10 h. ago Parents, pensioners and disabled people due up to £305 in extra payments this year

More than half a million children and families in Scotland received cash help for heating bills last year.

Economics

27 h. ago World’s swankiest manhole covers? A thrilling tour of the new embankments concealing London’s £4.6bn super sewer

Built to tackle 18m tonnes of rising excrement, the Tideway project has also generated dramatic new public spaces dotted with giant artworks. Our writer takes the ‘stink tower’ tour of the capitalA group of colossal black tombstones has landed on the north bank of the Thames in London, looking like mysterious monoliths from another civilisation. They stand near Blackfriars Bridge as imposing bookends, rising almost 10 metres, folded in places to form platforms and benches, slipping down in others to become one with the pavement. Water trickles from the summit of one huge slab, running down ridges and splashing into a sunken pool. Another pair rise straight out of the river wall, hoisting wooden fenders with them from the swirling brown waters below.“I wanted to make something that comes from nowhere,” says Scottish artist Nathan Coley, as he clambers on to one of his concrete blocks, which form part of the most prominent new public artwork in Britain’s capital, set to be unveiled ne...

Economics

3 d. ago American Airlines passenger offers bizarre excuse after he fought with female flight attendant who caught him vaping

Peter Nguyen went viral earlier this week after he was busted vaping in the bathroom on a flight from Phoenix to San Francisco.

Events

5 d. ago American Airlines 'banned black parents from taking disabled child's stroller past security but not white families'

The mom posted about her experience on TikTok, saying the airline discriminated and humiliated her family during a recent trip. 'No empathy. No compromise. Just refusal.'

Society

7 d. ago Trump to announce Apple’s plan to invest $100bn in US manufacturing

Tech giant’s plan to up domestic investment over next four years comes as it seeks to avoid Trump’s threatened tariffsDonald Trump on Wednesday is expected to celebrate a commitment by Apple to increase its investments in US manufacturing by an additional $100bn over the next four years.“Today’s announcement with Apple is another win for our manufacturing industry that will simultaneously help reshore the production of critical components to protect America’s economic and national security,” a White House spokesperson, Taylor Rogers, said. Continue reading...

Economics

7 d. ago Entitled passenger goes ballistic on flight attendant after getting 'caught vaping' in American Airlines bathroom

A passenger on an American Airlines flight who was allegedly caught vaping in the bathroom was seen getting into a screaming match with one of the flight attendants.

Events

8 d. ago I tried out American Airlines’ new Dreamliner cabin — here’s why it’s a game

American Airlines has launched Dreamliners with fully upgraded cabins, which include brand-new business-class seats with privacy doors. US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill steps aboard, takes a tour and reveals his verdict

Politics

8 d. ago 'Ethnic cleansing' gentrification row hits council estate where A Clockwork Orange was filmed amid backlash at 'white, middle

Locals occupied Lakeside Centre, Thamesmead, in south east London , on Saturday night and unfurled a black banner on a roundabout with 'end art washing' written in green letters.

Events

8 d. ago Ozzy Osbourne 'tried to trademark Prince of Darkness nickname days before he died'

Ozzy Osbourne died at the age of 76 last month shortly after his farewell gig with his band Black Sabbath in his hometown of Birmingham

Politics

8 d. ago American Airlines Blames ATC For London to Chicago Flight Delay

American Airlines Blames ATC For London to Chicago Flight Delay  Aviation A2Z

Politics

1 week ago Sydney Sweeney’s Republican voter registration revealed amid jeans ad controversy

Revelation comes amid public fixation on American Eagle’s jeans ad featuring the star and a pun about her genesSydney Sweeney registered as a Republican voter in Florida a few months before Donald Trump won a second US presidency, it has been revealed, as the public continues fixating on a new jeans ad campaign featuring the actor and a pun about her genes.The Euphoria and White Lotus star registered to vote in Florida on 14 June 2024 – shortly after buying a mansion in the Keys – and listed her party affiliation as Republican, according to publicly available records reviewed by the Guardian on Sunday. That was about two weeks after Trump, another registered Republican Florida voter, was convicted in New York City of criminal falsification of business records and before he secured a return to the White House in November’s presidential election. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago American Airlines Reduces Daily Flight Frequency on Key New York

American Airlines Reduces Daily Flight Frequency on Key New York-London JFK to Heathrow Route for Winter 2025-2026 Season: You Need to Know  Travel And Tour World

Politics

3 w. ago Down To 'Just' 3: American Airlines Removes 1 Daily Flight On Flagship New York

Down To 'Just' 3: American Airlines Removes 1 Daily Flight On Flagship New York-London Route This Winter  Simple Flying

Politics

3 w. ago 'I'm an American Airlines pilot – there's genius way we predict turbulence before flight'

American Airlines captain Steve often shares little-known secrets about life in the cockpit and his latest revelation really blew minds on TikTok where he boasts 398,000 followers

Politics

3 w. ago Black judge says she is routinely searched for weapons or banned items by security staff when entering court

Cordella Bart-Stewart, 67, has been a part-time immigration and asylum tribunal judge for 25 years and has set up a committee to support black judges and lawyers.

Events

3 w. ago Chaos erupts on plane as screaming passenger goes on fiery 12

The man, who claimed to be 'the realest person on the East Coast,' began his outburst by attacking flight staff, but when other passengers stepped in to defend the crew, he turned his fury on them instead.

Events

4 w. ago Panic at White House as Secret Service rushes reporters inside and lockdown ordered

The Secret Service put the White House 's front lawn on a brief lockdown after a security incident near the front gate.

Society

4 w. ago Secret Service put White House front lawn on lockdown after security incident

The Secret Service put the White House 's front lawn on a brief lockdown after a security incident near the front gate.

Society

4 w. ago Plane passenger starts row as child is given his $300 seat without asking

American Airlines passenger Osaac Summer was captured in a viral clip berating a couple while boarding a flight.

Politics