3 hours ago Winter appeal: 'I was pregnant and homeless after a family rupture and didn't know where to turn'

Mother shares ordeal to shed light on the voiceless hidden homeless as part of our A Place to Call Home appeal

Society

3 hours ago Doctor shares three simple tricks to teach children about healthy eating

Dr van Tulleken said there was ‘one thing’ that experts agreed on

Society

8 hours ago BBC Breakfast paused as Jon Kay makes 'breaking news' announcement live on air

BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay shared "breaking news" that a DHL cargo plane has crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania with viewer as he returned to the morning programme

Society

16 hours ago Kris Jenner celebrates late sister Karen's birthday with throwback photo eight months after her passing

Kris Jenner celebrated her late sister Karen's 66th birthday with a throwback photo and touching tribute. She shared a photo of Karen, who passed away in March, with their mother MJ.

Culture

17 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans divided by Sugababes' appearance during exit show

The original Sugababes - Mutya Buena, Siobhan Donaghy and Keisha Buchanan - were welcomed onto the BBC ballroom dance floor ahead of the Strictly results

Sport

19 hours ago Meet the man behind the petition demanding a general election: More than one million Britons have called for change amid fury at Labour's Budget tax raid

Michael Westwood, who is the owner of Britain's 'cheapest pub', said he didn't imagine in his 'wildest dreams' that his campaign, which has been reposted by Elon Musk, would get such traction.

Economics

20 hours ago 'Unserious' Kemi Badenoch pledges £12million per HOUR with unfunded wishlist

Analysis of Kemi Badenoch's record reveals she's made pledges and opposed policies worth £7.6billion - but not said what she would cut instead after backing Labour spending

Economics

22 hours ago Health and legal experts among 73 academics to sign letter opposing ‘inadequate’ assisted dying bill

Exclusive: The letter says that a private members bill to legalise assisted dying is ‘inadequate’ adding that it ‘lacks prudence...at a time of crisis for the NHS’

Science

24 hours ago A MILLION people sign petition demanding general election amid mounting fury at Labour's Budget tax raid

The petition on the Parliament website, complaining that Keir Starmer has 'gone back on promises', has been gaining 100,000 backers an hour.

Economics

26 hours ago Isaac Newton’s wealth ‘intimately connected’ with slavery, author says

Scientist and banker benefited from gold mined primarily by enslaved Africans in Brazil, book claimsSir Isaac Newton, whose theory of gravity revolutionised science and who later rose to the upper echelons of London’s banking world, had closer financial ties to the transatlantic trade in enslaved people than was previously understood, a new book has claimed.The book, Ricardo’s Dream, covers the life and work of David Ricardo, a contemporary of Newton who was a pioneer of economic theory and the wealthiest stock trader of his day. It also re-examines Newton’s time as master of the mint at the Bank of England, where the scientist wielded political influence and amassed vast personal wealth after leaving his academic position in Cambridge. Continue reading...

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