1 hour ago What are the latest allegations to emerge in the BBC’s review into Russell Brand?

The BBC has apologised to staff who believed the actor would ‘always get his way and therefore they stayed silent’

Politics

28 hours ago Etihad Stadium fire LIVE as blaze breaks out ahead of Man City vs Club Brugge

Emergency services are in attendance after the blaze at a merchandise stand

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9 hours ago John Prescott funeral in pictures: Sir Keir Starmer, Gordon Brown pay tribute to 'working

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has attended John Prescott’s funeral, alongside former UK Labour leaders Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

Economics

6 hours ago Man City Champions League form leaves Pep Guardiola with ominous fixture nightmare

Pep Guardiola is facing a nightmare fixture list as City will encounter four of their toughest games this season in just two weeks

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61 minutes ago Donald Trump’s military deportation flight ‘cost more than first class ticket’

Trump launched the deportation flights last week as part of his national emergency declaration on immigration

Events

36 hours ago How does UK's swelling population compare to Europe? Search tool shows Britain is set for far bigger growth than other major countries over the next decade driven by immigration

Projections for the UK released yesterday suggest numbers will rise from 67.6million in mid-2022 to 72.5million in mid-2032.

Culture

11 hours ago Money pit motors: Expect to lose thousands on these new EVs and luxury cars that depreciate fastest

The worst offender - a popular battery model built in Britain - loses 73% of its value after just three years of ownership, new data from motoring title Auto Express shows.

Transport

1 hour ago Kash Patel says FBI wouldn’t seek retribution against Trump opponents; at least five senior agency leaders reportedly demoted or moved – live

Trump’s nominee to lead FBI also denied having an ‘enemies list’; Tulsi Gabbard faces sharp criticism over past comments sympathetic to RussiaRFK Jr dodges clear answers on vaccines on second day of hearingsGabbard grilled on Snowden, Hezbollah and Putin in tense Senate hearingHere’s some more reaction to Donald Trump’s executive order instructing the military to prepare to house 30,000 immigrants at the US naval base in Cuba.“Guantánamo is a stain on our nation’s honor,” Jerry Nadler, a Democratic congressman from New York, said.For years, I have advocated for its closure, condemning the abuses and glaring lack of accountability that persist there. This massive expansion into a mass detention camp is morally indefensible & raises significant civil liberties concerns.We cannot allow this level of dehumanization to become normalized. We need to shut down Guantánamo once and for all. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago Etihad Stadium fire LIVE as blaze breaks out ahead of Man City vs Club Brugge game

Emergency services are in attendance after the blaze at a merchandise stand

Society

11 hours ago West Ham confident over deal for Brighton’s Ferguson but fail in Pepi bid

Arsenal and Everton among others keen on Irish strikerWest Ham offered loan with buy obligation for PSV’s PepiWest Ham are in a strong position to sign Evan Ferguson from Brighton after Bayer Leverkusen’s need for a new forward was lessened by Al-Nassr choosing Jhon Durán over Victor Boniface.Leverkusen emerged as frontrunners for Ferguson this week but their interest could cool after Boniface’s proposed move to the Saudi Pro League was called off at the last minute. Al-Nassr are poised to sign Durán from Villa, with the 21-year-old set to undergo a medical on Thursday. Continue reading...

Economics

8 hours ago Sweden's PM admits 'we've lost control' as man who burned Koran is assassinated during live stream

Iraqi refugee, Salwan Momika, 38, repeatedly burned the Koran in 2023, sparking outrage in Muslim countries.

Sport

74 minutes ago St Kitts and Nevis finds 13 decomposing bodies in boat adrift in Caribbean

Discovery by coast guard comes five days after skiff containing five bodies found near Trinidad and TobagoThe coastguard of St Kitts and Nevis has discovered 13 decomposing bodies in a boat adrift off the coast, days after another five bodies were found in a skiff near Trinidad and Tobago.Officials of the two Caribbean countries said it was not immediately clear if there was any link between the two incidents, or who the deceased were. Continue reading...

Events

39 hours ago ‘I was told books don’t sell here. I knew that wasn’t true’: the English teacher shaking up Nigeria’s publishing scene

After a brush with death pushed Othuke Ominiabohs to self-publish his novels, he realised there was a gap in the market for fresh African writingIn a hospital bed fearing his death was imminent, English teacher Othuke Ominiabohs thought ruefully of his four unpublished novels. “My biggest regret was I was going to die, and no one would see my work,” says Ominiabohs. “When I got better, I decided to self-publish and put those books out there for the rest of the world to read.”His kidney failure was later cured by a transplant, and his literary ambitions led him to found Masobe Books, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing independent publishers. Continue reading...

