8 h. ago UK drivers face £10,000 fines for common driving errors in the rain

Motoring experts warn that rain-related traffic offences can cost UK drivers from £50 to £10,000, including speeding, splashing pedestrians, faulty equipment and worn tyres

Economics

27 h. ago ‘It’s a timebomb’: Ghana grapples with mass exodus of nurses as thousands head to the west

An estimated 6,000 nurses left in 2024 for roles in countries including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Three nurses explain what made them decide to leave or stayWhen Bright Ansah, a nursing officer in Accra, goes searching for colleagues who have failed to show up for a shift at the overstretched hospital where he works, he knows where to look. “When you see ‘In God we trust’ on their WhatsApp status, that’s when you know they’re already in the US,” he says.The motto of the US has been co-opted by Ghanaian medical professionals who are leaving the west African nation in droves. Many believe their faith has finally been rewarded when, after years of planning, they reach the promised land of the well-equipped, well-resourced hospitals of the US. Continue reading...

Events

29 h. ago A potato is for life, not just for Christmas | Emma Beddington

Yes, we love our roasties – but have we really explored the spud’s potential as a gift, an aesthetic, a mood?All I want for Christmas is the Nairn Museum potato flask. Showcased as part of the Highland museum’s virtual Advent calendar on Instagram last week, it’s a late-18th-century Staffordshire pottery flask – to be filled with strong drink and used to toast a safe journey for a traveller – shaped like a very realistic, knobbly spud, complete with green bits. The benefactor who donated the flask apparently explained it was so ugly that no one in his family wanted to inherit it.More than 15,000 Instagram likers beg to differ, including me: I desperately covet this beauteous and useful tuber, surely the ideal emotional support accessory for the season’s more trying social engagements. As the museum’s representative explains, the potato was “seen as a very fashionable vegetable” back then, and I think we need to think hard about that: why isn’t it now? It might be the most valuable p...

Politics

3 d. ago Collection of 95,000 Jeffrey Epstein photos includes pictures of men 'engaged in sex acts'

A cache of 95,000 photos found in the home of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein included several with people involved in sex acts.

Culture

3 d. ago Sharron Davies can’t afford to heat her home after facing financial ruin for her views on trans women in sport

Champion swimmer, Sharron Davies, who takes her seat in the House of Lords next year, has opened up about struggling to pay bills, after making a number of controversial comments about trans women in sport

Society

3 d. ago Gaza amputees struggle to rebuild lives as the enclave faces shortages of prosthetic limbs

The World Health Organization says Israel’s bombardment in Gaza for the past two years has left tens of thousands of Palestinians with life-changing injuries, including at least 6,000 people with amputations

Politics

4 d. ago Check your change for 5 rare coins including one that could be worth £127,000

There are several rare coins out there that could be worth much more than their face value thanks to unique designs or printing errors – and here are five of the rarest

Economics

4 d. ago California colleges agree settlements over antisemitism complaints

UC Berkeley apologizes to Israeli sociologist and dance teacher and Pomona to create taskforce on Jewish lifeTwo California colleges have reached settlements with Jewish organizations and individuals who filed complaints alleging antisemitism arising from pro-Palestinian campus protests, including a $60,000 payment to an Israeli sociologist and dance researcher who says she was not rehired by the University of California, Berkeley despite the popularity of her class.The UC Berkeley chancellor, Rich Lyons, on Wednesday issued an apology to Yael Nativ, a visiting 2022 professor who was found in a campus investigation to have been the victim of discrimination, the Los Angeles Times reported. She is also invited to teach her class in a semester of her choosing. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Why do thousands buy tickets to watch the Lionesses and not turn up?

