45 m. ago Karen Read's second murder trial revives debate over who killed her Boston police officer boyfriend

The much-anticipated retrial of Karen Read is set to begin

Events

54 m. ago UK weather: Heatwave horror as Britain forecast mega 22C and will be hotter than Ibiza

Weather maps have turned orange in the coming weeks with the UK set for sunshine and blue skies, as a high pressure system sitting over the country brings balmy conditions

Society

54 m. ago EastEnders spoilers reveal Nicola Mitchell ‘ambushed’ amid Shireen Bashar murder cover up

Nicola helped hide her son's girlfriend's body in an industrial site

Events

1 hour ago Man City transfer stance could hand Treble heroes another chance

Manchester City do not want players who cannot be fit for multiple games a week, but they may have built up enough cover at centre-back

Politics

2 h. ago Deadmau5 apologises for their drunken set on stage at Coachella

Deadmau5, whose real name is Joel Thomas Zimmerman, was supposed to perform a lengthy DJ set alongside electronic music artist Zhu at Coachella in California this month

Events

2 h. ago PSG boss Luis Enrique's unflattering Liverpool comparison as he plays down Arsenal threat

Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique has played down the threat of Arsenal from set-pieces by making an unflattering comparison to Premier League champions Liverpool

Sport

2 h. ago How Pope Francis changed the Catholic church, and what happens next – podcast

Just hours after wishing the world a happy Easter, the 267th head of the Roman Catholic church passed away. What was his legacy and who will take his place? Catherine Pepinster reportsPope Francis was working until the end. On Easter Sunday, the 88-year-old head of the Catholic church offered an Easter greeting to the crowds in St Peter’s Square who had gathered for mass. By the next morning, after months battling pneumonia and bronchitis, he had passed away.From the beginning, the first Latin American pope wanted his papacy to be different. Catherine Pepinster, the former editor of the Tablet, says one of his first notable actions was to go to a prison, rather than a church, to wash people’s feet in the traditional Maundy Thursday rite. It was typical of a pontiff who refused many of the luxuries of his predecessors – from giving up an apartment in the papal palace to only wearing simple leather shoes. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Australia’s student strikers for climate believed they could change their future. Where are they now?

Young people rode a wave of hope and power when hundreds of thousands protested with them in 2019. Then, momentum was lostGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastOn a stinking hot November day, seven years ago, Grace Vegesana and a handful of other young climate activists set up a small stage in a large square in Sydney’s CBD – and waited. Inspired by the first school striker for climate, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the high school students decided to organise their own rally.Vegesana expected a hundred people to show up. Five thousand came. “It was like, oh my God, we’ve unleashed some kind of beast, people want more,” she recalls. In the months afterwards crowds doubled and then tripled. Continue reading...

Society

5 h. ago Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is proposing laying off over 1,600 government workers to close a yawning budget gap

Politics

5 h. ago David Beckham gives first look at his new chat show and teases his A

The former footballer, 49, will begin hosting Beckham & Friends Live on Paramount+ next month and took to his Instagram to show the set for the first time.

Politics

5 h. ago Parking machines ‘set up to trap people’ as thousands sent tickets

Drivers across England say they are being sent demands for up to £170 from private parking companies because of faulty machines.

Politics

5 h. ago David Attenborough to release landmark feature film, Ocean, to mark 99th birthday

The film is set to be released in cinemas on 8 May - the same day as the naturalist’s 99th birthday - before it is available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu later this year

Politics

5 h. ago Drivers hit by up to £170 parking fines after using ticket machines 'set up to trap you'

Thousands of drivers around the UK could be the victim of dodgy ticket machines according to campaigners

Economics

5 h. ago PSG boss Luis Enrique dismisses major Arsenal threat in unflattering Liverpool comparison

Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique has compared Arsenal's ability from set-pieces to that of Liverpool and is not planning on spending extra time pouring over the Gunners' routines

Sport

6 h. ago Boffins fear Donald Trump's proposed cuts to NASA could stop us from finding aliens

The Orange Manbaby could slash £2.7bn from the space agency budget - a cut of nearly half - making boffins concerned that there may not be enough funding to find aliens

Politics

7 h. ago "I don't care": Celtic ace in blunt transfer admission as opens up on 'passionate' Glasgow and his treble goal

Celtic midfielder Engels has his eyes set on trophies

Events

7 h. ago Man Utd 'close in' on agreement with top transfer target after Ruben Amorim talks

Manchester United are set for a busy summer in the transfer window as head coach Ruben Amorim attempts to transform his squad after a dismal first season in the Premier League

Events

7 h. ago Lewis Ferguson transfer latest as Napoli plan to woo Bologna captain to the south of Italy revealed

Italy's top clubs are set to renew their interest in the Scotland start next summer

Politics

9 h. ago Deadmau5 ‘sorry’ after being escorted drunk from DJ set: ‘Probably my last Coachella show’

The 44-year-old says he doesn’t ‘remember a thing’

Events

10 h. ago Winner of National Lottery's huge £10,000 a month prize has just HOURS left to claim it

The victorious ticket in the National Lottery 's Set For Life draw was purchased in the Sevenoaks area, Kent, on October 24, 2024, with the prize needing to be claimed by tomorrow.

Economics