24 m. ago East London council pays out £572,000 in compensation to residents after record rise in complaints

The number of housing complaints sent to Hackney council has nearly trebled in four years

Economics

25 m. ago Most shocking revelations from Victoria Beckham's Netflix documentary

From burying her boobs in Baden-Baden to spending £70,000 on office plants, Vicky Jessop runs through the most interesting tidbits

Events

27 m. ago Ukrainian counteroffensive has derailed Russian plans to capture parts of Donetsk, says Zelenskyy – Europe live

Ukrainian president accuses Russia of wanting to sow ‘chaos’ with overnight attacks on energy and rail infrastructure, but says Ukrainian long-range strikes have caused gas shortages in RussiaBelow is a video published by the Guardian showing Ukrainian firefighters tackling blazes in burning shipping containers after a Russian drone attack injured at least five people in Odesa.The attack cut power to 30,000 people and damaged the city’s port infrastructure. Continue reading...

Politics

28 m. ago UK poverty crisis laid bare as 500,000 children living in families trapped in benefits debt cycle

Exclusive: Tens of thousands of families are forced to take out loans to cover the five-week wait until their first Universal Credit payment – but many struggle to pay it back

Society

28 m. ago Man, 45, accused of trying to rape woman on easyJet flight between Italy and Britain

Nicola Cristiano, 45, is said to have carried out the sex attack on the moving plane on May 13 this year.

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41 m. ago I've spent £150,000 on cocaine and even used when I was pregnant, says SARAH IBRAHIM

How many times have you been sat having a coffee with a friend or loved one and noticed something was a little bit, well, off?Maybe they couldn't remember something you'd told them yesterday.

Economics

41 m. ago Stadium almost identical to Emirates could offer blueprint for Arsenal’s 70,000

ARSENAL fans have already been handed a glimpse into how a renovated Emirates Stadium might look. It was revealed earlier this week the Gunners are assessing their options to expand their home ground and make it the largest club stadium in London. Their current north London home was opened in 2006 at a cost of...

Politics

43 m. ago GP who tried to kill mum’s lover with jab while disguised as Covid nurse admits SECOND murder attempt with poison wine

A GP who tried to kill his mum's lover while disguised as a Covid nurse has admitted a second murder attempt using poisoned wine. Dr Thomas Kwan, 53, wore a bizarre fake beard and hairpiece as part of an "audacious" plan to murder Patrick O’Hara. The GP wanted to inherit mum Jenny Leung's estate but the pair had fallen...

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47 m. ago Marina Abramović on heartbreak, happiness and her 'craziest' project yet

Marina Abramović, the grand dame of performance art, on sex, death, the problem with marriage — and why her new show is ‘the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life’

Politics

57 m. ago Scottish 'Del Boy' tea fraudster faces fresh legal action to pay back ill

Thomas Robinson, 55, swindled luxury hotels into buying £500,000 of his fake Scottish tea.

Politics

69 m. ago Man sacked for saying 'top of the morning to ya' to his manager in Irish accent

A storeman was sacked after saying 'top the morning to ya' to a colleague in a mock Irish accent - but he has now won more than £16,000 after a judge deemed it an unfair dismissal

Politics

80 m. ago British family moved to Mauritius to get away from 'the rat race'

Adam and Tara Short, originally from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, moved their family across the world with just four suitcases in July.

Politics

82 m. ago Is this the cutest EV yet? The new Renault Twingo could be yours for around £17,000

New retro Renault Twingo goes on sale next year to join Renaults 5 and 4 as the latest rebooted Renault model

Economics

84 m. ago Hobby Lobby gives the green light to close all 1,000 locations for 24 hours – and reduced opening hours are coming

SHOPPERS will be forced to make other plans as Hobby Lobby closes its doors for 24 hours over the holidays The retailer has confirmed it will shut down all 1000 stores completely on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. It means bargain hunters will have to wait to get their festive fix. Stores will reopen the day...

Politics

1 hour ago Bella Culley's distraught family are given three weeks to raise £215,000 to free the pregnant 'drug mule' from prison in Georgia

The Teesside teenager is expected to give birth by Christmas and had hoped to walk free today but authorities said the vast sum has still not been handed over to local authorities.

Events

1 hour ago Job for couple on stunning island pays £60,000 salary with free cottage thrown in

A 'beautiful estate' on the Isle of Mull in Scotland is hiring a couple to manage its day-to-day operations and holiday lets - and there's a 'charming' three-bed cottage they'll be able to live in for free

Economics

1 hour ago HSBC shares slide as banking giant doubles down on Asia focus

HSBC shares fell on Thursday after the banking giant confirmed it plans to pay nearly £11billion to buy the rest of ailing Hang Seng bank in Hong Kong.

Politics

2 h. ago Motorist causes '£10,000 of damage' to pillar in suspected West Lothian 'hit and run'

Officers have said they received a report of the damage at roughly 12.20pm on Tuesday, September 16, on Almondvale Avenue.

Events

2 h. ago Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page reveals plans to quit television career and retrain as a sex therapist

Joanna has her own wildlife programme, fittingly titled Joanna Page's Wild Life which airs on BBC Two and sees her become a rescue volunteer, tending to vulnerable animals.

Politics

2 h. ago Brazil’s Bolsonaro was convicted but the military appetite for a coup lingers

Armed forces academies teach troops that military control would be better for the country, historians and experts sayHours after supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro ransacked Brasília on 8 January 2023, three electricity pylons were brought down in different locations, between 1,000 miles and 1,800 miles away from Brazil’s capital.In the following days, 21 more towers were toppled, all using the same method: bolts were removed from the base, and supporting steel cables were cut. The perpetrators knew exactly which power lines to sever to cause the most harm to the electricity supply. Continue reading...

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