61 minutes ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 'disturbing' nightmare as expert pleads 'move on'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been on the receiving end of brutal criticism in recent days after being spotted visiting a Los Angeles wildfires relief hub as well as speaking out about huge changes to Facebook

Politics

5 hours ago School children in West Lothian benefit from housebuilder's community initiative fund

Persimmon East Scotland donated £13,000 to local charities and groups during 2024

Society

9 hours ago Attendance Allowance simplified to help older people make a new claim for up to £434 each month

More than 1.6 million people over State Pension age are receiving either £72.65 or £108.55 each week in Attendance Allowance.

Economics

5 hours ago MAGA porn star is offering free services to LA firefighters for their heroic efforts during wildfires

A patriotic porn star who went viral for her support of Donald Trump is offering to spent the night with L.A.'s first responders to thank them for handling the Los Angeles wildfires. 

Sport

66 minutes ago Heidi Montag drops new song as Avril Lavigne checks in on her friend after LA fire tragedy

Montag has enjoyed a musical comeback since her home burned down in the Los Angeles wildfires

Events

83 minutes ago Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics

Adam McKay says the Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio-starring satire resonates with a widespread feeling of being deceived by government and mediaAdam McKay, writer-director of climate-crisis satire Don’t Look Up, says that the film’s popularity with viewers shows the popular will to tackle climate change, despite the critical brickbats the film attracted and political inertia around the issue.McKay was speaking to the NME during the wildfire emergency that is currently affecting Los Angeles, which has included many high-profile victims from the Hollywood community. Saying that while Netflix, the film’s distributors, would not release definitive audience figures, he estimated that “somewhere between 400 million and half a billion” people saw it, and that “viewers all really connected with the idea of being gaslit”. Continue reading...

Culture

27 hours ago Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket launches into orbit to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX

The successful Blue Origin launch bolsters rivalry between tech billionaires

Technology

25 hours ago A giant US hospital chain says it’s leading the fight against medical debt. Not all patients agree

Many patients say they were harmed by Advocate Health’s billing and collection practices – even as the health system has canceled thousands of liens against patients’ homesAdvocate Health, one of America’s largest hospital chains, says it is working hard to confront one of the biggest problems in US healthcare today – promoting itself as “a leader in the effort to solve the nation’s medical debt crisis”.The non-profit hospital system says it has revamped its billing and collection practices and boosted the number of patients who qualify for charity care. In September 2024, it announced it would take the “bold step” of canceling thousands of debt judgments held as liens against patients’ homes in multiple states, including North Carolina, where the fast-growing chain is headquartered. Continue reading...

Science

98 minutes ago What is considered the most sombre song ever recorded to avoid on Blue Monday 2025?

As Blue Monday approaches, there is one song recorded you may want to avoid 🎶🤦 ♂️

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20 hours ago Beneath the ruins of Ryan O'Neal's beach house of horrors: The notorious Malibu party pad where the 70s idol seduced stars... threw drug

When news emerged this week that late Love Story star Ryan O'Neal's stunning Malibu beach house had been reduced to rubble it marked more than the end of a family home.

Society

12 hours ago Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal diversity spending, says report

DOGE, which is not actually a government department, wants to cut up to $2 trillion in annual spending

Economics

22 hours ago Football Daily | Spurs live down to underdog billing as Arsenal paint town red

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Since comfortably beating Aston Villa at the start of November, Tottenham Hotspur have won only two of the 11 Premier League matches they’ve contested. Well, played in or at least turned up for. Indeed, a good lawyer might argue that technically they haven’t really won any because one of the aforementioned victories came against peak b@nter era Manchester City, while not even Spurs were capable of doing anything other than swat the current Southampton rabble aside, a feat that is not so much something to be proud of, but more the equivalent of helping yourself to the pennies covering a dead man’s eyes. Having taken just eight points from their previous 10 games, Ange Postecoglou’s knack-depleted team went into Wednesday night’s north London derby as firm underdogs and duly lived down to their billing.I would never dare doubt the accuracy and reliability of statistics from Big Website, but some of the match stats from the Holsten Pil...

