49 minutes ago Gary Neville gets new Man Utd job just days after Sir Alex Ferguson axe

Sir Alex Ferguson's ambassadorial contract at Manchester United has come to an end, with Gary Neville one of several former players who represent the club in a similar capacity

Politics

64 minutes ago Call for answers over Dumfries and Galloway roadworks causing near 100

Overnight closures on the A75 have led to a journey that normally takes for minutes now lasting nearly two and a half hours

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68 minutes ago Hundreds of mourners gather to bid farewell Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter after they perished when the Bayesian superyacht sunk

Seven people died when Mr Lynch's £30million Bayesian yacht sank in just 16 minutes after getting caught in a freak storm off the coast of Porticello, near Sicily, on August 19.

Politics

71 minutes ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans make 'dirty' observation as Paul Merson addresses exit

The former football became the fourth celebrity to say their goodbyes to the BBC One dance contest

Culture

74 minutes ago Budget 2024: What taxes will Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves hike in announcement?

Increases in National Insurance for employers, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and stamp duty are expected in the Budget on October 30

Economics

1 hour ago New Zealand’s historic T20 World Cup suggests a change is coming in women’s cricket

The White Fearns beat South Africa in the Women’s T20 World Cup final to become champions for the first time

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1 hour ago 'I didn't play enough for England – my injury torment left me depressed'

Former Tottenham captain Ledley King has come clean about the injury troubles that all but ended his career and had a dire effect on his mental health

Events

2 hours ago King Charles and Queen Camilla's awkward Princess Diana moment on Australia tour

King Charles and Queen Camilla were handed a Bible to sign during a visit to a church in Sydney, Australia, and the King was heard asking 'What day is it again?'

Politics

2 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Paul Merson delivers savage remark as he's eliminated

Strictly Come Dancing said goodbye to its fourth celebrity as Paul Merson and Karen Hauer were eliminated after they took on JB Gill and Amy Dowden in the dance-off

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2 hours ago Tapas not tantrums: we put food at the centre of our Barcelona family holiday

On a rail trip to Spain from the UK via Paris, our writer discovers a great way of travelling happily with children Street lights strobed through the window, sending shadows sweeping across our faces as our train followed the River Seine through Choisy-le-Roi. Ten minutes earlier, we had pulled out of Paris’s Gare d’Austerlitz. Departing at 9.40pm, the Intercité de Nuit was due on the Spanish border just after 10am, where we would connect to a Barcelona train.It’s possible to make the journey from London in a day, but my husband and I had added a stopover to give our two daughters – aged six and four – a whistlestop tour of the French capital, an indulgent lunch and a night on a sleeper train. Travelling with children was once a stop-start nightmare of whingeing for snacks, bu...

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