34 h. ago Why did the Queen's offer to 'pop out and pick up' Barack Obama spark a 'serious row' between Buckingham Palace and the Secret Service?

Obama later wrote about the incident in his memoirs, recalling how the Queen casually told him 'I'm sure there's some rule about who sits where, but sit wherever you like.'

Politics

64 h. ago DWP full list of 48 health conditions eligible for £110 a week

Attendance Allowance is paid to people aged 65 and over who need help with personal care - or help to stay safe

Economics

3 d. ago Secret Service employee put on leave after 'celebrating' Charlie Kirk's death

The US Secret Service has placed an employee on administrative leave after they celebrated the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in a Facebook post

Society

3 d. ago Huge Donald Trump security blunder as secret service plans leaked to member of public

Security details for Donald Trump were leaked to an unsuspecting member of the public in a major blunder - however officials have denied that it could have endangered the president's life

Politics

4 d. ago North Korea executes citizens who distribute foreign TV shows, UN finds

Human rights report highlights crackdown on personal freedoms in most restrictive country in worldNorth Korea has executed people for distributing foreign television shows, including popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a UN human rights report said on Friday.Surveillance has grown more pervasive since 2014 with the help of new technologies, while punishments have become harsher – including the introduction of the death penalty for offences such as sharing foreign TV dramas, the report said. Continue reading...

Culture

4 d. ago Sterling K. Brown has 3 Emmys, but Dan Fogelman has a bottle of scotch and a story

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Politics

4 d. ago ‘Hollywood has everthing to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine and toothache

As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to the ‘Hollywood machine’Charlie Kaufman is in a funk. The genius screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York, the devastating Buñuelian comedy of mortality that he also directed, can’t get a movie off the ground. “I’m having great difficulty,” he sighs. “I’m not a person that people want to trust with their money. It’s very frustrating.”Earlier this year, production of a film he was preparing to make – Later the War, starring Eddie Redmayne as a manufacturer of dreams who diversifies into nightmares – was shut down in Belgrade; he hopes it will resume. To make matters worse, he sorely needs some shut-eye. “Not to get into it, but I’m not a great sleeper,” he says, reaching out of frame for his coffee. The webcam is an...

Events

4 d. ago ‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine and toothache

As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to the ‘Hollywood machine’Charlie Kaufman is in a funk. The genius screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York, the devastating Buñuelian comedy of mortality that he also directed, can’t get a movie off the ground. “I’m having great difficulty,” he sighs. “I’m not a person that people want to trust with their money. It’s very frustrating.”Earlier this year, production of a film he was preparing to make – Later the War, starring Eddie Redmayne as a manufacturer of dreams who diversifies into nightmares – was shut down in Belgrade; he hopes it will resume. To make matters worse, he sorely needs some shut-eye. “Not to get into it, but I’m not a great sleeper,” he says, reaching out of frame for his coffee. The webcam is an...

Events

4 d. ago Donald Trump to visit UK under ring of steel after Charlie Kirk assassination

Thousands of British officers will be on duty along with US secret service agents amid security concerns in the wake of the the murder of Donald Trump's close ally on Wednesday night

Politics

5 d. ago Martin Lewis issues premium bond warning to anyone with less than £5,000 worth

Personal finance expert says that many people would be better off with a different kind of savings account

Events

5 d. ago DWP bonus payment coming for people on PIP, DLA, Attendance Allowance and more

In several weeks' time, many people in certain DWP benefits will receive the bonus payment

Politics

5 d. ago Secret Service launches review after missing gun in patron’s bag at Trump golf club while he was there

Secret Service has repeatedly suffered security breaches while protecting Donald Trump

Politics

6 d. ago Six conditions that could award DWP PIP claimants maximum payment

Latest DWP figures show that more than 3.7 million people in the UK are claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - and these are the conditions likely to receive the maximum DWP PIP award length

Events

7 d. ago Ex Secret Service agent says never befriend people with these personality traits

The former special agent and trained interrogator said you should 'watch out' for three types of people

Politics

7 d. ago People caring for more than one person could get £520 annual payment under new proposals

Carer Additional Person Payment could be paid weekly from next March, if approved by the Scottish Parliament.

Economics

7 d. ago DWP 'last resort' for closing Universal Credit claims over face

The Universal Credit application process can make some accommodations for people unable to get to their Jobcentre in-person

Politics

8 d. ago New calls for £20,000 Personal Allowance to stop people paying ‘ridiculous amounts of tax’

An online petition argues that increasing the Personal Allowance would lead to a ‘massive increase’ in people willing to look for work.

Economics

8 d. ago Fans remain stuck in line as US Open final begins because of extra security with Trump attending

Fans enduring a lengthy wait to get into the U.S. Open final booed and chanted “Let us in

Politics

8 d. ago US Open tennis 2025: Jannik Sinner v Carlos Alcaraz, men’s singles final – live

Updates from the men’s final at Flushing MeadowsJannik Sinner v Carlos Alcaraz tennis latest | Email DanielMore from Bryan.An hour before Sunday’s US Open men’s final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the boardwalk from the Mets-Willets Point subway to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center was quiet, punctuated only by bursts of fans spilling out of the No 7 train every few minutes. Among them stood Emma Kaplan, a 33-year-old executive assistant from Brooklyn, distributing flyers that read “The Fall of the Trump Fascist Regime.” She was joined by three members of RefuseFascism.org, one hoisting a poster that declared “GAME, SET, MATCH! NOV 5, FLOOD DC. TRUMP MUST GO!”; another’s sign demanded the shutdown of ICE and “the whole Trump fascist regime.” As waves of spectators streamed past, a heavy security presence shadowed the scene – NYPD, Parks Department officers, Homeland Security agents and the Secret Service. Some fans nodded quietly in approval. Others made their ...

Politics

9 d. ago ‘The Mother Teresa of Aussie supermarkets’: meet the woman cataloguing grocery deals on TikTok

In the combat zone of the supermarket duopoly, Tennilles_deals is our protector, guiding us through each aisle with her weekly videos of sale productsMaya Angelou once said “a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people” and when she said that, I can only assume she had Australian TikToker and micro influencer Tennilles_deals in mind.Who exactly is Tennilles_deals? Firstly, she’s the Mother Teresa of Aussie supermarkets. Secondly, I don’t know anything about her personally because this savvy queen isn’t marketing herself like your average influencer. She lets her work speak for itself. Continue reading...

Economics