48 m. ago Universal Credit claimants given £420 boost from today under major shake

The Fair Repayment Rate for Universal Credit payments, which is a limit on how much you can have taken off your benefits to repay debts, is being reduced from 25% to 15%

Economics

49 m. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing judge says 'it's out' as she makes major move away from ballroom

They have told fans of their move away from the Strictly ballroom 'is out' for all to see as she takes on another major show

Events

53 m. ago Dunelm’s portable pizza oven makes ‘the best pizzas ever’ and is £120 cheaper than Ooni

Dunelm shoppers have been raving about its £180 portable wood pellet pizza oven which they say makes ‘the best pizzas ever’ and takes just 15 minutes to heat up

Economics

54 m. ago Kneecap dropped from festival slot as MPs call out ‘half an apology’

Belfast-formed hip-hop trio have been accused of ‘deflection’ by family members of slain MPs Jo Cox and David Amess, after they shared a fresh statement over alleged ‘kill your local MP’ clip

Politics

63 m. ago Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata review – a future without sex

The Convenience Store Woman author imagines the creep of a new worldview, in a novel that highlights the weirdness of normal lifeIn Japanese writer Sayaka Murata’s fiction, characters do perverse things in order to “play the part of the fictitious creature called ‘an ordinary person’”. This description comes from Keiko, the 36-year-old narrator of Convenience Store Woman. Keiko’s conformist family and friends can’t believe she can be happy being single and working a dead-end job at a convenience store. Keiko finds an unexpected way to make it look as though she is normal: she keeps a man in her bathtub, hoping that everyone will simply assume they are a couple. A similar idea appears in Murata’s short story Poochie, from the collection Life Ceremony. A young girl takes a friend to a shed in the mountains to meet her pet; the friend is surprised to discover that the pet is a middle-aged man. Murata is interested in the lengths humans will go to in order to domesticate ...

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74 m. ago Back to where it all began as Lanarkshire promoter's STREETrave returns to Pavilion Festival

Ricky Magowan could never have imagined when he first took his STREETrave dance music club night to Ayr Pavilion, that decades later the brand would still be going strong and he would be co-founder of an outdoor festival that takes place almost in the back garden of the legendary Pavilion.

Politics

78 m. ago Ed Sheeran reveals Taylor Swift's brutal fresh swipe at Kanye West amid bitter feud

Ed Sheeran has rediscovered a note longtime pal Taylor Swift previously sent him in which the Shake It Off songstress appeared to take a cheeky swipe at rival Kanye West

Politics

97 m. ago Local elections live: Final day of campaigning begins with Farage’s Reform expected to take hundreds of seats

Sir Keir Starmer to face his final PMQs in the Commons ahead of crunch elections

Politics

1 hour ago 'NEVER take it': Chilling warning from Hollywood doctor over hair loss drug that causes 'permanent genital changes'

The drug has been taken by the likes of President Donald Trump, Hollywood stars, as well as millions of other men but experts are growing increasingly concerned over the side effects.

Events

1 hour ago Kim Kardashian's Paris robber admits 'regret' as he stands trial £7.5m jewellery heist

One of the gang members involved in robbing US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016 has admitted the guilt he feels over the crime in which around £7.5m worth of jewellery was taken

Economics

2 h. ago The Summer I Turned Pretty teases its endgame with a reference to classic film

The Summer I Turned Pretty will take fans to Cousins Beach for the last time, with the return of a beloved character shaking up Belly's relationship - and fans are guessing how it will end

Politics

2 h. ago The £10m puzzle Rangers can't afford to get wrong as transfer plans could hinge on one decision

Rangers are set to embark on a new era as the American takeover edges closer but there's a burning issue that must be solved

Economics

2 h. ago Barcelona XI vs Inter Milan: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Champions League today

Barcelona looking to take control of semi-final tie on home soil

Sport

2 h. ago The Alienation Effect by Owen Hatherley review – meet the brutalists

The remarkable story of how British culture was transformed by émigré architects, filmmakers and writersThe Englishness of English Art sounds like something a parish-pump little Englander might like to bang on about, but it is in fact the title of an arresting study by the German Jewish émigré Nikolaus Pevsner. “Neither English-born nor English-bred,” as he put it in his foreword, he nevertheless pinned down with startling precision the qualities that characterised English art and architecture: a rather twee preference for cuteness and compromise, for frills and fripperies.This shouldn’t surprise us. Newcomers are typically better placed than natives when it comes to deciphering unwritten social codes. Unencumbered by textbook propaganda and excessive knowledge, the stranger’s-eye view very often has the merit of freshness, even originality. Bertolt Brecht dubbed this the Verfremdungseffekt, or alienation effect, from which Owen Hath...

Politics

3 h. ago What to do if your wireless headphones are lost or stolen: some sound advice

From using the location tracker on your phone to retaining proof of purchase, steps you can takeWhat to do if your phone is lost or stolen: practical steps to restore peace of mindHeadphones are a daily accessory for many, making them a tempting target for thieves. Whether they are stolen from your head or pinched from a bag, here’s what to do.Check the headphones control app on your phone. Many of them have a function that shows where they were last connected to your phone, so you can try to track them down.Check Find My on your phone, some Bluetooth models such as Apple’s AirPods, Samsung’s Galaxy Buds or Google’s Pixel Buds can be tracked. You may also be able to report them as lost in Find My in case anyone finds them.Report the theft to the police on 101 with a description of the headphones, including make, model, colour and serial number, which should be found on the box.Contact your insurance company to see whether the headphones are covered by any of your policies.Set up any...

Politics

3 h. ago Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade review – reverential reminiscence takes its time

There’s potentially too many run-of-the-mill I-met-Lennon anecdotes from talking heads and fans, but enough wheat among the chaff to keep things interestingWe have recently seen a slew of intriguing movies about John Lennon’s post-Beatles existence: The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, about Lennon’s brief relationship with his assistant May Pang, and Kevin Macdonald’s excellent archive-clip-collage study One to One: John & Yoko. Now here is a lengthy and self-consciously reverential film, which is sadly the weakest of the group. It doesn’t quite get to grips with the implications of its own title (was Lennon on “borrowed time”, exactly, in the 1970s?) and there’s an awful lot of hot air from an awful lot of talking heads in its lengthy running time, some of whom are regaling us with less-than-premium-quality anecdotes – often just beamingly recalling the pinch-me moment they actually met John Lennon and, wow, he said hi and they couldn’t believe it.The film covers the whole period f...

Politics

3 h. ago Neil Young takes aim at Elon Musk in new version of This Land Is Your Land

‘If you’re a Democrat, taste your freedom,’ Young sang at a benefit concert in Los Angeles

Politics

3 h. ago 'Drug takers, drinkers and and wastrels': The Greater Manchester house that became a 'lawless den of iniquity'

These pictures show the 'filthy hovel' where a Bolton grooming gang carried out unspeakable crimes against underage girls

Society

3 h. ago Private takeovers ‘biggest threat’ to London market, report finds

Private takeovers ‘biggest threat’ to London market, report finds  MSN

Economics

4 h. ago The 20 Manchester United youngsters who could impress Ruben Amorim in pre

Man Utd have a huge games against Athletic Bilbao coming up but conversations about pre-season have taken place.

Politics