85 m. ago Despicable moment ramen business owner chases man down the street demanding he tip for meal

A ramen shop owner chased a customer down the street, furious over a missing tip - and it was all caught on video. The confrontation exploded into viral outrage and even a police report.

Economics

1 hour ago It’s time to reset our failing climate policies, says Tony Blair

Former PM warns climate policy has become disconnected from ‘political, public, and economic reality’ and claims COP is struggling to ‘deliver change at the speed required’

Events

2 h. ago New Pope must stand up to the 'gay lobby', leading cardinal says

German cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, a critic of the late Pope Francis, urged the Church to return to its traditional roots and demanded the next pontiff be 'strong on doctrine'.

Politics

3 h. ago Blair demands net zero policy reset over ‘credibility gap with voters’ in blow to Miliband

Former PM warns climate policy has become disconnected from ‘political, public, and economic reality’ and claims COP is struggling to ‘deliver change at the speed required’

Politics

4 h. ago Government urged to invest £260m in teacher training to boost school standards

All teachers should be given free access to a ‘golden thread’ of core professional qualifications, a think tank and charity has suggested.

Economics

5 h. ago Neighbors demand answers after ‘rampant masturbation’ takes over Seattle park

Nudity is not illegal in Washington state

Politics

6 h. ago Chris Hughes hits back at criticism over 'creepy' age gap with JoJo Siwa in furious post

Celebrity Big Brother star Chris Hughes has been accused by trolls of being too old to be close with his co-star JoJo Siwa after they struck up a bond on the ITV reality show

Events

8 h. ago LBC caller asks Kemi Badenoch brutal question on live radio as she says 'I'm sorry'

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch was confronted on live radio by a former Tory voter and LBC caller who hit out at the Conservatives' '14 years of betrayal'

Politics

9 h. ago Colleges fight back: Elite schools join forces to resist Trump’s demands

A group of schools have formed a discreet alliance, intending to strategize ways to combat Trump’s agenda

Politics

11 h. ago Irish PM demands Kneecap ‘urgently clarify’ concert call to ‘kill Tory MPs’

Ireland's prime minister (Taoiseach) Micheál Martin on Monday (27 April) called for Kneecap “urgently clarify” alleged comments attributed to the band about the killing of Tory MPs.

Events

11 h. ago Tottenham standards hit new low as Ange Postecoglou's cultural reset flounders

Spurs have slipped even further from the benchmark set under Mauricio Pochettino, though under-fire manager is not solely to blame

Events

11 h. ago John Swinney demands Kneecap are axed from TRNSMT over 'dead Tory' comments

The First Minister condemned the reported comments and urged the event organisers to respond

Events

12 h. ago Trump rages over low polling numbers and scolds Fox News and others while demanding investigations into pollsters

Majority of polls find that voters are generally displeased with president’s policies in his first 100 days back in office

Politics

12 h. ago EU microchip strategy ‘deeply disconnected from reality’, say official auditors

Plan to supply 20% of the world’s semiconductor chips by 2030 described as ‘essentially aspirational’The EU’s strategy to secure its own supply of microchips is “deeply disconnected from reality”, a damning report by the official European court of auditors (ECA) has found.The ECA reported that the bloc was “very unlikely” to meet its 2030 target of supplying 20% of the world’s microchips at a time when global demand for semiconductors is booming to meet the growing needs of defence, green tech and artificial intelligence. Continue reading...

Politics

12 h. ago Trump administration’s budget cuts endanger Meals on Wheels: ‘life and death implications’

Trump team’s slashes to US health department threaten popular program that combats elder hunger and isolationThe Trump administration’s slashes to the Department of Health and Human Services is threatening Meals on Wheels, the popular program dedicated to combatting senior hunger and isolation. Despite decades of bipartisan support, Meals on Wheels now faces attacks from Republicans whose budget blueprint paves the way for deep cuts to nutrition and other social safety-net programs as a way to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.It’s a move anti-hunger advocates and policy experts warn could have disastrous ramifications for the millions of older Americans who rely on the program to eat each day. Continue reading...

Politics

12 h. ago Playing to win: are video game movies replacing superhero blockbusters?

The record-breaking box office for A Minecraft Movie has been followed by a rush of announcements for more films based on gamesMargot Robbie and Sydney Sweeney are two of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood. As such, they’ve both logged their time in superhero movies of recent vintage (though Robbie’s turn as Harley Quinn is probably better-known than whatever Sweeney found herself doing in Madame Web). It feels notable, then, that in recent weeks they’ve both been connected to multiple projects based on video games. Robbie’s Lucky Chap plans to produce a movie based on The Sims; Sweeney, meanwhile, will produce OutRun, based on a 30-year-old arcade game, and has also signed to star in a movie based on the more recent hit game Split Fiction. Score a bunch of points for the gamers. Is the dawn of gamer cinema finally here?Regardless of this Hot Lady defection, superhero movies and other comics-based properties will likely stick around for years to come. Marvel still kicks off the ...

Culture

12 h. ago Trump’s justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit

Section is responsible for enforcing laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, raised alarm about voting rights enforcementUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases, according to people familiar with the matter, part of a broader attack on the department’s civil rights division.The moves come less than a month after Trump ally Harmeet Dhillon was confirmed to lead the civil rights division, created in 1957 and referred to as the “crown jewel” of the justice department. In an unusual move, Dhillon sent out new “mission statements” to the department’s sections that made it clear the civil rights division was shifting its focus from protecting the civil rights of marginalized people to supporting Trump’s priorities. Continue reading...

Politics

13 h. ago Is it safe to travel to the USA? Travel advice after tourists detained in visa crackdown

Changes to immigration policy since the re-election of Trump have increased traveller anxiety surrounding detainment and deportation

Politics

13 h. ago Bids from voluntary groups seeking help from West Lothian Council topped more than £1m

And with more than half the Third Sector services total budget of £944,000 going to just five organisations there have been calls from the local Voluntary Sector Gateway for the budget to grow to meet rising demand.

Economics

13 h. ago Voices: Nigel Farage is on the brink of another election breakthrough but then what?

With voters set to desert Labour and Tories at the local elections in favour of Reform UK, will the populist protest party be able to run services and balance the books of hard-pressed city councils? Of course not, says Sean O’Grady

Politics