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73 minutes ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas say 'we wait' as son escapes California wildfires

The Strictly judge has said her son Mark Ballas and his family have fled to Palm Springs to escape the California wildfires

Events

1 hour ago East Kilbride schoolgirl wins chance to have character published in children's book

Eyes of Devilla author Len Rayne visited Our Lady of Lourdes Primary as part of the school’s celebration of Book Week Scotland.

Culture

30 hours ago Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket blasts off in challenge to Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Launch of Amazon founder’s New Glenn craft on second attempt ramps up rivalry between tech billionairesBlue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket has blasted off from Florida on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth’s orbit for Jeff Bezos’s space company as it aims to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the satellite launch business.Thirty storeys high with a reusable first stage filled with liquid oxygen and methane, New Glenn launched at about 2am ET (0700 GMT) from Blue Origin’s launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station under cloudy skies on its second attempt this week. Continue reading...

Technology

2 hours ago Free bus fares for a year announced for routes serving the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels

Passengers of a new Superloop route will benefit from the scheme

Politics

20 hours ago Beneath the ruins of Ryan O'Neil's beach house of horrors: The notorious Malibu party pad where the 70s idol seduced stars... threw drug

When news emerged this week that late Love Story star Ryan O'Neal's stunning Malibu beach house had been reduced to rubble it marked more than the end of a family home.

Society

19 hours ago UnitedHealth has lost $63 billion in value since former CEO Brian Thompson’s shocking murder

Despite the shocking incident, and subsequent financial loss, the company posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024

Economics

81 minutes ago Danger to life UK wildfires could last 7 days sparking evacuations, Government warns as Los Angeles fires burn

The alarm was raised about the growing risk of wildfires as the planet warms

Events

5 hours ago No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today

Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canonIn 2011, Jacob Rubeck and Nick Rattigan were living in a basement in Reno, Nevada, and thinking about starting a band. One afternoon, Rubeck came up with a frisky Strokes-like guitar riff, Rattigan whipped up the melody and lyrics and Surf Curse’s Freaks was born. “We wrote the song in like 30 minutes,” the singer says.A catchy song about alienation and longing, Freaks was released in 2013 and became a raucous highlight of their live shows but didn’t trouble the wider world until 2021, when it was discovered, out of the blue, by TikTok users. Its Spotify streams kept going up and up and up, until last March it passed a remarkable milestone. Unlike Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd or Prince, Surf Curse can claim membership of Spotify’s Billions Club, the running playlist of every song to have a...

Culture

3 hours ago Kyoto at @sohoplace review: this bravura show turns real life climate change talks into a gripping thriller

Billions star Stephen Kunken puts in a seductively charismatic central performance as a lawyer funded by Big Oil to derail consensus on limiting carbon emissions

Politics

21 hours ago LA fires live updates: California weather eases up as firefighters report gains against massive wildfires

Improved conditions should help fire crews and allow residents to return to their neighborhoodsEasing of extreme winds expected to strengthen efforts to put out blazesMark Pestrella, Los Angeles County Public Works director, said that in the event of major rain, “we do expect that all of the street areas and all the communities will be impacted by debris flows that could be hazardous to human health.”He warned that “we do expect the window to open for rain in the later part of this month.” Continue reading...

Society

21 hours ago Toyota's truck division Hino to pay $1.6 billion as part of emissions scandal

A Toyota subsidiary has agreed to pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty for violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit smuggling of engines into the United States

Economics

1 hour ago Leicester Square stabbing: Man accused of attempted murder of girl, 11, on Taylor Swift concert trip in court

Ioan Pintaru is currently set to stand trial in May over the stabbing of an 11-year-old girl in Leicester Square

Events

3 hours ago Adam McKay says Don’t Look Up being watched by 400 million shows viewers know they’re ‘being lied to’

The filmmaker says viewers ‘all really connected with the idea of being gaslit’

Politics

21 hours ago Film company of the son of Welsh tech billionaire Sir Terry Matthews tipped for Oscar success

Brookstreet Pictures set up by Trevor Matthews co-produced the acclaimed and Golden Globes winning film The Brutalist which is being tipped for Oscar nomination and potential success at the Academy Awards in March.

