2 h. ago Kate Middleton's 'juggle behind closed doors' as royal expert lifts lid on royal's homelife

Royal experts say Kate is a guiding light to her three children, George, Charlotte and Louis, and that behind closed doors she's a normal mum wearing 'flat pumps and no make-up'

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2 h. ago Voices: There is still a way European leaders can help achieve a positive outcome for Ukraine

Editorial: Donald Trump wants to build bridges with Russia, but Europe must assert its interests as well

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3 h. ago 'Cowboy builder conned us out of £100k for extension and left our home in ruins'

Michael Parr, 55, was sentenced to two years and eight months after Andy and Lisa Clarke paid the 'cowboy builder' £98,000 for a home extension he never completed

Economics

6 h. ago Thousands of patients in England at risk as GP referrals vanish into NHS ‘black hole’

Exclusive: Healthwatch study discovered 14% of cases are not put on hospital waiting lists for treatment GPs requested for themOne in seven people in England who need hospital care are not receiving it because the referral by their GP gets lost, rejected or delayed, the NHS’s own patient watchdog has found.Three-quarters (75%) of these patients trapped in this “referrals black hole” suffer harm to their physical or mental health as a result of not being added to the waiting list for tests or treatment. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago 'Hollowed out' UK 'under attack' and not ready for WW3 with Putin's Russia

As tensions rise between Russia and the West, one former NATO chief has revealed that Britain would struggle when faced with the Russian army as he said we were "underprepared"

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8 h. ago Water boss should not resign as problem ‘far wider than individual people’

Douglas Whitfield, water supply director of South East Water, has defended the firm’s chief executive officer.

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9 h. ago Revealed: The Royal Family's full extraordinary property portfolio worth billions... and the financial deals shrouded in secrecy for decades

It was Prince Andrew's dogged refusal to accept the scale of the public disapproval he had provoked that started it.

Economics

10 h. ago Ben Stokes says England have been ‘letting the pressure get to us’ in Ashes

Captain says his dressing room ‘isn’t a place for weak men’Coach McCullum says England ‘overprepared’ Ben Stokes has admitted that the way England have folded in key moments during the first two Ashes Tests has led him to question the character of his players, and insisted: “A dressing room that I am captain of isn’t a place for weak men.”After Australia won the second Test in Brisbane by the same eight-wicket margin with which they secured the first, Stokes suggested the telling difference was that the home side had been superior in the “moments in the game where the heat is on and the pressure is really, really cooking” whereas his players “have all been guilty at moments [of] letting the pressure, the occasion, the circumstances, get to us”. Continue reading...

Events

10 h. ago ‘You have to stay curious’: Michael Kors on his inclusive brand’s global rise

With a return to thinness in the fashion industry, catwalks spanning size, age and race may be the secret of the Kors appealThe sale of Versace to Prada this week in a $1.4bn deal marked a new chapter for two storied Italian fashion houses.It also left Versace’s former parent company, Capri Holdings, with an even greater focus on Michael Kors, the 44-year-old brand know as America’s Armani that made up about 70% of sales in its last financial year. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Rachel Reeves warned by OBR that UK's 'frightening' borrowing binge will be unaffordable

The comments from the OBR are the latest broadside following its revelation Reeves knew months ago that there was no black hole in this year's public finances.

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11 h. ago Probation is in perpetual crisis. Can it protect the public from tens of thousands more criminals on the streets?

There is a danger the ailing Probation Service is being ‘set up to fail’, the chief inspector of probation has warned, as the nation prepares for the biggest justice system overhaul in a generation, Amy-Clare Martin reports

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13 h. ago Labour wants jobless youths to work in pubs and restaurants to cut massive benefits bill

Ministers have announced an £820 million package aimed at helping almost one million into work, with jobs in bars, restaurants, building sites and care homes.

Society

14 h. ago Premier League buildup, FA Cup second round updates, and more – live

Brighton v West Ham, Fulham v Palace to comeShare your thoughts with Matchday live hereHave you tried the Guardian’s new football game, Off The Ball?You can find it on the ‘Puzzles’ section of the app. Test your knowledge now! Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Inside England's plans to handle the heat at the World Cup: Thomas Tuchel's side given cool start in air

Thomas Tuchel spent some of last summer checking in on Man City in Boca Raton, Florida. Looking at the facilities, sizing up the area, as England planned the best route for the World Cup.

Society

14 h. ago Hostile powers sending spies to west’s universities, says former security chief

Canadian expert David Vigneault warns of China’s ‘industrial-strength’ attempts to steal new technologiesHostile spy agencies are now as focused on infiltrating western universities and companies as they are on doing so to governments, according to the former head of Canada’s intelligence service.David Vigneault warned that a recent “industrial-scale” attempt by China to steal new technologies showed the need for increased vigilance from academics. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Labour pledges to offer jobless youths work in pubs and restaurants to cut massive benefits bill

Ministers have announced an £820 million package aimed at helping almost one million into work, with jobs in bars, restaurants, building sites and care homes.

Society

15 h. ago 'Excellent' fitness smartwatch drops to less than £6 thanks to Christmas deal stack

Argos has a brilliant smartwatch offer just in time for Christmas

Economics

15 h. ago Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall

The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look at the Russian and US presidents. Vladimir Putin is systematically ruining his country. His war of choice in Ukraine is an economic, financial, geopolitical and human calamity for Russia that worsens by the day. For his own murky reasons, Donald Trump, another national menace, offered him a lifeline last week. Yet Putin spurned it. These two fools deserve each other.On the table in Moscow was a “peace” deal that, broadly speaking, rewarded Russia’s aggression by handing over large chunks of Ukrainian land, compromised Kyiv’s independence and weakened its defences against any future attack. The Trump deal, if forced through, would have split the US and Europe; ruptured Nato, perhaps fatally; reprieved Russia’s pariah economy; and probably toppled Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government.Simon Tis...

Politics

17 h. ago Combine solar panels with heat pumps to make finances stack up, says building society chief

Lenders are both willing and able to play our role in this national endeavour

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17 h. ago Kaitlan Collins issues blunt response to Trump's tirade after president called CNN star 'stupid and nasty'

The 33-year-old took to her Instagram and responded to the commander-in-chief after he criticized her on Saturday morning in a blistering rant to his Truth Social page.

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