28 h. ago DWP benefit payment rates rise from today in new financial year

The start of a new financial year is marking a wide range of financial changes across the country, including an uprate in a wide range of benefit payments

Economics

37 h. ago Inside the charmingly British pub in London Ariana Grande 'left her heart at'

Ariana Grande left her heart at a Hampstead pub, and eager-eyed fans think they’ve found it. Now, this London pub has become a hotspot for any pop-music lover

Politics

4 d. ago Edinburgh flight passengers 'left on tarmac' as plane forced to divert to London

The plane had left Edinburgh Airport, but was forced to divert to London Stansted after a 'medical incident' onboard.

Politics

4 d. ago Ange Postecoglou seeks moment of strength to escape spiral at Spurs | Jonathan Liew

Tottenham manager knows the vultures are circling but his mission is driven by honouring the family nameHis passport still bears the name “Angelos Postekos”. It was the name legally given to him by his parents, eager for their children to fit into their adopted home, aware that they would face enough obstacles – a different language, a different culture, a different skin tone – without throwing a long name into the bargain.But he always hated the name Postekos. To him it smelled too much of embarrassment. Of apologising for who you were. Of changing your essence to please others. Of compromise. And so, as soon as he had any say in the matter, he resolved he would be known by the name his father had used, and those who came before him, back in the old country. Before everything changed forever. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago The VERY surprising thing that impresses the French about living in Britain

Lucille Joffre, who lives in London, revealed two 'efficient' elements of administration in Britain that has left her surprised, after she experienced the swift arrival of an important document in 2021.

Politics

5 d. ago I left London for the country — and it changed everything I thought I knew about both places

I left London for the country — and it changed everything I thought I knew about both places  London Evening Standard

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5 d. ago TfL accused of not 'properly informing' Streatham residents about changes to A23 road

Locals in south London neighbourhood ‘fed up with being left out of decisions that directly impact their daily lives’, Lib Dems claim

Politics

6 d. ago Rami Malek’s spy flick The Amateur left him ‘paranoid’ about London’s surveillance

Rami Malek’s spy flick The Amateur left him ‘paranoid’ about London’s surveillance  London Evening Standard

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6 d. ago Rami Malek’s CIA thriller The Amateur left him ‘paranoid’ about London’s surveillance: 'Nothing is a secret anymore'

The Oscar-winning actor tells The Standard: ‘As if I'm not being watched enough in life, it's only increased my sense of paranoia and the feeling that nothing is a secret anymore’

Politics

6 d. ago The new recycling rules that will affect every household in the UK explained

Massive changes are on the way for households across the country with more recycling bins and weekly food waste collections planned.

Politics

8 d. ago Why Andrea Berta left Atletico Madrid as Arsenal arrival confirmed

Why Andrea Berta left Atletico Madrid as Arsenal arrival confirmed  Football.London

Politics

1 week ago Smiling King Charles makes public appearance after hospital stay

Sources say side-effects from cancer treatment were ‘minor bump’ in the road, and Italy trip expected to go aheadKing Charles smiled and waved at well-wishers as he was seen in public for the first time since it was revealed he had been in hospital over side-effects from his cancer treatment.Charles, 76, left Clarence House in London on Friday morning in a black Audi to travel to his Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire, it is understood. Continue reading...

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1 week ago King Charles in 'good spirits' after hospital visit for cancer treatment side effects

Charles, 76, smiled and waved at well-wishers as he left Clarence House in London in a black Audi.

Science

1 week ago Doctor who ignored own symptoms dies from rare cancer three weeks later

Thelma Ainsworth, from London, was left devastated when her husband Jonathan - who was a doctor - complained of pain for months before receiving a tragic diagnosis

Events

1 week ago The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha review – hopeless sons vs brilliant daughters

Families are at war in the new India, in a novel raising complex questions about patriotism, nationalism and how the country is changingIn Delhi the seasons are “human-fucked”, explains Tara Saxena, the narrator-protagonist of The Tiger’s Share. Autumn is the “season of smogs and mellow murderousness”; once the smoke arrives in October, “we could no longer see the sky”. Over summer the Loo, a dry “caramelising” wind, slurs through the city, while inside their flats people “lived as cheese and chocolate do in India, refrigerated”. Now and then comes the brief respite of rain. In its aftermath, people head out into the parks to enjoy the momentary cool, the only time when the air is “useably fresh, like a banana that is only one-third rotten”.Food-related imagery abounds in Keshava Guha’s second novel; you are never allowed to forget that all things – produce, people, every species – are perishable, that from the moment of our birth the decay is inbuilt, and that such a truth is all t...

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves swears this is not a return to austerity. And yet it does feel like one | Gaby Hinsleff

The ‘party of change’ says it’s bound by fiscal rules. What voters hear is that all governments are the same, and things will never get betterIt was change that won it. That was the single word to which Labour eventually boiled down all its complex ambitions; the six-letter slogan plastered triumphantly across its manifesto, because by the summer of 2024 change was pretty much the only thing the people of an exhausted country could all agree on. What kind of change exactly had by that point almost ceased to matter. Anything but this, millions of us told ourselves, as we scattered our votes in all directions.It was clear even at the time that there were tensions between that urgent, almost reckless hunger for change and the naturally careful, cautious instincts of a steady-as-you-go incoming prime minister and chancellor. But Labour papered over them with the impenetrable mantra that, actually, if you think about it, “stability is change”. Well, actually, it isn’t. That line was neve...

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves swears this is not a return to austerity. What matters is that it feels like one | Gaby Hinsliff

The ‘party of change’ says it’s bound by fiscal rules. What voters hear is that all governments are the same, and things will never get betterIt was change that won it. That was the single word to which Labour eventually boiled down all its complex ambitions; the six-letter slogan plastered triumphantly across its manifesto, because by the summer of 2024 change was pretty much the only thing the people of an exhausted country could all agree on. What kind of change exactly had by that point almost ceased to matter. Anything but this, millions of us told ourselves, as we scattered our votes in all directions.It was clear even at the time that there were tensions between that urgent, almost reckless hunger for change and the naturally careful, cautious instincts of a steady-as-you-go incoming prime minister and chancellor. But Labour papered over them with the impenetrable mantra that, actually, if you think about it, “stability is change”. Well, actually, it isn’t. That line was neve...

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1 week ago Why the double standards on ‘leadership’ when it comes to Black players? | Jonathan Liew

Jordan Henderson is a great English leader. But he has been encouraged and applauded for the very same acts for which minority ethnic players are castigated and stigmatisedHow shall I lead thee? Let me count the ways. I lead thee by stepping up and being vocal, around the dressing room, setting standards in training. I lead thee quietly by example, you know, the not-much-of-a-shouter‑and-a-screamer-but-when-he-speaks-people-listen kind. I lead thee by having been there, done that, won everything in the game. I lead thee by never backing down from a challenge. I lead thee by sheer gravitas.By any of these measures, Jordan Henderson is a leader. He was a leader for Liverpool, raising standards and setting the tone for 12 golden years. He was a leader for the NHS and the LGBTQ+ community off the field. He was still a leader when he left Liverpool and moved to Saudi Arabia in an attempt to create – in his words – “positive change” in the country for his beloved LGBTQ+ constituents....

Politics

1 week ago Landlord's strange response to potential tenant's polite inquiry shocks renters

A London renter was left shocked by a landlord's blunt response after they enquired about a flat share in Walthamstow.

Events

1 week ago Brits hit back at Americans who branded UK Chinese takeaways 'weird'

Americans have been left horrified after trying British Chinese takeaway. However Heather, from London , hit back at the US TikTokers who have been making fun of the popular takeaway meal.

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