19 hours ago The One Show's Alex Jones pauses show to make Elton John announcement live on air

Alex Jones went on to present a snippet of the iconic singer Elton John, speaking directly from his house.

Society

86 minutes ago Andy Murray could REVERSE his retirement decision, John McEnroe teases, despite Scot coaching old rival Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open

EXCLUSIVE BY DAN DAVIS: Andy Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion, brought an end to his glittering career after bowing out of the Paris Olympics last August.

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49 minutes ago Moira Salmond hits out at those 'determined to damage' late husband's reputation

Widow’s comments follow Nicola Sturgeon’s claim she stepped in ‘many times’ when Alex Salmond was ‘really rough on people’

Events

6 hours ago Elon Musk and the new world order: the hijacking of the global conversation

How can we publicly debate policy in the face of the rising – and polarising – influence of the X owner and others whose only aim is to serve themselvesHow should we as a society interact with one another, debate, come to decisions? What impels politicians to focus and act on one thing and not another?The Athenians had the Agora, where (male, slave-owning) citizens gathered to debate and decide the issues of the day. In the early 20th century, John Reith envisioned the BBC, in a most patrician way, as a space where the nation could come together to enhance the (supposedly) British values of democracy, reasonableness and debate. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago We built our world with fire. Now heat is destroying our lives | John Vaillant

We fell in love with the power and speed that fossil fuels brought us. But the price being paid in California, and around the world, has become too highZero per cent contained. In layperson’s terms, that means “out of control and burning at will”. It’s a common designation for a wildfire – in the wild. But when a fire like this enters an urban area such as Los Angeles County, the most highly populated metropolitan area in the US, it becomes an exploding bomb, and this one has been detonating since last Tuesday.By now, the energy release from this wind-driven, drought-fuelled firestorm turned urban conflagration is into the megatons, and the nuclear-scale destruction is there for all to see: block after block and neighbourhood after neighbourhood levelled – roughly 12,000 structures destroyed or rendered uninhabitable, 55 sq miles of city and mountain burnt, nearly 200,000 residents evacuated – so far. There is more to come. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Man puts 25 dynamite sticks in mum's suitcase before plane explodes killing all on board

John 'Jack' Gilbert Graham hated him mum so much that he packed her suitcase bound for a flight to Alaska with 25 sticks of dynamite, ultimately killing all 44 people on board

Events

7 hours ago 'I chatted with Sir Alex Ferguson but snubbed Man Utd and joined rivals not that good'

The Premier League icon could have ended up at Old Trafford playing under legendary boss Sir Alex Ferguson had things turned out differently

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9 hours ago Bible John author suffers DNA blow in bid to prove her theory on killer's identity

John Templeton was named as the possible killer of third victim Helen Puttock, in a book by Australian Jill Bavin-Mizzi.

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8 hours ago Note to No 10: one speed doesn’t fit all when it comes to online safety | John Naughton

Legislation to protect children in the digital realm is essential. But if it results in the loss of small cycling and cancer-care forums, something’s gone wrongLondon Fixed Gear and Single-Speed (LFGSS) is an admirable online community of fixed-gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London. Sadly, this columnist does not qualify for membership: he doesn’t reside in (or near) the metropolis, and he requires a number of gears to tackle even the gentlest of inclines – and therefore admires hardier cyclists who disdain the assistance of Sturmey-Archer or Campagnolo hardware.There is, however, bad news on the horizon. After Sunday 16 March, LFGSS will be no more. Dee Kitchen, the software wizard (and cyclist) who is the core developer of Microcosm, a platform for running non-commercial, non-profit, privacy-sensitive, accessible online forums such as LFGSS, has announced that on that date he will “delete the virtual servers hosting LFGSS and other communities, and effectively immedi...

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15 hours ago Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim studying Sir Alex Ferguson footage ahead of FA Cup clash vs Arsenal

Manchester United are set to face Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday and Red Devils boss Ruben Amorim is hoping his side will go on to lift the trophy in May

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9 hours ago John Swinney 'wants to be First Minister until 2031' as he makes clear 'caretaker' status is over

The SNP leader has opened up on his ambitions, and also talked for the first time about a heart scare in the back of a ministerial car that inspired him to take up running.

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20 hours ago Starmer will brutally sack Reeves to save himself. I've had a ringside seat for 50 years of financial crises and even I'm shocked by the speed of her unravelling: ALEX BRUMMER

Liz Truss's short-lived premiership besides, I can think of few administrations that have come into power with such a belief in their own economic superiority only to come unstuck so rapidly.

Events

15 hours ago Ruben Amorim: Man Utd must show we can win every game, no matter who we play

United beat rivals City and drew with Liverpool, but have failed to perform against less-fancied clubs.