Culture

12 hours ago Money pit motors: EVs and luxury models dominate list of depreciating new cars

The worst offender - a popular battery model built in Britain - loses 73% of its value after just three years of ownership, new data from motoring title Auto Express shows.

Transport

2 hours ago Kash Patel says FBI wouldn’t seek retribution against Trump’s opponents; Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr face questions from senators – live

Trump’s nominee to lead FBI also denied having an ‘enemies list’; Tulsi Gabbard faces sharp criticism over past comments sympathetic to RussiaRFK Jr dodges clear answers on vaccines on second day of hearingsHere’s some more reaction to Donald Trump’s executive order instructing the military to prepare to house 30,000 immigrants at the US naval base in Cuba.“Guantánamo is a stain on our nation’s honor,” Jerry Nadler, a Democratic congressman from New York, said.For years, I have advocated for its closure, condemning the abuses and glaring lack of accountability that persist there. This massive expansion into a mass detention camp is morally indefensible & raises significant civil liberties concerns.We cannot allow this level of dehumanization to become normalized. We need to shut down Guantánamo once and for all. Continue reading...

Politics

32 hours ago What International AI Safety report says on jobs, climate, cyberwar and more

Wide-ranging investigation says impact on work likely to be profound, but opinion on risk of human extinction variesThe International AI Safety report is a wide-ranging document that acknowledges an array of challenges posed by a technology that is advancing at dizzying speed.The document, commissioned after the 2023 global AI safety summit, covers numerous threats from deepfakes to aiding cyberattacks and the use of biological weapons, as well as the impact on jobs and the environment. Continue reading...

Society

33 hours ago Sadiq Khan's Taylor Swift ticket controversy deepens as it emerges firm that gave him them received £45million of City Hall contracts

Sadiq Khan's Taylor Swift controversy has escalated as it emerged the events firm that gave him tickets to her gigs has received £45million of City Hall contracts. in just three years.

Economics

31 hours ago Players flourish in new roles, breakout star shines and main man emerges

The Bluebirds have now gone eight games unbeaten after starting down the barrel of relegation on Boxing Day

Sport

1 hour ago Full list of DC plane crash victims: All the people confirmed dead in Washington's Reagan Airport tragedy

At least 30 bodies have been recovered from a Washington DC aircraft collision, including a TikTok skating star, a famed athlete couple, and all four flight crew members.

Events

5 hours ago ‘Everyone has an impact’: how to start reducing your environmental footprint

As fires tear through California and Trump sets back efforts to curb the rise of global temperatures, what can individuals do to make a difference?2024 was the hottest year on record. Average global temperatures rose to 1.6C above preindustrial levels, according to data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) – a rise that led to extreme weather events and “misery to millions of people”, as one of the group’s experts told the Guardian.Less than a month into the new year, fires have torn through huge swathes of Los Angeles, upending the lives of thousands. Donald Trump, a climate denier, is pulling the country out of international climate agreements and setting back efforts to curb the rise of average global temperatures. Continue reading...

Politics

35 hours ago Insane reason why Enzo Fernandez wants to repair romance with childhood sweetheart revealed

The pair sparked reunion rumours last week after reportedly being spotted kissing and holding hands as it emerged the pretty brunette was still in London and had yet to return to Argentina.

Society

33 hours ago Home Bargains slashes £15 moisturiser that's 'great for dry skin' to just £3.50

Skincare lovers can shop a range of discounted products from fan-favourite brand The Inkey List at Home Bargains

Economics

33 hours ago Rugby league star gets engaged less than two years after sex tape scandal

Joe Westerman was filmed performing a sex act on a woman behind a branch of Greggs in 2023, with the footage emerging on the eve of the Super League season.

Sport

4 hours ago ‘Disrupt or be disrupted’ mainstream parties warned as voters turn to populists

Research shows voters losing faith in traditional centre-left and centre-right to deliver meaningful changeVoters in western democracies are turning away from mainstream political parties and towards populists because they are losing faith in their ability to implement meaningful change, a major report based on surveys of 12,000 voters has found.The popularity of traditional centre-left and centre-right parties across major democratic countries has plummeted from 73% in 2000 to 51% today, according to research by the Tony Blair Institute. Continue reading...

