24 h. ago How the Scottish Budget affects you – from Child Payment increase to new council tax bands

SCOTTISH Government Finance Secretary Shona Robison today unveiled the SNP's Budget for the year from April, as Holyrood gears up for May's election. The Nats minister had around £750million more than expected due to extra cash from the Treasury and better forecasts. But with mounting spending on devolved benefits and public sector pay, SNP chiefs...

Economics

30 h. ago Putin's notorious Doomsday Radio bursts into life issuing secret war codes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned of fears that Vladimir Putin is about to launch a renewed bombing campaign as temperatures plummet below -10C over the next week

Politics

3 d. ago I can't find love and fear it's too late. What I witnessed as a teen and a bereavement have broken me

I'm a 32-year-old man and still single. Lately it's been getting me down. Caroline West-Meads responds...

Politics

8 d. ago California can’t bar teachers from telling parents about student’s gender identity at school, judge rules

The state of California quickly challenged the ruling and the decision is currently on hold as a federal appeals court considers the case

Society

8 d. ago Lorraine Stanley reveals she has lost seven stone from weight

A year on since being written out of EastEnders, Lorraine Stanley has revealed she has lost an impressive seven stone after fearing for her life.

Politics

9 d. ago Jesy Nelson says doctors initially dismissed her fears about her baby twins not hitting milestones because they were born prematurely as she opens up on the 'most heartbreaking time of my life'

Jesy Nelson has said that doctors initially dismissed her fears about her twins not hitting milestones because they were born prematurely.

Events

1 week ago When Prince William knew the 'wheels are going to fall off with Harry' ahead of 'Megxit'

Then the Duke of Cambridge, William, asked a trusted, retired Buckingham Palace aide to 'come back for a bit' to help contain the fallout from the schism later 'styled Megxit'

Politics

1 week ago Marla Maples' chilling Epstein warning as she feared his growing sway over Trump

Maples told Mar-a-Lago employees at the time that something about Epstein was 'wrong' and 'off,' adding that she worried about his influence over Trump.

Events

2 w. ago EastEnders and James Bond star's stalker hell: Actor spared driving ban over heartbreaking family illnesses is 'regularly stalked' by fanatics and fears them turning up at his £1.2million home

The actor, 64, attempted not to have his address given in open court ahead of a hearing in which he was spared a driving ban after being caught speeding at 24mph.

Economics

2 w. ago 'Daughter, 12, of Valencia football manager is found dead' after he and three of his children are feared to have drowned when their boat capsized off Indonesia

The child's body was recovered on Monday morning following a major search operation, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported, citing Indonesian rescue workers.

Events

2 w. ago Terrified of vomit: What it's like living with emetophobia, the condition that leaves sufferers in fear of being sick or seeing others throwing up

According to Jess Smith, 62, who has struggled with emetophobia - a fear of vomiting - since she was a child, it makes life inescapably miserable.

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2 w. ago French union say 'non' to migrant crackdown as drive to impose new hardline tactics stalls over police safety fears

Unions representing the officers have blocked plans for police to stop dinghies by using tactics such as jamming the propellers, saying they could face prosecution if any migrants died as a result.

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2 w. ago Princess Diana 'jumped from a balcony' after divorcing Charles leaving her bodyguard fearing she would 'ultimately perish' when she abandoned her security officers

Princess Diana announced that she was stepping back from public life on December 3, 1993, during a speech at the brain injury charity Headway, her loyal bodyguard Ken Wharfe was not at her side.

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2 w. ago Heartbroken family pays tribute to wealthy antiques dealer, 63, missing in Christmas Day dip double tragedy

Heartbroken relatives of the antiques dealer who is missing after going for a Christmas Day swim have paid tribute to the 'beloved family member' who will be 'missed forever'.

Economics

2 w. ago Swimmer missing after Christmas Day dip tragedy is wealthy antiques dealer, 63

Antiques dealer Matthew Upham, 63, is feared to have drowned off the coast of Budleigh Salterton after he had joined several other people on the beach yesterday for the annual Christmas Day swim.

Economics

2 w. ago Nick Cave, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rami Malek, CMAT and more! The best Guardian portraits of 2025 – in pictures

Whether it was pop stars, athletes and Hollywood A-listers baring all or real-life heroes and fearless campaigners Guardian photographers captured the people behind this year’s biggest stories and most revealing profiles Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago 'It does worry me': David Walliams feared his 'very bad taste' WhatsApp messages could emerge as he now faces harassment allegations

David Walliams said he feared that his 'very bad taste' WhatsApp messages could emerge just months before he was axed by his publisher.

Events

3 w. ago Campaigner fears ministers ‘trying to run us out of cash’ after gender ruling

For Women Scotland will next year begin a second high-profile legal action against the Scottish Government.

Politics

3 w. ago New smart meter reprieve for thousands of homes amid fears many would be cut off without heating this winter

The affected households are those with meters controlled by Radio Teleswitch Service technology. These may no longer work after the signal is stopped.

Society

3 w. ago Terror on board Air France jet as plane plummets 'nose first' 5,000ft within minutes after engine explodes setting 'wing on fire' and leaving passengers fearing they would be 'smashed to pieces'

Passengers on flight AF 7721 from Paris to Ajaccio experienced a nightmarish situation when their plane was forced to divert .

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