1 hour ago Prince William to lead nation in Holocaust Memorial Day service as King visits Auschwitz

The Prince of Wales will deliver a speech in line with the theme 'for a better future' at a special service at London’s Guildhall - attended by survivors and guests from around the world

Politics

7 hours ago Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says

A sheriff has ruled the deaths of Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, could have been avoided.

Society

3 hours ago Cowboy builders who left intensive care nurse's home with no back wall and other customers' properties ruined after pocketing £150,000 for 'shoddy' jobs are jailed

Brothers Nicky, 31 and Kyle Middleton, 39 undertook shoddy and uncomplete work that led to their clients winding up almost £125,000 out of pocket.

Economics

3 hours ago Hibs issue firm response to transfer speculation on duo as David Gray challenges players

Head coach wants full focus ahead of Clydebank clash

Sport

56 minutes ago Lily Phillips' most vile stunt yet: Adult star, 23, shocks with public sex act so wild it 'should be illegal'

OnlyFans sensation Lily Phillips has sparked outrage again with yet another shocking sex stunt.

Events

30 hours ago Fashion designer behind custom tartan kilt for Alan Cumming on Traitors US

Designer Siobhan Mackenzie is the fashion mastermind behind the outfit for the actor who hosts the new US version of the hit reality show when it hits screens next week.

Culture

30 hours ago John Swinney apologises to patients after damning report on overcrowding in Scots hospitals

The First Minister is under pressure as Scotland's struggling NHS endures a tough winter season with demand for services soaring.

Science

10 hours ago Roman Roadchef! Archaeologists uncover a 'service station' in Gloucester where ancient travellers would have stopped for 'fast food' 2,000 years ago

Archeologists have discovered the foundations of a Roman 'service station' by the A147 in the Cotswolds, about five miles south of Cheltenham.

Transport

2 hours ago Agent who helped shield Trump in rally attack named Secret Service chief

Sean Curran, who has headed Trump’s details for the last two and a half years, will be the agency’s new directorAn agent who helped cover Donald Trump when a gunman opened fire at him during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania has been chosen by the president-elect to lead the US Secret Service. Donald Trump Jr said his father would be naming Sean Curran, who has headed Trump’s detail as special agent in charge for the past two and a half years, to be the agency’s new director. “Sean is a great patriot and will stop all the insanity once and for all. There’s not a better person to be in this position!” Trump Jr posted on X on Friday. The Secret Service has been under intense scrutiny after Trump was wounded in the assassination attempt at a 13 July 2024, rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. After the gunman fired, Trump was shielded by Curran and other Secret Service agents who had rushed to the stage.Curran, who has served in the agency for more than two decades, took an active role in push...

Politics

13 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

2 hours ago $10.24 a day to risk their lives – and a lot of pride: incarcerated LA firefighters speak out

People serving out their prison terms as firefighters form an integral part of the response to the devastating LA wildfiresEmbers were raining down, the flames were as tall as telephone poles and nearby palm trees were rapidly igniting as Sal Almanza and his firefighting crew arrived at the Los Angeles blazes.“I’ve never seen anything burn so quick,” said Almanza, 42, recounting the first day of the Eaton fire near Pasadena, California. “Our captains have to make the hard decisions: get yourselves killed or let the house burn.” His eyes welled up recounting the properties devoured as his crew had no choice but to retreat: “I was just so sad and emotional, because there was nothing we could do.” Continue reading...

Events

32 hours ago Regulation expert shares 'good news' concerning your mobile, TV and broadband packages

New rules come into force on Friday (January 17) requiring mobile, broadband and TV package providers to share with customers when and by how much prices will increase, rather than relying on inflation

Culture

32 hours ago Lanarkshire locals encouraged to prioritise foot health thanks to NHS expert Podiatry Service

Cold weather can exacerbate foot problems, making it essential to seek timely advice and treatment.

Science

40 hours ago Archaeologists uncover Roman ‘service station’ during roadworks in Gloucester

The mutatio, on Ermin Street linking Silchester and Gloucester, would have provided a place for travellers to rest or change horsesAt Gloucester services on the M5, travellers are resting and refuelling, taking a break from the demands of the road.Just a few miles east, scores of archaeologists are completing a two-year project that has unearthed a forerunner of the site, a 2,000-year-old Roman take on the service station. Continue reading...

