2 h. ago Brits face Bank Holiday Glumday as they're battered by wind, rain and even floods

Humidity will soar before ‘longer spells of rain’ will arrive on Tuesday with ‘fresher’ winds driving down temperatures, and some places have been warned of flooding

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8 h. ago Brits 'will turn to illegal options' when disposable vape ban comes into force next week

Brits might turn to the black market for their nicotine hit after the new disposable vape ban, a new survey suggests

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11 h. ago Hundreds of British students face expulsion from Harvard as ‘vindictive’ Trump bans overseas recruitment

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer and ambassador Peter Mandelson told to warn US President not to make UK students ‘victims’ of his politics

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13 h. ago Britain's best pubs and beer gardens revealed in new ranking

As the late May Bank Holiday weekend arrives, many Brits will be keen to head to the pub for a drink. It's the perfect time of year to catch some rays in a pub garden. These are the best...

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14 h. ago British students BANNED from Harvard University as Trump administration blocks all admissions from abroad

US homeland security secretary says Harvard will no longer be able to enrol international students over allegations of ‘anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators’ on campus

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27 h. ago UK set for washout Bank Holiday weekend but it won't stop Brits doing one tradition

The weather doesn't look like it'll be playing ball this weekend, with heavy rain expected. But despite the setback, plenty of Brits will still be perservering with their BBQ

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47 h. ago Martin Lewis MSE urges Brits earning cashback to check bank account now

Experts over at Martin Lewis' MSE have warned Brits lured in by 'misleading' cashback ads to see if they're entitled to a refund, after one man successfully received £675

Economics

53 h. ago Minister condemns Israeli military after British diplomats caught in shooting

Two British diplomats are understood to have been among a group of around 20 people involved in the West Bank city of Jenin.

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56 h. ago Biggest entertaining pet peeves for Brits as they plan Bank Holiday gatherings

The biggest pet peeves Brits experience when hosting have been revealed - from guests arriving too late or early to people not giving a heads up about allergies or droning on about kids' achievements

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59 h. ago Brits entertaining pet peeves revealed ahead of Bank Holiday

Brits love throwing a great summer party - but sometimes we don’t love our guests quite so much.

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65 h. ago Capitalism and Its Critics by John Cassidy review – brilliant primer on leftwing economics

From Marx to Piketty, a sprawling but marvellously lucid overview of capitalism’s naysayersCapitalism has a way of confounding its critics. Like one of those fairground punching bags, it pops right back up every time a crisis knocks it down. Friedrich Engels learned this the hard way. “The American crash is superb,” he enthused in a letter to Karl Marx in 1857: this was communism’s big chance. Well, not quite. The US Treasury stepped in, recapitalising banks with its gold reserves; in Britain the Bank Charter Act was suspended to enable the printing of money. The rulebook was torn up and capitalism saved.So it has always been. Every time we have teetered close to the precipice, big government has swooped down to save the day. The name of the game is “managed capitalism” and it has been a going concern for more than 200 years. This is the theme of John Cassidy’s new book, a marvellously lucid overview of capitalism’s critics, written in good old-fashioned exp...

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3 d. ago A black market for VAPES: Brits 'will turn to illegal options' to get a hit on single

Nearly two thirds of people who use disposable vapes are prepared to turn to the black market for their nicotine hit after the new disposable vape ban comes into place.

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3 d. ago Britain threatens sanctions against Israel if it does not cease military action in Gaza: Hamas praises the statement but Netanyahu declares the move a 'huge prize' for the terrorists

An 11-week blockade on food, fuel, water and medicine has pushed the decimated civilian population of Gaza to the brink of famine, experts continue to warn.

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3 d. ago British mystery solved as voice behind Deal or No Deal banker revealed

Noel Edmonds previously denied rumours that this star was the voice behind the Banker

Economics

4 d. ago This new EU deal is great for Britain. Now, Labour, focus on the future, not on Farage | Polly Toynbee

Cheaper food, passport e-gates, youth exchanges – we are finally on a path to repair the colossal damage Brexit has doneCircle the wagons: Europe draws together confronting an enemy to its east and a rogue state to its west. “Everything has changed,” said the prime minister and chancellor, and so it has. Once nestled in the arms of Nato, now alarmingly alone, we have no choice but to embrace neighbours we shunned. Thanks to Vladimir Putin, (nearly) all Europeans now see clearly what was always the case. In danger we need each other, never mind fish or dynamic alignment.But talking about less important things was always the British way. So headlines and the Today programme bang on about the 12-year continuance of the fishing deal struck by Boris Johnson, allowing French boats into our waters. It’s hard on fishing communities, but not worse than before. The Brexiters used and cheated fishers. But a government has to weigh up winners and losers when fishing contributes just 0.03% to UK...

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4 d. ago UK weather: Met Office issues bank holiday 'washout' verdict as storm mapped

The Met Office has issued its forecast for the late May bank holiday, as many Brits wonder whether it will be more BBQs and beer gardens after a period of dry and warm weather

Society

4 d. ago Brits urged to take shorter showers to avoid hosepipe bans as country's dry spell sparks drought fears while water bills soar

It is the driest spring so far in more than a century, which has prompted warnings of a drought in England this summer without sustained rainfall.

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4 d. ago This is exactly what our fashion editors are wearing for their mini Bank Holiday break, from a ME+EM summer dress to the ONLY Breton top any stylish woman over 40 should wear

The Great British Bank Holiday style guide...find everything our fashion editors, including Dinah van Tulleken (pictured above), are wearing this weekend for both style and function.

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5 d. ago Brits prepped for weekend washout as wettest May Bank Holiday on record looms

The west of England is set to be battered by torrential rain as the UK is split in half by a 320 mile wall of downpours – with one meteorologist warning it could washout 'half the country'

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5 d. ago How to banish yellow, brittle fungal nails and get your toes ready for summer

Now that it's finally sandal weather, nothing is worse than having manky toe nails peeping out from the shoe strap. Here's how to clear fungal nail infections so they don't come back

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