2 h. ago Winter Fuel Payment 2025: scam text and email warning for millions or pensioners

Millions of older people are being targeted by convincing fake messages ❄️

Events

2 h. ago Donald Trump blames low life expectancy in Glasgow on poor economy

“You would think that you would live forever....at the same time, they have a hard life economically. You know, there’s not great economics there.”

Politics

2 h. ago Rape victims cannot suffer or be subjected to degrading ordeals in court

Sunday Mail opinion says shocking case rightly prompted calls for changes to the way rape victims are treated and since then there has been slow progress towards better protection for victims.

Events

3 h. ago A slowing wartime economy pushes the Kremlin to tap consumers for revenue

Russia's economy has slowed after two years of robust growth fueled by the war in Ukraine

Events

8 h. ago What's REALLY happening in the race to unseat Starmer amid Labour mounting panic at Budget 'omnishambles'

After a week which has veered from farce to tragedy - for Britain's economy and its standing in the world - the field of 'stalking horses' behind the PM has now widened to Grand National levels.

Politics

9 h. ago Thought it couldn't get worse, Sir Keir? That's not what Westminster insiders are saying... as the number of MPs jockeying to unseat Starmer reaches Grand National levels

After a week which has veered from farce to tragedy - for Britain's economy and its standing in the world - the field of 'stalking horses' behind the PM has now widened to Grand National levels.

Politics

10 h. ago EastEnders character Barry Evans to return alongside Pat Butcher

The hapless Barry Evans, played by Shaun Williamson, was killed off more than 20 years ago when he was pushed from a cliff.

Politics

14 h. ago Internet speeds for up to 130,000 British homes are slower than in Libya, Cameroon and Namibia... so do YOU live in a broadband blackspot?

Everyone in the UK has the legal right to get download speeds of 10mbps (megabits per second) - typically fast enough to stream TV programmes.

Society

15 h. ago Nigel Farage is today’s Enoch Powell and his appeal down to slow economy, says minister

Business secretary Peter Kyle says appeal of far-right parties like Reform due to ‘their dogma of disruption, division and despair’Nigel Farage is “today’s incarnation of the politics of Enoch Powell”, the business secretary, Peter Kyle, said at the Co-operative party conference.Kyle described Reform UK as “far right”, while stressing that boosting economic growth was needed to “build an economy and a politics that people can trust to deliver for themselves, their families and their communities”. Continue reading...

Politics

16 h. ago Mad Vladimir Putin 'smuggled' calendar model, 17, into palace for 'secret affair'

As Putin continues to wage his war in Ukraine, new details of the dictator's alleged sordid affair with a 17-year-old model have emerged after he 'snuck' her into the Kremlin

Politics

16 h. ago National Lottery unclaimed: forgotten UK Lottery tickets could be worth £1m or more in prizes – latest news

Forgotten lottery tickets could be hiding life-changing prizes 💰

Economics

17 h. ago Chuck Schumer should quit – but would his imaginary friends agree? | Arwa Mahdawi

The US government was shut down for weeks – and then Democrats shrugged their shoulders and gave upChuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, has a pair of very sweet imaginary friends. They’re a middle-class couple called Joe and Eileen Bailey and they live on Long Island. At one point the imaginary couple, who feature in Schumer’s 2007 book, Positively American, were called the O’Reillys. According to the Hill, one Schumer aide said the name then was changed because the publisher thought O’Reilly was “too ethnic” for mass consumption. Another aide said that claim was false, and Schumer just wanted a name that “sounded more national”. Naming strategy aside, the key point here is that Schumer has said he runs all his policy decisions by this completely fictional couple. He’s referred to them hundreds of times throughout his political career.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Politics

20 h. ago Graham Potter confirms Liverpool's worst Alexander Isak fears with new update

Alexander Isak has had a slow start to life with Liverpool since his record-breaking move from Newcastle and Arne Slot has been given a concerning update regarding the forward

Politics

22 h. ago Manchester United wonderkid scores for England after Thomas Tuchel decision

Man Utd youngster Shea Lacey is pushing to make his senior debut at Old Trafford before the end of the season.

Sport

24 h. ago MAGA's darkest hour: MTG's Epstein revolt rips open Trump's rawest wound as Israel, economy and migrant crises close in

From Elon Musk to Tucker Carlson, from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Thomas Massie, Trump has spent much of his second term turning former allies into enemies.

Politics

24 h. ago Germany to let pensioners earn £1,760 a month tax free: Would a similar scheme here tempt Britons to keep working?

The Aktivrente or 'active pension' plan being pushed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be open to German workers after they reach the statutory retirement age of 67.

Economics

24 h. ago Workers warned as new HMRC tax rules set to roll out in 2026

This change has been described as 'significant' by HM Revenue & Customs

Events

25 h. ago In the name of their fathers: Eubank v Benn began and ended a heady era of British boxing

Their dads lit a fire that consumed me but Eubank Jr v Conor Benn embodies all that has gone wrong with the Dark TradeThirty-five years ago this month, on 18 November 1990, my life changed course when I watched Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn fight each other in Birmingham with a ferocity which left me astonished and breathless. After that savage and surreal contest, I began working on a book about boxing, Dark Trade, which allowed me to become a full-time writer.Benn and Eubank were so different that my already deep interest in boxing caught fire. I became consumed by the fight game for decades until, earlier this year, I finished writing The Last Bell, my fifth and final book about boxing. I still loved the most interesting fighters and their incredible life stories, but the controversies around the manufactured rivalry between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr left me sick at heart. Continue reading...

Politics

26 h. ago Bags of cash and a gold toilet: the corruption crisis engulfing Zelenskyy’s government

Senior Ukrainians are accused of taking kickbacks from projects to defend energy plants in wartime, prompting a wave of public anger

Politics

26 h. ago Future data centers are driving up forecasts for energy demand. States want proof they'll get built

Utilities are producing eye-popping forecasts about the amount of electricity they'll need to power massive new data centers that are feeding the fast-growing AI economy

Politics