24 m. ago Race Across The World narrator is a famous movie star who was in the biggest films of the '90s

Race Across The World is back on BBC One for a new series this week with a famous name voicing the show once again

Culture

33 m. ago David Harbour flashes a huge smile while showing off his thick head of hair amid transplant rumours as he returns to the UK for first time since Lily Allen split for Thunderbolts* premiere

The Stranger Things star, 50, hit the star-studded red carpet and showed off a thick head of hair amid rumours of a transplant as a result of a mid-life crisis.

Politics

35 m. ago New tax rises warning as borrowing jumps in UK hit by Donald Trump tariff wars

Public sector net borrowing rose to £151.9 billion in the year to the end of March, says the ONS

Events

49 m. ago Pandemics, pathogens and being prepared: why the work to identify emerging threats never stops

As the UK Pandemic Sciences Network conference kicks off in Glasgow, virus expert Prof Emma Thomson says new technologies are boosting science’s ability to fight novel strains of infectious diseasesProf Emma Thomson is someone who knows a thing or two about pandemics. As the recently appointed director of the Medical Research Council, University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) and a World Heath Organization consultant, Thomson is one of the country’s leading virus experts.“We used to think that pandemics would occur maybe once in our lifetimes. Now, it’s definitely within the next few years. It could even be tomorrow,” she says. Continue reading...

Events

64 m. ago Pensioner charged after boy hit by taxi near Edinburgh Airport

Emergency services raced to South Gyle Broadway, near Burne Cruik, after a four-year-old boy was struck.

Economics

80 m. ago Government borrowing surged to £151.9 billion last year in new blow to public finances

The total was the third highest borrowing figure on record behind only the pandemic year of 2021 and the year following the global financial crisis

Economics

84 m. ago I scored 56 EPL goals and almost signed for Celtic, and this is what I think Adam Idah's biggest problem is

Adam Idah’s ex-Republic Of Ireland teammate reveals how close he came to signing for Celtic.

Politics

99 m. ago BBC Race Across the World cast: Exes who remained friends to competitive brothers

The global challenge is back, with five new pairings ready to compete in their quest to reach the final checkpoint in first place. Here's the lowdown on this year's contestants

Sport

2 h. ago Pope Francis' death sparks massive spike in Conclave streaming numbers as viewers seek answers over selection of next pope

While the Catholic church prepares for its first papal conclave in 12 years, following the death of Pope Francis , many have been flocking to the hit movie Conclave.

Politics

2 h. ago UK government borrowing exceeds expectations in last fiscal year

Figures deal blow to chancellor as Trump tariffs hit economy

Politics

2 h. ago Hit shows and films leaving Netflix next month from huge rom

Netflix UK is set to lose a plethora of movies and TV shows in May 2025, with acclaimed titles like 1917, Hidden Figures and Zero Dark Thirty all leaving the platform

Events

2 h. ago Malcolm In The Middle cast seen in first photo for reboot hours after star Frankie Muniz says he hit 'new low'

Just a day after admitting to hitting, ' a new mental and emotional new low ,' Frankie Muniz reunited with his Malcolm In the Middle parents Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek.

Events

3 h. ago Who will attend Pope Francis’ funeral? Trump, Starmer and Prince William among global dignitaries

The funeral is set to start at 9am UK time in St Peter’s Square after a three-day-period of lying in state where the public can pay tribute to the Pope

Politics

3 h. ago Alternative walking route along North Coast 500 gets biggest development yet after generous £10k donation

Walkers having to wade through what was sometimes a fast-flowing burn out to the north sea depending on the weather are now spoiled with a brand new bridge.

Economics

3 h. ago UK weather maps turn red as Brits to be hit with 24C heat in May scorcher

The Met Office has forecast that the first half of the month is expected to see "mainly fine and settled conditions" as temperatures sore into the early 20s for many across the UK

Society

3 h. ago Mr Big fuelling gang wars "desperate for a kill" as he names high

A hit-list has been drawn up from the leading members of the Daniel clan and Mark Richardson's mob.

Events

4 h. ago Major coffee shop chain with 2,700 stores to close store within days

The UK's biggest coffee chain, with over 2,000 cafes, has confirmed it will close one of its seaside stores, adding to the 10 branches it had already shut last year

Politics

4 h. ago Global coral bleaching has now hit 84% of ocean's reefs in biggest

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history

Events

4 h. ago More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record

An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist saysThe world’s coral reefs have been pushed into “uncharted territory” by the worst global bleaching event on record that has now hit more than 80% of the planet’s reefs, scientists have warned.Reefs in at least 82 countries and territories have been exposed to enough heat to turn corals white since the global event started in January 2023, the latest data from the US government’s Coral Reef Watch shows. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago ‘It’s almost like Vaseline’: artists including Antony Gormley swap paint for seaweed ink in art challenge

Ocean-inspired artworks created using kelp-based pigment will be sold to raise funds for conservationLast year in early summer, Alex Glasgow could be seen hauling up a long string of orangey-black seaweed on to the barge of his water farm, located off the west coast of Scotland near Skye. Growing on the farm was what Glasgow described as “perhaps the quickest-growing biomass on the planet”: seaweed.The weed from Glasgow’s farm, KelpCrofters, is used in everything from soil fertiliser to artisanal soaps to glass-making and is part of a burgeoning industry – not just in Scotland, but around the world. Continue reading...

Politics