25 hours ago Civil servant and family ‘homeless’ after Barclays IT issue halts house purchase

Paola Mereu, 39, sold the house her and her husband and their daughters lived in at Uxbridge and were meant to buy their new home on Friday.

Society

33 hours ago Revealed: How 4ft disabled pensioner Alan Barnes spent £330k fortune raised by kind stranger following horror attack... and why they no longer speak

EXCLUSIVE: Disabled pensioner Alan Barnes had £330K raised for him after being attacked in 2015 while moving his bins.

Economics

6 hours ago Woman left looking like she had been 'attacked by a shark' and warned her leg might have to be amputated after mobility scooter malfunction

Sonia Woodward, now 63, was on holiday with her husband Alan and her father Cyril Harwood in Tenerife back in 2015 when the horror crash occurred.

Events

11 hours ago Pep Guardiola points finger over Erling Haaland treatment ahead of Arsenal showdown

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admits Erling Haaland has to look after himself with the striker getting no protection from referees as defenders try to halt him

Politics

18 hours ago 'Terrifying' rise in number of Scottish pupils using dangerous weapons in schools

Fresh tragedy feared unless action is taken to halt ‘collapse in discipline’ in nation’s schools

Events

11 hours ago Inside This Morning star Alison Hammond's surprising 50th birthday plans

She loves nothing more than letting her hair down - but as Alison Hammond reveals exclusively, has a very different plan to mark her milestone 50th birthday

Politics

25 hours ago Police lock down Kilmarnock's busiest road amid reports of serious incident

The one-way system has ground to a halt as emergency services were scrambled to the scene.

Events

24 hours ago Mum reveals 'surreal' Kate Middleton moment after daughter shouted two words at Princess

Princess Kate was about to drive away during a visit to a knitwear factory in Carmarthenshire when three-year-old Lily-Rose piped up, causing Kate to halt the royal convoy and come over to say hello

Politics

35 hours ago Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU ‘red tape’

New safety regulations have led SMEs to stop sales to bloc and Northern Ireland while they work out how to complySmall businesses are warning they have had to pause selling their products in the European Union and Northern Ireland since mid-December while they work out how to comply with new EU product safety regulations that caught many of them unawares.Skye Weavers, a small family business on the Isle of Skye, says it has missed out on sales of its scarves, shawls and blankets to customers in both markets after halting internet orders from those locations because of the rule change. Continue reading...

Events

24 hours ago Luke Williams says Swansea City 'have to find a way' to halt woeful form as boos ring out after Coventry City loss

The Swans fell to defeat at home to Coventry City

Politics

37 hours ago Hamas to release 3 male hostages, Israel to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners under ceasefire

Hamas-led militants are set to release three male hostages from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, in return for the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile ceasefire with Israel that has halted more than a year of intense fighting and has so far seen 15 hostages and hundreds of prisoners freed

Events

24 hours ago BBC Gladiators halted minutes into show before Barney Walsh issues major update

Gladiators was back for another episode - but things took an awkward turn just minutes in

Politics

25 hours ago Salah halts Bournemouth’s charge and sends Liverpool nine points clear

Liverpool march on as league leaders, departing with no little relief from Bournemouth. Arne Slot’s team had not fallen into the traps Andoni Iraola’s team have used to sink top-four opponents this season. Mohamed Salah, with customary efficiency, scored twice to claim the three points. If his first came after a highly debatable penalty award, the second, a left-footed chip hit like a prime Tiger Woods approach shot, was a goal of inarguable beauty. It meant Liverpool had negotiated one of their most demanding remaining assignments and sent the pressure back into Arsenal’s fraying mindset. The post-match celebrations reflected the importance of victory.A game too far for Bournemouth? They were unchanged, as necessity has demanded for weeks now, Liverpool able to field the same XI that swept aside Ipswich last week. A lack of jeopardy in the week’s Champions League action meant only Andy Robertson and Cody Gakpo had played at PSV Eindhoven. Continue reading...

Politics

30 hours ago Man Utd’s most valuable stars they could sell as club told to ‘flog assets over PSR worries’

Manchester United's financial situation has been condemned by former Premier League striker Alan Shearer, who fears the club will have to offload key players this year

Politics

30 hours ago Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAid: ‘He’s a destroyer’

Campaign ally sowed trail of enmity during first Trump presidency and allegedly was present at January 6 riotThe Trump administration’s evisceration of US overseas aid has been presided over by a campaign ally who sowed a trail of enmity at multiple agencies during the first Trump presidency and has been publicly identified as allegedly having been present at the January 6 insurrection when rioters stormed the Capitol.Peter Marocco has accumulated power in the office of foreign assistance, informally called “F”, that traditionally has helped coordinate US foreign aid programs. But under Marocco, it has enforced a full-scale freeze on overseas aid and a stop-work order that has in effect halted operations and already led to hundreds of layoffs in the United States and overseas. Continue reading...

Politics

32 hours ago BBC Breakfast halted as Naga Munchetty announces 'breaking news' to viewers

BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt hosted the programme on Saturday (February 1) but they paused the show to share some breaking news with viewers

Politics

33 hours ago I watched 90s sitcom I'm Alan Partridge and had to turn off the poor man's Michael Scott after one episode

I’m Alan Partridge may have laid the groundwork for the likes of The Office’s David Brent and Michael Scott but he was certainly more of a prototype than the finished product.

Politics

34 hours ago AD FEATURE: Greater Manchester leaders benefit from 50% funding for business courses

Alliance Manchester Business School is offering extra funding on its short business courses to celebrate its milestone anniversary

Politics