Politics

21 hours ago Sammy The Bull Gravano's defiant words as he admits 'regrets' over murders of 19 people

Former Mafia underboss Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano reveals why he spoke out against John Gotti and shared his thoughts on his deadly time with the Gambino crime family

Events

18 hours ago Arne Slot shows his true colours as Accrington Stanley boss reveals chat

Liverpool defeated Accrington Stanley 4-0 at Anfield in the FA Cup but the Lancashire side were able to take away positives from the clash with boss John Doolan paying tribute to Arne Slot

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23 hours ago How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off’

John Vaillant, the author of Fire Weather, explains why fires such as those in Los Angeles are different from those beforeWhen writing about the hot, dry Santa Ana winds and how they affect the behavior and imaginations of southern Californians, Joan Didion once said: “The winds show us how close to the edge we are.”I’ve lived here my entire life. I evacuated my family’s hillside home as a teenager. I’ve experienced the surrealism of watching ash rain down from the sky more times than I can count. But there is something different, supercharged, about the hurricane-force winds that fueled this week’s catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Joe Biden got plenty right at home, but on the world stage he let himself be taken for a fool | Simon Tisdall

In another era, the outgoing president would have made a great cold war leader. Instead, his tenure was dogged by errors, naivety and overcautionIn a week when the US bade a sad farewell to Jimmy Carter, presidential legacies came under particular scrutiny. Yet few presidents are widely remembered beyond their lifetimes, their “historic” achievements even less so. In the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D Roosevelt, John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon make the truly memorable list. Most of the rest are mere school-book names and dates.Joe Biden’s standing in this unprepossessing pantheon is now being assessed, as he prepares to depart the White House on 20 January. Like his 44 predecessors, he reportedly frets about his “place in history”. All presidents do this. It smacks of vanity. They give valedictory lectures, endow foundations, build libraries, write memoirs. They confuse fame with continuing relevance. Continue reading...

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26 hours ago David Moyes asks fans to back mission to ‘rebuild’ Everton after return as boss

The 61-year-old is understood to have signed a two-and-a-half-year contract to return as Toffees manager.

Events

21 hours ago Voices: Rachel Reeves is heading for the brick wall of an emergency Budget

The chancellor has only herself to blame for failing to give herself any escape routes from humiliation, writes John Rentoul

Politics

31 hours ago Why we can't let John Swinney take two years to act on child sexual abuse

On Thursday, John Swinney could have pledged to introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse at the earliest opportunity. Instead, he chose to prevaricate

Events

23 hours ago Chelsea v Morecambe, Leicester v QPR, and more: FA Cup third round – clockwatch

Updates from the 3pm GMT kick-offsLive scoreboard | Get in touch with TomIlias Chair is the first QPR player to test Jakub Stolarczyk, who saves well, but the Leicester keeper cannot do anything about Jonathan Varane’s effort. QPR had turned up the heat in the previous five minutes or so and after Harry Winks failed to clear, Varane gathered the ball and slammed it low and into the bottom corner from all of 25 yards.Nottingham Forest: Carlos Miguel, Toffolo, Boly, Morato, Alex, Moreira, Ward-Prowse, Jota Silva, Yates, Sosa, Awoniyi. Continue reading...

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32 hours ago Miss World bombshell Victoria Silvstedt couldn't live up to Portsmouth star's standards

There is seemingly nothing former Miss World finalist, Playboy model, actress, singer, TV host and movie star Victoria Silvstedt can't do – but ex-Premier League footballer John Utaka reckons there is

Events

24 hours ago I wanted to join Manchester United after speaking to Sir Alex Ferguson

Manchester United were previously on the verge of signing one of the greatest strikers of the current generation of footballers

Politics

24 hours ago Carrie Johnson spends week in hospital with flu and pneumonia as she becomes latest victim of sickness surge sweeping Britain

The wife of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that she spent the first few days of 2025 at John Radcliffe hospital in Oxfordshire after enduring a 'nasty' chest infection for nearly 18 days.

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25 hours ago ‘It’s the moment when genius comes into the universe’: the film recreating SNL’s chaotic first night

A new drama recalls the wild first broadcast of Saturday Night Live in 1975. Making it was as much of a high-wire act as the show itself, the film’s director Jason Reitman and stars revealThere is no show in history more obsessed with its own lore than Saturday Night Live. Almost every week the long-running sketch show is sprinkled with returning alumni and jokes that reference the show’s illustrious and controversial past: its social club status for the great and good of New York; the drug-fuelled deaths of its brightest lights such as John Belushi and Chris Farley; the superstars it created in Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell and Tina Fey, to name but five of hundreds.SNL is so fabled that it’s already inspired scores of documentaries and numerous scripted TV shows based on it, including 30 Rock and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. In February, there will be a three-hour primetime special celebrating the show’s 50th anniversary, an event likely to be more starry...

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27 hours ago John Lewis wouldn't swap my free breakfast bap for a vegan alternative

I'm vegan, so I contacted John Lewis customer services to ask if I could swap it for a vegan item of similar value - but was surprised that it said no.

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33 hours ago Lifeboat crew recall 'violent' weather during search for Solway Harvester on 25th anniversary of tragedy

Peter Cowin and John McCreadie were speaking on a special Manx Radio podcast ahead of the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.

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35 hours ago Defiant Nigel Farage claims 12 Reform councillors who quit over Elon Musk row were part of 'rogue branch' in fiery Newsnight exchange

The 12 councilors - who hold two district council seats, nine town council seats and five parish council seats - are all from Derbyshire and include Alex Stephenson.

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