12 minutes ago Egypt tourist boat latest: Two Britons believed to be survivors pictured as search for seven missing continues

Two Britons are still unaccounted for after a yacht sunk in Egypt’s Red Sea

Events

16 minutes ago UK politics live: Keir Starmer gives Downing Street speech on migration after figures fall sharply

Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that net migration has fallen by 20 per cent this year, after reaching a record high of 906,000 in 2023

Politics

20 minutes ago Sainsbury's slash cost of Quality Street tin to 'cheapest supermarket price' ahead of Christmas

The supermarket has reduced the price of the popular Christmas chocolates across its UK stores - but you'll need to be quick.

Economics

26 minutes ago Home explosion as 'front of house blown off' and three people rushed to hospital

Emergency services were called to reports of an explosion in a property in Bootle, Liverpool, with horrified neighbours reporting that the front of a house was 'blown off'

Society

34 minutes ago Scots pensioners to receive between £100 and £300 in winter fuel payments by SNP Government next year

The new system ditches the Labour Government plan which strips 900,000 Scots of a payment.

Economics

36 minutes ago Beautiful UK ghost town that baffles historians after it was abandoned 500 years ago

An abandoned village in the Yorkshire Wolds, once home to a thriving community, has been subject to decades of research, et it still baffles historians and archaeologists today

Culture

37 minutes ago ‘Emotionally daunting’: Thanksgiving feels different for those affected by Hurricane Helene

After recent hurricanes devastated US south-east, some look to community as food and water remain in low supplyTucker Shelton grew up in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and then studied and taught yoga around the world – Italy, New Zealand, Thailand – which made him realize there was something special about life in the Blue Ridge Mountains.“Being here feels like I’m being hugged by the trees and the mountains,” Shelton, 36, said. “People care about the town, the area they live in.” Continue reading...

Politics

37 minutes ago ‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property

In the suburb of Oosterwold, a living experiment in urban agriculture, the 5,000 inhabitants find different creative ways to fulfil the unique stipulationWhen Marco de Kat starts planning his meals, he doesn’t need to travel far for fresh food. Right outside his house is an 800 square metre plot with all sorts of produce – apples, pears, peppers, basil, beets and cauliflower, to name a few. During the winter months, he and his wife can pretty much survive off the vegetables stored in their freezer. Even after living in Oosterwold for a number of years, it’s something that still excites him.“Yesterday, I forgot to think about what to eat,” he says. “You walk through your garden and you find something and that’s what you eat.” Continue reading...

Society

38 minutes ago UK signs major border pact with Iraq to smash smuggling gangs behind small boats crisis

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper flew to Baghdad to agree a deal on border security and tackling criminal gangs with the Iraqi government and the regional Kurdistan government in Erbil

Events

39 minutes ago Real Madrid team bus CRASHES on way home from Liverpool Champions League defeat

Carlo Ancelotti's team lost 2-0 at Anfield and the coach carrying kit saw its journey back to the Spanish capital halted

Events