25 minutes ago Shadow business secretary would support 'mutualisation' of Post Office

Kevin Hollinrake, who served as postal minister in Rishi Sunak's government, said the plan to mutualise the Post Office had been considered when he was in office

Society

35 minutes ago Watch: Planes landing at Heathrow Airport face wrath of Storm Ashley’s 80mph winds

Planes at Heathrow Airport have been seen getting blown around by the 80mph winds of Storm Ashley this morning (20 October).

Society

61 minutes ago Sir Chris Hoy's terminal cancer, wife's incurable illness, what's to come, his net worth

Sir Chris Hoy, Britain's most successful Olympic cyclist, has been handed a devastating terminal cancer diagnosis - just months after his wife was diagnosed with an incurable disease

Science

96 minutes ago Keir Starmer warned that trans conversion therapy ban could lead to 'criminalisation' of parents opposed to their child's gender swap

More than 140 people including peers, MPs, doctors and psychotherapists have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister with 'grave concerns about the government's plan.

Events

96 minutes ago 'World's oldest paper boy' finally retires at the age of 82 after seven decades in the job as there's 'nothing else to achieve'

Joe Wardman, 82, took over the family business with his mother following his father's death in 1964, running it until his retirement in 2011, working seven days a week.

Politics

1 hour ago German authorities arrest Libyan man suspected of planning attack on Israeli Embassy

German authorities have arrested a Libyan national with suspected ties to the extremist group Islamic State who was allegedly planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin

Events

1 hour 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 ‘You are next’: online posts show Islamic State interest in attacks on US ahead of election

Internet chatter and Oklahoma arrest of alleged would-be IS attacker indicate terror group’s planningAfter the FBI arrested an Afghan man in Oklahoma planning an election day shooting on behalf of the Islamic State, the terrorist organization re-entered what has become one of the most chaotic news cycles leading up to a November vote.Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma City admitted to investigators he and a co-conspirator expected to die as IS martyrs as they opened fire on crowds on election day, according to charging documents. Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Sir Chris Hoy's terminal cancer, wife's incurable illness, message over what's next, net worth

Sir Chris Hoy, one of Team GB's most revered Olympians, has revealed he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, with doctors informing the former cyclist he has between two and four years to live

Science

1 hour ago Labour's economic plans risk creating £80bn black hole... and cutting GDP

The Growth Commission calculates that the Government's economic policies will cut national output by nearly 9% by the end of the decade.

Economics