21 m. ago Electric car research reveals if drivers unable to charge at home save money

The Cost of Driving Electric study looked at a total of 480 scenarios, comparing the cost of ownership for 50 EV models with their petrol or diesel equivalents

Science

45 m. ago Kate Garraway admits ‘it is challenging’ as she shares concerns on raising son Billy

Kate Garraway opened up about her family life as she shared her concerns on raising her teenage son

Politics

89 m. ago Ruud van Nistelrooy vows to ‘keep fighting’ as Leicester’s losing streak continues

Leicester were beaten by West Ham on Thursday making it a run of 11 defeats from 12 matches and raising questions over the manager’s position

Politics

98 m. ago Keir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history

NGOs accuse prime minister of following US by accepting ‘false choice’ of cutting aid to fund defenceSir Keir Starmer is to take UK overseas aid to its lowest level as a percentage of national income since records began, even if he manages to halve the current £4.5bn cost of housing asylum seekers.The extraordinary finding, a complete reversal of Labour manifesto pledges and its historical commitment to helping the world’s poorest, is made by Ian Mitchell, the co-director of the respected London-based thinktank the Centre for Global Development. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Licence to kill: could a James Bond horror emerge when book copyrights expire?

Character and plots of Ian Fleming’s original literary works become open for public use in most countries in 2035Amazon may have captured James Bond, paying billions to get creative control of the super spy, but a clock is now ticking that means 007 – or at least a version of him – could escape into the wider world in a decade’s time.The character and plots of the original literary works by creator Ian Fleming become open for public use in most countries in 2035, raising the prospect of Bond starring in rival film and TV stories of espionage, comedy or even horror. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago King Charles invites Donald Trump for ‘historic’ second state visit as US president raises UK trade deal hopes

Sir Keir Starmer and Trump held crunch White House talks on Ukraine and trade

Politics

3 h. ago HS2 is 'a casebook example of how not to run a major project', damning report concludes

It is still not known how much the scaled back high-speed railway line will cost, what it will include and when it will be finished

Politics

3 h. ago 'I spent 24 hours in Tenerife and it only cost me £150 for the best views'

One TikToker is making a case for "extreme day trips" to help aspiring travellers explore the Canary Islands on a budget. Her latest video may even have you reconsidering your next staycation.

Economics

4 h. ago ‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism

The result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever‘If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to raise a rapist,” Jackson Katz says. “Perpetrators aren’t individual monsters; they are people reflecting a system. We need to address that system.”For the past 40 years, the researcher and activist has been advocating that violence against women be treated as a men’s issue. He works across the US in universities, schools and the military to encourage men to speak up when they encounter misogynistic behaviour in their peer groups. Katz believes that it is only through boys and men holding themselves accountable for their behaviour that violence against women can end. Since the re-election of Donald Trump, he believes his work has become more urgent than ever. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago Trump administration briefing: hundreds fired from US climate agency as Americans feel economy getting worse

Democrats warn that cutting jobs at Noaa ‘will cost American lives’ – key US politics stories from Wednesday at a glanceThe Trump administration has fired hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency housed within the Department of Commerce, the Guardian learned on Thursday.“This will cost American lives,” said Democratic congresswoman and ranking member of the House science, space and technology committee, Zoe Lofgren, in a written statement. Her comments were issued alongside congressman Gabe Amo’s, the ranking member of the subcommittee on environment, after news of the firings broke. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Anne Hathaway looks tense on movie set of Colleen Hoover's next book adaptation amid It Ends With Us legal drama

The actress, 42, failed to raise a smile as she emerged from her trailer in New York on Thursday, looking ultra sophisticated in a chic white dress with textured neckline and her hair perfectly sleek.

Events

8 h. ago Cop16 countries strike crucial deal on nature despite global tensions

Delegates hammer out compromise on delivering billions of dollars to protect species and their habitatsDelegates from across the world have cheered a last-gasp deal to map out funding to protect nature, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions.Rich and developing countries on Thursday hammered out a delicate compromise on raising and delivering the billions of dollars needed to protect species, overcoming stark divisions that had scuttled their previous Cop16 meeting in Cali, Colombia last year. Continue reading...

Events

11 h. ago BBC issues a grovelling apology over 'propaganda' Gaza documentary and says boy's father IS Hamas leader and WAS paid for featuring

In a statement the corporation acknowledged 'serious flaws in the making of the programme' which cost more than £400,000 to produce.

Politics

11 h. ago Social Security Administration could lay off up to 50% of its workforce, source says – live

Social Security Administration expected to lay off at least 7,000 people, but a source tells Associated Press reduction could be as high as 50%As Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk work zealously to slash tens of billions in federal spending by axing thousands of jobs and gutting some government agencies, Musk faces mounting claims he has conflicts of interest and no oversight, legal and ethics experts say.Trump’s largest campaign donor and the world’s wealthiest man, Musk was tapped by the president to lead the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) in a radical and opaque cost-cutting drive that allows him to keep control of SpaceX, Tesla and other huge companies with billions of dollars in federal contracts.We expect that today’s meeting will be the first in a series of such expert consultations that will bring us closer to overcoming the disagreements that have arisen with the American side, strengthening confidence-building measures. Continue reading...

Events

12 h. ago Chris Martin arrives at new luxury studio near $14M Malibu home raising eyebrows over his eco

Chris Martin was seen arriving at his newly renovated $5M studio on Wednesday, just a short distance from his $14M Malibu mansion, sparking debate over his eco-warrior status.

Politics

13 h. ago Alarms raised over legitimacy of Fyre festival 2: ‘An event that does not exist’

After the announcement of a follow-up festival in Mexico, tourism and local officials have denied any knowledge of its existenceWhen tickets to the second Fyre festival went on sale this week, there was just one concrete detail: it would take place on Isla Mujeres, a tropical island off Cancún, Mexico.But the festival seems to be repeating its own history as an improvised disaster after the local government in Isla Mujeres denied knowing anything about it. Continue reading...

Events

13 h. ago Egypt's 'Lost City of Gold' raised from the sands after 3,000 years

Archaeologists have finally completed a two-year-long dig at the site of Egypt 's 'Lost City of Gold,' which was buried beneath the sand for thousands of years.

Politics

13 h. ago 'I visited The Dog House and found out tragic reason owners are giving up their pups'

Amid the cost of living crisis that has ploughed the UK, dog owners have been forced to take their beloved pooch to a rehoming centre for a better chance at life - we hear why

Events

14 h. ago New Mexico 'child abuser' accused of locking youngster in chicken coop meets shocking end

A New Mexico woman, Patricia Madrid, 36, met a tragic end on Wednesday - just days after she was arrested for allegedly locking her 15-year-old daughter in a chicken coop for hours on end.

Events

14 h. ago Andrew Tate and brother flee to Florida but DeSantis says ‘you’re not welcome’

Keir Starmer pledges to raise case with Donald Trump in Oval Office meeting

Politics