for former MP Ronnie Campbell over the weekend.




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Fury as Labour analysis written by Jeremy Corbyn loyalists clears leader over election humiliation

Analysis of the party's 80-seat defeat - its worst since 1935 - blamed Brexit policy, attacks by the media and even the lingering impact of Tony Blair's leadership in northern seats it lost.




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Labour could be FINISHED if it chooses the 'wrong' leader, warns Lord Mandelson

Former Cabinet minister Lord Mandelson swiped that left-winger Jeremy Corbyn had helped deliver a 'stonking' majority for the Tories last month.




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Jeremy Corbyn joins the pick-it line: Labour leader caught on camera with his finger up his NOSE

The outgoing Labour leader, whose public appearances have been limited since he lost the election in December, was in the chamber for an update on the impact of Storm Ciara.




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'You would have tanked the economy': Labour leadership rivals blasted on TV over election manifesto

Sir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Emily Thornberry were on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme this morning and were taken to task by 'Jay', a former Labour voter.




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Jeremy Corbyn hints he could STAY in the shadow Cabinet after stepping down as Labour leader

The outgoing leader, who led Labour to its worst election defeat since the 1930s in December, spoke as he toured areas affected by flooding in Wales this afternoon.




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Labour leadership challenger Sir Keir Starmer warns party risks being out of power for a generation

Sir Keir Starmer has warned Labour activists the party risks being out of power for a generation unless it unites and fights the Tories.




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Sir Keir Starmer on course to cruise to victory in the Labour leadership race

Sir Keir is predicted to get 53 per cent of votes in the first round of counting which would be enough for him to surpass the 50 per cent threshold needed to win the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn.




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Labour CANCELS live unveiling of the party's new leader next month over coronavirus fears

The party said a special conference due to be held on April 4 had been cancelled, along with remaining hustings events, with a spokeswoman saying a scaled-back event' would replace it.




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Labour leadership favourite Keir Starmer 'plans scorched earth removal of hard-Left'

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer is expected to romp to victory when the result of the contest is announced on Saturday.




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Hard left bullies spoil coronation for Labour's new leader

The fervently pro-Corbyn Momentum group reacted to Sir Keir's overwhelming triumph by vowing to hold the new leader to account 'and make sure he keeps his promises'.




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Sir Keir Starmer makes Labour leadership rival Lisa Nandy his shadow foreign secretary

Sir Keir Starmer has made leadership rival Lisa Nandy his shadow foreign secretary as the new Labour leader announced a series of senior appointments to his top team.




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Ed Miliband RETURNS to Labour's top team as new leader Keir Starmer unveils new-look shadow cabinet

Mr Miliband has been brought back as shadow business secretary as Sir Keir announced a second wave of changes after replacing Jeremy Corbyn.




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Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers, 73, leads protest against coronavirus lockdown

Piers Corbyn spearheaded the rally in Glastonbury, Somerset, against the Government's lockdown, which he said was causing more people to die. He claimed that around 100 attended the protest.




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Texts between Malcolm Turnbull and Mathias Cormann revealed over leadership vote to Scott Morrison

Malcolm Turnbull has blasted former political ally Mathias Cormann as 'weak and treacherous' for his key role in the leadership spill which ousted him as Prime Minister.




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Malcolm Turnbull claims Scott Morrison worked behind the scenes to have him booted out as leader

Mr Turnbull claims in his new memoir that his successor Mr Morrison 'was playing a double game' to force him out of office.




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Lauren Jauregui dons yellow two-piece dress as she leads artists at LGBTQ+ Voices In Music event

Jauregui, who was in the group the Fifth Harmony, has been an outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ community in recent years, coming out as bisexual in an open letter in 2016.




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More Iowa poll results keep Pete Buttigieg in the lead - but Bernie Sanders climbs by 0.1%

Iowa Democrats trickled out another 9% of the overall results more than 24 hours after the caucuses ended, with no end in sight to a fiasco which means Buttigieg's win is only self-proclaimed.




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Sanders takes seven point lead over Biden in Nevada

Sen. Bernie Sanders has a 7-point lead in Nevada over former Vice President Joe Biden with that state's caucuses just eight days away.




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Joe Biden takes massive 25-point lead against Donald Trump in battleground counties: Poll

Joe Biden has taken a commanding 25-point lead in close counties where in 2016 Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were within 10 points of each other, a poll released Saturday revealed.




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From the migrant crisis to Alexander Blackman, will Western leaders ever learn?

Interventions in small Muslim states over the last twenty years, far from saving the West from the threats from dictators, have left Britain and America more at risk than ever.




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Ex-SAS chief John Holmes leads pleas to bail Sgt Alexander Blackman

Lawyers will argue Sgt Alexander Blackman, imprisoned for murder for shooting a wounded insurgent in Afghanistan, deserves to be granted bail and reunited with his family.




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Kendall Jenner leads a car parade by sister Kourtney Kardashian's house for her 41st birthday

The social distancing guidelines brought on by the coronavirus pandemic have forced many to think of creative alternatives for special occasions that would normally call for large gatherings.




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HIV/AIDS is no longer the leading cause of death in Africa

The World Health Organization said the leading cause of death is now lower respiratory tract infections. HIV/AIDS killed 760,000 Africans in 2015, and was the top cause since at least 2000.




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Ellie Goulding leads at Elton John AIDS CLUB LOVE bash

The 30-year-old Burn hitmaker kept things chic in a sensational Bardot gown with dazzling jewels from the sponsor BVLGARI, while Lady Kitty and Lottie wore near-identical gowns




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Track coach pleads guilty to sexually abusing students

Maryland track coach Carlos Deangelo Bell, 30, who is HIV-positive, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing students, filming child pornography and attempted transmission of HIV.




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Former Nigeria international Isaac Promise dies as ex-teammate Anton Ferdinand leads tributes

The American side announced in a statement that Promise had died on Wednesday evening, but did not specify the cause of death. He captained Nigeria to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.