41 m. ago Cardiff Council spent more than £1m on major project that didn't happen

More than £1m was spent on planning for the project, but the council said the true cost to it was £625,000 because some of the spending remains relevant

Economics

52 m. ago Virginia Giuffre's lonely life on a rural farm after bitter love split cut her off from her kids

The 41-year-old - who was allegedly trafficked by Jeffery Epstein to have sex with Prince Andrew as a teenager - initially claimed she had just 'four days to live' after the crash at a rural intersection.

Politics

58 m. ago Edinburgh gang wars timeline as house firebombed for second time

A house was torched for a second time in the early hours of Friday morning in the latest incident amid the feud plaguing the capital.

Events

79 m. ago Dumfries teacher starts bid to complete 10 marathons in 10 days for charity

Adam MacKellar is taking on the challenge to raise money for Cash for Kids.

Politics

81 m. ago Thugs bundled elderly, blindfolded man into Audi in horrifying 'revenge' kidnapping

Azizur Rahman and Shohad Miah were convicted after trial

Events

82 m. ago The reckless fantasy of austerity as a panacea is coming for European football | Aaron Timms

The same economic forces that led to stagnation today are already in practice at the world’s biggest clubsThe problem with running a modern top-flight football club is that raising revenue is hard to do. Once you’ve grabbed your slice of league-wide media rights, made a vaguely colonial-sounding pre-season tour of the “Far East,” stitched up some sponsorship deals with a gambling company or a country’s tourism agency, and shipped as many shirts as the global merch market can handle, you hit the ceiling of your earning capacity. At that point, as a club, what do you do?You can raise ticket prices, which risks alienating fans and the local community you’re supposed to represent. You can try your hand at a few miserable little crypto or AI plug-ins to build “engagement” among supporters or become a pioneer in the nascent field of fan “activations,” with limited potential returns. You can promise to build a new 100,000-seat stadium, but that takes time and money and doesn’t solve your i...

Sport

86 m. ago The death toll in the North Macedonia nightclub fire rises to 60 after a burn victim dies

North Macedonia's health minister says a critically injured burn victim from a nightclub fire last month in an eastern town has died while receiving treatment in Lithuania

Events

92 m. ago Andy Robertson told Liverpool fact he must accept as Scotland captain warned to 'roll his sleeves up'

Scotland captain Andy Robertson has been fired a warning over his Liverpool career

Events

99 m. ago Battle to save homes as Russian drone strike on Kharkiv leaves 4 dead

Firefighters battled to save residents from burning homes as Kharkiv was hit by an overnight Russian drone attack today (4 Apr.)

Events

1 hour ago Heartbreaking tributes paid to tragic teen girl 'cherished beyond words' killed in fire

Schoolgirl Layla Allen was pronounced dead at the scene of the horror fire on Wednesday. Her heartbroken family have now released a photo and a touching tribute

Events

1 hour ago Father of track meet murder suspect claims son was ‘not the one who started it’

‘He’s a good kid’ insisted the father of Karmelo Anthony, 17, who has been charged with the murder of Austin Metcalf, also 17

Events

1 hour ago Prince Andrew 'completely unsurprised' accuser shared 'four days to live' post, pals say

Prince Andrew's friends have spoken on the 'bus crash' that supposedly left Virginia Giuffre with 'days' left to live and 'kidney failure,' which she shared on a social media post

Politics

1 hour ago Schoolgirl, 13, killed in devastating house fire had only moved back into home months earlier after separate blaze

Layla Allen - who is pictured for the first time today - died after the blaze ripped through her home on the Merseyside shortly before midnight on Wednesday on Merseyside.

Events

1 hour ago ‘My policies will never change’: Trump doubles down on trade war after China announces retaliatory tariffs – live

US president says on Truth Social that ‘this is a great time to get rich’ despite China issuing a 34% tariff on all US goods The Trump administration is taking aim at Brown University with threats to freeze $510m in grants, widening its promise to withhold federal funding from schools it accuses of allowing antisemitism on campus, according to multiple media outlets including Reuters and the New York Times.University officials said they had not yet been formally notified, but the school was among dozens warned last month that enforcement actions could be coming as the administration seeks to crack down on academic institutions . Continue reading...

Events

2 h. ago Best kids club resorts in Europe 2025: Where to stay for family

Want to take the kids on holiday and still get a break yourself? Here are the ideal places to stay

Society

2 h. ago Two more people arrested as Edinburgh gang war rages on amid new firebomb attack

"These incidents could have had much more serious consequences and I want to make it clear this behaviour will not be tolerated."

Events

2 h. ago The film fans who remade Jurassic Park : how an Australian town got behind a $3,000 ‘mockbuster’

Jurassic Park: Castlemaine Redux is a shot-for-shot labour of love made with amateur actors, beanbag dinosaurs and an army of volunteers. Three years later it is finished – and ‘bigger than Ben-Hur’Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThis morning’s location: a field outside Castlemaine, Victoria. The air is thick with flies, attracted to the cow dung but ignoring the nearby dinosaur poo, sturdily constructed from papier-mache.“Oh god,” Sam Neill groans – though these words aren’t actually uttered by Neill but local builder Ian Flavell, who has taken on Neill’s role as palaeontologist Alan Grant – and drops to his knees in front of an ailing triceratops.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Firefighters tackling large Galloway Forest Park wildfire after 'extreme' risk warning issued

A crew has been at the blaze north of Loch Dee in the Galloway Forest Park since Thursday afternoon.

Events

2 h. ago RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes

Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid Trump administration’s push to slash federal workforceUS politics live – latest updatesAround a fifth of the 10,000 jobs cut from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were done in error and will need to be corrected, the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has admitted.Mass layoffs from the health department began this week amid a push by Donald Trump’s administration to shrink the size of the federal government workforce. Union representatives were told around 10,000 people were to lose their jobs ahead of further reductions that could see the department’s 82,000-strong workforce slashed by nearly a quarter. Continue reading...

Society

2 h. ago I’m 16 and I like a boy, but I have no social skills and don’t know what to do | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

Lots of adolescents like you missed out on key developmental stages during Covid. Taking risks is scary – but so is missing opportunitiesEvery week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a readerI’m 16 and have never really had crushes. Along with that, I moved around a lot as a kid and never really had many friends until year 7. I’ve struggled a lot with maintaining friendships and I’ve always felt a bit awkward and isolated from my peers. I guess part of it was Covid; I never really developed social skills and have always relied on others to help me make friends.Recently, I met this really nice guy at a debate competition. He seemed genuinely interested in me and kept trying to talk to me. I liked talking to him; it felt really comfortable. For the first time, it felt as if I had met someone I “clicked” with. I actively sought out interactions with him and was praying he’d be on my team, which he was. I just thought I liked him as a friend at first, so I didn’t get any s...

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