93 m. ago Hackers target some of Britain's wealthiest residents through council website

Cyber criminals accessed the site containing files belonging to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, copied and stole the data, it was revealed last month.

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97 m. ago Free parking! Traffic wardens go on strike for four days in London borough over pay row

Traffic wardens will go on strike for four days in Bromley, London over a pay row - meaning no fines or penalties will be issued.

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2 h. ago US military builds up aircraft at bases in Britain as fleet of C

The United States is building up air forces in Britain following its audacious capture of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. Ten C-17s and two AC-130Js have landed in recent days.

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2 h. ago New Hamilton Accies owner Rob Edwards: Administration still not off the table, immediate financial repairs required

The new owner at Hamilton Accies has had a look under the bonnet at Accies and admits there is plenty of work to do to stablise the crisi-hit club

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2 h. ago BBC Father Brown's Mark Williams hints at major crisis for beloved character

Father Brown is back on BBC One this week with a brand new season of the daytime crime drama, which will see the beloved character face a major crisis

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2 h. ago NHS went ahead with 95 per cent of hospital appointments during doctors’ strike

An average of 19,120 resident doctors were on strike each day over five days in December

Sport

2 h. ago Does anyone believe you, Keir? Starmer tells Cabinet he IS tackling cost of living crisis despite Brits struggling with debt and food bills

Gathering his senior team for the first time in 2026, Keir Starmer talked up his action to ease pressure - admitting that will be what the government is judged on come the election.

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2 h. ago MI5 'advanced false narrative' after Manchester Arena bombing to 'protect themselves after the fact', claims barrister

Pete Weatherby KC, who is representing some of the families affected by the attack, is calling for the security service to be included in the so-called Hillsborough Law to stop future cover-ups

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2 h. ago Trump administration extends a rare ‘thank you’ to media after Venezuela military action

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has publicly credited media outlets for withholding reports on last Saturday's strike in Venezuela

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3 h. ago How Bollywood legend Shah Rukh Khan became embroiled in crisis between India and Bangladesh

India and Bangladesh have been locked in an escalating spiral of geopolitical and diplomatic tensions since the summer of 2024 when a mass uprising toppled the government of Sheikh Hasina and sent her fleeing to Delhi

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3 h. ago Arborescence by Rhett Davis review – why would people turn into trees?

This quietly satirical speculative novel tells a story of metamorphosis, but feels insulated from real ecological crisisIn the book-length essay Death By Landscape, Elvia Wilk gives a potted history of fiction in which humans turn into plants. There is Daphne, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, who is so afraid she will be raped by Apollo that she begs her father to transform her into a laurel tree. More recently, in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian, brutalised Yeong-hye refuses food and takes root. Wilk argues that, in these stories and others, “a woman implants herself in despair, but also protest”.Rhett Davis’s Arborescence – an even-tempered, quietly satirical speculative novel – tells a story of cross-species transformation at scale. The narrator is a man, Bren, who at the outset is dismissive of unverified reports of “people standing around believing they’re trees”. His partner, Caelyn, is curious and undaunted. She drags him out for a hike. “I’m not sure I like f...

Politics

4 h. ago My investment property is still down after 19 years: 'Money Mum' Gemma Bird reveals buy

She may be an expert money saver but Gemma Bird has revealed she is still losing money on a buy-to-let she bought just before the 2008 financial crisis.

Economics

4 h. ago Reason why Keir Starmer did NOT attack Trump decision but may have to soon

Donald Trump has been urged not to destabilise NATO by invading Greenland after saying he is 'very serious' about taking control of the Danish territory, sparking a diplomatic crisis

Politics

5 h. ago Crossbow killer and school shooting plotter among criminals jailed for longest terms in 2025

Two people were handed whole-life jail terms, meaning they will never be released from jail

Events

8 h. ago Mum given months left to live after pregnancy hip pain turned out to be cancer

Hannah Justice was rushed in for a C-section and an emergency hysterectomy in the 34th week of her pregnancy.

Politics

11 h. ago Trump's strike against Venezuela proves oil is still the lifeblood of prosperity

Forget fentanyl and cocaine. The substance Donald Trump really wants to stop flowing out of Venezuela is crude oil to China.

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11 h. ago Ryan was bound with tape and killed by her father and brother for being too westernised. Will the coward who drowned his own daughter in a stream then fled to Syria ever face justice?

When the 15-year-old was duly granted asylum there, he, his wife and the rest of the family successfully applied to join him. And the warm welcome from the Dutch authorities did not end there.

Events

11 h. ago ‘It ought to provide a deterrent’: what US action in Venezuela means for Taiwan

Perception that Chinese-made weapons could not stop a ‘decapitation strike’ may give Beijing pause for thoughtThe sight of a hostile regional superpower launching an overnight raid to depose the leader of a smaller neighbouring country could easily have sent pulses in Taiwan racing.The US on Saturday revealed the details of a surprise raid to capture Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, who was whisked away to the US, where he was frogmarched into a court in New York on Monday. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago What does the US raid in Venezuela mean for China’s designs on Taiwan?

Perception that Chinese-made weapons could not stop a ‘decapitation strike’ may give Beijing pause for thoughtThe sight of a hostile regional superpower launching an overnight raid to depose the leader of a smaller neighbouring country could easily have sent pulses in Taiwan racing.The US on Saturday revealed the details of a surprise raid to capture Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, who was whisked away to the US, where he was frogmarched into a court in New York on Monday. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Key moments in the US arrest of and case against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro

After apparent months of planning, the U.S. strike that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unfolded swiftly over the weekend, with American forces converging on Caracas to arrest Maduro and his wife

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