2 hours ago Eager visitors flock to see spectacular lava fountaining from Kilauea eruption in Hawaii

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park officials are bracing for crowds eager to get a glimpse of lava fountaining from an eruption

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67 minutes ago Hawaii lawmakers vow to stabilize property insurance market as climate change fuels higher premiums

Hawaii lawmakers are beginning a new legislative session with a vow to try to stabilize the state’s property insurance market

Society

82 minutes ago Taylor Swift plans major revamp of her £13.8m home after achieving billionaire status

Pop star Taylor Swift's oceanfront home in Rhode Island is set to be extended, according to a building permit that was issued to contractors working on the property

Economics

4 hours ago Mikel Arteta issues immediate response to Arsenal star's transfer plea on live TV

Mikel Arteta continues to be quizzed on Arsenal's transfer plans, which have changed after Gabriel Jesus' injury, with a move for a striker being touted amid their struggles in front of goal

Sport

73 minutes ago See You Again, the hit reality TV series in China helping to destigmatise divorce

The show, which sends couples contemplating divorce away on a weeks-long roadtrip, has struck a chord and ignited debate on relationship normsThe premise of See You Again, a Chinese online reality television series that sends three married couples contemplating divorce away on an 18-day roadtrip, is designed to contrive an emotional spectacle. It is still raw viewing when it delivers.The show’s key dynamics are universal: power games, family dramas, division of assets; the empty loss as love devolves into hate. In one scene, the husband breaks down sobbing while behind the steering wheel, during a heated discussion with his wife about custody of their son and daughter. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago A woman crammed behind car dashboard and a showdown at Manchester Airport

The gang smuggled people to the UK stashed in dangerous modified vehicles

Culture

11 hours ago As a Macmillan cancer expert who's had the disease twice, I know why Kate Middleton's 'new normal' after chemo is so challenging

During a visit to The Royal Marsden, Kate said she was adapting to a 'new normal' after going into remission. A survey by a leading cancer charity has found 1 in 4 people are 'unhappy' after treatment.

Science

3 hours ago California fires live: LA fire crews make progress as officials expect ‘much

Firefighters report gains in containing Eaton and Palisades fires; more than 120,000 people still without powerFull story: Californians urged to prioritize safety as extreme winds loom‘Running to danger’: incarcerated firefighters on LA frontlinesTell us about financial consequences you are facingLA mayor, Karen Bass, has shared a phone number for residents who have evacuated to get assistance in finding and retrieving pets in evacuation areas.Posting on X, Bass wrote:Pets are family.The City is making help available to find and retrieve pets in evacuation areas. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago Grieving mum, 71, set to be evicted from house she’s lived in for 52 years after plans approved to turn it into a children’s home

Marie Hargreaves has been handed an eviction notice telling her she will be removed from the house this week

Society

8 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal in Vlahovic bid, Zubimendi plan; Mainoo to Chelsea; Man Utd and Spurs want Mbeumo

January window kicks into gear as Premier League giants chase huge deals

Sport

2 hours ago Teenager stabbed, punched and kicked in transphobic assault planned on Snapchat

The woman is living "in fear" after the attack which happened after a group of mask-wearing youths - including Summer Betts-Ramsey - lured her into a car park after inviting her to a roller disco

Events

17 hours ago AP PHOTOS: Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival

It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the night. Under the large fig trees, between two paved streets, a group of people is unpacking their bedding of brightly printed blankets. Using their bags as pillows and covering themselves from head to toe with the blankets to ward off cold and mosquitoes, they will spend the night there.

Culture

12 hours ago Streeting: ‘I can’t promise there won’t be patients treated in corridors next year’

The Health Secretary said he will ‘never accept’ people being treated in ‘undignified’ conditions but that it would ‘take time’ to fix the NHS.

Science

3 hours ago Governor forces out homeless people by New Orleans Superdome before Super Bowl

Louisiana authorities have begun clearing homeless encampments in New Orleans, removing people under threat of arrest and relocating many to a warehouse facility ahead of the Super Bowl hosted by the city next month

Politics

12 hours ago BBC The Traitors Alex Oleksy: Meet Scots care home manager hoping to bag huge cash prize

Alex Oleksy is staring in season three of the BBC's iconic The Traitors and the 30-year-old has people in a frenzy over his strong Scottish accent - but who is he and why's he saying he's from Whitby?