Transport

3 hours ago 'Finding it hard to forgive wife's affair and she refuses counselling'

Agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a reader who's just found out his wife has been seeing her ex-boyfriend for a year, and he doesn't know how to move on from it

Politics

7 hours ago Rogue builders left customers almost £125,000 out of pocket with shoddy work

Nicky, 31, and Kyle Middleton, 29, were the directors of N&K Kitchens Ltd, and left an intensive care nurse's house looking like a building site and open to the elements.

Economics

19 hours ago Arsenal dealt double transfer blow as two Premier League managers issue response

Newcastle's Alexander Isak and Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo have been earmarked as two forwards who could solve Arsenal's problems up front, with the former scoring 15 in the league so far and the latter netting 13

Sport

4 hours ago Landlords warn rents will rise ‘fairly significantly’ in response to Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill

The government’s Renters’ Rights Bill will bring in measures landlords will need to ‘price in’ to rents charged, claims an industry figure

Events

45 hours ago The harrowing accounts of 'Third World' scenes experienced by more than 5,000 NHS nursing staff across the UK

More than 5,000 nursing staff across the UK were quizzed on the state of the NHS in their area. These are just some of their harrowing responses.

Culture

4 hours ago Man Utd star could face ban over 'lewd gesture' in wild Southampton celebrations

Manchester United striker Joshua Zirkzee could face a ban after he appeared to make a lewd gesture during celebrations against Southampton at Old Trafford last night

Politics

8 hours ago Dumfries takeaway driver hit customer with metal bar after complaints kebab was cold

Sadiq Yildirim admitted the assault when he appeared at Dumfries Sheriff Court this week

Economics

36 hours ago Mikel Arteta gives Rio Ferdinand response he wanted to Arsenal transfer question

Arsenal stepped up in attack against Tottenham on Wednesday night as Leandro Trossard scored to inspire a 2-1 win in the North London Derby, but Mikel Arteta will know he still needs more depth up front

Sport

5 hours ago Brendan Rodgers has message for Celtic cynics as boss points to 'bigger picture' before 'hit a wall' confession

The draw in Dundee has left the boss fielding questions over the Hoops' performance levels

Events

5 hours ago BA down: British Airways website, app and systems not working amid major technical issue

British Airways’ online services are down, leaving travellers unable to access their bookings and other information.

Politics

8 hours ago New DWP response to calls for weekly State Pension of £549 for people over 60

Thousands of people have signed an online petition supporting proposals for a new ‘universal’ State Pension.

Economics

7 hours ago Families of Polmont custody death youths slam prison service 'licence to kill' after FAI

The grieving relatives of Katie Allan William Lindsay have hit out at jail bosses after a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) ruled both of their deaths at the young offenders institution "could have been avoided".

Events

5 hours ago How much more school meals, parking, and local attractions will cost this year in Rhondda Cynon Taf

A standard 5% increase in fees and charges is proposed for RCT but areas like bereavement services, car parking and meals on wheels will have their own individual rises

Politics

8 hours ago Novak Djokovic backs Danielle Collins’ approach to dealing with boisterous fans

Collins has received mixed reactions for her confrontational response after beating Destanee Aiava.

Economics

7 hours ago Virgin Atlantic targets BA frequent flyers after loyalty scheme changes

Airline angered many customers after announcing controversial shake-up to its executive club points system

Events

7 hours ago Trump’s inauguration speech to trade ‘American carnage’ for ‘unity’, aides say

Aides signal his address will be noticeably more upbeat compared to grim ‘American carnage’ speech in 2017Who’s on the Trump inauguration guest list?Donald Trump’s aides have signaled that Monday’s inauguration speech will strike a noticeably more upbeat tone than his equivalent address eight years ago, when he talked darkly about “American carnage” and depicted the US as a country riddled by violent crime, drugs and economic degradation.The news website Axios cited Trump associates as saying “light” and “unity” would be the guiding themes – exemplified by a “one America, one light” prayer service for donors. Continue reading...

Politics

11 hours ago Be at One customers poke fun at bar staff's 'insane' antics as they gyrate on the bar and hose each other with water

Be At One UK customers have recently taken to social media to lament the fact that they can never get their hands on a drink as the bar staff are too busy pulling wild stunts.

Economics

7 hours ago California wildfires: containment improves as winds recede and people begin return home

Two largest wildfires, the Palisades fire and Eaton fire, have become more contained, but dry winds could return next weekContainment of the massive wildfires in Los Angeles was improving as the extreme winds that made it challenging to fight the blazes continued to recede Friday and gave the city some relief during the ongoing disaster.Cooler air will continue to bring much-needed humidity to the region over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service’s latest forecast. But dry winds could return late Monday or early Tuesday. Continue reading...