Events

5 hours ago Bailiffs to hunt council tax dodgers as another London borough seeks emergency bailout

Town halls in crisis: Lewisham appoints debt collectors as Enfield follows Haringey in pleading for Government help

Politics

36 hours ago Top 50 Gastropubs: The Devonshire named top pub for food in London, as Unruly Pig takes title

London dominated this year’s edition of the annual list, with a strong showing throughout

Society

36 hours ago Who funds the World Health Organization? A list of donors after US withdrawal

The World Health Organization is losing its biggest funder after Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US

Economics

34 hours ago Scottish Rugby Top Points Scorers 2025: Scotland's 10 highest scoring male rugby union players in history

Only one player in the current Scotland squad makes the list.

Sport

8 hours ago American Airlines plane crash final moments from chilling warning to tragic last text

Emergency services are combing the wreckage for survivors.

Events

5 hours ago Myles Smith on his stunning rise from TikTok artist to the next global pop superstar

Myles Smith had the biggest song of last year with Stargazing, and with a new album and tour, and a Brits Rising Star award to pick up, we caught up with him to ask how sudden superstardom feels

Politics

38 hours ago Man City transfer latest as Barcelona ‘offer’ emerges amid £75.5m decision

The latest Manchester City transfer news with just days of the January transfer window remaining for clubs to conclude their business.

Economics

10 hours ago UK drug chiefs issue alert on ANOTHER frightening risk of weight loss jabs

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has ruled that warnings about the risk should now be added to drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.

Events

6 hours ago Major emergency search under way after reports of person in River Thames near Wandsworth

Police were called at around 12:30pm on Thursday to reports of someone in the water near Eastfields Avenue

Politics

10 hours ago Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala likely cost more than first class

Trump launched the deportation flights last week as part of his national emergency declaration on immigration

Events

7 hours ago Asteroid triggers global defence plan amid chance of collision with Earth in 2032

Hundred-metre wide asteroid rises to top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December by automated telescopeA 100 metre-wide asteroid has triggered global planetary defence procedures for the first time after telescope observations revealed it has a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.Asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted by an automated telescope in Chile on 27 December last year but has since risen to the top of impact risk lists maintained by the US and European space agencies. Continue reading...

Politics

10 hours ago Suicide prevention charity for under 35s launches emergency funding appeal

Papyrus was set up 28 years ago but according to the charity, demand has surged since it extended its helpline to a 24 hour service in 2023.

Events

8 hours ago Is Center Parcs coming to Scotland? What to know about the latest holiday village plans in development

The holiday company hopes that tourism will be enhanced in the Scottish Borders with its plans for a seventh park

Politics

10 hours ago What is an SOS Alert on Google? Emergency information pops up after Washington plane crash

Google users may have noticed an SOS Alert appear while reading about the plane crash in the Washington DC area on Thursday

Events

8 hours ago 'I'm a language expert – here's 7 words people don't realise are acronyms'

Laurie Knox has provided a list of seven common words in the English language you may not have realised are acronyms of terms that have been shortened into abbreviations

Politics

12 hours ago Emergency work needed to repair Storm Eowyn destruction at Dumfries and Galloway landmark

More than 60 trees were brought down at Threave Garden and Estate on the outskirts of Castle Douglas.

Events

8 hours ago ‘Like dropping a bomb’: why is clean energy leader Uruguay ramping up the search for oil?

The South American country has begun exploration in its Atlantic waters, with experts warning it is endangering livelihoods, marine life and climate goalsWhen he hears the news, the only words that fisher Francisco Méndez can use are those of war. “What they are planning to do is like dropping a bomb – and when you drop the bomb, everything dies,” says the 41-year-old father of five.For 22 years, Méndez has sailed into the Atlantic Ocean, fishing for brotula and striped weakfish alongside his father, brothers and uncles. He is also joined, occasionally, by dolphins and whales, curious about his white and orange vessel. But now Méndez fears his family’s way of life and livelihood are under threat. Continue reading...

Politics

12 hours ago Trump’s US aid freeze will drive migration from Latin America, experts warn

Abrupt decision to pause all foreign aid could exacerbate violence in region already struggling with organized crimeThe Trump administration’s abrupt decision to immediately pause all US foreign aid programmes could exacerbate violence in Latin America, driving more migration from a region already struggling with the rise of organised crime, experts have warned.The world’s largest aid provider by far, the US disbursed $1.5bn (£1.2bn) to South American countries in the 2023 financial year, funding a broad range of projects, including humanitarian, military, environmental and economic aid. Continue reading...

Events

8 hours ago Global leaders gather in London for Digital Assets Forum 2025 to shape the future of finance

Global leaders gather in London for Digital Assets Forum 2025 to shape the future of finance  Cointelegraph

Politics

12 hours ago Christian Iraqi who burnt Koran in Sweden sparking huge protests is shot dead 'in live stream assassination'

An anti-Islam activist who burnt the Koran repeatedly in protest, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead. 

