29 m. ago Drivers face £300 fixed penalty notice for breaking this one key driving law

A Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) is generally issued by police officers as an alternative to prosecution when a driver is found to be in breach of the law.

Economics

54 m. ago Who is on The Great Celebrity Bake Off this week? Channel 4 line

The Great Celebrity Bake Off line-up for episode four has been confirmed 🍰

Politics

54 m. ago What we should be talking about when we see Snow White | Eva Wiseman

Snow White has sparked outrage across the board, but why is no one worried about its messaging on beauty?Last week I took my daughter to see the new Snow White film and on the train she told me how all the girls had been called into a special assembly. It was to tell them that makeup was strictly forbidden – some girls (she discreetly told me their names, vaguely scandalised) had started wearing mascara to school. And as she spoke I was immediately propelled to 1991, my friend’s kitchen, the violet smell of other people’s laundry, her mother explaining that we shouldn’t wear makeup until we were, “At least 40,” because it was just, “for covering wrinkles and the shadows of age.” That conversation has rattled around in my head for decades (“the shadows of age”) and it lodged there as I settled in with my popcorn.The new Snow White has been plagued by so much controversy some might assume the marketing team had bitten a cursed apple. It took nine years to make it into cinemas, after, ...

Events

55 m. ago Angry customer took axe to phone shop in row over 'broken' handset

Raymond Barrowes told a shopkeeper he would ‘smash up’ the phone store in Walworth

Economics

55 m. ago LED mask loved by Kim Kardashian just launched a mask to tackle neck and chest wrinkles

The Current Body LED face mask is a go-to for stars like Kim Kardashian and Sydney Sweeney and it just launched an all new mask to reduce wrinkles on your neck and chest

Politics

58 m. ago DWP secretary Liz Kendall makes Triple Lock state pension announcement

The update comes as pensioners get an extra up to £470 from Sunday, and was echoed by Rachel Reeves

Politics

1 hour ago F1 star turns air blue at Japanese Grand Prix with unusual outburst over radio

The early stages of the Japanese Grand Prix had very little action to excite fans, though one driver caught the eye by launching an angry rant at his own engineer

Sport

1 hour ago ‘There is no ceasefire. Attacks are ongoing’: how Putin’s envoy played US over Ukraine

White House welcome for key member of Russian president’s inner circle raises fears over America’s commitment to peaceKirill Dmitriev’s meetings with US officials in the White House last week went largely below the radar. And deliberately so.The dapper investment envoy to Russian president Vladimir Putin, who also serves as a key negotiator for Moscow on Ukraine, posted an image of his flight plan on social media to make the point that a senior sanctioned Russian official was being welcomed by the Trump administration. Otherwise, details of what was discussed remain opaque. Continue reading...

Events

1 hour ago Rory McIlroy told to emulate Masters champion in bid to win green jacket and become all

Rory McIlroy is just a Masters victory away from becoming just the sixth player to complete the Grand Slam, and the Northern Irishman will be gunning to end his wait next week

Politics

1 hour ago Review: Rugged Majority Landbeach radio is built for the outdoors

Long battery life and phone charging makes this portable DAB radio stand out from the rest

Politics

1 hour ago UK is 'not prepared' for another pandemic as fears over deadly new viruses grow

EXCLUSIVE: Last month, the UK marked the grim milestone of five years since being plunged into lockdown as the Covid pandemic tore through the country - now we ask experts how prepared are we for another?

Events

2 h. ago How scandal rocked the internet’s knitting community: ‘Not a week goes by without drama’

Faked deaths. Fat-shaming. Stolen design patterns. How did an ostensibly wholesome pastime become a hotbed of feuds and conflict? Newfound knitter Kate Ng digs into the strange world of ‘KnitTok’ and beyond

Events

2 h. ago Brits set for five spring heatwaves before end of May with exact 27C April dates

It been a balmy and boozy week in the sun in the UK, and it seems us Brits could be in for some even hotter temperatures right up until the end of the month, with some forecasters predicting a heatwave

Politics

4 h. ago Miss Scotland shines at New York Tartan Week ahead of opening fashion show 'Dressed to Kilt'

Amy Scott, of Strathaven, says she is excited about the "honour".

Culture

4 h. ago The parts of the M4 in Wales set for roadwork disruption this week

Resurfacing work is to create hold-ups for drivers in the evenings, Traffic Wales is warning

Politics

5 h. ago Millions of families to get HMRC Child Benefit boost from Monday April 7

Child Benefit is currently worth £25.60 a week for your first child, then £16.95 a week for any additional child you have - but rates are set to rise from April 7

Society

6 h. ago REVEALED: Harry's Sentebale crisis 'started with Meghan': Insiders believe she 'never liked' charity chief

One subject monopolised conversation when Lesotho's wealthy and powerful gathered at their favourite haunts in the capital Maseru last week.

Events

7 h. ago Agency for promoting Britain abroad sees budget slashed by 40 per cent with immediate effect... while being urged to find 50 million foreign visitors by 2030

Ministers told the organisation last week its annual budget was being cut with immediate effect from £18m to £10.5m for the year.

Economics

7 h. ago Canadian parliament on lockdown as police deal with barricaded man: ‘Lock all doors and hide’

Police send in robot as people urged to ‘seek shelter in the nearest room’

Politics

8 h. ago Is this really pitching for Scotland, John? First Minister goes to baseball game... on Tartan Day!

As he controversially jetted off to New York for this weekend's Tartan Week celebrations his big pitch was that he would work tirelessly to promote Scotland and the nation's businesses.

Politics