33 m. ago Rolando Villazón directs opera at the world's top houses while still singing

Tenor Rolando Villazón has made his Metropolitan Opera directing debut with Bellini's “La Sonnambula.”

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46 m. ago Darwen gas leak LIVE: Hundreds evacuated after major incident as 'hissing' heard

Residents in Dawren, Lancashire, have been evacuated from their homes in Chapels and Goose House Land after a major mains gas leak was reported with a 'hissing' sound

Society

61 m. ago Trump will wake up sleeping staff just to talk to them during long trips, Kaitlin Collins says

Staffers are said to dread sleepless Trump’s habit of burning the midnight oil on work trips

Politics

64 m. ago Fury over plans to build luxury homes on Kent cliffside as neighbours fear development could cause landslides

Developers want to demolish a small abandoned house in Radnor Cliff, Sandgate, Kent, to make way for two glass-fronted properties and a pavilion-style retreat set closer to the beach.

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74 m. ago ‘Every time I left my house after October 7 I feared I would be stabbed’ says Jewish author leaving ‘unsafe’ UK

Polling shows more British Jews think anti-Semitism is a problem in Britain today than “we’ve ever seen before”, James C. Reynolds reports

Culture

74 m. ago A judge’s $1.5M beachfront home burned to the ground. This is what we have learned

Judge Diane Goodstein, 69, was walking her dogs on the beach when the fire broke out

Events

89 m. ago ‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky

From Amazon warehouses to Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna gig, his pictures have made him one of the world’s most feted photographers. So why did the German artist want to postpone his new show?Andreas Gursky started out shooting mostly black and white landscapes on a handheld camera, but in the 1990s he switched, taking the pictures that he has now become famous for. Out went analogue and in came epic panoramas that were digitally stitched together, capturing in intricate detail and colour stock exchanges, factories, Amazon warehouses, 99 cent stores, Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna concert.“My works,” he recalls, “were selling for more and more.” In fact, his rising status in the art world was reflected in his photographs inside Prada and Gucci stores – the former was taken while he was waiting for his wife, who was shopping there. Then, in 2011, Gursky’s 1999 colour photograph Rhein II, a horizontal vista of the river flowing across flat fields near Dusseldorf...

Culture

1 hour ago Britain’s big, baffling ladybird glut: ‘My house is literally crawling with them’

These little spotted beetles are looking for a comfortable new home for the winter – and it could be yoursName: Ladybirds.Age: Ladybirds typically live for one to three years. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Jilted lover, 34, torched ex's home and left him with 'just clothes on his back' in arson attack

Reckless Stacey Hinks has been jailed after she started the blaze, which destroyed her ex's home and the houses of two of his neighbours, leaving them with nothing

Events

2 h. ago Furloughed federal workers in government shutdown aren’t owed back pay, Trump’s White House claims

‘The livelihoods of the patriotic Americans serving their country in the federal government are not bargaining chips in a political game,’ the American Federation of Government Employees national president said.

Politics

2 h. ago Woman started fire at ex's house then called him about blaze that destroyed home

Stacey Hinks, 34, started a fire which destroyed three properties and left her ex with only the clothes on his back. Hinks has now been jailed for four years and ten months.

Society

2 h. ago 'I worked with Rylan Clark and he showed his true colours behind the scenes'

A former Married at First Sight contestant shared his true thoughts on Rylan Clark, after working with him closely on a very different dating show

Culture

2 h. ago Primary colours just got a makeover – Discover the hottest new paint shades for your home

Paint outside the rules with the 2026 Colour Edit from Lick

Politics

2 h. ago Record gold surge flashes dire warning for US economy as 2008 crash forecaster weighs in

The record-setting price could help Americans sell their precious goods at a pawn shop. But it's a sign of broader economic fears.

Events

2 h. ago Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes

Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’Argentina’s “rock star president” Javier Milei has been struggling to get much satisfaction of late, as his pledge to lead the country into a new era of prosperity foundered amid a wave of economic strife, scandal and public discontent.But on Monday night the scruffy-haired South American populist – the former frontman in a Rolling Stones tribute band – took to the stage in Buenos Aires hoping to sing his way out of the funk. Continue reading...

Events

2 h. ago 10 common mistakes UK households make every winter that add £100s to your energy bills

These small fixes could dramatically reduce how much energy you are consuming

Economics

2 h. ago Iconic US fast food chain is set to rival McDonald’s with free toy offer as it expands in UK

A HUGE US fast food chain is offering free toys with its new range of children's meals as it prepares to take on McDonald’s. The colourful new toys, released ahead of Halloween, are being seen as a rival to the gifts handed out with Maccy D’s popular Happy Meals. The colourful toys are now available...

Politics

3 h. ago UK residents 'petrified' by ladybird invasion as houses 'crawling with them'

Brits have been left quaking in their boots due to an invasion of tiny ladybirds taking over homes, as the reason for the red critters movements in doors is explained by an expert

Events

3 h. ago ‘I am crying’: AOC soaks it in as Fox plays clip of her saying Stephen Miller is 4

Progressive Democrat gloats as Laura Ingraham awkwardly forces White House immigration hardliner to watch her Instagram video making fun of his supposedly short stature

Politics

3 h. ago 'Stunning' £14 Dunelm duvet set comes in five colours and 'dries perfectly'

Shoppers said they loved the duvet set so much that they 'bought a second one'.

Economics