30 minutes ago Dumfries Homebase branch put up for sale after firm enters administration

Administrators Teneo have set a deadline of November 29 for a deal to be struck for the 74 stores which haven't been sold to retail group CDS.

Economics

41 minutes ago 'Luxury' Marks and Spencer fragrance gift set now £20 in half price deal

Beauty fans can bag a bargain thanks to a Marks and Spencer deal offering a luxury gift collection for half price

Economics

42 minutes ago Mo Salah statement in full as he takes aim at Liverpool owners over contract dispute

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is out of contract in the summer and he has spoken out about his future, revealing that the club have still not offered him a new deal yet

Politics

61 minutes ago Mohamed Salah feels ‘more out than in’ at Liverpool due to lack of new deal

Salah said he is disappointed at developments as he nears the end of his contract.

Politics

79 minutes ago Patrick Stewart announced by Rangers as new chief executive sets about Philippe Clement question

James Bisgrove left his role for the Saudi Pro League back in May and now the Light Blues have finally hired his successor

Events

91 minutes ago Ding Liren v Gukesh Dommaraju: World Chess Championship 2024 Game 1 – live updates

Ding and Gukesh face off for $2.5m in SingaporeExplainer: all your pre-match questions, answeredBluesky Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email himOur Leonard Barden has filed his final dispatch ahead of today’s opening game. Barden, who’s written the Guardian’s chess column every week since September 1955, doesn’t divert from the general consensus in his assessment of the match.The preliminaries are nearly over: who will win? I expect Gukesh to be cautious in the first few games, then to probe and push hard in the middle of the match. Ding’s 2024 form has been so wretched that it is difficult to see how he can keep his title. A 7.5-4.5 margin for Gukesh looks about right. Continue reading...

Sport

1 hour ago Andy Farrell will not shy away from Lions talk as Ireland prepare for Australia

Farrell will lead the Lions against Australia next summer.

Politics

2 hours ago The surreal deal: the exhibitions celebrating the revolutionary, illogical art of the absurd

Rising as a rebuttal to fascism, sexism and war in the 1920s and 30s, surrealism was a response to ‘a world gone mad’. As the movement marks its centenary, two new shows are celebrating its past and futureOne hundred years ago last month, the 28-year-old poet André Breton penned the Surrealist Manifesto, shucking off “the reign of logic”, calling out “the pretence of civilisation and progress” and heralding “the omnipotence of dream”. Breton wanted nothing less than a new reality – one that might overturn a world shaped by religion, schools and governments – by seeking truths within the self: “The future resolution of these two states, dream and reality [ ] into a kind of absolute reality, a surreality.” To create it, he and his evolving gang of Parisian writers and artists turned to th...

Politics

3 hours ago Scott McTominay 'interrogated' live on TV as Napoli star has cheeky response ready for an awkward question

McTominay admits his Italian is getting there - and he now orders his coffee in the language

Events