18 h. ago Bleak Britain: Last month was the gloomiest October in 60 YEARS, Met Office reveals

Persistent grey skies and low cloud meant the UK saw an average of just 63.3 hours of sunshine across the entire month.

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23 h. ago Britain dubbed 'Sadmin Nation' as workers spend hours a month on admin

Self-employed Brits are spending hours each month on admin tasks that often leave them stressed and overwhelmed.

Economics

46 h. ago Founder of UK stock market exchange moves to Dubai after £10million payday as latest entrepreneur to leave Britain

Alasdair Haynes (pictured), who previously ran the Aquis Exchange, spent years championing the UK's financial sector which he previously described as a 'national asset'.

Economics

2 w. ago AI could save NHS staff 400,000 hours every month, trial finds

The trial found that AI-powered support saved staff an average of 43 minutes every day.

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2 w. ago When Do The Clocks Go Back 2025? Exact time British Summer Time ends and why it happens

We’ll all be getting an extra hour in bed later this month.

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2 w. ago Oisin Murphy: ‘I found escapism but also an awful lot of trouble in the bottle’

Champion jockey on pursuit of sobriety, his April car crash, a voracious need to win – and the poetry of Sylvia Plath‘I didn’t feel good,” Oisin Murphy says with a grimace as he gestures towards the birthday cards still standing in his house more than a month since he turned 30. Murphy has already spoken for an hour, in raw and moving detail, about the guilt he will feel when he has to walk down a guard of honour to mark his fifth champion jockeys’ title at Ascot on Saturday, his daily struggle with alcoholism, his near catastrophic return to drinking this summer, the dangers of racing and the Sylvia Plath poem he loves most.But the milestone of his 30th birthday troubles him. “It was incredibly significant because I never thought I’d get to 30,” Murphy says, as he uses a smouldering cigarillo to light another in an unbroken chain stretching across this corner of Lambourn. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inside Ian Watkins' 'Monster Mansion' prison where Lostprophets paedo had 'target on back'

HMP Wakefield - dubbed 'Monster Mansion' - is home to some of the Britain's most depraved criminals from terrorists, murderers, rapists and 'Hannibal the Cannibal' who is caged in an underground glass box

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3 w. ago Son of Britain's most wanted woman dubbed the 'gangster godmother' goes on the run after being accused of assault and stalking

Samson Leyson, 26, was jailed over drug offences carried out at his family's remote farm in the Welsh village of Capel Dewi, Carmarthenshire.

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3 w. ago What date do clocks go back in 2025 and when does British Summer Time end?

Brits will get an extra hour of sleep from the end of the month as the days become shorter and shorter

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3 w. ago Boss of banking app Revolut joins Britain's billionaire exodus as he leaves London for Dubai after Labour's tax raids on the wealthy

Nikolay Storonsky's departure is embarrassing for Rachel Reeves, who just two weeks ago attended the opening of the Revolut's new London headquarters.

Economics

3 w. ago Lancashire murderer dubbed 'one of Britain's most evil killers' dies in jail

Derek Brown was described as a modern day 'Jack the Ripper' before police put a stop to his killing spree

Events

4 w. ago What happened on a chaotic day in French politics – and what next?

Sébastien Lecornu agreed two days’ extension to his 27-day premiership in last-ditch effort to form governmentMacron makes last-ditch effort to retain French PM after rapid resignationEurope live – latest updatesEven by recent standards, Monday was a day of high drama in France’s corridors of power.In the morning, hours after his new cabinet was announced and less than a month after his appointment, the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, resigned along with his government. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Why has France’s PM resigned after 27 days – and what could happen next?

Sébastien Lecornu has blamed ‘partisan attitudes’ and ‘certain egos’ after becoming latest casualty of crisis that began with 2024 snap electionEurope live – latest updatesFrance’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has resigned along with his government, less than a month after his appointment and within hours of the new cabinet being announced, dramatically deepening the country’s political crisis.It is the latest shock development in a series of events that suggest France, the EU’s second-biggest member state, is becoming increasingly ungovernable. Here is a look at what just happened, why – and what might come next. Continue reading...

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