Events

13 hours ago Boy, 13, dies as police investigation launched over 'tragic incident' at primary school

A primary school has been placed under an emergency investigation and closed following the death of a young teenager, with authorities working with police over the incident

Events

9 hours ago Mapped: How American Airlines plane collided with Black Hawk army helicopter near Washington DC airport

The death toll from the two aircraft collision is presumed to be 67 as emergency services frantically wade through Potomac River in freezing conditions to desperately search for bodies

Politics

13 hours ago Security experts urge caution using DeepSeek AI chatbot because of China links

DeepSeek has emerged as one of the major rivals to the likes of ChatGPT and OpenAI, but some security experts are warning people to be cautious about using the AI chatbot

Events

10 hours ago Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory album review | Alexis Petridis's album of the month

(Jagjaguwar)Fronting a brand new band, the singer-songwriter dives into the dark side, with confusion and foreboding creeping through 80s moods, big choruses and fine melodiesThe last time the world heard from Sharon Van Etten, it was 2022. She was pictured on the cover of her sixth album, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong, standing in front of a house while wildfires raged worryingly close by. The songs lurking inside were informed not just by the environmental catastrophe unfolding on her doorstep, but the “collective trauma” of lockdown and the fraught complexities of parenthood. It was well reviewed and sold enough to dent the charts in several countries: business as usual for a perennially acclaimed and influential singer-songwriter. Perhaps too usual.Over the course of her career, Van Etten has gradually bolstered and rounded out her sound, from the austere acoustic confessionals of her 2009 debut, via trebly Velvet Underground-ish indie, to something noticeably bigger and...

Politics

17 hours ago American Airlines crash: Donald Trump issues statement after horror mid

Emergency services in Washington DC are searching the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following the incident just before 9pm on Wednesday night

Events

10 hours ago Love It Or List It viewers baffled by couple's choice to add 'tacky' renovations to their 'soulless' new build over moving to luxury five

On last night's episode of the Channel 4 show, Scott and Jaqui dealt with the dilemma of what to do with their four-bedroom home in Hamilton, central Scotland.

Politics

19 hours ago American Airlines plane and military helicopter collide at airport near Washington DC

Authorities said the the flight had departed from Wichita, Kansas, and emergency personnel were respondingAn American Airlines passenger jet collided with a military helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan national airport near Washington DC, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday night.The American Airlines Flight 5342 departed from Wichita, Kansas, according to the FAA. According to American Airlines’ website, the jet has a capacity for up to 65 passengers. Continue reading...

Events

10 hours ago Doomed American Airlines jet's watery grave as eerie details emerge of final resting place

Nineteen bodies have been recovered following a collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a military helicopter near the hub in Washington DC on Wednesday evening

Politics

21 hours ago Investigation into Dural caravan with explosives ‘compromised’ by media leak, NSW police say

Caravan discovered on Sydney’s outskirts had antisemitic material, investigators say, with registered owner in custody on unrelated chargesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales police commissioner says an investigation into a caravan found in Sydney allegedly containing explosives and a list of Jewish targets was compromised by leaks to a Sydney media outlet.Authorities have said the explosives found in the caravan at Dural had the potential to cause a “mass casualty event”. Continue reading...

Events

11 hours ago Mapped: American Airlines plane collides with army helicopter near DC airport

The death toll from the two aircraft collision is presumed to be 67 as emergency services frantically wade through Potomac River in freezing conditions to desperately search for bodies

Politics

21 hours ago Chilling moment The Punisher's hit squad are glimpsed as they made their getaway in a speeding Porsche after their deadly ambush

Chilling footage of the moment a hit squad made its getaway from the scene where Sam Abdulrahim was assassinated has emerged. 

Events

12 hours ago Full list of DWP and HMRC benefit increases coming to millions of claimants in April 2025

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the benefit payment rates for 2025, and they will come into effect for millions of claimants in just a few weeks' time

Politics

22 hours ago US woman tried for 3 killings goes missing from a Mexican prison in 1969. Details finally emerge

The mystery of what happened to a U.S. woman who was tried in three killings before disappearing from a Mexican prison more than 50 years ago is about to be solved

Events

12 hours ago Traitors star Alexander ‘so pleased’ brother’s story inspired Mencap donations

The former British diplomat admitted it was a ‘tricky decision’ to talk about his younger brother, who had global development delay and autism.

Politics

27 hours ago Rush hour chaos for London commuters as rail lines are blocked after person is hit by train

Lines are currently blocked and emergency services are at the scene of the tragedy in East Croydon.

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