61 m. ago Natural yogurt tastes creamier when £1 ingredient is added and it's not honey

Yogurt is a great breakfast meal that can help keep you fuller for longer while also being low in fat and carbs - however if you find it can taste tangy, there are some easy ways to sweeten it up

Economics

61 m. ago ‘I was told I had months to live at 33 but now I’m 75 and living with the virus'

In 1982, Jonathan Blake was told that he had just months left to live –now 75, he shares his groundbreaking story about his HIV diagnosis

Politics

61 m. ago Free school meals warning to parents ahead of benefit being given to half a million kids

Students who are eligible for free school meals should be automatically registered to ensure no child misses out, the Education Policy Institute has demanded in a report

Events

2 h. ago Rachel Reeves seized her moment – whatever the future brings, Labour’s economic course is now set | Martin Kettle

The chancellor is no mere technocrat: her spending review revealed a visceral commitment to social and economic mobilityThe consensus has long been that the 2025 spending review would be a defining moment for Keir Starmer’s government. For once, the consensus proved spot-on. The government’s main priorities were set out on Wednesday in a blizzard of Commons announcements from Rachel Reeves, some economically substantive, others more for show. The upshot is that the shape of the British state, as Labour intends it, is now decided until the eve of the next election.There are further crossroads still to come, some of them major, as the years covered by the review unroll. Taxes are likely to rise, probably as soon as the autumn budget, to pay for Reeves’s big ticket boosts on Wednesday for defence, health and housing. Council tax could rise too, with possibly dramatic results. The review’s emphasis on capital spending means current spending could be squeezed again, perhaps heralding pay...

Economics

2 h. ago Rachel Roddy’s salad of hazelnuts, gorgonzola and honey dressing | A kitchen in Rome

Some dishes make a lasting impression, and this week two memorable creations from Rome and London meet to inspire a nutty salad of creamy gorgonzola and mixed leavesRecently, I listened to the Italian chefs Niko Romito and Salvatore Tassa in conversation about Italian food culture, and in particular the role of the trattoria. During the warm conversation, Romito, who is one of Italy’s most visionary chefs and whose Ristorante Reale in Abruzzo has three Michelin stars, spoke about the first time he ate at Tassa’s Nu’ Trattoria Italiana dal 1960 in Acuto, which is in the province of Frosinone about an hour south of Rome. Romito recalled the homely atmosphere and Tassa as an old-school host: welcoming, communicative and the conduit (which didn’t sound pretentious when he said it) between local traditions, producers and those who came to eat. But Romito also described a dish of onions, simply braised, but of such goodness that he couldn’t stop thinking about and imagining them. In fact,...

Politics

2 h. ago Electricity chiefs accused of overlooking landowner and farmer land rights in race for Net Zero

Landowners and farmers have been warned about a new rush for grid-related development applications in the coming months.

Politics

2 h. ago Mushrooms stay fresher for 7 days when placed in specific kitchen location

Mushrooms will stay fresher for more than just a day or two by simply storing it in one kitchen location - keeping all of its freshness, nutrients and health benefits.

Politics

2 h. ago Gardeners urged to dig out secret weed in June which looks like common flower

Gardening experts are urging gardeners to keep a close eye on weeds this month, including one which produces pretty flowers

Politics

3 h. ago Geert Wilders collapsed the Dutch government. He wanted power, but had no idea how to govern | Koen Vossen

The anti-Islam ideologue has exposed the limits of his insular, badly organised operation. For a ‘radical’, opposition is a much easier placeKoen Vossen is the author of The Power of Populism: Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom in the NetherlandsEarlier this month, Geert Wilders decided he had had enough. “No signature for our asylum plans. No changes to the coalition agreement. The PVV is leaving the coalition,” he posted on X. After 11 months, he was withdrawing support for the Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof’s rightwing cabinet, forcing the Netherlands back to the polls.The decision put an end to Wilders’ far-right Freedom party’s (PVV) first spell in power. Following an unexpected victory in the 2023 elections, the PVV joined a government for the first time in its 18-year history – alongside the conservative-liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the centrist New Social Contract (NSC), and the agrarian-populist Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) – although Wild...

Politics

3 h. ago Silver and platinum prices soar as investors seek ‘gold alternatives’

Prices climb more than 10% this month amid search for hedges against dollar weakness

Economics

3 h. ago UK weather: Exact time thunderstorms end as three Met Office warnings issued

Thunderstorms are set to drench millions of Brits this week with three Met Office warnings issued - half a month's rain in the space of a few hours is on the cards

Events

3 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson slammed by pub punters over '100% British' claim

The Farmer's Dog in Oxfordshire has been inundated with reservations since the controversial presenter's hit series Clarkson's Farm returned to screens earlier this month

Politics

6 h. ago Jonny Evans makes surprise announcement on future after being released by Man Utd

Jonny Evans has been released by Manchester United and the defender remains uncertain about what could come next in his career when he leaves the Red Devils this month

Politics

6 h. ago Why at 66 I will NEVER have sex again: LIZ JONES on why she's happily retiring from sex

Five months ago, I had sex for the last time. And when I say last, I mean final - I am never, ever having sex again. And happily so.

Politics

7 h. ago Polish nursery worker accused of abusing 24 toddlers was 'sleep deprived from smoking cannabis and staying up late with her boyfriend', court hears

Roksana Lecka is accused of 'badly harming' 23 of the infants, all aged 18 months to two years, at a £1,900-a-month Montessori nursery in Twickenham, south-west London .

Events

7 h. ago House sales forecast to rise despite rising prices, experts say

A quarter of industry professionals believe more people will buy houses over the next 12 months

Economics

7 h. ago Free school meal plan requires key change to stop children ‘missing out’, Labour told

Experts say children may not receive the meals they are eligible for

Events

9 h. ago Flight 149: Hostage of War review – a tale so staggering you couldn’t write it

This excellent documentary tells the tale of a BA plane’s Kuwait stopover just as Saddam Hussein invaded. It’s a crucial tale of a four-month nightmare that is barely believableIf it were a work of fiction, the story of Flight 149 would probably be deemed too horrifying – or too unbelievable – for television. Indeed, as a documentary interspersed with dramatic reconstructions, at points it is almost unbearable to watch. But it is a crucial piece of work: a one-off film that goes deep into a bizarre and increasingly hideous ordeal to ask how and why it happened.On 2 August 1990, a British Airways plane carrying nearly 400 passengers and crew from London to Kuala Lumpur touched down for a scheduled stopover in Kuwait. Those on board knew nothing of the unfolding Iraqi invasion of the country and the brutality Saddam Hussein was inflicting on his neighbours (this would, of course, soon lead to the Gulf war). British Airways maintains that it, too, was unaware of what was taki...

Events

9 h. ago Pete Davidson’s new girlfriend revealed as Benny Blanco’s ex

Davidson’s new relationship comes months after he split from actor Madelyn Cline

Politics

9 h. ago Jesse Watters, who said Comey’s ‘86’ post was a ‘hit’ on Trump, celebrates that ABC ‘86’d Terry Moran’

A month after accusing James Comey of trying to kill Trump, Jesse Watters suddenly learns what '86' means

Politics