28 m. ago Gary Lineker's exit shakes up BBC rich list: The Beeb's new top earners revealed as £1.4m

The 64-year-old footballer turned broadcaster hosts his final Match of the Day tonight after being axed for sharing an anti-Semitic Instagram post.

Economics

55 m. ago Turkish officials admit they've NO IDEA how British mother's heart went missing in hospital after she died on holiday fuelling growing suspicions

The Ministry of Health in Turkey has spoken out after a British mother died in mysterious circumstances on a family holiday and allegedly had her heart removed.

Events

73 m. ago Reason behind Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank's shock axing revealed by ITV

ITV Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank, who has played vicar Bill Mayhew for 11 years, has been axed from the soap and this is allegedly the real reason why

Events

82 m. ago Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support

Exclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send systemHundreds of thousands of children with special needs could lose their legal entitlement to extra support in schools in England under plans being considered by ministers, a move that campaigners warn could force thousands more pupils out of mainstream education.The reforms relate to education, health and care plans (EHCPs), statutory documents families have relied on for more than a decade to guarantee their children’s right to support for conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and mental health issues. Continue reading...

Politics

92 m. ago Fat Families host Steve Miller reveals why he doesn't regret his brutal jibes at obese stars one bit

Fat Families saw straight-talking Steve Miller guide overweight families who hoped to turn their lives around by improving their diet and lifestyle.

Politics

2 h. ago Starmer delays flagship child poverty policy leaving tens of thousands on the brink

Labour prime minister facing calls to scrap the controversial two-child limit, brought in as part of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne’s ‘austerity’ policies

Events

2 h. ago Winter Fuel Payment: Who is eligible and how much is the benefit worth?

The Prime Minister has announced plans to widen eligibility for the winter fuel payment, which was previously available to all UK residents above the state pension age of 66

Politics

2 h. ago ‘They first come for great acts of culture’: Cate Blanchett sets up grant for displaced film

Actor and UN refugee ambassador gives warning about authoritarian regimes at launch of film fundAuthoritarian regimes “first come for great acts of culture” when they start to curtail civil liberties, Cate Blanchett warned as she launched a new grant for displaced film-makers.The two-time Oscar winner and goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), has teamed up with the international film festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Hubert Bals Fund to set up the Displacement Film Fund, which will support displaced film-makers or those with experience in refugee storytelling. Continue reading...

Culture

3 h. ago ‘Something has gone very wrong’: how the carers scandal was exposed

A Guardian investigation revealed how hundreds of thousands of people were plunged into debt – and some criminalised – for looking after their loved onesOne February afternoon in 2016, Sir Robert Devereux, at the time the most powerful official in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), was stopped by a junior colleague as he walked through the car park of a civil service office in Preston, Lancashire. Was he aware, the worker asked, about the problems with carer’s allowance?Devereux, on a flying visit to the DWP outpost, asked for details and promised to look into it. A few days later, Devereux’s office received a long and detailed note, complete with 80 anonymised case studies, setting out how years of shortcomings in the administration of the carer’s allowance benefit had wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and inflicted untold hardship and misery on thousands of unpaid carers. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Tragic soap characters who should never have been killed off as Craig brutally axed

A number of soap icons in Emmerdale, Coronation Street and EastEnders have died in the most tragic circumstances - with fans left devastated by their loss

Events

4 h. ago Voices: After the winter fuel decision, Labour is now openly at war with itself

Far from defusing the growing unrest within his party, the prime minister’s U-turn has emboldened backbenchers to demand even more sweeteners, says Andrew Grice

Events

4 h. ago Iceland confirms exact closure dates for two UK supermarket stores

The supermarket said it had entered into a consultation process with workers at the affected Iceland stores, and both groups have been offered other roles within the businesses

Economics

4 h. ago 'Closing down after 29 years!': The fake fashion boutiques stitching up shoppers on Facebook

Websites claiming to be long-running businesses from the UK are scamming shoppers with poor quality items. They are actually based in China and using AI adverts and false reviews to dupe customers. James Holt investigates.

Culture

4 h. ago Moment wealthy 'crypto bros' are dragged out of their stunning NYC mansion for kidnapping and torturing their business partner for WEEKS

Several wealthy 'crypto bros' living in a lavish New York City brownstone allegedly lured a former business partner to the residence, where they kidnapped and tortured him for weeks.

Economics

5 h. ago From matcha lattes to Dubai chocolate – how supermarkets fight to cope with TikTok trends

Food fads were once dictated by restaurants, now it is viral videos influencing stores what to stock and quicklyTikTok’s algorithm is one of the great mysteries of the modern age. What it deems to be interesting is fed to millions of users, giving it huge cultural sway, from fashion to music and politics. It is also increasingly influencing what we eat.Supermarkets were once the trendsetters, studying popular items on restaurant menus and recreating them on their shelves. Now the big shops are the ones being influenced, says Zoe Simons, a brand development chef at Waitrose. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago It's time to treat failure as a badge of resilience and insight

Channel Scotland’s warrior boldness to foster the entrepreneurial spirit, says Dana Schwendtne

Events

5 h. ago Freedom of the Press Foundation says it will sue Paramount if it settles with Trump over 60 Minutes lawsuit

FPF said corporations that own news outlets ‘should not be in the busines”s of settling “baseless lawsuits that clearly violate the First Amendment and put other media outlets at risk’

Politics

6 h. ago Meghan Markle secures new Netflix deal as CEO gives her sweet nickname and is 'massive' fan

Insiders believe the new deal will be a much-reduced offer compared with their current agreement, will be focused entirely on Meghan and this time will be without a generous upfront payment

Economics

7 h. ago Businessman who drove his Bentley while high on cocaine avoids jail after blaming new wife of 24 hours who walked out on him with £200,000

Steve Wynne, 50, had been snorting cocaine before police stopped his black 198mph Continental GT which was veering across white lines in the millionaire village of Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

Economics

7 h. ago Trump wields the knife as he orders shock purge at crucial agency that's pivotal for Americans' safety

Donald Trump is ordering a major overhaul of the National Security Council that will shrink its size by over 100 staffers.

Politics