4 h. ago Spring jobs: 9 seasonal 'side hustle' ideas to boost your cash income

From pet sitting to event planning, there are plenty of seasonal opportunities 🌸

Politics

7 h. ago 'I was Tony Blair's favourite Premier League player – now I put criminals behind bars'

Former Wigan Athletic and Portsmouth defender Arjan de Zeeuw forged a surprise career in the Dutch police force after the ex-Premier League star hung up his boots in 2009

Sport

39 h. ago Why we should be worried about Tony Blair's bromance with a tech tycoon who says every scrap of information about you should be stored on one giant database... that HE'D just love to own

Striding down the quayside wearing a tailored suit and £800 suede loafers, Tony Blair cut quite the figure as he prepared to board the superyacht Musashi during his lavish holiday.

Politics

3 d. ago Scotland ‘cannot afford’ to keep SNP in charge, warns Murray

The Scottish Secretary addressed the Scottish Labour conference on Friday.

Events

3 d. ago This is the year the Oscars found God – but can they keep the faith?

From Conclave to The Brutalist to A Real Pain, films about religion are unusually well represented at the Academy Awards – some with decidedly unorthodox themes• Warning: contains spoilersWhat Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell said of New Labour – “We don’t do God” – applies also to the Academy Awards. The secular gong-dispensing rite annually sweeps religion off its proverbial red carpet. The last best picture winner to deal with the subject was 2015’s Spotlight, which hardly proselytised for organised religion – it dramatised the Boston Globe’s investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic church. You have to go back to 1973 to find a movie with a priestly protagonist that really beguiled the Academy: William Friedkin’s horror movie The Exorcist received 10 Oscar nominations, winning awards for screenplay and sound.This year, though, may be different. Two leading contenders, The Brutalist (10 nominations) and Conclave (eight), put faith front and centre. And let’...

Politics

3 d. ago Ed Miliband wrong to say Net Zero will boost jobs, says Tony Blair's think

Ed Miliband's plans to bet everything on green growth would be a mistake, Sir Tony Blair's think tank has warned.

Society

4 d. ago Gatwick Airport second runway backed by union bosses days before crunch deadline

The heads of the GMB and Prospect unions have written to the Transport Secretary arguing for a second runway at Gatwick to create jobs and boost economic growth

Events