Society

4 hours ago House sales, prices and buyer inquiries increased in December – surveyors

Signals around housing market expectations for the next 12 months ‘remain solidly positive for now,’ surveyors reported.

Economics

9 hours ago TikToker's huge The Traitors 'secret relationship' theory about fake Welsh player Charlotte

TikToker Martha Collison revealed she believed that Charlotte's game plan was to distance herself from another contestant

Sport

4 hours ago Missing sisters wrote mysterious note to their landlady before vanishing into thin air

Police have been looking for Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, after they were last seen on CCTV on Market Street at Victoria Bridge in Aberdeen at about 2.12am on Tuesday January 7.

Events

19 hours ago Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as millions wrongly diagnosed with obesity

Roughly 20% of people who used to be classified as obese will no longer meet the definition

Science

3 hours ago Princess Lilibet in line to inherit £7k heirloom that was adored by Princess Diana

Meghan Markle has an incredible jewellery collection, but there is one piece in particular that has a very special meaning behind it, and she plans to pass it on to her daughter, Princess Lilibet

Politics

13 hours ago Falkirk Council back plans for holiday homes and restaurant at Black Loch

Conditions on the new development include upgrading the access road leading into the site

Society

6 hours ago Ghislaine Maxwell's £3.2million townhouse where infamous picture of Prince Andrew 'with hand around Virginia Roberts' waist was taken' goes up for sale

The convicted sex trafficker's property, located in the upmarket neighbourhood of Belgravia, has gone on the market for £3.25million.

Economics

10 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal in Zubimendi plan; Vlahovic bid; Mainoo to Chelsea; Man Utd and Spurs want Mbeumo

Gunners strike huge deal to kick off January transfer window

Sport

7 hours ago Clothes, toiletries – and a free stylist: the LA teen creating a space for peers amid the fires

Avery Colvert created Altadena Girls, an organization now with celebrities sending products, eateries reaching out to cater and a surplus of volunteersCars lined up outside an art studio in eastern Los Angeles on Sunday morning, packed with boxes of feminine care products, pimple patches, skincare, clothes, underwear, makeup and more. Some volunteers had driven for hours to support a unique mutual aid effort.As fires in Los Angeles continue to rage, people across the city are springing into action to meet the needs of the thousands of families who have been displaced. Among the dozens of clothing donation and bottled water distribution sites, Altadena Girls – a new organization started by 14-year-old Avery Colvert – has struck a chord with its focus on teen girls’ recovery. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements

Science

4 hours ago ‘Happiness, sadness, grief and worry’ across Israel and Gaza following ceasefire deal agreement

People are celebrating in the streets as a ceasefire deal is reached, but they still have 72 hours to wait, writes Bel Trew from Tel Aviv

Politics

16 hours ago Soho House billionaire's plans for new 'monstrosity' mansion in the Cotswolds could be scuppered by Iron Age fort

Ronald Burkle, who owns celebrity hotspot Soho House, wants to build the huge six-bedroom abode on farmland in a small Cotswolds village but has been met with strong local opposition.

Society

9 hours ago Scenes of joy as Palestinians in Gaza react to ceasefire deal announcement – video

Dozens celebrated across the Gaza strip as it was announced that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas after 15 months of war. The deal reportedly includes the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases, the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, and allowing hundreds of thousands of people displaced in Gaza to return to their homes. Israel’s government is expected to vote on the deal tomorrowIsrael-Gaza war liveIsrael’s cabinet reportedly preparing to meet to ratify Gaza ceasefire deal Continue reading...

Economics

11 hours ago Transfer news LIVE: Arsenal eye novel Zubimendi payment plan, Man Utd exit agreement near, Man City blow

The transfer window is in full swing with clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seeking deals

Sport

7 hours ago Human smuggling gang face jail after Vietnamese woman crammed in car glovebox

The gang smuggled people into the UK and also provided fake documents made in a Greek forgery factory - their crimes were uncovered following an investigation by the Home Office’s Criminal and Financial Investigation team

Events

4 hours ago Hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry found to have BRCA gene mutation

As part of the programme, anyone over 18 in England with Jewish ancestry is offered a saliva test

Politics

17 hours ago I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real

I feel like I am safe in saying that we are not thriving on our changing planet – and we will not in the coming decadesMy house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly. On Tuesday around 7pm, my wife and daughters went to a hotel as a precaution. I left the house with the dogs when the mandatory evacuation order came in around 3am. As best as I can put the timeline together, our home burned down around the same time that the sun came up, and I was able to drive in and see the damage around 2pm.Neighbors that went in after said it looked like a “war zone”. I have never been in a war zone thankfully, but I didn’t think so. There was nothing violent or chaotic about it. No one stopped me from driving in. There were no sirens. I stood alone – no one else around – in front of my house that was at that point just a fireplace and chimney. The house across the street was about halfway done with burning down, and the house behind ours had just started t...

