Kate Nicholson

1 week ago | huffingtonpost.co.uk | Kate Nicholson

The Supreme Court has just ruled that the term "woman" refers to those born as biologically female. The landmark moment has delivered a blow to the trans community and comes after years of campaigning from gender-critical groups. Here's a look at how we got here, and just what that means. What just happened? The UK Supreme Court, operated by the five most senior judges in the country, has officially defined what a woman is.

1 week ago | huffingtonpost.co.uk | Kate Nicholson

Russian casualties in the Ukraine war have now exceeded 920,000, according to the UK. Vladimir Putin has been pushing his troops forward at an astonishingly high rate of attrition over the last three years in a bid to seize more land from his neighbouring country. Russia currently holds a fifth of Ukrainian territory - and its troops continue to push forwards.

2 weeks ago | huffingtonpost.co.uk | Kate Nicholson

Yvette Cooper has accused Labour's critics of spreading "party political misinformation" around the government's plan to investigate local grooming gangs. The home secretary announced a three-month review into such groups in January while putting £5m a side for five local inquiries, although she only named Oldham. It came about Labour refused to launch another national inquiry into grooming gangs, after tech magnate Elon Musk revived the issue at the start of the year.

2 weeks ago | huffingtonpost.co.uk | Kate Nicholson

President Donald Trump has just announced another major change to US trading policy, which has already sent ripples around the world. A week after unveiling tariffs - that's taxes on international imports going into the US - on more than 60 countries, he seems to have performed a screeching U-turn. As world leaders respond to Trump's latest dramatic announcement, here's what you need to know and how it will impact the UK. What has just changed?

2 weeks ago | huffingtonpost.co.uk | Kate Nicholson

The majority of Brits no longer see the US as an ally to the UK, according to a new poll conducted in the wake of Donald Trump's tariffs. The US president unveiled a series of taxes on foreign imports last week, including a 10% tariff on British goods. While that is the so-called "base rate" of Trump's tariffs - other countries faced taxes of up to 34% - it does come on top of a global 25% levy on cars and steel products.