4 h. ago Iguanas likely crossed Pacific millions of years ago on a record

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji

Politics

8 h. ago Theresa May hits back at Kemi Badenoch over Tory leader’s claim net zero by 2050 is ‘impossible’

Ex-Tory environment minister Chris Skidmore also highlighted how Kemi Badenoch has changed her mind on climate change

Politics

15 h. ago Up to 1.2m people could lose between £4,200 and £6,300 per year from changes to Pip, Resolution Foundation says

Work and pensions secretary says Benefits crackdown will save £5bn by 2030 but disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’Q: Why have you changed your mind on this?Badenoch says she has not changed her mind. As a member of the government, she abided by collective responsibility. She says in government she regularly questioned the case for net zero.The person who’s been consistent in all this is me.I’m not going to pretend that I won’t have critics This is politics. Being a politician is about being criticised.What I’m asking people to do is listen to what I’m saying. I am not doing what all the other parties are doing. We are changing the way we do things.That’s not how it works. You can’t just pull [a date] out of the air. And what we did was pick a target and then start thinking of how to get there.We need to start thinking about it in a different way. How does this impact families? How is business going to help us deliver? And that’s what the policy commissions are going to do. C...

Economics

18 h. ago Benefits crackdown ‘to save £5bn by 2030’, claims Liz Kendall as disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’ – UK politics live

Work and pensions secretary says one in 10 people of working age are claiming sickness or disability benefitQ: Why have you changed your mind on this?Badenoch says she has not changed her mind. As a member of the government, she abided by collective responsibility. She says in government she regularly questioned the case for net zero.The person who’s been consistent in all this is me.I’m not going to pretend that I won’t have critics This is politics. Being a politician is about being criticised.What I’m asking people to do is listen to what I’m saying. I am not doing what all the other parties are doing. We are changing the way we do things.That’s not how it works. You can’t just pull [a date] out of the air. And what we did was pick a target and then start thinking of how to get there.We need to start thinking about it in a different way. How does this impact families? How is business going to help us deliver? And that’s what the policy commissions are going to do. Continue readin...

Politics

19 h. ago Liz Kendall says benefits system ‘holding our country back’ and claims plan to crack down on it will save £5bn by 2030 – UK politics live

Work and pensions secretary says one in 10 people of working age are claiming sickness or disability benefitQ: Why have you changed your mind on this?Badenoch says she has not changed her mind. As a member of the government, she abided by collective responsibility. She says in government she regularly questioned the case for net zero.The person who’s been consistent in all this is me.I’m not going to pretend that I won’t have critics This is politics. Being a politician is about being criticised.What I’m asking people to do is listen to what I’m saying. I am not doing what all the other parties are doing. We are changing the way we do things.That’s not how it works. You can’t just pull [a date] out of the air. And what we did was pick a target and then start thinking of how to get there.We need to start thinking about it in a different way. How does this impact families? How is business going to help us deliver? And that’s what the policy commissions are going to do. Continue readin...

Politics

42 h. ago Grand Palladium Kantenah review: 'Why a trip to Mexico changed my mind on booking a family resort holiday'

Our reviewer took a trip to the Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort and Spa, in the Riveria Maya, Mexico - and discovered a new love of a family resort.

Politics

49 h. ago Loch Rannoch Hotel development unanimously approved despite SEPA's flood risk objection

Perth and Kinross councillors approved the application for holiday apartments at the luxury Kinloch Rannoch resort

Events

3 d. ago ‘We remember as true things that never even happened’: Julian Barnes on memory and changing his mind

The Booker-prize winning novelist reflects on the times in his life when recollection and imagination have intertwined, and wonders whether we can ever rely on our brains to provide us with the truthIt sounds a simple business. “I changed my mind.” Subject, verb, object – a clear, clean action, without correcting or diminishing adjectives or adverbs. “No, I’m not doing that – I changed my mind” is usually an irrefutable statement. It implies the presence of strong arguments which can be provided if necessary. The economist John Maynard Keynes, charged with inconsistency, famously replied, “When the facts change, I change my mind.” So, he – and we – are happily and confidently in charge of this whole operation. The world may sadly incline to inconsistency, but not us.And yet the phrase covers a great variety of mental activities, some seemingly rational and logical, others elemental and instinctive. There may be a simmering-away beneath the level of consciousness until the bursting r...

