31 m. ago Are these REALLY two of the 'coolest' roads in the world? High streets in Kent and north London praised for being 'edgy'

If you're questioning what is or what isn't 'cool' then you're definitely not and probably never will be.

Politics

32 m. ago Manchester Airport issues statement as thousands of Airbus planes grounded

Wizz Air, EasyJet and Jet2 are the UK airlines most affected

Transport

88 m. ago Swapping Center Parcs UK for the Dutch version saved us hundreds of pounds

A Center Parks UK stay in the school holidays requires a four-figure outlay for families but head to Europe and there's savings to be had on everything from activities to accommodation.

Politics

1 hour ago Arsenal prepare Chelsea statement as Mikel Arteta makes 'huge' Declan Rice claim

Arsenal take on Chelsea in a crucial Premier League clash on Sunday afternoon, and Mikel Arteta has been speaking ahead of the game about Declan Rice

Sport

1 hour ago 24 hours in York: the chic Christmas market stay less than two hours from London

An impressive festive market, Michelin-starred restaurants and chic, affordable stays make York the ideal pre-Christmas weekender, says Jes Salter

Politics

2 h. ago Million pound cost of shopping centre demolition as town’s regeneration ramps up

Detailed plans to clear a large section of Prestwich centre and then rebuild there are expected by the spring

Economics

2 h. ago Cool Blues: Chelsea determined to stay grounded despite Barcelona demolition

Enzo Maresca’s young side face league leaders Arsenal on Sunday on a high but have moved on from the emotional swings of oldThe worst way for Chelsea to respond to their demolition of Barcelona would be to believe the hype. The problem is that emotions in football swing from one extreme to another, as the people running things at Stamford Bridge have quickly come to appreciate.They have faced plenty of ridicule for their alternative approach since buying the club from Roman Abramovich three years ago, so perhaps they are entitled to be a little sceptical now that Chelsea are being praised for their transfer strategy and talked up as potential title challengers before hosting Arsenal on Sunday. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Manchester United’s academy reeling from staff churn and Ratcliffe’s brickbats

Troubled times at Carrington as the club proud of producing the next generation of stars is in flux under fresh leadershipThe standards of Manchester United’s academy have “really slipped” in recent years, according to Sir Jim Ratcliffe. The club is renowned as one of the world’s best schools for young players, so the words of the man at the top of the football operation will have stung those trying to create the next generation of stars.The academy is in flux after Nick Cox, its long-time leader, left in September to become technical director at Everton. His replacement, Steve Torpey, joined from Brentford and is an ally of United’s director of football, Jason Wilcox. The pair worked together at Manchester City and the introduction of another former employee from there implies a literal blueprint is being followed. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Betting column: Best bets for this weekend including Chelsea vs Arsenal

ROLL UP, roll up the Greatest League on Earth. No idle boast after Europe’s finest were dismantled in London in midweek. Now we’ve got the greatest match in the greatest league on Earth tomorrow, as leaders Arsenal land at second-placed Chelsea. The Gunners arrive holding a six-point advantage, having lost only once all season in...

Sport

3 h. ago Chelsea injury news and return dates for Arsenal clash amid huge Cole Palmer update

Chelsea could welcome back Cole Palmer for Sunday afternoon's clash against London rivals Arsenal at Stamford Bridge after a lengthy spell on the side-lines.

Sport

3 h. ago My cultural awakening: Thelma & Louise made me realise I was stuck in an unhappy marriage

One line from Ridley Scott’s classic movie was the shove I needed to walk out on my husband after years of his controlling behaviourIt was 1991, I was in my early 40s, living in the south of England and trapped in a marriage that had long since curdled into something quietly suffocating. My husband had become controlling, first with money, then with almost everything else: what I wore, who I saw, what I said. It crept up so slowly that I didn’t quite realise what was happening.We had met as students in the early 1970s, both from working-class, northern families and feeling slightly out of place at a university full of public school accents. We shared politics, music and a sense of being outsiders together. For years, life felt full of promise. When our first child arrived, I gave up my local government job to stay at home. That’s when the balance between us shifted. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque at start of day of meetings with Turkey's religious leaders

Pope Leo XIV is visiting Istanbul’s Blue Mosque

Politics

4 h. ago Pope Leo XIV visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque on the second day of his trip to Turkey

Pope Leo XIV has started the second day of his trip to Turkey with a visit to Istanbul’s Blue Mosque

Politics

4 h. ago Arsenal injury latest for Chelsea amid Gabriel update and major Mikel Arteta boost

Arsenal have a number of injury concerns ahead of their Premier League clash against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge with Mikel Arteta providing updates on several players.

Sport

4 h. ago The truth about oil and gas industry's windfall tax complaints – and why Labour still needs to help it

Labour has conceded some ground but needs to send a much clearer signal that the North Sea is open for business

Society

4 h. ago Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown

Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implicationsVast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, a new analysis using two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across southern and central Europe, from Spain and Italy to Poland and parts of the UK.Scientists at University College London (UCL), working with Watershed Investigations and the Guardian, analysed 2002–24 data from satellites, which track changes in Earth’s gravitational field. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago ‘It has made me live life more’: Jessie J on cancer, comebacks and cracking China

Endometriosis, miscarriage, failed relationships, suicide and gaslighting they are all laid bare on the singer-writer’s new album. But just as she finished recording it, she got a shock diagnosis. She explains why it’s made her determined to be in the momentYou couldn’t make it up, Jessie J says. There she was preparing for her first album release in eight years, ecstatically in love with her newish partner, and finally the mother of a toddler having struggled to conceive for a decade, on top of the world. Then in March she was diagnosed with breast cancer.The singer-songwriter, real name Jessica Cornish, is famous for telling it as it is. The album, Don’t Tease Me With a Good Time, was supposed to be an open book, dealing with every ounce of devastation she’d experienced since she last recorded music (endometriosis, miscarriage, failed relationships, gaslighting, suicide) with typical candour. The first single, No Secrets, was released in April. But by then...

Politics

5 h. ago Celebrity crib sheet: Katy Perry has spent all year in the headlines – here are the six things you need to know

She made a short, and much-ridiculed, trip to space. She tried to buy a house and fell foul of public opinion. And she’s found love, apparently, with Justin Trudeau. Time to get up to speed before this singer next hits the headlinesDo you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? No? Just Katy Perry then. Seven months since her sense-defying jaunt into space, life on planet Earth hasn’t let up for the embattled hitmaker. She’s back in the headlines this week, implied to be raiding the pockets of a “disabled veteran” while facing scrutiny for her somewhat inexplicable new romance with Justin Trudeau. Yes, that Justin Trudeau. Shall we?1. Perry wins in court, but loses onlineBy one metric, such as “relative to the rest of 2025”, this might have been a good week for Katy Perry. Since 2020, she has been embroiled in a legal battle against Carl Westcott, who sold her an eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom mansion in Montecito for $15m. Westcott then attempte...

Politics

5 h. ago DVLA issues Blue Badge £1,000 fine warning over important mistake

Blue Badge holders have special parking privileges to enable them to park closer to their destination

Events

6 h. ago Arsenal news: Mega deal announced as Bukayo Saka decision reaches its conclusion

Arsenal are looking to stamp their authority on the Premier League title race as they prepare to face Chelsea this weekend, in what's shaping up to be a titanic battle between first and second

Economics