59 m. ago Drug dealer ordered to pay back £200,000 and hand back his vintage Ford

Lee Whiteley, 35, previously admitted conspiracy to supply class B drugs and the cultivation of cannabis

Economics

60 m. ago Kirsty Coventry vows to stay humble as the first female president of the IOC

Zimbabwean opts against using luxury hotelsCoventry wants IOC members to speak their mindsKirsty Coventry has promised to not let power go to her head when she becomes the first female president of the International Olympic Committee next week.Her predecessor, Thomas Bach, would always stay in a suite paid for by the IOC at the five-star Lausanne Palace hotel, costing about £2,000 a night, whenever he was in the city. However, the Zimbabwean confirmed her family would not be following suit. Continue reading...

Politics

97 m. ago Assisted dying vote on a knife edge with just hours to go before crunch vote

New polling shows major fears about the impact of legalised assisted dying on those with learning disabilities

Politics

1 hour ago Hark by Alice Vincent audiobook review – a search for silence

A former music journalist’s exploration of how we listen is informed by her life-changing experience of motherhoodWhen did you last experience total silence? In Hark, the author Alice Vincent goes to extreme lengths to eradicate noise as she spends time in an anechoic chamber, a heavily soundproofed space designed to swallow up sound waves. There she becomes aware of the noises of her own body, from involuntary swallowing to the soft, high-pitched ringing in her ears. But rather than feel unease, she is “confronted with a comfort I couldn’t have imagined – and a familiarity with quietude I didn’t realise I was living in”.Hark is a book about listening, being heard and the author’s shifting relationship with sound in the early years of motherhood. While working as a music journalist in her 20s, Vincent had been surrounded by noise. But now, in her 30s and plunged into domesticity, she finds herself craving quiet. She also examines how others experience sound, investiga...

Politics

1 hour ago Holidaymakers battle it out for £10 trip to luxury Ibiza holiday worth £10,000

Holidaymakers have the opportunity to win the ultimate Ibiza experience worth £10,000 complete with entry to some of the hottest clubs

Economics

2 h. ago Major American Express update impacting British Airways customers

It was announced yesterday that only British Airways Premium Plus American Express cardholders — not those using the free British Airways American Express card — can now earn up to 2,500 tier points per year when using their card for everyday spending

Economics

2 h. ago Tottenham fined £75,000 for failing to curb homophobic chants during Man United clash

The offence occurred during their match at Old Trafford in September

Economics

2 h. ago Zara Tindall and Princess Beatrice steal the show at Royal Ascot after Kate 'error'

As day three of Royal Ascot kicks off, the royal ladies stunned in their glamorous dresses and race day best, despite the sweltering heat at the Berkshire racecourse

Politics

2 h. ago British Airways reveals how you can use your Amex to earn points in new loyalty scheme

Tier points can be earned with a British Airways American Express Premium Plus credit card

Politics

3 h. ago Rodin’s rowdy rival: Medardo Rosso, the anarchist who brought sculpture into the modern era

A new retrospective shines a light on the turn-of-the-century Italian artist, one of the art world’s most obscure yet revered figures, whose legacy was eclipsed by his contemporariesIf you ask art dealers and auctioneers about the legacy of the turn-of-the-century sculptor Medardo Rosso, you are likely to be met with a uniform reply: “Medardo who?” There’s no judgment here. I’ve worked in and around the art world for 20 years, and until recently I hadn’t heard of Rosso either.In artists’ ateliers, however, Rosso has long been a familiar and revered name. Auguste Rodin, the father of modern sculpture, was his champion and friend until the pair’s fallout. Émile Zola was a fan. The playwright Edward Albee owned a version of his sculpture Enfant Juif; French poet Guillaume Apollinaire described him as “without a doubt the greatest living sculptor”. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Now THAT jigsaw wasn't built in a day! Experts recreate 2,000

The parts were discovered at a site in Southwark, near London Bridge and Borough Market, during an excavation in 2021.

Politics

3 h. ago Edinburgh unveils floral clock for 2025 celebrating 200 years of braille

The floral clock, made with over 35,000 plants, took six weeks to complete and blooms until October

Politics

3 h. ago Portuguese Air Force scrambles fighter jets as passenger plane declares 'bomb threat'

A plane was diverted to Faro Airport after officials detected a bomb threat this morning - Portuguese Air Force jet were deployed to assist the flight

Events

3 h. ago Saudi journalist is executed 'after years of torture' for writing a TWEET

Turki Al-Jasser, who was in his late 40s, was put to death on Saturday, according to the official Saudi Press Agency, after the death penalty was upheld by the nation's top court.

Politics

3 h. ago Warm Home Discount Scheme to expand and pay six million people £150 this winter

A further 240,000 households in Scotland will receive the energy bill boost this winter.

Economics

4 h. ago Deafening black swarm clouds of 50,000 bees coming this week, keeper says

Bee expert Laurence Edwards expects a 'massive increase' in large swarm clouds over the days ahead

Events

4 h. ago Quarter of a million more Scots households to receive £150 energy bills discount

Some 240,000 more families in Scotland will be eligible for the Warm Home Discount.

Economics

4 h. ago Savvy woman uses £1 rule to get herself out of £120,000 debt

Harriet has shared her simple '£1 rule' which helped her to get out of £120,000 debt and become mortgage-free – and she's on a mission to help others in the same situation

Economics

4 h. ago Gangster who filmed himself on TikTok stealing £3,000 from girlfriend's home jailed

"He has admitted the relationship is at an end."

Events

5 h. ago Warning over UK’s ‘toxic air’ which will be linked to 30,000 deaths this year

Air pollution is a ‘public health crisis’ costing taxpayers up to £50bn a year, warns Royal College of Physicians

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