Economics

2 hours ago Extreme wildfires in UK would spark evacuations, Government warns as Los Angeles fires burn

The alarm was raised about the growing risk of wildfires as the planet warms

Events

4 hours ago A billionaire, his controversial mansion and the ancient discovery that could derail it all

Soho House boss told mansion could be on site of Iron Age hillfort

Politics

22 hours ago Jared Kushner gets the green light on his $1.4 billion luxury hotel project in Albania

Project involves building luxury hotel complex at small abandoned military base on island off Albanian coast

Economics

2 hours ago ‘It’s going to be rough’: what Trump’s response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters

Big oil executive plans to celebrate Trump’s inauguration as California burns – though experts say climatic conditions are only getting more extremeDonald Trump’s response to the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles has provided a stark prologue to how his US presidency will likely handle the growing threat of such disasters – through acrimony, brutal dealmaking and dismissal of a climate crisis that is spurring a mounting toll of fires, floods and other calamities.As of Thursday, four fires, whipped up by wind speeds more typically found in hurricanes, have torched 63 sq miles (163 sq km) of Los Angeles, a burned area roughly three times the size of Manhattan, destroying more than 12,000 homes and businesses and killing at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires, the largest of the conflagrations that have turned entire neighborhoods to ash, are still to be fully contained. Continue reading...

Events

4 hours ago Defiant Reeves says she won’t resign and compares herself to ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher

Reeves has been under pressure over floundering economy with ongoing questions over her fitness for the job

Politics

22 hours ago Gaza deal should benefit Netanyahu in short term, but he is critically exposed

Israeli PM must appease his coalition to avoid fresh elections, as well as reckoning with unpredictable TrumpMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe nature of Israel’s febrile coalition politics has long favoured theatrics. The standing and psychology of its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, adds a further element of panic and cynical calculation.All those characteristics were in evidence as Israel and Hamas edged towards a ceasefire deal, particularly in Netanyahu’s struggle to triangulate his portrayal of an agreement that has the potential to damage him politically. Continue reading...

Economics

4 hours ago Playboy prince battles his siblings for share of a €1 billion inheritance: 'Greed and jealousy at Dante's level' unfolds as 'Germany's laziest MP' goes to war with his family

A playboy prince from the historic German Bismarck family is suing his two siblings for a share of their inheritance said to be worth up to €1billion (£840million)

Events

6 hours ago BBC Question Time: Elon Musk told he's 'not to fit lick Jess Phillips' boots' in brutal takedown

BBC Question Time audience applaud the Labour peer and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika after she said tech billionaire Elon Musk's attack on minister Jess Phillips was 'absolutely disgusting'

Politics

29 hours ago Tennis player Taylor Fritz is donating Australian Open prize money to LA wildfire relief funds

American tennis player Taylor Fritz is donating the prize money he earned for his first-round victory at the Australian Open — about $82,000 — to relief funds to help people affected by the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area

Economics

4 hours ago ‘I’m not voting’: Stephen King demands Oscars cancellation after California fires

‘No glitz with Los Angeles on fire’ wrote the 77-year-old writer

Events

8 hours ago ‘People often don’t feel treated as equals’: Adrien Brody on complexity, comebacks and The Brutalist

Twenty-two years after The Pianist, the actor is again Oscar frontrunner for a post-Holocaust epic. He talks about renovating a castle, unfulfilled yearnings and making his parents happyAdrien Brody puts down his phone. “I’m heartbroken,” he says. The latest of many friends in Los Angeles has just lost their home to the city wildfires. The actor, 51, hasn’t had a place in LA for some years, he says. Still. “It’s horrible. Unfathomable.” The mood is sombre, but he is also at work. He sits in the corner of a London hotel room, legs crossed in a chic black coat. A publicist hovers in the en-suite bathroom.Brody is here to spread word about The Brutalist, the epic drama in which his star performance is likely to secure the best actor Oscar. It would be his second. He remains the youngest man to ever win the prize, having done so in 2003 for Roman Polanski’s The Pianist. An awards campaign is now under way, a process not much less fraught than a run for political office. Continue reading...