Events

8 hours ago BBC Radio change could force hundreds of thousands of Brits to get smart meters

A BBC radio service is being axed and could impact people unknowingly relying on the longwave signals it sends out

Politics

16 hours ago Food and 9 other things likely to be more expensive this year despite inflation fall

10 common items and services are likely to continue rising in price over the new few months

Economics

8 hours ago Man accused of stabbing daughter told police ‘I must be unluckiest man in world’

Simon Vickers denies both the murder and the manslaughter of his daughter Scarlett, in the kitchen of their home in Darlington.

Events

8 hours ago Ruben Amorim identifies Man Utd's major problem after star spotted in angry reaction

Ruben Amorim refuses to criticise misfiring striker Rasmus Hojlund, whose streak without finding the net now stretches to eight games across all competitions for Manchester United

Politics

21 hours ago Best and worst energy firms revealed as customer choice slowly returns

British Gas, Scottish Power and Ovo Energy languish at the bottom of the annual rankings compiled by Which?

Economics

9 hours ago Tony Blackburn, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jeremy Vine say their last farewells to Johnnie Walker at BBC star's funeral after he died aged 79

The congregation gathered at St Peter's Church in Shaftesbury, Dorset, for the 11am service today to pay tribute to BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 70s and The Rock Show host.

Events

9 hours ago Energy companies: best and worst UK energy firms revealed in Which? 2025 survey

Find out which energy providers are winning customer satisfaction in 2025 and who’s falling short ⚡️

Politics

22 hours ago Dragons' Den viewers are left baffled by 'wild scenes' as Sara Davies invests £50,000 in a football shirt business

Co-founder and AFC Wimbledon supporter Alex Street went on the BBC show hoping to get a £50,000 investment for a 10 per cent equity share of his company, Mystery Jersey King.

Economics

10 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

10 hours ago South Korean investigators seek to extend president Yoon’s detention as he refuses questioning

Yoon Suk Yeol says jail cell where he is being held is ‘a little uncomfortable’ but he is doing well

Politics

28 hours ago Bryan Mbeumo transfer response deals Arsenal brutal reality check for January window

Bryan Mbuemo has starred for Brentford this season in the Premier League and is said to have drawn transfer interest from the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpol

Economics

11 hours ago Deaths in custody at Polmont YOI could have been avoided, inquiry finds

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, also known as William Lindsay, separately took their own lives at the facility in 2018.

Events

12 hours ago Roy Keane issues perfect response to viral Pep Guardiola rant at autograph hunters

Pep Guardiola had an angry confrontation with a group of autograph hunters near his home, with Manchester United legend Roy Keane backing the Spaniard for his rant

Politics

29 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

11 hours ago Jimmy Mizen's killer returned to prison after breaching parole in drill rap video

‘Jimmy Mizen's family deserve better than to see their son's murderer shamelessly boasting about his violent crime’ - Probation Service

Events

14 hours ago LIVE: Trains cancelled and delayed as emergency services respond to incident

Passengers heading to Manchester this morning are facing disruption

Politics

31 hours ago All the businesses that have warned of price hikes for customers on the back of Rachel Reeves' budget

An open letter signed by more than 80 retailers warned the new measures could result in increased expenses and possible job losses

Economics

13 hours ago Heartbreaking moment Texas cops race to save K9 that was shot after sniffing out killer hiding in dumpster

US Marshals Service K9 Rocky was shot at least twice by a suspect who killed Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jesus Vargas earlier in the day.

Events

16 hours ago Severance season two review – this weird, wild show is impossibly mesmerising

Adam Scott’s workplace thriller is back – and somehow even more clever, trippy and heartbreaking than before. A total TV triumphIt has been a three-year wait for fans, but the creators of Severance clearly haven’t wasted a minute of it. The first series was fantastically stylish, clever, trippy and compelling. The second is even more so. It demands all your concentration and takes you down rabbit holes so deep and twisted that you may meet yourself coming back. One half of your brain tries to keep up with developments while the other half is trying to digest what it all means. You are effectively severed yourself.When we left our four heroes, Dylan (Zach Cherry) had broken into the security room and tripped the switch that awoke his three friends’s Innies in the Outie world, in the hope of shining a light on Lumon’s cruelties towards employees and its ultimately-unknown-but-surely-not-morally-sound purpose. Mark (Adam Scott) discovered that his supposedly dead wife, Gemma (Dichen La...

