2 h. ago Keir Starmer accused of misleading public over private school VAT raid after suggesting it will be used to fund homes, not teachers

Sir Keir Starmer provoked outrage after suggesting his housing pledge this week was made possible 'because' of VAT on school fees.

Society

4 h. ago Jay Slater bombshell as AirBnB host says he told teen plan was 'mad'

Private investigator Mark Williams-Thomas has uncovered why the tragic teen left the AirBnB apartment.

Events

5 h. ago The budget supermarket wines that scooped medals at the prestigious International Wine Awards, including a £7 Aldi bottle

At the 2025 IWSC, UK supermarkets picked up dozens of medals with own-label, budget bottles impressing the judging panels.

Economics

6 h. ago Furious mothers hit out at Karen Millen after she said breastfeeding beyond 6 months is 'selfish' parenting

Millen, a British fashion designer who once owned the eponymous fashion label, made the controversial comments on Vanessa Feltz's Channel 5 show on Wednesday.

Events

8 h. ago Sir Bob Geldof launches a blistering attack on Elon Musk as he labels him a 'w***er' and a 'ketamine crazed fool'

Sir Bob Geldof has launched a blistering attack on Elon Musk labelling him a 'w***er' and a 'ketamine-crazed fool'.

Events

9 h. ago BlackRock sets $400bn fundraising target to take on private capital giants

Asset manager unveils ambitious goal as part of plan to double market capitalisation by 2030

Economics

9 h. ago Belcea Quartet at Wigmore Hall review: a meticulous, lovingly shaped take on Beethoven

The quartet been playing Beethoven’s quartets for decades – they’ve recorded all 15 of them twice – now, they truly inhabit the work

Politics

10 h. ago An Indigenous nation in Canada hails historic constitution: ‘We’re now the architects of certainty for ourselves’

Product of decades-long process aims to restore Heiltsuk’s system of coherent governance destroyed by colonial powersWhen outsiders arrived in the lands of the Heiltsuk people, they brought with them a rapacious appetite for the region’s trees, fish and minerals. Settlers and the government soon followed, claiming ownership of the thick cedar forests, the fjords and the abundance of life. Heiltsuk elders were confused. “If these are truly your lands,” they asked, “where are your stories?”For the Heiltsuk, stories explain everything from the shape of a local mountain to the distinct red fur fringes on the sea wolves stalking shores. They tell of the flesh-eating monster baxbakwa’lanuxusiwe, whose entire body was covered with snapping mouths before it was destroyed by a shaman and became a cloud of mosquitoes. Continue reading...

Events

11 h. ago Popular £42 makeup slashed to £12 at Boots with full size items £1 each

The Full Face Bundle is priced at £12 and contains 12 make-up items that usually retail for a combined total of £42, saving shoppers £30

Economics

13 h. ago JoJo Siwa 'dropped by record label' as Chris Hughes romance steps up

Celebrity Big Brother star JoJo Siwa has reportedly been dropped by her record label Columbia Records and is now said to be looking for a new place to call home

Politics

13 h. ago Poundland sold for £1 and set to shut shops in restructuring

Laura Ashley owner Gordon Brothers has struck a deal to buy Poundland from European retail group Pepco.

Economics

14 h. ago JoJo Siwa ‘dropped from record label’ as Chris Hughes romance ramps up

JoJo Siwa has reportedly been dropped by record label Columbia Records a year after releasing her single Karma and an EP called Guilty Pleasure with the music giant

Politics

16 h. ago Rachel Reeves seized her moment – whatever the future brings, Labour’s economic course is now set | Martin Kettle

The chancellor is no mere technocrat: her spending review revealed a visceral commitment to social and economic mobilityThe consensus has long been that the 2025 spending review would be a defining moment for Keir Starmer’s government. For once, the consensus proved spot-on. The government’s main priorities were set out on Wednesday in a blizzard of Commons announcements from Rachel Reeves, some economically substantive, others more for show. The upshot is that the shape of the British state, as Labour intends it, is now decided until the eve of the next election.There are further crossroads still to come, some of them major, as the years covered by the review unroll. Taxes are likely to rise, probably as soon as the autumn budget, to pay for Reeves’s big ticket boosts on Wednesday for defence, health and housing. Council tax could rise too, with possibly dramatic results. The review’s emphasis on capital spending means current spending could be squeezed again, perhaps heralding pay...

Economics

20 h. ago PETER HITCHENS: The private school pupils refused NHS care show we're becoming a People's Republic by stealth

We are becoming a People's Republic by stealth. The warnings are increasingly urgent, but is anyone listening?

Events

23 h. ago Whether wistful or euphoric, Brian Wilson made pop’s most overwhelmingly beautiful music

He was the Beach Boys’ resident genius, seeping melancholy into even peppy teenybopper hits. Beyond all the myths about his life, that brilliance is still intoxicatingBrian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82Brian Wilson: a life in picturesIt’s fair to say that no one who bought the Beach Boys debut single in 1961 would have realised they were in the presence of genius. Surfin’ sounded exactly like what it was: one of dozens of cheap, hastily-recorded singles released on a tiny independent label to cash in on the burgeoning craze for surf music, albeit a regionally-successful example of type. You might easily have expected to never hear of the band who made it again.But the 19-year-old Brian Wilson was determined – he was the taskmaster that had relentlessly drilled his unwilling younger brothers Carl and Dennis into learning to harmonise – and a quick learner. The leap in quality between Surfin’ and its 1962 follow-up Surfin’ Safari was striking. The ...

Politics

24 h. ago Love Islanders enter Hideaway for steamy night after just 56 hours in show first

Two Love Island stars have reportedly entered the Hideaway, a private love den with a bed, after a mere 56 hours in the villa as part of an ITV series first as "producers change the rules"

Politics

24 h. ago Brian Wilson: Beach Boys star who surfed the waves to success

The band shaped 1960s American pop with hits such as Surfin’ USA, I Get Around and California Girls.

Politics

25 h. ago With retail cyberattacks on the rise, customers find orders blocked and and empty shelves

A string of recent cyberattacks and data breaches involving the systems of major retailers have started affecting shoppers

Economics

26 h. ago Japan's Princess Kako addresses Brazil's Congress, meets with Lula in presidential palace

Japan’s Princess Kako of Akishino, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, was welcomed by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at a private ceremony

Politics

27 h. ago Married teacher had sex with pupil in school cupboard at top private school

Philip Culling's actions were said to be an 'open secret' and he was allowed to quietly resign after having an affair with a student.

Politics