38 minutes ago If people refuse to work they WILL lose their benefits, insists Labour as Starmer's vows to crack down on huge welfare bill is branded a 'hollow promise'

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall was involved in a toe-curling exchange on Sky News as she was grilled about Labour 's new welfare crackdown.

Economics

50 minutes ago Series with perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating dubbed 'Aussie White Lotus'

Netflix star Thomasin McKenzie is best known for her roles in Last Night in Soho and the acclaimed series Joy - but she's also the leading lady in a show that's been compared to the White Lotus.

Events

52 minutes ago Killer Storm Bert leaves 3 dead and one missing as experts warn of more carnage to come

The UK has been suffering after Storm Bert ravaged its way across the country, leaving three people dead and one missing – but experts say there is more to come

Events

52 minutes ago Chuck Woolery, host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’, dies aged 83

Woolery played matchmaker on popular dating show ‘Love Connection’ for 11 years

Events

60 minutes ago ‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology

Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by the classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hitGreek myth is not a stable thing. There is no such thing as a canonical, “original” version of a Greek myth. The stories that remain to us – the material of classical plays and poetry, and of visual culture from pottery to pediments – are already elaborations and accretions. In the ancient Greek and Roman world, stories were adapted and remade to serve the needs of the moment. The Greek tragedians often took the germ of an idea from the Homeric epics, and built an entire plot from it. Aeschylus’s Agamemnon, for instance, is in dialogue with Homer’s Odyssey: b...

Politics

60 minutes ago People 'grossed out' after discovering how to properly clean wooden spoons

A woman has shared a 'gross' way to clean wooden spoons, and it's left people horrified - but some are joking that it's a waste of flavour. Here's how it is done

Politics

60 minutes ago 'People next door complain about my simple bathroom habit – it's a nightmare'

A man has said his neighbours are a "nightmare" as he explained how they keep complaining about every small noise he makes - from watching TV to even flushing the toilet

Politics

90 minutes ago Bedtimes at our place are more dramatic than Australian soap operas | Seamas O'Reilly

Two young people with two very different approaches to bedtime sharing one room No wonder no one can get to sleep round hereFor the past few months, my wife and I haven’t had much time to ourselves. Right now, at the end of a day’s parenting, there’s often so little time left over that watching 35 minutes of a buzzy TV show – traditionally our favourite pastime – seems a bit pointless. Especially since several times this year, we’ve managed to time it right as a show gets cancelled.Bedtime is the real time-suck. Since our kids now share a room, our project for the last few months has been putting them down at the same time, to consolidate these parallel chores into one. But this process is fraught. At six, our son insists that he should get to stay up later than a two-year-old. The prob...

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97 minutes ago 'I was mortified after discovering boyfriend's sneaky habit – he says all men do it'

When one woman caught her partner of seven years looking at his ex-girlfriend's racy website, she was left mortified - but he said 'all men do it' and said she was 'overreacting'

Politics

98 minutes ago Flooding now likely in 50 parts of Wales and further 60 areas put on alert

People have been urged to take care and avoid flooded areas

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