Politics

31 hours ago Older people could be due DWP payout after new State Pension communication issue identified

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is urging pensioners who may be affected to contact the DWP.

Economics

14 hours ago Climate researcher fired for refusing to take planes awarded compensation

Settlement ends legal dispute over researcher’s ‘no-fly’ climate stance

Events

19 hours ago Would you wear this to the beach? Model leaves NOTHING to the imagination in a wild bikini

An Australian model has shocked her fans while posing in a very uniquely-tied bikini top.

Politics

34 hours ago Brad Pitt scammer who conned French woman out of £700,000 is tracked down in Nigeria... and revealed to be posing as another A

Marwan Ouarab, founder of the site Find My Scammer, has been helping victim Anne to find the person responsible for scamming her out of £697,000 using deep fake images.

Economics

16 hours ago UK failing to match EU in fight against ‘forever chemicals’, say scientists

Experts criticise Defra’s decision not to use OECD definition of PFAS, with one asking if move is ‘politically based’What are PFAS, how toxic are they and how do you become exposed?Leading scientists have criticised the UK government for failing to take stronger action to tackle “forever chemical” pollution and refusing to match moves in the EU to ban non-essential uses of the substances.Last year, 59 experts in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) sent a letter to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) asking it to follow the science, which has established that PFAS do not biodegrade and that despite variations in toxicity, this persistence itself is sufficiently worrying that all PFAS should be regulated as one class. Continue reading...

Events

21 hours ago Growing fears of Rachel Reeves launching ANOTHER pensions raid after 'radical' minister appointed in mini

Last night, the Treasury refused to rule out a further assault on pension savings after Torsten Bell was handed the job in a mini-reshuffle triggered by the resignation of City minister Tulip Siddiq.

Politics

37 hours ago Martin Lewis issues urgent warning to British Airways passengers and reveals £117 MILLION pot of cash for customers to claims is about to expire

Martin Lewis has issued a warning to all British Airways passengers, alerting them to a cash pot of £117 million in unredeemed cVouchers.

Economics

19 hours ago Wild rumours about Jennifer Aniston. Stark admissions it's not always been plain sailing. And now Michelle's a no

Apart from adding that he was focused on his latest project, Michelle Obama had little to say about her husband of 30-odd years.

Events

23 hours ago Biden urges troops to ‘remember your oath’ at Defense Department farewell ceremony

Biden urges service members to uphold pledge to ‘support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic’

Politics

38 hours ago EasyJet plans to turn city breaks into package holidays as bosses take on Tui and Booking.com... here's where you could grab a bargain this year

EasyJet has revealed plans to turn city breaks into package holidays as it tries to get customers to book their whole trip abroad through the budget airline.

Economics

21 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

23 hours ago Bride’s sibling refuses to attend wedding on Florida cruise ship over ‘poor accommodations’

The bride’s sibling claimed they never got a formal invitation to the nuptials

Politics

39 hours ago 38p tablets made customer's 'hair look thicker and lashes grow longer'

Hair Saviour by Dr Vegan is a fully-vegan supplement that's packed with natural ingredients to help combat hair loss and thinning hair

Economics

23 hours ago Mom took her son to jail to turn himself in on murder charges. Then cops arrested her too

The Richland County sheriff in South Carolina has vowed to hold parents criminally responsible

Events

25 hours ago The tales of Scottish football's wild wanderer: Rangers bus drivers, from Celtic to Israel and Lewis Capaldi

Sheridan’s travels take him to Brechin and a bid to stun Hearts in Scottish Cup

Politics

45 hours ago Manchester Building Society is BACK with a new city centre branch and millions of pounds of investment

Boss says customers still want high street branches and that jobs will be created

Economics

26 hours ago Woman, 55, dies after her scarf got tangled in a conveyor belt at a factory 'and strangled her to death'

Emergency services responded to calls at around 7.30am today after the unnamed woman, 55, was found lying on the ground unconscious.

Events

25 hours ago Princess Anne puts on stylish display in red coat as she visits charity training injured servicemen to fly planes

Princess Anne put on a stylish display in a crimson coat as she visited a charity in Cheltenham today.

Politics

26 hours ago Surviving the Wild” theme announced for Jack London State Historic Park’s 10th Annual Young Writers Contest

Surviving the Wild” theme announced for Jack London State Historic Park’s 10th Annual Young Writers Contest  Bay Nature

Events