57 m. ago Procurement rules set to be overhauled as ministers lay out infrastructure plans

The Treasury has promised hundreds of billions over the next decade for projects such as roads, railways and homes.

Politics

58 m. ago The Goldilocks zones: Scientists pinpoint the suburban sweet spots where families will be happiest in Britain

Scientists say residents in these areas (pictured) - not too busy, not too quiet but just right - sandwiched between city centres and the countryside, are less likely to suffer anxiety and depression.

Science

58 m. ago Rachel Reeves to unveil £725 billion plan to 'rebuild Britain's foundations'

Labour's 10-year infrastructure strategy will include upgrades for transport networks, hospitals, schools and local facilities, as well as a boost to affordable house building

Economics

2 h. ago Brits facing up to 15 years in Albanian hellhole prison over drug dealing charges

Jordan Benoit, 34, and James Calder, 33, were arrested and charged with possession and supply after allegedly peddling MDMA, ketamine and ecstasy in Dhermi, Albania

Events

2 h. ago Robert MacIntyre has ‘100 per cent’ belief he can win the US Open

The Scot carded a third round 69 at Oakmont.

Politics

2 h. ago Broken bones caused by osteoporosis cost British economy more than £142 million in Labour's first year in power

A further 660,000 work days were estimated to have been lost due to sickness absence.

Economics

2 h. ago Loved ones hail Britons feared dead in Air India plane crash as airline confirms death toll

There were 53 Britons on the flight when it went down.

Events

2 h. ago Firms who boost British jobs will be first in line for big infrastructure contracts

Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, will launch a consultation on an overhaul to procurement rules to make creating high quality British jobs and boosting skill in local communities key requirements for companies bidding for big projects.

Politics

2 h. ago Brits face 29C 'sizzle ’n’ storms' summer as floods threaten festivals and school hols

Forecasters say Brits could be in for a very mixed summer – with both storms and scorching heat set to run through the UK, expected to interrupt music festivals and school holidays

Events

2 h. ago British Air India crash survivor reveals how he 'just walked out' out of burning plane moments before it EXPLODED

British national, Viswash Kumar Ramesh, 40, who is being treated at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, has spoken of the moment he escaped from the burning plane.

Events

2 h. ago BGT star who went viral in emotional moment quits job for gruelling challenge

Britain's Got Talent star Reuben Gray rose to fame on the contest in 2017 with an emotional original song written for his then-girlfriend

Politics

3 h. ago Enjoy Beer Day Britain with these wise words from Queens, Sid Vicious and Plato

Boffins believe people have been enjoying beer in Great Britain for about 3,000 years and many people have said a lot of things about the drink during that time

Politics

3 h. ago UK's borrowing costs under Labour are the worst in the developed world

British Government debt already stood at a bloated 80 per cent of national wealth ahead of the pandemic. It is now hovering at around a frightening 100 per cent of national output.

Politics

3 h. ago Brit Grandfather stranded in Israel during Iran attacks says foreign office 'abandoned' him

James Eden is stranded in Jerusalem and has described the city as a “ghost town”.

Politics

3 h. ago Brit boozers hit with 'painful' pubs Armageddon as 16,000 are wiped out

Record numbers of boozers have shut their doors since the Millennium due to rising costs and changing habits

Events

3 h. ago Amanda Holden admits love for UK city she's branded the 'Vegas of England'

Radio DJ and Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden has channelled her inner Alan Partridge and declared her love for Norwich - she even had her hen do there over ten years ago

Politics

3 h. ago Small detail in Brit Air India plane crash survivor's memory could solve mystery

Vishwash Ramesh, 35, was the only survivor of the plane crash in India that left 241 people dead – and he has given a clue as to what may have caused the horrific accident

Events

3 h. ago ‘A giant parenting group’: how online comedians are making a living by laughing about the chaos of kids

Comedians like the UK’s George Lewis, Farideh Olsen from Canada and Sean Szeps in Australia have huge audiences because ‘if we can’t laugh we’re going to sob uncontrollably’Many Instagram-frequenting parents of small children will have seen George Lewis’s sketch about two toddlers discussing their feelings of abandonment and relief wrapped in a game of peekaboo.“It was a normal day, I was just playing with Dad. And then he put his hands in front of his face and he was just gone,” the British comedian and father says in the widely shared video. “He was behaving so erratically.” Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago As a trans Australian, I was kicked out of a UK toilet. This is not the open

I used to be proud of my birthplace for its cosmopolitan tolerance. Visiting now, it feels like stepping back decadesI was visiting family in London when the British supreme court handed down its unexpected ruling: under the Equality Act, sex was now considered “binary” in law, which meant transgender people could be banned from single-sex spaces of their gender identity. The Labour government, which had come into office promising us “dignity”, capitulated. But, not to worry, soothed a minister, Pat McFadden, “There isn’t going to be toilet police.”A few days later the toilet police got me. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago What is ‘gas station heroin’ and why are health experts sounding the alarm over it?

Health officials want you to think twice before buying brightly colored energy shots and supplements found at convenience stores

Society