44 m. ago Hackney Council accused of ‘endangering women and girls’ with plans to scrap single

Campaigners have urged the local authority to keep the Clapton leisure centre’s women-only changing spaces as part of its redevelopment

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47 m. ago New train route to link one of UK's best seaside towns with major northern city

Aviva Grand Central has announced plans for a new service that would link up Newcastle and Brighton for the first time. It is likely to be up and running from December 2026

Politics

65 m. ago Murder accused ‘claimed wife was still alive while body lay in shallow grave’

Richard Satchwell, 58, denies murdering his wife Tina Satchwell at the home in Youghal, Co Cork, that they shared in March 2017.

Events

71 m. ago Celtic to open huge new store in prime Glasgow city centre location

The Hoops have announced that their existing shop Argyle Street will move to a new flagship location

Politics

3 h. ago Bob Geldof says another Live Aid event is ‘unlikely’ because of social media

The singer was speaking at a launch event at Wembley Stadium for Just For One Day, a musical about the charity event.

Politics

3 h. ago Forensics and firefighters at scene of recycling centre blaze

Waste has been hosed down on the site

Sport

3 h. ago Allanwater Homes bringing fourteen different house types to new Braidwood, Carluke development

Allanwater Homes, one of Central Scotland’s leading independent housebuilders, has broken ground at its latest development at Braidwood, Carluke, South Lanarkshire, bringing a choice of fourteen different house types to the area. The development will offer 132 family homes in total, the first of which will be made available to reserve in Spring 2025.

Society

3 h. ago Amanda Holden wows in latex dress as she attends 'blue carpet' event in London

Amanda Holden stunned as her other stars were out celebrating the 100th anniversary of McVitie's Chocolate Digestives at a special pop-up event in the centre of London's Piccadilly Circus

Politics

4 h. ago I know how global aid works. Here’s how Britain can do the right thing – and make its money count | David Miliband

The politics of aid may be toxic, but the UK must realise that supporting the world’s poorest people is both a moral and pragmatic thing to doDavid Miliband is president and CEO of the International Rescue CommitteeIn more than 10 years working in the aid sector, I have seen extraordinary innovations, from childhood education programmes for refugee children, to AI-driven flood warnings that alert farmers in some of the most vulnerable places on earth. Many of the initiatives I’ve seen are remarkably impactful and deliver serious value for money: it costs the International Rescue Committee (IRC) just £3 ($4) to deliver a life-saving vaccine dose in the midst of a conflict in east Africa, for example.The politics surrounding international aid, however, are increasingly toxic. The UK’s Department for International Development and now the US equivalent, USAID, have been dismantled, despite the British public being more than twice as likely to say that aid has a positive rather than nega...

Economics

4 h. ago Trump’s tariffs: ‘It feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted’

Pittsburgh residents, workers and business owners react to the increasingly fraught trading reality now upending supply chains and hitting prices“In a lot of ways it feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted so quickly.” Like so many businesses across Donald Trump’s America, Matt Katase’s craft brewery, Brew Gentleman, is having to contend with a bafflingly uncertain trading environment.The brewery’s chief operating officer, Alaina Webber, says: “For the first time, as a company in operation going on 15 years, we’ve started to get explicit emails that say: ‘On this existing order, you are now going to see a 30%, then to a 130% increase.’” Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago Domino's gave the equivalent of over 2700 meals to charity from its Cambuslang supply centre

The firm donated nearly 1.3 tonnes of food to FareShare last year.

Politics

7 h. ago Trains cancelled and delayed due to signal failure at Cardiff Central

Trains are being delayed and cancelled across south Wales due to signal failures

Events

7 h. ago Tesco hikes price of popular supermarket meal deal as part of huge shake

The Dine In deal includes one main course, one side, and a dessert, plus an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage and is popular with pairs wanting the restaurant experience at home

Economics

8 h. ago Man left floored by price of McDonald's meal at popular airport

A man has shared how much it costs to buy a meal at McDonald's in a popular airport and people are gobsmacked at the price. People can't get over how much it is

Politics

9 h. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chicken scaloppine with mushrooms and marsala | A kitchen in Rome

A melt-in-the-mouth dish of fried tenderised chicken in a mushroom and sweet wine sauceThe term escalope is borrowed from the old French escalope, meaning “shell or carapace”, which is likely to be borrowed from the old Norse skalpr (“sheath”) or Middle Dutch schelpe (“shell”). This explains the shape, and why the word evolved to describe a slice of meat that has been pounded until it’s the same slimness all over.This week’s recipe is inspired by the restaurant Bocca Di Lupo in Soho, which a few months ago, after a night at the theatre with my parents, was one of the few places still open and more than welcoming to walk-ins at 10.30pm. Sitting on the high stools at the end of the long, marble bar, Dad chose ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach, while Mum and I had scaloppine di pollo al marsala e funghi (thin chicken escalope with mushrooms in a soft, slightly thickened marsala sauce). The meal and wine would have been superb in any circumstance, but the feeling of relief combine...

Politics

9 h. ago Luke McCowan predicts Celtic trophy day tears and reveals special Rod Stewart gift after star turn against Rangers

The Hoops star capped off a remarkable personal journey from slopping out in a sports centre sauna to mopping up trophies

Events

10 h. ago Release of Ukrainian prisoners in Russia key to any peace deal, rights groups say

Kyiv-based Centre for Civil Liberties says tortured inmates bypassed amid focus on territory and security guaranteesUkrainian and Russian civil society leaders have called for the unconditional release of thousands of Ukrainian civilians being held in Russian captivity, pushing for world leaders to make it a central part of any peace deal.Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Kyiv-based Centre for Civil Liberties, which won the 2022 Nobel peace prize, said most of the discussion on ending the conflict, led by Donald Trump’s administration, focused solely on territories and potential security guarantees. Continue reading...

Economics

11 h. ago Snake on a train line: Japan’s busiest bullet train route brought to a halt

Outage occurred between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima stations after the snake appeared to have climbed an electricity poleJapan’s busiest bullet train line was brought to a halt on Wednesday after a metre-long snake wrapped itself around a power line, shorting the electricity supply and stranding hundreds of passengers.Shinkansen trains running between Tokyo and Osaka were brought to a standstill by the snake, with news reports showing footage of people inside trains waiting for services to resume. Power did not appear to have been cut inside trains, with lights and air conditioning still functioning, according to passengers. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Brits warned not to make 'common mistake' at garden centre this weekend

A gardening expert has warned Brits not to make a common mistake when buying plants at garden centres - and has shared the best flowers to plant in April and May

Events

12 h. ago Australia’s mushroom murders trial: who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures?

As the trial over the deadly 2023 beef wellington lunch continues in the Victorian supreme court, here’s what you need to know about the people involvedErin Patterson trial – live updatesA fatal family lunch in regional Victoria is at the centre of a high-profile murder trial that is under way in the state’s supreme court.Erin Patterson is accused of murdering her estranged husband Simon Patterson’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister and Simon’s aunt, Heather Wilkinson, by feeding them a meal of beef wellington laced with death cap mushrooms in July 2023. Continue reading...

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