11 h. ago Survey exposes Brits' lack of astronomy knowledge as Jeep unveils Stargazer car

Recent research reveals many Brits struggle to identify constellations, planets and celestial events

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11 h. ago Brits struggle with basic astronomy as four in ten can't name the biggest planet

A new survey has revealed many Brits are clueless about the solar system with four in ten unable to identify the biggest planet.

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3 d. ago Lewis Hamilton's response to Charles Leclerc's brutal Ferrari assessment after Qatar GP

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc endured a difficult Qatar Grand Prix as Ferrari struggled for pace, once again, with the Brit admitting it was a 'very tough' weekend.

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6 d. ago Turner v Constable: Tate Britain exhibition invokes long history of artistic rivalries

From Michelangelo and Leonardo to Picasso and Matisse, bitter feuds have defined art. But are contemporary artists more collaborative than their renaissance predecessors?“He has been here and fired a gun,” John Constable said of JMW Turner. A shootout between these two titans would make a good scene for in a film of their lives, but in reality all Turner did at the 1832 Royal Academy exhibition was add a splash of red to a seascape, to distract from the Constable canvas beside it.That was by far the most heated moment in what seems to us a struggle on land and sea for supremacy in British art. It’s impossible not to see Tate Britain’s new double header of their work this way. For it is a truth universally acknowledged, to paraphrase their contemporary Jane Austen, that when two great artists live at the same time, they must be bitter and remorseless rivals. But is that really so, and does it help or hinder creativity? Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘Struggling to pay the bills’: Britons under pressure react to budget 2025

As they struggle with the cost of living, people weigh up whether Rachel Reeves’s measures will help themWhat the budget means for people on a range of incomesBudget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offFor Brett and Maria MacDonald, the cost of living has been biting this year, from rising mortgage payments to childcare fees. Living in London with two young children and no extended family nearby, the pair are juggling work with parenting. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago City with scorching December temperatures now biggest on planet with 42m people

A Southeast Asian nation has leapt from 33rd place in 2018 to become the world's most populous city, surpassing Tokyo and Dhaka with a staggering population of almost 42 million in 2025

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8 d. ago World Cup 2026 draw – everything Scotland fans need to know ahead of date with destiny

Steve Clarke sealed a dream return for the nation to the biggest football tournament on the planet and the excitement will be cranked up a notch

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1 week ago Alexander Isak SLAMMED as 'anonymous' Liverpool star warned fans 'turned on him'

Alexander Isak has struggled for form since joining Liverpool in a British record £125m move from Newcastle United on transfer deadline day, and the striker was slammed by one former Reds icon for his display against Nottingham Forest

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1 week ago German drug dealer avoided deportation from Britain after claiming he would 'struggle to integrate' if he was sent back because he doesn't speak language well enough

Saleh Hussein Hamid, 25, was allowed to stay in UK because he does not speak German well enough despite being a German citizen.

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1 week ago Britain rolls out the red carpet for asylum seekers, yet we can't afford to live: Parents in poverty trap slam Labour for giving migrants free food, phones, housing

Huddled inside their cramped three-bed terrace, Gemma Grafton and Lee Stevenson are fighting a quiet battle that millions of struggling British families will recognise.

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1 week ago Lewis Hamilton hits new F1 career low after qualifying dead last for Las Vegas GP

The 40-year-old British driver, without a podium this year, struggled in wet conditions under the Vegas lights

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2 w. ago This Morning fans struggle to watch show as 'scary' guest appears

One guest, who is the most tattooed man in Britain, left fans of This Morning horrified as they 'struggled' to watch him discuss the dangerous procedure he underwent to tattoo his eyeballs

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2 w. ago Gogglebox's Amy Tapper reveals the secret struggle behind her eight stone weight loss in emotional Good Morning Britain interview

The reality star, 26, has been open about her use of weight loss jabs to transform her body, documenting her progress on social media with her followers since June last year.

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3 w. ago ‘Cannibal’ solar storm could be biggest to hit planet for 20 years, experts warn

Increased solar activity means the Northern Lights may be visible across parts of the UK.

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3 w. ago Cop can be torturous and tedious – but here’s why it’s worth paying attention

In this week’s newsletter: Critics have yet come up with an alternative that would truly bring all countries together to work to solve the climate crisis• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWorld leaders – or at least about 50 of them – flew away from preliminary Cop meetings in the Amazonian city of Belém last week, where they met to discuss the climate crisis, the ravages committed on the planet’s biggest rainforest only too apparent beneath them, if they chose to look.Deforestation, drought and the climate crisis are pushing the Amazon to what could become a “tipping point”, where it changes state from a rainforest to a savannah ecosystem, and from a massive absorber of carbon to releasing carbon into the atmosphere, which would have devastating consequences for the whole world.‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disasterTyphoon Fung-Wong becomes second in a week to hit the PhilippinesI wish we could ignore Bill Gates...

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3 w. ago Mythical ‘carnivorous koala’ once did indeed roam Australia, scientists find

Cause behind one of the planet’s biggest extinction events remains poorly understood

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3 w. ago Over half of Brits struggle to find daily 'me time' amidst chores and work pressures

A poll of 2,000 adults found 51% can go one day a week or longer, without taking any time to call their own.

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