45 m. ago The car tax rises coming in April that mean drivers will have to pay for the first time

The move will affect both new and existing vehicle owners

Economics

50 m. ago DVLA issues urgent number plate warning with £1,000 fines set to kick in

The DVLA has warned drivers that they could face fines of up to £1,000 if they don't comply with the regulations on the number plates on their vehicle - new rules come into place very soon

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54 m. ago Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments – live

Attorneys for federal workers say Elon Musk violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being firedMusk demand for federal workers document what they do brings chaosMusk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestormHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives nee...

Events

90 m. ago DVLA loophole will help drivers of these cars avoid upcoming tax hike

By renewing early drivers could save hundreds of pounds.

Transport

1 hour ago Elon Musk claims US government workers to be put on leave if they fail to return to office – live

Billionaire claims workers will face administrative leave if they ‘ignored President Trump’s executive order’Musk demand for federal workers document what they do brings chaosMusk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestormHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Scullion LAW’s Military Law Service: A force to be reckoned with

Scullion LAW is proud to announce that Senior Solicitor Stephanie Grieve has been shortlisted for the prestigious Military Values in Business Award at the Scottish Forces in Business Awards 2025.

Events

2 h. ago Celebrity deaths of 2025: Stars we have lost so far this year including Marianne Faithfull

We're honouring the big-screen stars, musical icons, footballers, and others who left a lasting impact on the world

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3 h. ago Learner drivers at risk of £1,000 fine but told there is one exception

Learner drivers are under strict restrictions when it comes to when and where they can drive

Economics

3 h. ago Thousands of illegal immigrants banned from Uber Eats after company starts crackdown

The move comes after MailOnline exposed how female Uber Eats delivery drivers were renting out their accounts for thousands of pounds to illegal immigrant men

Events

3 h. ago German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe

Result is further evidence that political conversation around the climate crisis has shiftedGerman election live – latest updatesIn the final days of an election campaign dominated by migration, the likely new chancellor of Europe’s biggest polluter sought to assure voters that its economy ministry would not be occupied by NGOs. Instead, conservative lead candidate Friedrich Merz posted on social media that it would be led by “someone who understands that economic policy is more than being a representative for heat pumps”.Climate action barely featured on the campaign trail before Germany’s federal elections on Sunday – except when right-leaning parties used it to swipe at the Greens. Merz’s jab was at the tamer end of attacks aimed at the Green party candidate, Robert Habeck, the economy and climate minister who pushed through an unpopular law to promote clean heating, but is a sign of how far the political conversation around climate action has shifted. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Drivers are using 'ghost' number plates to make themselves 'invisible' to the law

Certain plates are unreadable by speed and ANPR cameras but some are arguing that fines for being caught are not serious enough

Politics

4 h. ago Confusion at US agencies over whether to comply with Elon Musk email demanding workers justify their jobs – US politics live

Government agencies give conflicting advice after email from Elon Musk demanding employees list accomplishments from past weekThe Trump administration has blocked a crucial step in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) process for funding medical research, likely in violation of a federal judge’s temporary restraining order on federal funding freezes.The NIH has stopped submitting study sections – meetings in which scientists peer review NIH grant funding proposals – to the Federal Register after the Trump administration paused health agency communications. By law, study sections must appear on the register 15 days in advance of meetings.Those who ignored President Trump’s executive order to return to work have now received over a month’s warning.Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for cabbage stuffed with rice, chestnuts and cheese | A kitchen in Rome

The late food historian Gillian Riley is the inspiration behind this thrifty yet moreish supperIt just so happened that I was back in London a few weeks ago, so I could attend a bash to commemorate and celebrate the life of food historian and typographer Gillian Riley. It was a beautiful, lively occasion organised by Gillian’s family and friends, and held at Room 71-73 in north London, just a few streets from the house she and her partner, James, lived and worked in so prolifically for many years. There was food, of course, and much of it – a half-wheel of parmesan and fanned plates of prosciutto and salami – from the local delicatessen, to which Gillian was a devoted customer. Wine flowed, too, thanks to The Little Wine Shop, also around the corner and another place to which Gillian and James were as devoted as the staff were to them: their last delivery arrived just a few weeks before Gillian died last year, aged 90.Gillian’s sister, Joanna, spoke about their early life growing up...

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6 h. ago Meghan Markle recreates Princess Diana's iconic look in Northwestern sweatshirt in new Instagram clip of her 'soaking up the weekend' in the Californian sunshine

The Duchess of Sussex has filmed herself walking around her garden in Montecito wearing a Northwestern sweater made famous by her late mother-in-law.

Politics

8 h. ago These car owners will pay double on vehicle tax from April as drivers warned to prepare

Some cars will be targeted when the Government hikes up the prices this spring.

Events

9 h. ago Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser review – shame, desire and the ghost of Virginia Woolf

A vivid outback tale, an anguished 80s love triangle and real life are cleverly held in play in the Australian novelist’s inventive memoir-novel-essay hybridThis book starts as an evocative, shifting novel of time and place: a young man travelling in Switzerland, distracted by thoughts of a beautiful music teacher he met in London, recalls how, in his Australian childhood, he was evacuated to live with his grandparents at a sheep station in New South Wales in the second world war. There follows a brief story of how the boy that he was pocketed an emerald ring owned by his grandmother and chucked it away in the nearby woods. The shame did not end there. A young Aboriginal maid was blamed for the theft, and he did not have the courage to step in to save her from dismissal.Just as you are losing yourself in this immersive little story, however, its author, Michelle de Kretser, steps in to inform you that “at this point, the novel I was writing stalled”. She goes on to explain how that ...

Politics

9 h. ago Meghan Markle recreates Princess Diana's iconic look in Northwestern sweatshirt in new Instagram clip of her 'soaking up weekend' in the Californian sunshine

The Duchess of Sussex has filmed herself walking around her garden in Montecito wearing a Northwestern sweater made famous by her late mother-in-law.

Politics

10 h. ago Questions elderly drivers could be asked that would save young lives

A few questions could make it less likely children such as Xander Irvine are killed by elderly drivers

Politics

12 h. ago Trump names conservative podcaster Dan Bongino as FBI deputy director

Selection of former Secret Service agent and author means two staunch Trump allies lead the principal federal law enforcement agencyDan Bongino, a former US Secret Service agent who has written bestselling books, run unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has been chosen to serve as the FBI’s deputy director.President Donald Trump announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”. Continue reading...

Politics

13 h. ago All the ways in which councils are 'fleecing motorists' with confusing road markings: From small signs to bus lanes and yellow boxes

Drivers across the country are being fleeced by council chiefs filling streets with an increasing array of punitive and lucrative restrictions and penalties, campaigners say.

Transport