11 minutes ago Budget 2024 latest: ‘Big and difficult choices’ warns health secretary as tax threshold freeze not ruled out

Speculation is mounting ahead of 30 October

Events

14 minutes ago Jamie Carragher questions Howard Webb with controversial deleted social media post

William Saliba was sent off for Arsenal in their Premier League clash with Bournemouth on Saturday evening after a VAR review, leading to questions from Jamie Carragher

Events

15 minutes ago Rangers fans demand 'mismanagement' stops NOW as banner blasts board at Rugby Park

John Gilligan's update during week clearly didn't land as fans make their feelings clear

Sport

25 minutes ago Shoppers 'can't unsee this' as £15 John Lewis pillow 'looks like something very rude'

Shoppers have been left in hysterics after spotting a John Lewis Halloween cushion which looked rather raunchy, taking to TikTok to comment on the X-rated find

Economics

39 minutes ago A Pennsylvania town is thriving with Haitian immigrants – and is the latest target of Republican hate

Despite a revitalization, Donald Trump wrongfully claimed Charleroi is ‘virtually bankrupt’ with ‘massive crime’There is one thing about her community that makes Kristin Hopkins-Calcek prouder than anything: her city is now one of the few boroughs in Pennsylvania with a growing population.“We haven’t invested in our borough for a long time,” says the Charleroi council president, “and now we are finally able to do that – it’s because we have a need to.” Continue reading...

Events

64 minutes ago Germans have banned all cactuses in case they interfere with Government business

The mayor of German town of Plettenberg brought the harsh ban in as a result of a man needing medical attention after he was injured by a cactus while on school premises

Politics

86 minutes ago Shadow business secretary would support ‘mutualisation’ of Post Office

Sky News reported that the Department for Business and Trade has asked a management consultancy to review options for how to mutualise the institution

Society

99 minutes ago A planned sequel and a West End musical – but is The Devil Wears Prada out of step with our times?

Attitudes to body standards and corporate exploitation are among themes that look dated in the 2006 smash hitThere’s to be a follow-up to the film The Devil Wears Prada, with original screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna, “in talks” to provide the script. The 2006 ­comedy, starring Anne Hathaway as Andy, the put-upon assistant to Meryl Streep’s glacial New York fashion magazine ­editor, Miranda Priestly, was an enormous global hit ­(taking $327m at the box office). As well as the planned sequel, there’s a stage musical opening at the Dominion theatre in London’s West End at the end of this month, ­starring Vanessa Williams as Priestly, with music by Elton John. Almost two decades after the ­original, it appears the ­franchise has been reawakened, but so too have the problematic issues surr...

Politics

1 hour ago Saoirse Ronan presents award for making ‘challenging cinema’ to Paul Mescal

Quentin Tarantino, 61, also picked up the Luminary Award at an Academy Museum of Motion Pictures gala event.

Events

2 hours ago Former MI6 boss says Netanyahu will ‘wait for US election’ before considering ceasefire

Former MI6 chief Sir John Sawers claims that Benjamin Netanyahu won’t “consider a ceasfire” in Gaza until the US election result has been announced.

Politics