27 m. ago Shares in UK lenders rise after watchdog softens car loan compensation costs

Lloyds Banking Group, Close Brothers Group, and Barclays shares were all moving higher on Wednesday morning.

Politics

45 m. ago Martin Lewis says people can hope to get £700 in their bank accounts if they do this one thing

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced 14 million car finance deals included a discretionary commission arrangement (DCA) in the loan contract, which people were unaware of, and may entitle you to compensation

Economics

65 m. ago Cristiano Ronaldo becomes football's first BILLIONAIRE after signing new Saudi contract

Cristiano Ronaldo’s bank balance has swelled since he quit Manchester United for Saudi side Al-Nassr in 2023 and he has become the first footballer to pass a landmark net value

Politics

91 m. ago The UK's 'most dangerous' migrant town: Resort where hotel migrants now say they would rather go home than stay at taxpayer expense

Such is the demise of Bournemouth, even asylum seekers living in hotels this week said they would rather return to their native countries than carry on living here.

Society

1 hour ago FTSE 100 Live 08 October: Index at record as gold tops $4000, Lloyds shares rise

Lloyds Banking Group shares today rose during a record-breaking session for the FTSE 100 index.

Politics

2 h. ago Inside the UK's 'worst integrated' district: Daily Mail visits area of Birmingham where Robert Jenrick claimed 'he couldn't see a white face

With its Asian grocery stores and jewellers, a West Indian bakery and even a branch of the Bank of India, the main Soho Road through Handsworth certainly seems multicultural.

Events

2 h. ago UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’Britain’s exports of plastic waste to developing countries have soared by 84% in the first half of this year compared with last year, according to an analysis of trade data carried out for the Guardian.Campaigners described the rise in exports, mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia, as “unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism”. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago £1m woodland fund sees cash for deer fencing double and boost for small woodland projects

Woodland schemes in the right place can help farmers and other land managers increase biodiversity and diversify income options.

Economics

3 h. ago Canada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism

Catherine McKenna’s memoir delves into thorny parts of being in office including death threats and being referred to as ‘climate Barbie’Imagine there was a truck heading directly for your children. What would you do? Surely everything in your power to save them, including jumping in its way? Catherine McKenna, formerly the Canadian minister for environment and climate change, borrows this analogy for the climate crisis from a colleague to argue that we need to use “all the tools at our disposal” to tackle devastating danger that is already with us.McKenna has recently published Run Like a Girl, which documents her time in government, among other things. Peppered with inspirational quotes, personal photos and campaign memorabilia, Run Like a Girl isn’t a straightforward memoir. She wrote it for “women and young people who want to make change”. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Unity is desperately needed, but the EU prefers turf wars to facing down Russia | Paul Taylor

Failure to agree a common defence strategy risks emboldening Vladimir Putin. The squabbles have to stopThe closer Russia’s hybrid war comes to European capitals, the less EU leaders seem able to agree on how to respond. That, at least, was the worrying impression left by a dissonant EU summit in Copenhagen. Summoned last week to build consensus on the top priorities for European rearmament, the meeting was an embarrassing display of the turf wars, political squabbles and hidden agendas that are plaguing attempts to build a coherent European defence. Leaders quarrelled not only about who should be in charge of Europe’s military buildup but also about how to fund Ukraine’s continued resistance against Russian aggression, and how to advance Kyiv’s bid for EU membership.They voiced alarm at repeated breaches of their airspace by drones buzzing European airports and military bases, and Russian fighter jets violating their borders but appeared unsure how to react. Shoot them down? Escort ...

Events

4 h. ago Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies neededScientists say they have developed the world’s first blood test to diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).There is no currently no test for the condition and patients tend to be diagnosed based on symptoms, which means many can go undiagnosed for years. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago ‘I have searched and searched for help’: the Sudanese women left alone to live hand to mouth in Chad’s desert camps

As the war in Sudan pushes more people across the border, malnutrition is on the rise in Chad’s remote settlements where 86% of the refugees are women and childrenFor hours, jolting along the waterlogged dirt track to the hospital, 18-year-old Makka Ibraheem Mohammed held on tight to her seat and focused on stopping herself vomiting. She was in labour, in extreme pain after her uterus ruptured, but was now being tossed around in the ambulance that jumped along the dips and bumps of the road through the Chadian desert.Most of the 878,000 Sudanese refugees who have fled to Chad since 2023, living hand to mouth in this harsh landscape, are women. They stay in isolated camps in the desert with limited water and food, no work and with medical help often a life-threateningly long distance away. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon's Promise to kids in care could be broken due to lack of SNP planning

Auditors warned there was still "confusion" about The Promise five years on after it was first announced.

Politics

5 h. ago Dodgy electrician faked £20,000 of time sheets to fund cocaine habit

Mark Robertson said he can make £3,000 a month doing overtime to pay back the cash.

Economics

5 h. ago 'Prove you really care for our kids' with government promise set to fail

Nicola Sturgeon’s vow to care children in line is set to fail.

Politics

8 h. ago New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report findsNew Zealand’s oceans are warming 34% faster than the global average, with NZ$180bn (US$104bn) worth of housing at risk of flooding, a new report about the nation’s marine environment has revealed.The ministry of the environment and Stats NZ’s three-yearly update, Our Environment 2025, collates statistics, data and research across five domains – air, atmosphere and climate, freshwater, land, and marine – to paint a picture of the state of New Zealand’s marine environment. Continue reading...

Events

8 h. ago Chilling moment crocodile swims through river with woman between its teeth after beast snatched her off the bank

THIS is the chilling moment a woman was dragged down a river between the jaws of a crocodile. Footage of the sinister creature was caught by witnesses after 57-year-old Soudamini Mahala was snapped up as she bathed in the Kharastrota River in India. The huge reptile can be seen swimming through the water with Mahala's...

Politics

8 h. ago Scientists claim to have developed first ever blood test to diagnose ME

Hope for sufferers of devastating myalgic encephalomyelitis - otherwise known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - who can go years without a diagnosis

Events

9 h. ago ANDY DOLAN: So what it's like in area said to be the UK's 'worst integrated'?

With its Asian grocery stores and jewellers, a West Indian bakery and even a branch of the Bank of India, the main Soho Road through Handsworth certainly seems multicultural.

Politics

9 h. ago Wealth tax on 10 richest Scots could lift 30,000 out of poverty, report suggests

The STUC said the £492 million a year raised could alternatively fund 12,000 new nurses in hospitals, or 11,000 more teachers in classrooms.

Economics