34 m. ago Vax vacuum cleaner shoppers are calling 'the best they've ever used' is on sale for £69

The Vax Mach Air upright vacuum cleaner has received glowing reviews from shoppers who have called it the "best they've ever used" - and it's currently on sale for £69

Economics

56 m. ago EastEnders fans amazed as Call The Midwife star joins soap in very different role

She earned legions of fans for her role as Lucille in Call The Midwife, but after leaving our screens in 2023, Leonie Elliott hadn't been seen until she arrived in EastEnders.

Politics

60 m. ago Man City: Pep Guardiola calls for Kevin De Bruyne statue after midfield announces 'emotional' departure

De Bruyne leaves the club after 10 years with 16 major titles under his belt

Politics

61 m. ago Plea to be kinder to rats even as rodents gorge on bin strike rubbish & terrorise locals

An animal rights charity has issued a plea with Brits to be nicer to rats calling them "wonderful animals". This message comes as shocking images show piles of rubbish taking over streets in Birmingham

Events

63 m. ago Starmer to hold talks with global leaders as world reels from US tariffs

Downing Street made clear that the UK is ‘disappointed’ with the US levies despite Donald Trump saying the Prime Minister was ‘very happy’.

Politics

82 m. ago Labour grandee Harriet Harman calls on Starmer to ban smartphones in schools

The Labour peer called for a top down ban on the devices in schools as pressure grows on the PM to crack down on harmful material

Politics

87 m. ago ‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’: the stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record

In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so little known?The Ethiopian famine of the early 1980s was one of the defining news stories of the decade, an exposure of the stark divide between developed and developing nations, still referred to at the time as the Third World. It is a received wisdom that the general public in Britain learned about the crisis when shocking images of emaciated men, women and children were shown on BBC news reports. This is not entirely true. In fact, plenty of Rastafarians were already aware of the situation.The east African country was their spiritual home – many in the movement viewed its former emperor Haile Selassie as their messiah – and a place free from the iniquities of the west. “A lot of Rastafarians went to Ethiopia [before they] came to London,” says the musician and cam...

Politics

92 m. ago New call for every household to get a ‘month off’ from paying Council Tax

Council Tax bills across the country have gone up this month putting more pressure on household budgets.

Economics

98 m. ago Inside the vile Incel message boards where men fantasise about killing and torturing women

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix 's hit Adolescence has undoubtedly served as a harrowing wake up call as to how easily young people can be consumed with radicalising content online.

Events

1 hour ago ‘Only job I know’: tiny Lesotho’s garment workers reel from Trump’s tariffs

Impoverished African country is hit with highest tariff rate at 50%, overturning decades of global trade policyThe day after Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs, Lesotho’s garment workers feared for their jobs.Last year, Lesotho sent about 20% of its $1.1bn (£845m) of exports to the US, most of it clothing, as well as diamonds, under a continent-wide trade agreement meant to help African countries’ development via tariff-free exports. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘Only job I know’: tiny Lesotho’s garment workers reel from Trump’s 50% tariffs

Impoverished African country is hit with highest tariff rate, overturning decades of global trade policyThe day after Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs, Lesotho’s garment workers feared for their jobs.Last year, Lesotho sent about 20% of its $1.1bn (£845m) of exports to the US, most of it clothing under a continent-wide trade agreement meant to help African countries’ development via tariff-free exports, as well as diamonds. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Man found dead near popular kids' playground as cops launch investigation

Police in Gloucester are now investigating, after they were called to Hempsted earlier this week after a local resident discovered a man's body close to a children's playground

Events

1 hour ago Gloucester horror as man found dead near kids' playground sparking investigation

Police were called to an area of Hempsted, Gloucester, at around 5pm on Wednesday after the body was discovered by locals - with paramedics pronouncing the man dead at the scene

Events

1 hour ago ‘If you want dystopia, look out your window!’ Black Mirror is back – and going beyond tech hell

After years of creating dark, disturbing, thought-provoking TV, Charlie Brooker is changing it up. The creator and star-studded cast of Black Mirror talk about why this season is the most moving and vulnerable yetCharlie Brooker has been contemplating the passing of time, and he’s not happy about it. We’re on set at Shepperton for USS Callister: Into Infinity, the sequel to the 2017 space opera from his terrifying tech anthology Black Mirror. “The cast don’t seem to have aged at all,” he grumbles, “whereas I am a wizened old gentleman.”There is a more reflective, almost nostalgic tone to this seventh season. The episode Plaything flashes back to Brooker’s early years as a gaming journalist in a Bandersnatch-adjacent slice of computer-induced madness; Eulogy immerses Paul Giamatti in his memories as he literally enters decades-old photos; gaslighting parable Bête Noire forces Siena Kelly’s chocolatier to reckon with youthful misdemeanours; Hotel Reverie stars Emma Corrin as a 19...

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1 hour ago Joanne Sharkey: Suspended sentence for mother who killed baby after judge says 'case calls for compassion'

Joanne Sharkey was only arrested 25 years after the killing and admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

Events

2 h. ago Residents to protest 'deluge of HMOs' as councillors call for tighter restrictions

Residents of Shaw believe they are losing out because of the number of HMOs.

Events

2 h. ago 'I dumped my husband after terminal cancer diagnosis to sleep with nearly 200 men'

When Molly Kochan received her devastating diagnosis, she decided to embark on a whole new journey and explore her sexuality. Now her story has inspired a new miniseries called Dying For Sex

Science

2 h. ago Kevin De Bruyne announces he will LEAVE Man City this summer in emotional statement

Kevin De Bruyne has confirmed he will leave Manchester City this summer, bringing an end to his decade-long stay at the Etihad.

Politics

2 h. ago Wigan councillor who called Wigan Athletic football fans 'six fingered f*****s' apologises

John Vickers represents the Hindley Green ward in Wigan

Sport

2 h. ago Space discovery could change everything we know about the history of the universe

The groundbreaking findings throw established science into question, write Bernard J.T. Jones, Licia Verde, Vicent J. Martínez and Virginia L Trimble

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