78 minutes ago 'Here comes Ed Sheeran to save Christmas again': Fans react to new song set to rival Band Aid 40

Song sees Love Actually filmmaker Richard Curtis make debut as music video director

Culture

1 hour ago Smithfield market's planned move to Dagenham abandoned as future for traders thrown into uncertainty

City of London Corporation seeks to absolve itself from responsible of running the near-1,000-year-old Smithfield market, as well Billingsgate

Politics

2 hours ago 'Here comes Ed Sheeran to save Christmas again': Fans react to new song Under The Tree

Song sees Love Actually filmmaker Richard Curtis make debut as music video director

Politics

2 hours ago Assisted dying plans face fresh hurdle after group of MPs tries to scupper vote

MPs are due to vote on assisted dying in an historic moment on Friday but seven MPs from across parties have supported a bid to halt the plans going through the Commons

Politics

2 hours ago Shocking moment female UCLA football fan brutally smacks a man in the stands in the middle of the game

The rivalry between USC and UCLA is one of the most fierce in college football - and that carried over into the stands where a fight broke out when one woman smacked a rival fan.

Sport

2 hours ago Vauxhall will close its Luton factory in April with more than 1,100 jobs at risk after warning it may halt UK production amid row over government's electric vehicle targets

In what appeared to be a swipe at the government's tough electric vehicle sales targets, Stellantis said the announcement was made 'within the context of the UK's ZEV mandate'.

Events

3 hours ago A very British omnishambles: how The Play That Goes Wrong conquered the world

This farce about a gaffe-laden am-dram whodunnit was born above a pub. How did it become one of Britain’s greatest ever exports, the toast of more than 50 countries? Our writer hits the continent to solve the mysteryA bunch of twerps are floundering in the spotlight, striving to bluff their way through disaster. The vibe is not quite keep calm and carry on, more like carry on regardless. It could be a scene from any number of recent British political calamities. But this is the premise of the deliriously funny The Play That Goes Wrong, about a hapless am-dram troupe staging a whodunnit.Despite having its premiere in a tiny room above a London pub, there is nothing amateurish about the Olivier award-winning comedy – one of the longest-running shows currently in the West End. It spawned a...

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3 hours ago Red Sea yacht sinking: Five survivors and four bodies found with Brits 'among missing'

The Sea Story was said to have been ‘hit by a wave in the middle of the night, throwing the vessel on its side’

Events

4 hours ago UK Championship Snooker suspended and crowd evacuated amid medical emergency

Action during two first round matches at the UK Championship, including Judd Trump versus Neil Robertson, was halted by a medical emergency in the crowd at the York Barbican

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