14 minutes ago Odyssey passengers complain of horrendous smell after toilets stopped flushing at start of cruise

The water and flushing issues have since been fixed onboard the Odyssey

Politics

37 minutes ago Parts of Britain with most pubs revealed by interactive map – second will surprise you

The City of London has more pubs per person than any other area of England and Wales, with the Isles of Scilly and Derbyshire Dales close behind, according to official figures

Politics

37 minutes ago Water firms want to be able to charge customers in England and Wales up to 84% more on their bills

Customers may have to splash out on their future water bills after operators across England and Wales proposed hefty rises of up to 84 per cent more to regulator Ofwat.

Economics

41 minutes ago A Colombian warlord became the Amazon rainforest’s most unlikely protector. Now he is cutting it down

Deforestation fell by a third when the guerrilla leader Ivan Mordisco violently enforced a logging ban, but now he has changed tack and is threatening Cop16 biodiversity talksIn the Amazon states of southern Colombia, uniform patches of cattle pasture suddenly give way to trees so numerous and densely packed that the blots of emerald, lime green and white overlap as vines, leaves and tree trunks merge into one.According to official figures, this place is an international success story: the frontline of the country’s fight against deforestation, which it slashed last year by 36%. Continue reading...

Events

41 minutes ago ‘Woke tears’ water, Hillary toilet roll: the US right’s ‘parallel economy’ – in pictures

A conservative consumer movement is trying to create a separate economy from the ‘woke’ mainstream. So what are they selling?Last year, an intense transphobic backlash erupted in response to Bud Light using a trans influencer in a social media campaign. Bomb threats were called in to breweries, bars stopped selling Budweiser products, people posted videos of themselves pouring Bud Light down the drain, and Kid Rock filmed himself shooting several cases of it with a submachine gun.Against that backdrop, a company launched a Bud Light alternative called Ultra Right Beer, marketed as being “100% Woke-Free.”.Above: Trump Town, a store in Boones Mill, Virginia. Below: the America First Warehouse, Ronkonkoma, New York. Continue reading...

Politics

48 minutes ago What are golden visas? Demand for investment visas reaches record levels among wealthy Brits

The EU is expected to see an influx of more than 6,500 millionaires coming from Britain by the end of December

Economics

52 minutes ago Undefeated MMA fighter who switched to boxing faces a ban for LIFE from the sport after he knocked out his opponent with a HEAD KICK when he was losing... and then boasted about it

Fight fans are fuming after Russia's Idris Abdurashidov committed one of the worst fouls in boxing last weekend - then had the nerve to gloat about it on social media.

Sport

53 minutes ago Secondary school teachers demand earlier period education as kids left in the dark

Secondary school teachers across Britain are urging for improved and more timely period education, expressing concerns that students are entering year seven without vital menstrual health knowledge.

Politics

61 minutes ago 'Lovely, warm' electric blanket that costs 2p per hour to run that's easy to wash

It's time to banish cold bedtimes with the help of a heated electric blanket.

Events

64 minutes ago Channel 4 branded a 'disgrace' over new documentary suggesting Winston Churchill oversaw a 'secret apartheid' in Britain

Churchill: Britain's Secret Apartheid aired on Saturday night, exploring the lives of American soldiers in the UK during the Second World War.

Politics