Politics

34 hours 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

5 hours ago 'Call me the Iron Chancellor if you want,' says Rachel Reeves as she hits back at critics in City and Commons

Chancellor faces accusations that her Budget hit economic growth with the £25 billion hike in National Insurance on employers

Events

8 hours ago Elon Musk’s attempts to sway German and UK politics thought ‘unacceptable’ – poll

Exclusive: Majority polled by YouGov viewed billionaire negatively – except among Reform UK and AfD votersMost people in the UK and Germany consider Elon Musk’s efforts to influence their national politics unacceptable and believe the US tech magnate does not know much about either country or the issues they face, a poll has shown.The survey, by YouGov, follows a spate of hostile statements by the billionaire owner of Tesla, SpaceX and the social media platform X attacking the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and their respective governments. Continue reading...

Politics

37 hours ago A ceasefire deal is here. For Gaza, the Middle East and the world, the future remains unknown

The sacrifice has been so great, the misery so complete, that few can claim with certainty that this was all worthwhileThere may be no winners in war, but history suggests combatants are often eager to convince the world otherwise.The ending of the 15-month conflict in Gaza may prove an exception. The sacrifice has been so great, the misery so complete, and the ultimate future for Gaza so uncertain that few can claim with certainty that this was all worthwhile, or likely to benefit Israel’s security in the long term. The damage to Israel’s reputation may last decades. Continue reading...

Economics

5 hours ago LA wildfires ‘sheer hell’ – British actor prepares meals to support firefighters

Craig Robert Young left his home in Los Angeles after a series of wildfires ravaged parts of California.

Events

8 hours ago Elon Musk knows little about UK and Germany and should not interfere – poll

Exclusive: Majority polled by YouGov viewed billionaire negatively – except among Reform UK and AfD votersMost people in the UK and Germany consider Elon Musk’s efforts to influence their national politics unacceptable and believe the US tech magnate does not know much about either country or the issues they face, a poll has shown.The survey, by YouGov, follows a spate of hostile statements by the billionaire owner of Tesla, SpaceX and the social media platform X attacking the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and their respective governments. Continue reading...

Politics

6 hours ago Gaza ceasefire live: Israel security cabinet to meet later after hostage deal reached, Netanyahu says

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says that security cabinet will meet on Friday following earlier delays in talks to release hostages in return for ceasefireAnalysis: Islamist groups will emerge from Gaza war weakenedDuring his final press conference earlier on Thursday, US secretary of state Antony Blinken was heckled by two journalists who criticised him for his support for the war in Gaza.That includes providing Israel with diplomatic support at the UN – blocking multiple calls for a ceasefire – and continuing to send billions of dollars worth of weapons to Israel despite concerns within his own department it is committing human rights violations. Reuters reports:“Criminal! Why aren’t you in The Hague,” shouted Sam Husseini, an independent journalist and longtime critic of Washington’s approach to the world. The Hague is where the International Criminal Court is located.The unusually confrontational scene in the State Department briefing room only ended when security personnel forcibl...

