97 m. ago Why waste dumping is the new drug dealing with crooks making £100,000 despoiling the countryside with lorry loads of stinking rubbish

Stone Arrow Farm in Peopleton is part of a network of fly-tipping sites that are spreading like a cancer across the surrounding countryside countryside.

Economics

1 hour ago The essential rules to eat salt safely: Why flakey is better for you, vital nutrient that you need and the best types to choose to keep yourself healthy, revealed by DR EMILY LEEMING

Pink Himalayan rock salt is at the luxury end of the market, often costing three times more than regular table salt But can salt ever be good for you?

Politics

2 h. ago Nigel Farage pledges to fight for Special Forces troops being hounded over their actions in Afghanistan and Iraq

Mr Farage offered pardons for any soldiers prosecuted under what he described as 'dubious codes' and said the attacks on the Special Forces were having a 'catastrophic' effect on recruitment.

Politics

2 h. ago Cate Blanchett to perform at National Theatre as 2026 programme released

Killing Eve star Sandra Oh will also make her debut at the London theatre, while The Crown’s Lesley Manville will perform alongside Aiden Turner.

Politics

3 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Breathlessly, Suella clutched Farage like a lottery winner

Mad January continues. The week began with a continued Labour pie fight after Andy Burnham's excitements. Soon we had Tory rejects trying to re-inveigle themselves into the political operetta.

Politics

4 h. ago City asks drivers for patience as London deals with province

City asks drivers for patience as London deals with province-wide shortage of road salt  CTV News

Economics

5 h. ago French police told by their human rights watchdog to stop using rubber bullets and tear gas on UK

Influential Defender of Rights Claire Hédon said that tactics used on the beaches of Calais and Normandy risk harming the thousands of young men flooding into Britain.

Events

6 h. ago Outrage over Tory claim Suella Braverman had mental health issues

Statement, since withdrawn, followed ex-minister becoming third Conservative MP to join Reform in just over a weekThe Conservatives are facing a backlash after claiming that Suella Braverman defected to Reform UK after “mental health” issues, as the former home secretary finally joined Nigel Farage’s party after months of denials.Braverman, who was sacked from the cabinet by both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, became the third sitting Conservative MP to defect in little over a week. She immediately went on the attack against her former party. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago Tories criticised over claim Braverman defected to Reform after ‘mental health’ issues

Statement, since withdrawn, followed ex-minister becoming third Conservative MP to join Farage’s party in just over a weekThe Conservatives are facing a backlash after claiming that Suella Braverman defected to Reform UK after “mental health” issues, as the former home secretary finally joined Nigel Farage’s party after months of denials.Braverman, who was sacked from the cabinet by both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, became the third sitting Conservative MP to defect in little over a week. She immediately went on the attack against her former party. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago The truth behind business boasts of Katie Price's new husband who brags he is a Cambridge

The new 'husband' of former glamour model Katie Price boasts of being a PhD who rubs shoulders with Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian.

Economics

7 h. ago Carrick’s cult of common sense gets Manchester United believing again

There is no special trick to the interim manager’s early success, just a commitment to sound and sensible thinkingWhat must Ruben Amorim make of it? Maybe that 3-4-2-1 might not be the answer for this Manchester United team? Perish the thought. The club’s recently sacked manager was clear that not even the pope would make him change – presumably because Leo XIV is also a big fan of three centre-halves. Saying that, Amorim did come close to losing his religion towards the bitter end, however brief and unconvincing his dalliance with a back four was. He reverted to a three for his final game at Leeds in early January.As the dust settles on Michael Carrick’s second thrilling win as the United interim manager in two matches, the last-gasp triumph at Arsenal following the home win against Manchester City, it is a moment, first and foremost, for the club’s supporters to savour. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Suella Braverman's worst moments as failed Tory defects to Nigel Farage's Reform

Conservative former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has repeatedly made headlines over the years with a series of hard-line, offensive and down right weird comments

Events

8 h. ago Farage rubs salt in Kemi's wounds and rips apart the Right as ex

He lined up alongside Ms Braverman, 45, as she claimed the Tories had been taken over by centrist 'wets' who had left her with no choice but to defect after being sidelined by Kemi Badenoch.

Politics

8 h. ago Charity 'totally devastated' after vandals trash Pentlands base

Masked vandals also broke into a nearby fishery, where they ripped security cameras from the café.

Politics

8 h. ago Braverman says she can ‘no longer trust the Tories’ after Reform defection

Mrs Braverman said the Conservative Party had ‘left the building’ and no longer represented the values she believed it did when she joined.

Politics

9 h. ago David Beckham asks son whether he's OK as he speaks out after Brooklyn bombshell

David Beckham checked in with his son just days after the family was ripped apart

Events

9 h. ago Wayne Rooney praises Michael Carrick for something Ruben Amorim never did at Manchester United

Michael Carrick has shown support for Man Utd's academy since his appointment as head coach earlier this month.

Politics

10 h. ago Tories pull statement attacking Suella Braverman's mental health after Reform defection

Suella Braverman enraged the Conservatives after she abandoned her old party today to join Reform UK as Nigel Farage swells his party's ranks with Tory has-beens

Events

10 h. ago Tories withdraw ‘mental health’ briefing about Suella Braverman after former Tory home secretary joins Reform – UK politics live

Her defection means there are now eight Reform MPs in the CommonsKeir Starmer was being interview by Beth Rigby from Sky News this morning when he defended the decision not to let Andy Burnham be a byelection candidate.After Starmer delivered his first answer (see 10.15am), Rigby asked him to what he would say to Labour MPs who think he is being “cowardly” and just blocking Burnham to avoid the risk of a leadership contest.Millions of people will be better off if we have the continuation of a Labour government in Wales, and if we’re able to win the government in Scotland and retain and win councils across England.When I came into politics in 2015, the first thing I did was support Andy Burnham’s leadership campaign. The first team I worked in was for Andy Burnham. And in the job he’s doing now, he and I work closely together ..So there’s no question of me and Andy not working very well together. He’s doing an excellent job.The battle of our times is the battle between patriotic, Lab...

Society

11 h. ago Watch: Suella Braverman laments Tory MPs joining Reform before her own defection

Suella Braverman ruled out ever defecting to Reform UK, resurfaced video shows after the former Conservative MP announced on Monday (26 January) that she would be joining Nigel Farage’s party.

Politics