Society

13 hours ago People urged to maximise State Pension payments before end of current financial year

People have until April 5 to plug National Insurance gaps going back as far as 2008.

Economics

12 hours ago Ilona Maher: Rugby union needs culture shift to create stars and grow the game

The American has a social media following of over eight million people.

Sport

7 hours ago Americans on 'new TikTok' spot Chinese obsession with alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione

'Lulu' Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 'conforms to the values of the Chinese people' a RedNote user said in explanation why the nation is obsessed with him

Events

4 hours ago Regulator must show its teeth over some practices by insurers, says Which?

The consumer group has highlighted three ‘common misconceptions’ that can lead to confusion over whether people are covered.

Politics

17 hours ago I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real | Benjamin Hamlington

I feel like I am safe in saying that we are not thriving on our changing planet – and we will not in the coming decadesMy house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly. On Tuesday around 7pm, my wife and daughters went to a hotel as a precaution. I left the house with the dogs when the mandatory evacuation order came in around 3am. As best as I can put the timeline together, our home burned down around the same time that the sun came up, and I was able to drive in and see the damage around 2pm.Neighbors that went in after said it looked like a “war zone”. I have never been in a war zone thankfully, but I didn’t think so. There was nothing violent or chaotic about it. No one stopped me from driving in. There were no sirens. I stood alone – no one else around – in front of my house that was at that point just a fireplace and chimney. The house across the street was about halfway done with burning down, and the house behind ours had just started t...

Society

13 hours ago Hays profits set for ‘lower end’ of targets amid weaker recruitment market

The company said its profits are set to be at the lower end of previous targets after a slump in net fees.

Economics

17 hours ago Gavin and Stacey signed finale script raises staggering sum for charity after Christmas episode

The Gavin and Stacey finale was watched by 19.1 million people

Sport

8 hours ago People with Covid vaccine injuries not getting help they need, inquiry hears

Vaccine damage payment scheme ‘inadequate and inefficient,’ says Vaccine Injured spokespersonPeople who were severely harmed by Covid vaccines faced an “inadequate and inefficient” process for obtaining a government payout, with many rejected and others waiting years for a decision, the Covid inquiry has heard.The vaccine damage payment scheme offers a one-off sum of £120,000 to people who have such serious adverse reactions to the vaccines that they are at least 60% disabled. But people affected by vaccine injuries told the inquiry they did not get the help and financial support they deserved. Continue reading...

Events

4 hours ago Tommy Fury makes very telling remark about plans to get back with Molly

Tommy Fury has opened up about his split from Molly-Mae Hague, revealing that his struggles with alcohol, not infidelity, were the true cause of their breakup.

Politics

20 hours ago Our stepmum, 84, is in a £2k per week nursing home... can we rent her vacant property to put towards the bill?

We want to let out my mother's house to pay for care costs, will this affect Principle Private Residence Relief?

Society

13 hours ago Woman's £2,500 grocery haul raises eyebrows with staggering amount of 'favourite' item

The woman had spent over $3,000 (£2,454) on her grocery haul - but it didn't contain much food at all, with many people left concerned about how long it would last her

Economics

8 hours ago Met Office issues rare fog warning as Brits must do five things before driving

The Met Office has warned that people living in parts of the country subject to the latest weather warnings will have visibility reduced to 'below 100 metres' by 'dense' fog

Events

5 hours ago 'Donald Trump' spotted in local market singing love song to sell pudding

Singing Pakistani street food vendor Saleem Bagga said he feels 'very good' about his uncanny resemblance to the controversial incoming American president Donald Trump

Politics

14 hours ago New update on calls to increase personal tax allowance from £12,570 to £45,000

More than 32,700 people have signed an online petition calling for change.

