26 m. ago Leo, Lana... Rihanna? All the celebrities that have a weird interest in going to space

Forget Katy Perry, these celebs have had their names down on the space flight list for over a decade. Here are your future Neil Armstrongs, ladies and gents

Politics

34 m. ago AI 'girlfriend' cons hopeless romantic out of huge £21k with realistic videos

Mr Liu, from China, was scammed out of thousands of pounds by a group of fraudsters. He believed he had an online girlfriend until he realised it was strange that the woman wouldn't meet him

Economics

47 m. ago ‘I spent 12 hours a day for 16 months with Gene Hackman – but never met him’: The Conversation’s Walter Murch pays tribute

Murch was just a rookie when he was hired to edit Francis Ford Coppola’s follow-up to The Godfather, but studying Hackman taught him all he needed to knowI never formally met Gene Hackman. I glimpsed him once, in November 1972, when he bounded upstairs to the offices of American Zoetrope in San Francisco, but I didn’t recognise him until he told the receptionist that he was here to see Mona Skager.Francis Ford Coppola’s film The Conversation was about to start shooting in two weeks, and Mona was Francis’s associate producer. I was to be the film’s editor. That brief and solitary glimpse of Gene in real life was counterbalanced by 16 months of daily screen contact with Harry Caul, the character brought to life by Hackman. Continue reading...

Economics

2 h. ago Prince of Wales gives ‘excited’ student a hug during visit to college

Prince William was visiting Bournemouth and Poole College to meet participants in the Homeworks BCP project.

Politics

2 h. ago Take That's Gary Barlow reveals family strain after wife gave him 'yellow card'

Take That frontman Gary Barlow has opened up on his marriage to wife Dawn Andrews and how he was given a yellow card warning after he spent a lot of time away from home

Politics

2 h. ago Trump can’t fulfil his promise to fix the economy, so he’s blaming workers instead

Forget about inflation. Now it’s all about cutting ‘waste’ in the form of jobs and our already paltry social safety netDuring his presidential campaign, Donald Trump never missed an opportunity to harp on inflation, promising that “on day one” he would “end inflation” and lower the costs of groceries, cars, and other common goods.Well, it’s day 40, and inflation saw its largest increase in over a year. Blink and you might have missed that Trump and his fellow Republicans have largely abandoned their concerns about inflation to focus on government “waste”. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago EastEnders Ronnie and Roxy legends reunite and spark demand as fans say 'we will forget'

Could we see the Mitchell sisters return to Albert Square in the future?

Politics

3 h. ago Coatbridge author Derek Anderson used battle with severe depression to pen heartfelt book of poetry

Writer hopes new release 'Hopes, Dreams and Fears' will help people suffering from mental health issues.

Culture

4 h. ago Ocado to cut 'significantly' fewer than 1,000 jobs as it trims R&D workforce

The group, which runs robotic warehouses for other chains alongside its Ocado Retail business as a joint venture with M&S, said it was trimming investment on R&D to cut costs, having spent more than £800m in this area over the past four years

Politics

5 h. ago Rightmove pushes for growth as web traffic bump signals property revival

Property listings group says house-hunters spent 1bn more minutes on its site last year

Politics

6 h. ago Catholic Church cash crisis: Vatican launches task force to try and boost donations from faithful after sex scandal payouts and bungled property deals caused huge financial deficit

Catholic dioceses, eparchies and men's religious communities have spent more than $5bn on allegations of sexual abuse of minors over two decades

Economics

6 h. ago Andrey Kurkov: ‘At 17, I got my hands on an illegal copy of The Gulag Archipelago’

The Ukrainian author on the joys of Jack London, cracking Hermann Hesse, and the soldier’s tale he can no longer rereadMy earliest reading memory My grandmother’s medical encyclopedias. She was a military surgeon during the second world war and then a doctor for children with tuberculosis. I spent five years of my childhood in her house. I really only looked at the pictures of tumours and wounds, but my curiosity forced me to decode the annotations, which were, as you can imagine, not designed for an emergent reader.My favourite book growing upMartin Eden by Jack London. The main character’s dream of becoming a writer – his tremendously strong will – was probably what captivated me most. Continue reading...

Events

7 h. ago Forget SpongeBob: Meet Bernd das Brot, a depressed loaf of bread that’s spent 25 years on TV

One of his catchphrases is ‘I would like to leave this show’

Politics

7 h. ago Zelensky braces for Trump showdown: Ukrainian leader jets into Washington to sign key rare earths deal

Volodymyr Zelensky 's delegation is expected to sign a landmark economic agreement with the U.S. aimed at financing the reconstruction of war-damaged Ukraine

Politics

7 h. ago Donald Trump invited to meet King Charles at Dumfries House estate ahead of second UK state visit

King Charles has suggested a possible meeting at his Dumfries House estate, which is located less than an hour from Trump's Turnberry resort.

Politics

8 h. ago Japanese woman wanted by police over kissing BTS member without consent

Incident took place at a fan meet and greet event in Seoul last year

Events

8 h. ago 10 momentous Barry Ferguson Rangers moments at Ibrox from 2 debuts to Champions League epic and emotional farewell

The 47-year-old spent a decade with his boyhood heroes over two spells as a player and will walk as manager for the first time on Saturday against Motherwell

Sport

8 h. ago EV switching blueprint? The European country where 90% of new cars are already electric

This country has for years been leading Europe's transition to electric cars and is extremely well positioned to meet its own target of only adding EVs to its roads from 2025.

Politics

8 h. ago I’m a fashion writer – the best Nobody’s Child sale dresses are 61% off, with more savings using this code!

Forget January sales, this is the time of year when you will find the best deals on women’s wear - and we’ve found a discount code to make it all the sweeter

Economics

9 h. ago Woman spent 32 hours in hospital waiting for bed on ward with nowhere close to buy food or drink

A councillor has praised the 'brilliant care' his wife received but said staff were clearly 'working under tremendous pressure' and there were not enough facilities close by for refreshments

Economics