3 h. ago Female pensioner, 70, dies after fall from Shetland cliff as rescue boats and helicopter launched

The body of an elderly woman has been recovered from the water off the coast of Scotland after she suffererd a fatal fall from a cliff. Rescue boats and a helicopter were launched as part of the search

Events

4 h. ago Council crews to search through Brits' bins in new scheme and hand out £70 fines

A county council's recycling advisory teams – or 'RATs' – could hand £70 fines to repeat offenders who throw recyclable materials into their general waste bins

Economics

4 h. ago Mum, 41, put on an IV drip during five star TUI Turkey 'worst experience' holiday

EXCLUSIVE: A disgusted holidaymaker has launched legal action against tour operators TUI for failing to deal with complaints about a dirty hotel in which she caught food poisoning and was left in hospital

Politics

6 h. ago X’s ‘Creator Revenue Sharing Program’ gets totally pwned by Vietnamese click farm, lawsuit reveals

Exclusive: An eight-man crew operating out of a dingy office in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam, is accused of extracting payouts from X “by manufacturing the appearance of content engagement where none really exists.”

Politics

7 h. ago Venezuelan workers at Disney put on leave after Trump stripped their legal protections

The impacted workers will still receive their Disney benefits

Politics

7 h. ago Zoo launches massive bird hunt to find and save young East African Crowned Crane that escaped

The community of Issaquah, Washington, is searching for an East African crowned crane that escaped from the Cougar Mountain Zoo on Wednesday.

Politics

8 h. ago Moment infamous Titan sub is plunged into darkness at the bottom of the ocean floor in terrifying test dive before it imploded near Titanic shipwreck

Dramatic new video has revealed a troubled test dive of the Titan submersible off the coast of the Bahamas in April 2019, four years before it imploded while diving to the wreck of the Titanic.

Events

8 h. ago South Africa moves to change empowerment law for Musk’s Starlink

Potential loosening of Black ownership rules came after billionaire said his satellite internet group would not comply

Politics

9 h. ago Fresh legal challenge over Brockwell Park festivals as campaigners accuse council of 'silencing residents'

Lambeth Council approved a Certificate of Lawfulness less than 24 hours before Wide Awake opened its gates to revellers

Politics

9 h. ago Venezuelan workers at Disney put on leave from jobs after losing protective status

Almost four dozen Venezuelan workers who had temporary protected status have been put on leave by Disney after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to strip them of legal protections

Politics

9 h. ago New Orleans' jail system was troubled decades before 10 inmates made an audacious escape

The recent jailbreak in New Orleans followed decades of dysfunction in the city's jail system and recent warnings that conditions were ripe for catastrophe

Events

10 h. ago Harvard wins order blocking Trump’s international student ban

Court temporarily stops administration’s effort to prevent it enrolling foreign students

Politics

10 h. ago Judge blasts Trump push to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students as a ‘blatant violation’ of the Constitution

The Ivy League university said the government’s action violates the First Amendment

Politics

10 h. ago US university scholars and international students: are you considering working or studying elsewhere?

We’d like to hear from scholars and students from abroad in light of the Trump administration’s attack on universitiesInternational students at Harvard University were ordered this week to transfer schools or lose their legal status following the Trump administration’s revocation of the university’s eligibility to enroll students from abroad.While that order was swiftly blocked by a judge, it is one of a series of events creating uncertainty on campuses across the US. It follows the US government’s revocation of hundreds of student visas on various grounds, including minor infractions or participation in protests against the war in Gaza. (Some of those visas have been reinstated.) Academics have also felt the impact of funding cuts and subsequent hiring freezes, leading to hundreds looking to leave the US to work elsewhere. Continue reading...

Society

11 h. ago Paul Danan's heartbroken brother insists troubled actor 'didn't mean to die' and had been sober before tragic final relapse

The Hollyoaks star, 46, was found unresponsive at his flat in Bristol on January 15 before being pronounced dead by emergency service workers at the scene.

Events

11 h. ago Brazilian tribe sues New York Times for allegedly portraying members as porn addicts

Defamation suit claims Marubo people were depicted as tech-addled and porn-obsessed after introduction of internetAn Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued the New York Times, saying the newspaper’s reporting on the tribe’s first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-addled and addicted to pornography.The Marubo tribe of the remote Javari valley, a community of about 2,000 people, filed the defamation lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages this week in a court in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Carlo Ancelotti bows out at Real Madrid: ‘I don’t regret a thing. I’ve had a good time’

Winner of four Champions Leagues over two spells, club’s most successful manager will for ever be adored by fansSometimes things don’t go the way they were planned, they go better. The call that ended with Carlo Ancelotti back at Real Madrid started as something completely different. It was August 2021, he was manager at Everton and he had phoned to ask Madrid’s chief executive José Ángel Sánchez about borrowing players but talk turned to their search for a coach. Zinedine Zidane had walked out again, dropping a letter bomb on the way, and Ancelotti wondered whether they had found anyone yet. Madrid were struggling and Sánchez said no, we’re still looking. Which is when the Italian replied that they needed the best and luckily they were already talking to him. “Or have you forgotten about 2014?” he said.It was classic Carlo. Gently done, an idea cleverly slipped in as if it were not an idea at all, just a throwaway line, another true word said in jest. And like so much of what he do...

Politics

11 h. ago Second teen in court charged with murder after death of Kayden Moy at Irvine Beach

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, made no plea.

Events

12 h. ago 'Miracle' £25 patio cleaner sees Brits ditching pressure washers ahead of the summer

The easy to use cleaning solution has been described as 'game changer'

Economics

13 h. ago Mum of missing Cole Cooper makes emotional 'all I want is my son home' plea

Police divers were assisting in the extensive search for Cole today in a canal near where he was last seen.

Events