3 h. ago Jon Voight defends Trump’s film tariff plan: ‘Something has to be done’

Oscar-winning actor gives first interview to Variety since working with Trump on plan to shake up HollywoodJon Voight, the actor who inspired Donald Trump’s surprise statement about placing a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, has given his first interview on the supposed plan to “give people back their dignity and their jobs”.“Something has to be done, and it’s way past time,” the 86-year-old actor told Variety while he was, according to the magazine, “driving through what sounded like a car wash”. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Start date for new Eligibility Verification on certain DWP benefits confirmed

The Eligibility Verification Measure will not give DWP direct access to bank accounts or enable investigators to see how people on benefits spend their money.

Politics

11 h. ago Four common garden plants that are causing damage to homes and are even illegal to have

These are all popular garden plants - but they're causing more damage to homes than people realise. Here are the expert warnings you should be aware of

Events

15 h. ago Full list of locations Aldi wants to open new branches as it asks for help

The supermarket wants people to identify sites for its next branches as it plans 450 more

Politics

15 h. ago DWP confirms new plans for people on PIP with ‘light touch’ ongoing award

Planned changes to PIP are scheduled to start in November 2026 for new and existing claimants.

Events

35 h. ago 'Pakistan and Nigeria visas will be squeezed' to stop people overstaying and claiming asylum amid crackdown

Under the plans, people from countries like Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka are likely to be closely monitored so their application can be screened for abuses of the system.

Events

56 h. ago John Oliver on Trump deportations: ‘usually blatantly racist and always cruel’

The Last Week Tonight host decries Trump’s fearmongering on immigration and disregard for the rule of lawJohn Oliver took a deep dive through the Trump administration’s brutal and bewildering campaign of deportations on Sunday evening, starting with the White House’s “nauseating social media posts”. Posts to the official White House Instagram account include a video of shackled people led on to a plane soundtracked to the song Closing Time by Semisonic, along with the caption “you don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here.”The track “obviously isn’t the right song choice”, the Last Week Tonight host said. “The right song choice would be no song at all, because deportation Instagram reel is a combination of words that should never exist, like ‘Oscar winner Mr Beast’ or ‘Stephen Miller nudes’ or ‘Bill Belichick speaks about his relationship with 24-year-old girlfriend.’” (Semisonic has denounced the choice of the song.) Continue reading...

Politics

2 d. ago Two arrested over bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio attended by millions

Two people have been arrested in connection to an alleged planned attack on Brazil’s LGBTQ community at the singer’s Sunday concert, police sayTwo people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate explosives at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, in what authorities believe was an attempt to target Brazil’s LGBTQ community.The Rio event on Saturday was the biggest show of the pop star’s career. It attracted an estimated 2.1 million fans to Copacabana beach and had crowds screaming and dancing along. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Pilot, passenger and dog killed as small plane crashes into homes in California

Two people and a dog onboard a small plane died after it crashed into homes in California on Saturday.

Events

3 d. ago Two people and dog dead after small plane crashes into Los Angeles

Officials warn people to stay clear of area in Simi Valley after two homes sustained structural damage from collisionA small plane crashed into a neighborhood in Simi Valley on Saturday afternoon, killing two people and a dog aboard the aircraft and damaging two homes, authorities said.Fire crews responded, and police cordoned off the streets, warning people to stay clear of the area. Smoke could be seen billowing from the roof of one home in the Wood Ranch section of the community, which lies nearly 50 miles (80km) north-west of Los Angeles. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Transport bosses issue warning as two major events take place in Manchester city centre tonight

People have been urged to plan travel ahead of time

Events

5 d. ago Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs

A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs

Society

6 d. ago Dozens of homeless people living in national forest evicted by US Forest Service

Service closing area in Oregon for wildfire prevention plan months after Trump order to increase timber productionDozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years were being evicted on Thursday by the US Forest Service, as it closed the area for a wildfire prevention project that will involve removing smaller trees, clearing debris and setting controlled burns over thousands of acres.The project has been on the books for years, and the decision to remove the encampment in the Deschutes national forest comes two months after the Trump administration issued an executive order directing federal agencies to increase timber production and forest management projects aimed at reducing wildfire risk. It wasn’t immediately clear if the evictions were a result of that order, but homeless advocates seized on the timing on Thursday, as US Forest Service officers blocked the access road. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago DWP confirms Universal Credit rule change set to boost income by £420 for over one million households

An estimated 2.8 million households see deductions made to their Universal Credit award to pay off debt each month.

Economics

6 d. ago DWP issues update on calls to scrap planned cuts to disability benefits

Titled "Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits", the petition called for the government to scrap its proposed plans for the disability benefit PIP and the health element to Universal Credit

Politics

7 d. ago How Blair has changed the agenda for Labour on climate change

Editorial: The former prime minister’s intervention in the Labour government’s net zero approach has provoked heated argument – and rightly so. These are important, transcendent matters and have to be right – for the sake of the future of the planet and the living standards of people in Britain

Society

7 d. ago DWP update on plans that would let them check people's bank accounts

It is part of “biggest ever crackdown on fraud against the public purse”

Economics

8 d. ago Plane crash at airport near Manchester as people 'seriously injured' with 'fuel leaking'

Two casualties were helped out of an aircraft that crashed at Barton Aerodrome in Eccles, Greater Manchester, earlier today

Events

8 d. ago LIVE: People 'seriously injured' in Barton Aerodrome plane crash as emergency services race to scene

It's understood two people have been injured

Events

8 d. ago 'Being ditched as an NHS dental patient feels like a kick in the teeth'

Outcry as practice bids to move people to private plans

Science