25 m. ago NHS chiefs accused of 'prioritising' single women and lesbians as number of straight couples getting free IVF plunges 28% in a decade

The Daily Mail can reveal the number of women with male partners having cycles of taxpayer-funded fertility treatment each year has fallen 28% since peaking in 2016.

Politics

30 m. ago UK businesses come together to reveal fresh ideas for growth

Hundreds of UK microbusiness owners met in London as part of the Small and Might Live programme

Politics

43 m. ago The Lost Bus real people: Meet the true heroes behind the 2018 Camp Fire tragedy

The Lost Bus is a harrowing survival drama based on real events.

Events

52 m. ago ‘Supremely satisfying’: why Strictly Ballroom is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers explaining their favourite comfort watches is a recommendation of Baz Luhrmann’s irresistible audience hitStuck on the wall above the desk where I write is a Post-it note, which I look at for inspiration whenever I feel that the chapter I’m working on needs some extra oomph. If you’ve seen Strictly Ballroom, Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 directorial debut, the words on it – Scott’s knee-slide – will be immediately and ecstatically familiar. If not, allow me to introduce you to what is, for my money, one of the most purely enjoyable films ever made.Scott Hastings, the son of two retired ballroom dancers who now run a teaching studio, is a future champion. Or he would be, if he didn’t keep deviating from the stiff steps laid down by the Australian Dance Federation’s Barry Fife (a Trumpian ogre in a toupee) and throwing in his own moves. When his dancing partner dumps him after he goes rogue during a competition, Fran, the studio’s wallflower, offers to take o...

Politics

82 m. ago Young people could get £5k cash rebate towards first home under proposal – check if you’d eligible

YOUNG people could get a £5,000 cash rebate towards the cost of their first home as part of new Tory proposals. Shadow secretary Mel Stride is reportedly set to reveal plans for a "first-job bonus", that would divert national insurance payments into a long-term savings account. Under the proposals, the first £5,000 worth of NI...

Economics

1 hour ago London Film Fest Head Previews “Formally Daring Cinema,” Stars “Playing Against Perceived Type” in 2025 Edition

London Film Fest Head Previews “Formally Daring Cinema,” Stars “Playing Against Perceived Type” in 2025 Edition  hollywoodreporter.com

Culture

1 hour ago A Tooth Fairy Tale review – animated adventure with a sprinkling of family

A child-suitable romantic subplot underpins this enjoyable story of fairies putting their long-standing differences with goblins aside to defeat a common enemyIn this animated adventure for preteens, the fairy community’s mission in life is to gather teeth from slumbering children and leave gold for the kids to find under their pillows. (Gold? In my day it was 10p! That’s inflation for you.) Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled by the prospect of spending the foreseeable collecting baby teeth and, to be fair to him, this is entirely reasonable. He’s only a tiny bit more interested in the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he lays eyes on a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell) and she turns out to be far from the hideous gnome he had been led to expect.The stage is set for an adventure with a light sprinkling of teen romanc...

Society

3 h. ago My wife is due a full state pension so why does HMRC want £179 more in National Insurance?

My wife has had an HMRC letter saying 'Self employed class 2 national insurance contribution due'. To the unsuspecting it looks like a tax demand.

Economics

4 h. ago UNESCO is choosing a new director who will face a big funding shortage after US exit

An Egyptian antiquities professor and a Congolese economist are competing to become the new director of UNESCO

Politics

4 h. ago I Swear: Scot with Tourettes whose life inspired hit film visits cinema for first time in 40 years

John Davidson’s life inspired film I Swear

Events

4 h. ago ‘An unkind film’: letters reveal rift between director and writer of The Wicker Man

Exclusive: Documents show ‘hostile’ director and ‘self-indulgent’ writer were at loggerheads during production of 1973 cult horror filmA screenplay by one of the UK’s foremost writers, Anthony Shaffer, and a cast headed by Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward should have been the stuff of dreams for the director Robin Hardy in filming The Wicker Man more than half a century ago.Although it is today revered as a cult horror masterpiece, the extent of the misery that it brought the film-makers has now been revealed in previously unpublished letters and script drafts. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago ‘Messiness makes you different’: Lukas Gage on meds, trauma, memoir – and filming TV’s most sexually frank scene

The White Lotus and Euphoria star has written a ‘premature celebrity memoir’ that takes in abuse, family dysfunction, personality disorders, shame and heartbreak. He explains why now was the right time to write itThere’s a telling moment in Lukas Gage’s new book where he refers to it as a “premature celebrity memoir”. It’s a self-deprecating joke, of course, but it is also true. Gage is not megawatt famous – at least not yet. Chances are, though, if you have seen him then you won’t have forgotten him. In 2020, he went viral after leaking an audition video in which the director – forgetting that he wasn’t on mute – is caught judging his living arrangements (“These poor people live in these tiny apartments,” he says, before Gage intervenes to let him know he can hear every word). The following year, Gage appeared in the first season of The White Lotus: in one scene, his character Dillon is caught by a hotel guest standing stark naked in the manager’s office, while said manager perform...

Culture

9 h. ago How Visit Cornwall tore itself apart: Tourist board spent £111,000 on a new website as its money ran out and anti

Visit Cornwall, the body which promotes Britain's most popular tourist destination, spent over £100,000 on a website redesign as it was going bust, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Economics

12 h. ago The Crown’s Erin Richards reveals second pregnancy with bump reveal on red carpet

Erin Richards, who is best know as a star of The Crown, has revealed her second pregnancy as she unveiled her blossoming baby bump on the BAFTA Cymru Awards red carpet

Politics

13 h. ago Britain's Got Talent's scramble to film auditions after Simon Cowell's illness

Contestants that missed out on the chance to audition for Britain's Got Talent over the past week may soon have their moment on the stage as bosses are planning to film the lost episode

Politics

14 h. ago Trump says federal staff will be laid off if government shutdown talks go nowhere

As the shutdown entered its fifth day on Sunday, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNN that he still saw a chance that Democrats would back down.

Politics

14 h. ago Backstage bloodbath leaves Loose Women in turmoil: Insiders reveal twist that's left show fighting for survival

The fallouts between the panellists of Loose Women - both on and off-screen - can be vicious. As for managing their ever-changing cliques? Nigh-on impossible.

Events

15 h. ago Record number of children in England are abused because parents think they are witches or possessed by black magic

The number of children in England suspected of being abused because of witchcraft, sorcery and black magic beliefs has surged to its highest level on record, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Society

15 h. ago How Tommy Robinson pays Muslim sweatshop workers in Bangladesh to make 'patriotic' British polo shirts

EXCLUSIVE: Tommy Robinson paid foreign Muslim sweatshop workers to make 'patriotic' T-shirts for anti-Muslim Unite The Kingdom march, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Economics

15 h. ago Taylor Swift's 'The Official Release Party of a Show Girl' debuts at No. 1 with $33 million

Taylor Swift's new film, “The Official Release Party of a Show Girl,” has topped the weekend box office with $33 million in North America

Economics