Politics

3 d. ago Antique Roadshow expert who vowed they 'will never go back' to BBC show after brutal dig

The antiques expert once jumped at the chance to appear on the BBC show but changed his mind after an uncomfortable encounter with the rest of the team

Culture

3 d. ago I'm a death doula. There are four things that have convinced me dying is not the end and even atheists agree

Once I went into hospice nursing, I saw clear patterns among countless patients that eased my mind about dying and even changed the way I have come to live my life.

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4 d. ago Disturbing last known CCTV of woman outside bar before she vanished from Caribbean holiday resort

A disturbing video shows University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki vomiting at the back of a bar at the Riu Republica resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Politics

4 d. ago Jess Kidd: ‘My older sister taught me to read with Mills & Boon’

The author on growing up with tales of swooning heroines, the thrill of Dylan Thomas and the genius of George SaundersMy earliest reading memory One of my older sisters taught me to read using Mills & Boon romance novels. I grew up autistic and queer and feel a nostalgic bewilderment about this genre, which at that time was populated by strong heroines who would – predictably but unfathomably – go weak at the knees for their male love interests. Otherwise, we had few books in the house. There are talented storytellers in my family, particularly my mother. I preferred to hide under the stairs and deliver my stories by writing them down.The book that changed me as a teenager Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas. I had known it in childhood in the vinyl format, my late father had the Richard Burton recording. Even though it is a play for voices, I found reading the text myself thrilling. I loved the opulence of the language and the narrative range of it. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Fuming mum takes drastic action over £480 fine for term time holiday with kids

Jewellery maker mum Rachel had already booked two future family breaks when they received the first fine.

Economics

6 d. ago Universality by Natasha Brown review – clever satire of identity politics

Slyly investigating language and bias in media culture, this follow-up to Assembly confirms Brown as one of the most intelligent voices writing todayShould your social media occasionally present you with publishing-related content, you may have spotted proofs for Natasha Brown’s Universality on your feed last autumn. The excitement with which various “bookfluencers” clutched them was twofold. Brown appeared on the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list in 2023, and Universality is the follow-up to her 2021 debut, Assembly, which saw her shortlisted for a Goldsmiths, Orwell, and Folio prize: its critical and commercial popularity has undoubtedly created a sense of anticipation for this next book. But alongside that fact was the feeling that the proof itself provoked as an aesthetic object: striking and slender, with its reflective gold jacket and spectrally engraved lettering. “Oh, it’s a book,” a family member of mine exclaimed on holding it, having been intrigued by what I was...

Politics

6 d. ago Shocking moment furious Trump advisor tells TV reporter to 'stop that crap' after being asked why the president keeps changing his mind on tariffs

White House Senior Trade counselor Peter Navarro furiously told Sky News 's Mark Stone to 'stop that crap' as the US correspondent repeatedly probed him on the issue of tariffs.

Politics

6 d. ago Ruben Amorim keen to change Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s mind on ‘underperforming’ team

Manchester United languish 14th in the Premier League and are out of both domestic cup competitions.

Politics

6 d. ago Sorry Flat Earthers! NASA scientist gives brutal response that instantly proves our planet is ROUND

It's one of the biggest conspiracy theories of all time. But if you believe the world is flat, a NASA scientist may finally change your mind with a brutal putdown.

Science

7 d. ago Mystery over three female tourists found dead in holiday resort takes a new turn

The mystery deaths of US tourists Kaoutar Naqqad Imane Mallah and Wafae El Arar in Belize has taken a new turn after a source said police may have changed their minds

Events

8 d. ago YouTuber Alysha Burney dies at 25 on birthday trip in Mexico and devastated brother reveals cause of death

Popular YouTuber Alysha Burney died while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico , one day before her 25th birthday.

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8 d. ago YouTuber Alysha Burney dead at 25 after 'being laced' on birthday trip to Mexico

Popular YouTuber Alysha Burney has reportedly died at age 25. Her brother, Charles Burney, confirmed the tragic news via Instagram on Monday.

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