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Ministers are facing calls to make further concessions to their sweeping asylum reforms, after senior Tory MPs joined a small backbench rebellion amid a parliamentary tussle over the Illegal Migration Bill. Senior Tories used Tuesday’s debate to call for further reforms, as MPs spent more than three-and-a-half hours holding 18 votes in the Commons that saw several amendments made by the House of Lords overturned. The Illegal Migration Bill was

Jeremy Vine and Piers Morgan are among the high profile figures who have called for the unnamed presenter at the heart of the BBC scandal to come forward publicly for the good of his colleagues at the corporation. Fresh claims about the anonymous man emerged on Tuesday, following previous allegations over payments he had made for sexually explicit photos. The Sun newspaper’s front page on Wednesday also reported that a

Daniel Ricciardo will make a shock return to Formula One at the Hungarian Grand Prix a week on Sunday. The eight-time grand prix winner, who was axed by McLaren at the end of last year, will replace Nyck de Vries at Red Bull’s junior team AlphaTauri for the rest of the year. Rookie De Vries was hired by AlphaTauri at the beginning of this season but he has been dropped

Tyson Fury has announced a clash against mixed martial arts fighter Francis Ngannou in a boxing contest on October 28 in Saudi Arabia – but the Briton’s WBC heavyweight title will not be at stake. Fury most recently fought last December, stopping compatriot Derek Chisora inside 10 rounds, but talks over an undisputed world title showdown against Oleksandr Usyk bitterly broke down earlier this year. While Usyk defends his WBA,

The BBC’s gender pay gap has increased to its highest level since 2018. The median pay gap is now 7.3%, up from 5.9% for 2021/22. The BBC said this is due to investment in technology and product areas, which are male dominated. The public broadcaster has come under fire for its pay gap and last month director-general Tim Davie told MPs there are still eight equal pay cases open internally