Events

10 hours ago DWP update as Labour's disability boss lays out 'strong case' for benefit system overhaul

The Labour government says there is a 'strong case to change the system of health and disability benefits across Great Britain' - it comes after a surge in the number of people claiming sickness and disability benefits post-pandemic

Politics

8 hours ago Fires scorched campuses across Los Angeles. Many schools are seeking places to hold classes

The Los Angeles wildfires have forced thousands of students to relocate to other schools

Events

11 hours ago ‘Do the right thing’: Gavin Newsom and Mike Johnson trade jabs over California wildfire aid

Republicans have discussed making extra disaster aid part of upcoming spending negotiations and conditioning aid to California

Politics

10 hours ago Review launched over antidepressants 'which have been linked to suicide' after Lady Gabriella Windsor's husband Thomas' death

Senior coroner Katy Skerrett raised concerns last week over whether there is 'adequate communication' regarding the risks of suicide with the drugs sertraline and citalopram

Events

12 hours ago Aston Martin's plot to take over Formula One: JONATHAN McEVOY reveals how a Canadian fashion billionaire hell

Lawrence Stroll is a serial success story, a Canadian fashion billionaire who will stop at nothing in pursuit of what he wants. What he wants most is to turn Aston Martin into the greatest team on the planet.

Politics

11 hours ago Rod Stewart, Sting, Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga to perform concert for LA fires

FireAid will take place in two venues in Los Angeles on January 30.

Events

14 hours ago Lady Louise Windsor set to celebrate major milestone with Duchess of Edinburgh

The Duchess of Edinburgh and her eldest child Lady Louise are due to celebrate their special bond next week as the mother and daughter duo unite to mark Sophie’s 60th birthday

Politics

12 hours ago Lady Gabriella Windsor's husband Thomas' death sparks review over antidepressants 'which have been linked to suicide'

Senior coroner Katy Skerrett raised concerns last week over whether there is 'adequate communication' regarding the risks of suicide with the drugs sertraline and citalopram

Events

16 hours ago PGA Tour to move Genesis Invitational out of Riviera. New venue to be determined

The PGA Tour is moving the Genesis Invitational out of Riviera Country Club next month because of the deadly wildfires that have decimated part of Los Angeles

Politics

13 hours ago Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish set to play LA fires benefit concert

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Katy Perry and Green Day also on line-up for FireAid

Events

16 hours ago Village People think YMCA will 'unite the world' after Donald Trump backlash

The Village People, the group behind iconic hit YMCA, think their song will help heal divides in the USA after a backlash about their decision to perform it at Donald Trump's inauguration

Politics

13 hours ago ‘Big oil’s negligence’: LA residents call on fossil fuel industry to pay for wildfire damages

Experts say climate crisis was likely responsible for a quarter of the dryness that fueled the fires’ rapid spreadAs Los Angeles’s deadly wildfires continue to burn, a group of survivors is taking aim at the industry most responsible for fueling climate disasters: fossil fuels.Residents impacted by the blazes lamented during a Thursday conference call losing their homes and communities and called for litigation and policies that could force big oil to pay for the damages. In the coming days, lawmakers will introduce legislation with that aim in mind. Continue reading...

Events

17 hours ago BBC The Traitors star unrecognisable in throwback clip as hidden talent revealed

The Traitors star Linda Rands looks unrecognisable in a throwback clip of her singing opera at a live concert, which was shown on BBC's The One Show during an interview

Politics

15 hours ago Racer and TV analyst Townsend Bell lost 3 homes in California wildfires

Townsend Bell waited the entire offseason to learn if Fox Sports wanted him as an analyst for its inaugural season of IndyCar coverage

Events

17 hours ago BBC The Traitors' Linda unrecognisable in unseen clip as she shows off singing voice

The Traitors star Linda looks unrecognisable in a throwback clip of her singing opera at a live concert, which was shown on BBC's The One Show during an interview

Politics

15 hours ago Taylor Swift: The destruction caused by LA wildfires is ‘heartbreaking’

The 35-year-old star made the comments as she posted a list of organisations she has donated to.

Events

22 hours ago Donald Trump's 'billionaires club' regime and net worths from Musk to Vince McMahon wife

Much of Trump’s platform has been positioned on securing the futures of working Americans, yet the business mogul’s key appointments set to shape his administration have wealth light years away from the average person

Politics

15 hours ago Taylor Swift speaks out about LA fires: 'It's been heartbreaking to see these stories unfold'

Taylor Swift has broken her silence over the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, which have killed more than 25 and destroyed more than 12,000 structures.

Events