Economics

8 hours ago Top Gear star James May's startling alcohol admission which he says 'isn't harmful'

'Drinking makes it easier for shy people to have sex, which means more children and a bigger workforce' says the Top Gear star who admitted to knocking back a staggering amount of booze regularly

Events

5 hours ago March Madness will pay women's teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA

Women’s basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention

Politics

14 hours ago Sainsbury's shopper fumes at price of Cadbury Mini Eggs as they say 'fix it'

A shopper has taken to social media to share their frustration at the increasing price of Cadbury Mini Eggs – and people are all saying the same thing about the chocolate

Economics

9 hours ago 'We must make a stand': Roving team of council officers to crackdown on yob behaviour in Westminster

Westminster council leader Adam Hug said the new unit will ‘hold to account those who do not respect our city’

Events

5 hours ago Love Island All Stars fans 'uncomfortable' as they all say same thing about Luca Bish

The 2025 All Star edition of the ITV2 dating show has been ticking along nicely the past couple of days but there's one islander in particular that has got people talking

Politics

14 hours ago Mike Tyson splurges £11million on stunning Florida mansion after Jake Paul payday

Mike Tyson has reportedly spent £11million on a new mansion in a prestigious part of Florida after his defeat to Jake Paul in November, with the property even boasting access to a private lake

Economics

9 hours ago Polish PM accuses Russia of planning ‘acts of terrorism’ around the world

Donald Tusk claims Warsaw has been involved in countering ‘acts of sabotage’, referencing incendiary parcel attacks in Poland and the UKRussia planned to conduct “acts of terrorism in the air”, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, by plotting a wave of fire bomb attacks that could have brought down planes mid-flight around the world.Warsaw had been involved in countering “acts of sabotage” conducted by Russia, Tusk added, before he referred to incendiary parcel attacks that took place in the UK, Germany and Poland during the summer. Continue reading...

Events

6 hours ago EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: California governor slammed by Trump once sparked speculation he would fast

Democrat California governor Gavin Newsom, savagely criticised by Donald Trump, may be fearful of what the new president might do next week. 

Politics

14 hours ago No plans in pipeline for trainee gas engineer to stop work after £7.5m Lotto win

Apprentice James Clarkson, 20, scooped the jackpot in the first January draw.

Economics

9 hours ago Eight facing jail over people smuggling after woman discovered in car glove box

Border Force officers found a Vietnamese woman hidden in a cramped compartment concealed behind the dashboard of a car in June 2022.

Events

6 hours ago New Washington governor plans to build an efficient government that helps people

Incoming Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson outlined his plans to help individuals while also making government more efficient during his inaugural address as the state Legislature convened for its first week of session

Politics

16 hours ago Millions of people are not claiming lost pension pots worth £31.1 billion

The value of lost pension pots in the UK has increased by 60% since 2018

Economics

9 hours ago What do the Los Angeles fires tell us about the coming water wars? | Judith Levine

Will water soon be a marketable commodity or a priceless public good?There’s a scene in the film Mad Max: Fury Road where the evil ruler Immortan Joe, gazing down from a cliff upon his parched, emaciated subjects, turns two turbines, and water gushes from three gigantic sluices. The wretched masses surge forward to catch the deluge in their pots and bowls. And as imperiously as he opened the gates, Joe shuts them. “Do not become addicted to water,” he roars. “It will take hold of you.” But, of course, he already has taken hold of them by withholding, essentially, life.We don’t have to await the dystopian future for the water wars to begin. The struggle over water, between private interests and the public good, the powerful and the weak, is raging now. From Love Canal to Flint, Michigan; Bolivia to Ukraine to Tunisia; budget-cutting, privatization, corporate malfeasance and climate crises are conspiring to create political violence, mass migration, property damage and death. Continue...

Events

7 hours ago Coronation Street fans 'rumble' what Rob Donovan has planned amid 'Mandy twist'

Coronation Street fans think they know what returning villain Rob Donovan is up to amid his claims to be a changed man, with his real intentions possibly exposed

Politics

16 hours ago Bridget Phillipson dodges question on impact of private school tax raid

As parents and schools complain of chaos, Ms Phillipson refuses to spell out details of the assessment made by the department for education

Economics

10 hours ago Missing twin sisters wrote mysterious note to their landlady before vanishing into thin air

Police have been looking for Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, after they were last seen on CCTV on Market Street at Victoria Bridge in Aberdeen at about 2.12am on Tuesday January 7.

Events

8 hours ago Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan ready to lead new Match of the Day era

The trio will share presenting duties for Match of the Day, Match of the Day 2 and the BBC’s Champions League highlights show.

