3 m. ago Judge blocks Trump from stripping deportation protections for 350,000 Venezuelans: ‘Smacks of racism’

Judge Edward Chen blasts administration’s ‘false stereotypes’ about Venezuelans seeking shelter in the United States

Events

32 m. ago Monzo muscles in on home insurance market to target underprotected renters

Research by the bank found that millions of renters could have about £12,000 of belongings unprotected.

Society

34 m. ago AD FEATURE: 'I needed investment to grow my business, and NatWest was a huge part of that process'

The bank is expanding its free Accelerator to reach 10,000 entrepreneurs in 2025 – celebrating the milestone with launch of new competition to help UK businesses grow

Economics

72 m. ago Putin orders biggest Russian military conscription for years after claims of stalling peace talks

Vladimir Putin has ordered the conscription of 160,000 Russians aged from 18 to 30 - the new order will be implemented from April 1 and must be complete by July 15

Events

88 m. ago Gary Glitter declared bankrupt after refusing to pay more than £500,000 to woman he raped when she was 12

Glitter, real name Paul Francis Gadd, was ordered last year to pay £508,800 damages to a woman he abused when she was aged 12.

Economics

3 h. ago Marine Le Pen attacks ban on French presidency run as a ‘political decision’

Far-right leader, who was found guilty of embezzlement of European funds, says conviction is a ‘denial of democracy’The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has railed against a Paris court’s “political decision” to bar her from competing for the presidency in 2027, attacking the move to ban her from running for public office as “a denial of democracy”.In a day of high political drama, Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement of European parliament funds on a vast scale, a conviction for which she was also handed a four-year prison sentence, with two of those years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet. She was also ordered to pay a €100,000 (£84,000) fine. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Tenants win £260,000 of rent back in legal fight with London ‘rogue landlord’

Tenants win £260,000 of rent back in legal fight with London ‘rogue landlord’  The Guardian

Economics

5 h. ago Trump's plan for the largest U.S. deportation center where up to 10,000 migrants will wait to be sent home

A monster deportation center that could hold up to 10,000 migrants is being built on the US-Mexico border, Trump administration officials have confirmed

Politics

5 h. ago Musk’s Doge gains access to federal payroll system despite staff warnings

Officials said accessing system that processes 276,000 employees’ salaries could put unit at risk of cyber-attacksMembers of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly gained access to a payroll system over the weekend that processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across various government agencies, despite warnings from senior staff about the potential risks.According to two people familiar with the situation who spoke with the New York Times, Doge employees had spent about two weeks trying to obtain administrative access to the program, known as the Federal Personnel and Payroll System. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Scientists hope a newly discovered flower will return after rain in West Texas

Scientists who want to learn more about a tiny, newly discovered flower in West Texas are hoping it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally fell in the area

Science

5 h. ago B&Q bans all 21,000 workers from saying anything from new list of 'unwelcoming' phrases

A move to make B&Q more welcoming among its 21,000 staff has been slammed and ridiculed by campaigners after certain phrases were banned an strange religious guidance was given

Politics

6 h. ago Buskers in London's famous Leicester Square perform 'psychological torture' on local workers on a daily basis and some are so bad they need to be stopped, a judge has ruled

Staff at Global Radio, home to stations including LBC, Heart FM and Classic FM, say the racket through their windows is so bad they are forced to make phone calls in cupboards.

Events

6 h. ago Killer Albanian mafia kingpin who plotted to bomb a football stadium begs not to be deported for fear HE will be murdered by gangsters

Maksim Cela, 59, is walking free on the streets of Britain after serving 23 years in jail for killing a policeman and planning to detonate a bomb at a 12,000-seater football stadium in 200.

Events

6 h. ago Pop paedophile Gary Glitter made bankrupt and could lose multi

Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter has been made bankrupt after refusing to pay £508,000 in damages, allowing lawyers for his victims to access his assets - including a £2million London penthouse

Politics

6 h. ago Gary Glitter bankrupt after refusing to pay damages to woman he raped when she was 12

Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter has been made bankrupt after refusing to pay £508,000 in damages, allowing lawyers for his victims to access his assets - including a £2million London penthouse

Events

6 h. ago Dentist funding warning after collapse of company with 65 practices and 500,000 patients across Scotland

“This model of private equity buy, build and flip is fundamentally flawed when applied to dentistry” – Clive Schmulian

Events

6 h. ago Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000, as health system ‘overwhelmed’

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000The fallout from Myanmar’s earthquake has overwhelmed parts of the healthcare system, the World Health Organization has said, as the official death toll rose to more than 2,000, with many more missing.Rescue operations faced “significant obstacles including damaged roads, collapsed bridges, unstable communications and the complexities related to civil conflict”, the WHO said in an update. Continue reading...

Events

6 h. ago Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike as MP says resident 'bitten by rat'

Council estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city

Events

7 h. ago Birmingham City Council declares major incident over bin strike: Chaos as 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected as picket lines block rubbish trucks at depots

Members of the Unite union in Birmingham are holding an all-out strike which has led to rubbish piling up in the streets.

Events

7 h. ago Major incident declared over bin strike as 17,000 tonnes of waste left to rot

The all-out strike has led to rubbish piling up in the streets and residents complaining about rats

Events