99 m. ago Senior Labour advisers urge Keir Starmer to ditch party's ban on North Sea oil and gas drilling in light of growing Reform threat

A handful of senior officials are understood to be quietly urging the PM to consider watering down or scrapping the manifesto pledge altogether to see off the growing threat from Reform UK.

Society

1 hour ago The sheer mendacity of Labour in the wake of the Supreme Court trans ruling is breathtaking. They're gaslighting us when they should be apologising to all those women who dared to speak out

The Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman is the perfect opportunity to stop and take stock of the mad culture war that has been raging around this issue for the past decade or so.

Events

3 h. ago UN refugee agency backs return hubs in boost to potential Labour plan

There have been reports that the UK Government could seek to send failed asylum seekers to overseas hubs in the Balkans.

Events

4 h. ago Tottenham star Guglielmo Vicario reveals all on emotional Ange Postecoglou celebration

Guglielmo Vicario serenaded Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou after their heroic Europa League victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday night

Politics

4 h. ago Labour in pockets of union paymasters who have brought Birmingham to its knees as analysis shows quarter of Labour MPs gave cash to union at centre of bin strikes

A quarter of Keir Starmer 's ministers belong to the militant union behind the Birmingham bin strikes crisis, it can be revealed.

Economics

5 h. ago All the clues conspiracy theorists believe prove Katy Perry's journey on Blue Origin flight was faked

Katy Perry went to space for just three minutes and returned to a storm of wild conspiracy theories. Social media was flooded with bizarre that the mission was faked within minutes of the capsule landing.

Politics

7 h. ago Frank Lampard blows a sweet kiss to glamorous wife Christine and their children as they cheer him on from the stands after Coventry City's victory over West Bromwich

Frank Lampard blew a sweet kiss to his wife Christine and their children as they cheered him on from the stands following Coventry City's thrilling 2-0 victory over West Bromwich on Friday. 

Politics

8 h. ago How much prize money Manchester United have earned in Europa League after Lyon win

Manchester United are into the Europa League semi-finals following their dramatic victory over Lyon.

Sport

9 h. ago Treatment of veterans ‘absolutely disgusting’ say bikers in Legacy Act protest

More than 1,000 people gathered in Whitehall, central London, on Friday.

Events

10 h. ago Manchester United’s crazy comeback was inspirational – and a reality check

Overcoming Lyon with an emergency duo up front was electrifying but also showed deep flaws in Amorim’s squadBedlam, pandemonium, ecstasy and simply wow: Manchester United’s three-goal, six-minute (and 34 seconds) blockbuster extra-time comeback from 4-2 down is one for the ages, and a thrilling advertisement for the heart-stopping drama football can generate.Yet if the Harry Maguire header that KO-ed Lyon was a last, heroic act of a pell-mell, childhood-like jumpers-for-goalposts victory, it should also clang alarm bells for the fragile unit Ruben Amorim oversees, and cause a serious reality check. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Arsenal v Lyon: five key factors in the Women’s Champions League semi

Joe Montemurro and Renée Slegers are reunited but can they find a way to stop each other’s array of attacking talent?The former Arsenal manager Joe Montemurro, who left the club at the end of the 2020-21 season, returns to the Emirates Stadium when Arsenal host the eight-time European champions Lyon on Saturday in their Champions League semi-final first leg. Montemurro, who led Arsenal to a first Women’s Super League title in seven years in 2019, was previously back in N5 in 2023, where his Juventus team lost 1-0 in the Champions League. Arsenal look very different, on and off the pitch, to the club he left. They upped their investment in and commitment to the women’s side after a review towards the end of Montemurro’s tenure, but a face familiar to him sits in the home dugout. While with Arsenal Montemurro was paired with Renée Slegers on the Uefa coach mentor programme in the early stages of the former Netherlands international’s coaching journey. Montemurro describes her as “a pe...

Sport

11 h. ago The Apprentice 2025 winner Dean Franklin's kids 'in tears' over emotional victory

Dean Franklin partied to celebrate winning The Apprentice and being told 'you're hired' and his wife and kids have shared their pride for him after his win

Politics

11 h. ago Man divides opinion by watching football game on his phone while his girlfriend gives birth 'in screaming pain' next to him

Keem Woodlands made the confession in a video posted to his TikTok where he showed his girlfriend in hospital as he watched Arsenal vs. Real Madrid.

Sport

12 h. ago Doubts over Labour's promise to overhaul social care after cross

At the beginning of this year, Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced the creation of an independent commission to work on long-term reforms.

Politics

13 h. ago Government must ‘step up’ its response to youth violence – teaching union chief

More action is needed than just restricting pupils’ access to mobile phones, Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT, said.

Politics

13 h. ago Manchester United have Ruud van Nistelrooy to thank for unexpected Casemiro heroics

Casemiro assisted Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire for Man Utd's comeback victory against Lyon on Thursday night.

Politics

14 h. ago Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Tape Two) review – love, grief and self

PC, PS5, XBox; Don’t NodThe concluding half of this two-parter may be lacking in interactive challenges, but is profound, sensitively structured and emotionally resonantOne thing you realise as you get older is that memories are plastic and that the stories you tell about your life change with every recollection, depending on who you are at the time. This is one of the themes – and indeed the mechanics – of Lost Records, a narrative adventure about four teenage girls who develop an intense friendship in rural Michigan during the summer of 1995. In the first instalment, they form a band, discover an old shack in the woods to use as a clubhouse, and encounter a supernatural force emanating from a deep hole they discover nearby. But as autumn draws in and the girls plan a climactic rock gig, tragic secrets are uncovered.Cleverly, the story is told mostly in flashback, as the characters meet again, decades later, in their long-abandoned home town – they’re older, wiser and with new pers...

Politics

14 h. ago Ange Postecoglou prolongs Tottenham tenure with chance to silence critics

Under-fire Spurs boss will hope vital victory in Frankfurt proves a real turning point, rather than another merely fleeting glimpse of success

Politics

14 h. ago Piers Morgan beats Jeremy Clarkson to be named UK’s sexiest man

Morgan told The Sun his victory meant ‘British women are the smartest and most discerning in the world’

Politics

15 h. ago Gogglebox star Amy Tapper shows off amazing transformation and six stone weight loss

Amy Tapper, who was on Gogglebox from 2013 until 2018, has been documenting her weight loss journey

Politics