Politics

16 hours ago Hackers boast of health workers visa data breach, sparking police probe

The hacker claimed to be selling details of people’s passports, work permits, UK visas, and bank statements belonging to healthcare workers

Economics

10 hours ago Palestinians killed in bombings including women and kids before peace deal agreed

The countdown to peace between Israel and Hamas during their missile exchanges has been punctuated with air-strikes which 'increased in intensity' and left at least 24 people dead

Events

9 hours ago The Guardian view on Germany’s snap election: playing for the highest of stakes | Editorial

February’s election is shaping up to be one of the most consequential since the second world warIn the German city of Karlsruhe, a police investigation has just been launched into the distribution of 30,000 flyers designed to resemble deportation plane tickets, many of which were placed in the letterboxes of immigrants. Organised by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party (AfD), the stunt recalled a similar malicious exercise by the neo-Nazi National Democratic party (NDP) in 2013. The difference is that while the NDP – now renamed the Homeland – is a fringe movement that has never crossed the 5% threshold of votes necessary to enter the Bundestag, the AfD is now running second in polls, at about 21%.The booming popularity of a xenophobic party officially suspected of anti-constitutional extremism is just the starkest signal of how much is at stake in next month’s snap election in Germany. A national poll in Europe’s largest economy will always be of deep continental signifi...

Politics

16 hours ago People on certain benefits can claim up to £1,800 to help pay for funeral costs

The average cost of a simple funeral in Scotland has reached a record high of £4,345.

Economics

10 hours ago Dana White reveals KSI and Logan Paul plan for Conor McGregor as UFC return 'confirmed'

Conor McGregor has not fought in the UFC for nearly four years

Events

9 hours ago Mikel Arteta officially confirms Gabriel Jesus replacement plan before Arsenal vs Tottenham

Arsenal host Tottenham in a must-win north London derby at The Emirates, but Mikel Arteta is now without the services of Gabriel Jesus following his serious knee injury

Politics

17 hours ago Martin Lewis urges four million people on benefits to check for ‘special’ £20 broadband deals

People on Universal Credit, Pension Credit, disability and legacy benefits may be able to slash their broadband bill.

Economics

10 hours ago Italian police accused of making female activists remove underwear and do squats

Climate activists say they were subjected to degrading treatment during questioning in Brescia on MondayItaly’s interior minister has been urged to open an investigation into police in the northern city of Brescia amid allegations that seven female climate activists were made to take off their underwear and perform squats during questioning.The activists were among 22 people brought to Brescia’s main police station on Monday morning after officers interrupted a protest held outside the Italian aerospace and defence firm Leonardo’s factory. Continue reading...

Events

9 hours ago Princess Lilibet in line for £7,000 heirloom that was beloved by Princess Diana

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is saving one precious piece of jewellery for her daughter, Princess Lilibet, and she had planned to do so many years before Lili was even born

Politics

18 hours ago US earnings latest: Goldman Sachs profits double as equities business booms

Shares rise in pre-market trading as Wall Street banks report bumper earnings

Economics

11 hours ago Israel and Hamas agree historic Gaza ceasefire deal after 15 months of war

Israel and Hamas have agreed an historic ceasefire to end 15 months of war in Gaza, The Independent understands, a conflict in which almost 50,000 people have been killed and has threatened to draw the whole of the Middle East in.

Events

9 hours ago Mystery after human remains are found stuffed in a garbage bag and left under the bed in a Queens apartment

Police interviewed two people who live in the New York apartment, but no charges have been filed

Politics

18 hours ago UK Government responds to calls to scrap £169.50 TV licence fee for all pensioners

Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the £169.50 TV licence fee to end for people over 66.

Economics

11 hours ago Arsenal stars plan tribute to injured Gabriel Jesus before Tottenham clash

Arsenal's squad are looking to pay tribute and show their support for Gabriel Jesus by wearing specially designed t-shirts before the north London derby tonight

Events

10 hours ago First look at 'new town' as Manchester to get first lido in first decades

Manchester once boasted multiple outdoor pools, but they closed down decades ago

Politics

19 hours ago Emmerdale's Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden put luxury family home on sale for £900,000

Emmerdale stars Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden have put their family home up for sale after five years of marriage, with the £900,000 property now on the market

Economics

11 hours ago Terrifying moment influencer couple's plane crashes when engine stalls during manoeuvre, leaving both of them with devastating injuries

Spanish entrepreneur Xavi Caballol, 49, and his partner, Alba Serch, were involved in a horrific crash at Viladamat aerodrome in Girona on October 19 last year.

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