Crowds at women’s football in England are the envy of the world but there is a curious gap between number of tickets sold and attendancesWhen the stadium announcer reads out the attendance during England home games, the immediate question that follows relates to the drop-off between the number of tickets sold and the number of fans through the doors.In 2025, on either side of a phenomenal European title defence in Switzerland, the Lionesses played eight home games, including three at Wembley. Across those fixtures, almost 48,000 bought tickets but stayed away. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago The Octopus Energy green scheme that guarantees no bills for 10 years

Signing up to this green energy scheme could mean you pay no energy bills for 10 years

Science

8 d. ago Just Eat giving away 2.4million prizes including £10,000 jackpot

There are also holidays, phone, vouchers and tickets to win

Economics

9 d. ago 'I've spent £35,000 on tattoos and I won't stop even though my gran hates it'

Lucy Krasota, 20, has spent £35,000 on extreme body modifications including tongue splitting and 50 tattoos – despite her concerned grandmother hating her new look

Economics

1 week ago Meghan's $460,000 festive sparklers! Duchess displays expensive jewellery collection in Netflix Christmas special

The latest instalment of her lifestyle show follows an exuberant Duchess of Sussex, 44, as she gets in the holiday spirit with her husband, Prince Harry and her California-based friends

Politics

1 week ago Meghan $460,000 festive sparklers! Duchess shows off her expensive jewellery collection in Netflix Christmas special

The latest instalment of her lifestyle show follows an exuberant Duchess of Sussex, 44, as she gets in the holiday spirit with her husband, Prince Harry and her California-based friends

Politics

1 week ago Thousands of households urged to apply now for FREE heating this winter under government scheme

THOUSANDS of households have been urged to apply for free heating this winter under a government scheme. The Warm Homes: Local Grant offers funding for energy-efficient home improvements. The scheme is designed to support low income households in England with a poor energy performance rating. You could get up to £30,000 from local authorities to...

Politics

1 week ago Brits warned as more than 37,000 arrested overseas since 2016

British holidaymakers have been warned after data revealed more than 37,000 UK nationals have been arrested abroad since 2016. This includes 4,643 Brits who were detained overseas last year alone.

Events

1 week ago Two in five teenagers in England and Wales ‘abused’ in intimate relationships

Survey of 11,000 13- to 17-year-olds says emotional and physical abuse includes control, pressure or violenceTwo in five teenagers in intimate relationships say they have experienced emotional or physical abuse, including control, pressure or violence, according to a survey in England and Wales.“Teenage years are often when children first begin to explore romantic relationships,” the report says. “At their best, these can bring joy and companionship and teach important lessons about trust. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Tired of being a woman in 2025? Why not become a nun | Emma Beddington

Nuns are having a moment. It’s not the religion women crave, however – it’s a sense of purpose, community and peaceNuns are everywhere – we’ve had Isabella Rossellini’s Sister Agnes stealing the show in Conclave and nuns with main character energy in The Phoenician Scheme, And Just Like That and Nine Perfect Strangers. On #nuntok (yes, a thing), real sisters demystify and give surprisingly irreverent glimpses into their lives. There was the Austrian trio jailbreaking from a care home to return to their beloved convent, and at the other end of the demographic scale, a rise in younger women following, or at least considering, cloistered vocations.Nun memes have become a jokey shorthand for real dissatisfaction with life as a woman in 2025 – unsolicited dick pics, workplace discrimination and the endless, soul-sapping scroll. They don’t, mostly, express a yearning for strict religiosity or voluntary celibacy, but for community, purpose and a retreat from chaos. It’s the same impulse th...

Politics

2 w. ago How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide

Extreme weather has killed nearly 1,000 people across southern and south-eastern Asia as cyclones turbocharged rain systems across the regionTropical cyclones have combined with heavy monsoon rains to lay waste to swathes of Asia, killing close to 1,000 people and leaving many more homeless.Parts of the Indonesian archipelago have been particularly hard hit, with the death toll reaching 442 following flooding that began about a week ago, a number that is expected to rise. Nearly 300,000 people have been displaced and nearly 3,000 houses damaged, including 827 that were flattened or swept away. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago How 'Gucci Gang' criminals are targeting Premier League stars and WAGs in highly

Career criminals linked to the feared Dublin-based 'Gucci Gang' target players living in Cheshire and Merseyside and team up with Albanian crooks to rob valuables including watches up to £500,000.

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