29 m. ago Rachel Reeves to announce review of workplace pensions contributions — here’s what it could mean

The chancellor will use her Mansion House speech to announce the overhaul

Economics

38 m. ago What REALLY happens when you buy a €1 house in Italy... and how much it actually costs to turn it into your dream home in the sun

After enduring a lifetime of cold and gloomy British winters, Sally Boole and her husband Martin decided that they'd had enough.

Society

48 m. ago Inside 'human slaughter house' prisons with extreme heat and 'execution parties'

Warning: Distressing content. The notoriety of Bashar Al-Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' prisons have been well-documented, where thousands died or vanished after being imprisoned under his repressive regime in Syria

Events

48 m. ago Europe's 31 most idyllic beaches revealed: Leading travel experts

There are an estimated 300,000 beaches worldwide, of which about 22,000 are in Europe, and 1,500 in the UK.

Politics

51 m. ago Rare penny with 'strange' error worth £600 could be hiding in your change

Brits have been urged to check their loose change for a valuable penny coin worth up to £600 that has a "strange" error - and it can be very difficult to spot.

Economics

67 m. ago Opec+ plans to boost oil output in bid to win back market share

Latest in a series of production increases is likely to put downward pressure on Brent crude price

Politics

1 hour ago Man United's wildcard striker target can be 'unlocked' after Victor Osimhen transfer

Manchester United are in the market for a striker in the summer transfer window as they look to address their lack of goals

Events

2 h. ago Diogo Jota funeral: Ruben Neves' touching act after beautiful tribute to friend

Ruben Neves paid a beautiful tribute to his friend Diogo Jota after the Liverpool forward's tragic death on Thursday and was among the mourners at the star's funeral in Gondomar

Politics

2 h. ago Texas flooding latest: desperate search for survivors after dozens killed and girls at summer camp missing

At least 24 people have died amid torrential rains and dozens of people at an all-girls summer camp are among those still missingThe Associated Press reports on the rescue operation by Texas Game Wardens at Camp Mystic on Friday afternoon and evacuated campers who had sheltered on higher ground. Elinor Lester, 13, said she was evacuated with her cabinmates by helicopter after wading through floodwaters. She recalled startling awake around 1.30 am as thunder crackled and water pelted the cabin windows. Lester was among the older girls housed on elevated ground known as Senior Hill. Cabins housing the younger campers, who can start attending at age eight, are situated along the riverbanks and were the first to flood, she said. Campers in lower cabins sought shelter up the hill. By morning, they had no food, power or running water, she said. When rescuers arrived, Lester said they tied a rope for the girls to hold as they walked across a bridge with floodwaters whipping up around their...

Events

2 h. ago Rock ‘n’ Roll, flying pints and a brotherly hug: Inside Oasis’s first reunion show

Noel and Liam Gallagher brought the house down at the Principality Stadium, kicking off their record-breaking reunion tour in tremendous fashion

Politics

2 h. ago Only the most observant can spot the twin number plates in this traffic scene

How fast can you spot the matching number plates in this busy scene of cars?

Politics

3 h. ago Alison Hammond's son fled home after huge rows with mum in candid revelation

Alison Hammond's son Aidan has revealed that as a child he would seek solace at his grandmother's house which was across the road every time his mum annoyed him

Politics

3 h. ago Donald Trump’s UFC stunt is more than a circus. It’s authoritarian theatre | Karim Zidan

A decade ago I watched MMA being used to curry favor with Putin. Now Trump is using the UFC to project a nationalist cult of masculinity on America’s front lawnTen years ago – before I became an investigative journalist – I found myself working as a color commentator for a Russian mixed martial arts organization bankrolled by an oligarch deep in Vladimir Putin’s orbit.The job took me around the Russian Federation and its neighboring states, allowing me to pursue unique stories that would otherwise have been out of my reach. I met a Latvian fighter who escaped a black magic cult run by his coach, attended an MMA show with the president of Ingushetia (now Russia’s deputy minister of defence), and knocked back vodka shots with ex-KGB officers and Russian oligarchs. Continue reading...

Culture

3 h. ago ‘The damage is terrifying’: Barbara Kingsolver on Trump, rural America and the recovery home funded by her hit novel

Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a recovery residenceIn the spotless kitchen of a white clapboard house in the Appalachian mountains, a retired deacon, a regional jail counsellor and I form an impromptu book club. The novel under discussion is Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling, Pulitzer prize-winning Demon Copperhead, which is set in this area, Lee County, Virginia, during the 1990s, at the beginning of the opioid epidemic. I say that I loved the novel, that it was vivid and brilliant, heart-warming and tragic. Their reaction is more complex – there’s a real sadness behind it. Julie Montgomery-Barber, the jail counsellor, tells me she found the book “hard to read”. The Rev Nancy Hobbs agrees that reading it was painful, “because I felt like: I knew these people. At every level, from foster care to the football coaches to Demon. I knew Demon.”Hobbs and Montg...

Events

4 h. ago Homeowners paint VERY blunt message on the roof of their house for anyone looking at their property on Google Maps

With the property blurred from Street View, some social media users have speculated it was to do with the homeowner's privacy.

Society

4 h. ago Donald Trump gave me the biggest break of my career at 60: KATTY KAY reveals how Trumpmania has transformed her world

Millions tune into podcast The Rest Is Politics US for her take on the White House. And if someone in the Oval Office doesn't like what he hears? She isn't scared

Politics

5 h. ago The village that's hard to pronounce with fairytale castle and 'perfect' pub

It boasts a fairytale castle with beautiful gardens, and a pub often hailed the best in the entire UK

Politics

5 h. ago 'I made seven figures from a business that started with a tweet – but I still live in the same house in Oldham'

"It felt like a lottery winning moment"

Society

5 h. ago Here we go again: latest Trump tariff deadline looms amid inflation concerns

US is on the brink of launching a trade assault on dozens of countries as 90-day pause on tariffs is set to end on 9 JulyWhen Donald Trump unveiled his “liberation day” tariffs in the spring, only to pull the plug days later as panic tore through global markets, his officials scrambled to present the climbdown as temporary.Three months of frenetic talks would enable the Trump administration to strike dozens of trade agreements with countries across the world, they claimed. “We’re going to run,” the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told Fox Business Network. “Ninety deals in 90 days is possible.” Continue reading...

Economics

5 h. ago Dog trainer shares verdict on whether to allow pets on home furniture

The canine behaviourist spoke out about whether dogs should be given free rein of sofas, beds and household furniture

Politics