1 hour ago Tube and Elizabeth line passengers offered £180 a year cashback as TfL ticket barriers get a new look

New sponsorship deal promotes bank card tie-in worth up to £15 a month

Economics

2 h. ago Shark PowerPro Cordless Stick Vacuum review: I tried out my first ever 'adult' vacuum...and I wish I'd bought one years ago

Shark was kind enough to send me one of its latest models, the PowerPro Cordless Stick Vacuum, to try out. And it's made me realise just how much we've been missing out on.

Politics

2 h. ago Dusty painting found in a garage sells for nearly £700,000 after being identified as 500

The work, which depicts the Madonna and Child, is believed to be by 15th century painter Pietro Vannucci, who in his lifetime was considered an equal of Leonardo da Vinci.

Economics

3 h. ago UK ‘most expensive place’ to build nuclear power, review finds

Government panel’s final report calls for ‘radical reset’ of planning and environmental rules to get reactors built faster and cheaperBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK has become the “most expensive place in the world” to build a nuclear power station because of overly complex bureaucracy and regulation, according to a government review.The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by Keir Starmer in February after the government promised to rip up “archaic rules” and slash regulations to “get Britain building”. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago UN body drops India wildlife import warning after review of billionaire Ambani family’s zoo

India, US, Japan, and Brazil backed withdrawal of earlier directive

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3 h. ago Callum Beattie, Glasgow review: 'like a Caledonian Sam Fender'

In the wake of Scotland’s World Cup qualification triumph, Callum Beattie’s arena-friendly Scotpop struck a chord at the Hydro, writes Fiona Shepherd

Politics

4 h. ago VAR audio of Rangers 'handball' vs Livingston leaks as John Beaton has two reasons for 'blatant' penalty snub

Referee Ross Hardie was not sent to the monitor to review the incident at Ibrox

Politics

4 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Elizabeth line chaos as services part suspended across key sections

Elizabeth Line halted between Whitechapel and Stratford due to a signal fault

Events

6 h. ago Holbein: Renaissance Master by Elizabeth Goldring review – a magnificent portrait of the artist

The first scholarly biography in more than 100 years of the man who immortalised the Tudor court does not disappointMuch of what we know, or think we know, about the court of Henry VIII comes directly from the paintings of Hans Holbein. There’s the famous portrait of the king himself – puffy, phallic and cruel, looking more like a murderer than a monarch. But there is also ascetic Thomas More, hiding his cruel streak behind fine bones, and sly yet thuggish Thomas Cromwell, with those shifty eyes and the beginnings of a double chin. “Hans the Painter” did the wives too – an appropriately sketchy drawing of Anne Boleyn, a saintly portrait of Jane Seymour who died after giving birth to Henry’s heir, and a pin-up version of Anne of Cleves.It was this last portrait that caused an international incident in 1539 when Holbein was sent by Henry to the Low Countries to check whether Anne was pretty enough to be his next wife. Based on Holbein’s portrait, Henry committed to the marriage i...

Culture

8 h. ago Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember review – a heartbreaking attempt to fight his dad’s dementia

The Thor actor and his father try to stave off the latter’s symptoms by taking a road trip to old haunts. It becomes a moving treatise on the sadness of letting go of a parentCelebrities are forever taking their parents on televised road trips, and they’re usually cheap, easy commissions. Look how self-deprecating I am, says the famous person as they try to award themselves national treasure status by moving into light-factual programming: the person who knows me best is about to mildly embarrass me on holiday!Be assured that Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember is a more serious endeavour. It features some intergenerational joshing as the guy from the Thor movies goes on a motorcycle ride with his old fella, but this is a journey filled with a wistful, desperate longing, towards a destination nobody can quite reach. Craig Hemsworth, 71, has early-stage Alzheimer’s. His mental faculties are starting to slip. But his boy is a Hollywood star, with the resources of a TV company beh...

Politics

13 h. ago Two sisters in their 20s are given cancer diagnoses at the same time

Two North Carolina sisters in their 20s, part of a set of triplets, were diagnosed with breast cancer within months of each other after testing positive for the CHEK2 gene mutation.

Science

13 h. ago UK is costliest country to build new nuclear power, government review warns

Task force calls for super regulator to seize control of sprawling bureaucracy

Events

15 h. ago Prisoner 951 review – a harrowing and effective retelling of Nazanin Zaghari

Narges Rashidi is brilliant at conveying the silent trauma that pervades this BBC drama series

Events

15 h. ago F1 Las Vegas GP brought cruel twist for Lando Norris but was exactly what I expected

Mirror Sport F1 correspondent Daniel Moxon took a good look at the Las Vegas Grand Prix while covering the Formula 1 race on site in Sin City and was unsurprised by what he saw

Politics

15 h. ago Elizabeth Olsen shares poignant reason she’s ‘always looked forward’ to aging

The 36-year-old ‘WandaVision’ star said concept of growing old has always been ‘foreign to me’

Events

17 h. ago La Voix says Strictly was ‘the most extraordinary experience’ of their life

Injury forced the drag artist to withdraw totally from the BBC dancing programme.

Politics

17 h. ago Strictly at Blackpool review: The one person we definitely want to see back next year

a Voixwithdrawal did make Blackpool rather a damp squib, competition-wise, with no dance-off. But the scores get carried forward

Politics

22 h. ago Police to review evidence gathered at Palestine Action protests in NI

No arrests were made under the Terrorism Act at the Belfast and Londonderry events where activists held placards stating support for Palestine Action.

Events

24 h. ago Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker review: 'Spectacular Christmas magic'

Sir Peter Hall’s version of The Nutcracker returns to Royal Ballet with a bravura extravaganza which conjures the Christmas cheer right out of you

Politics

26 h. ago Why Gleneagles is still the perfect winter escape for Londoners

After a century in business, this Scottish grande dame is both the ultimate country playground and a portal to a more refined era. Alex Vincent and family check in

Politics