15 m. ago Trump tariffs live: FTSE hits lowest level in months after market meltdown enters second day

FTSE slumps after Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs wipe $2.4trn from S&P 500, in its biggest one-day loss since March 2020

Politics

17 m. ago Renters who secured record £263k payout from ‘rogue landlord’ raise fears he will not pay up

‘Clearly there’s one set of rules for ordinary people – we fear what will happen if we’re even a month late on rent or mortgage payments – and another for billionaires,’ says tenant

Economics

18 m. ago Global shares keep plunging after US stocks' worst day since Covid: Body blow for Starmer as Trump says UK should be 'happy' with 10% tariffs and aides 'pour cold water on hopes of deal'

The FTSE 100 fell another 60 points this morning after the US president's trade war  sparked a global rout - wiping £2trillion off company values.

Economics

18 m. ago Trump live: ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs wipe $3.1 trillion from Wall Street as analysts warn of global recession

President Trump says his tariffs are ‘going very well’ despite U.S. markets suffering their steepest declines since 2020

Events

23 m. ago A week after catastrophic earthquake, focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

Search teams have pulled more bodies from the ruins of buildings a week after a massive earthquake rocked Myanmar killing more than 3,100 people

Events

24 m. ago 'Idiot' US tourist who risked wiping out entire uncontacted tribe with a can of Coke faces FIVE YEARS in jail for his stunt

Mykhailo Polyakov was arrested late Monday, presented before the local court and is now on a three-day remand for further interrogation. Police are trying to identify anyone who helped him.

Events

26 m. ago F1 Japan GP LIVE: Jack Doohan suffers massive 185mph crash in practice

Follow all the latest updates from Suzuka after a disrupted second practice session with four red flags

Events

29 m. ago Australia v South Korea: women’s international friendly – live

Updates from the Matildas’ clash with Korea Republic in SydneyKick off at Allianz Stadium is 8pm local/6pm KSTAny thoughts? Get in touch with Martin on emailHello and welcome to live coverage of the women’s international friendly between Australia and South Korea at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. The Matildas are seeking a return to form in back-to-back friendlies against their Asian rivals after a horror campaign at the SheBelieves Cup but will have to do so without some of their leading players.Australia lost all three matches at the tournament in the United States in February and have now slumped to a 20-year low in the Fifa world rankings at No 16. But they have no time to lick their wounds with the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup on home soil now less than 11 months away. Continue reading...

Society

33 m. ago Dan Walker questions himself every day about Gary Speed's death and reveals letter his son sent him

The former BBC Breakfast star was one of the last people to speak to Gary Speed before the footballer's tragic death 14 years ago, and says he thinks of him every day

Events

33 m. ago London travel news LIVE: Minor delays on London Underground and busy Limehouse road closed after major crash

The minor delays on the Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines as well as the closing of Commercial Road in Limehouse may interrupt some journeys

Events

34 m. ago Trump offers backing for Marine Le Pen ahead of rally in Paris to show support for convicted politician – Europe live

US president attacks French judiciary as frustration grows in France with Trump’s policies; part of French left prepares counter demonstration in ParisSomewhere between ecstatic posts about the effect of tariffs – leaving markets in turmoil with losses in trillions of dollars and about $5m Trump golden card for wealthy immigrants looking to move to the US Continue reading...

Politics

35 m. ago ‘That’s it’: Jack Black squares up to Elton John in SNL promo clip

Comedian is hosting the late-night comedy show for the fourth time, with Elton John and Brandi Carlile appearing as its musical guests

Politics

43 m. ago Legal action launched over 'tragic' North Sea container ship collision involving Solong vessel

A total of 36 people were rescued after the collision involving a container ship in the North Sea, with Filipino national Mark Pernia feared dead.

Events

47 m. ago DWP estimates 370,000 people on PIP could lose entitlement and payments under new reforms

The DWP's impact assessment estimates 400,000 people will no longer be eligible for PIP by the 2029/30 financial year.

Politics

53 m. ago Lammy says Britons ‘very concerned’ as Trump claims Starmer ‘happy’ over tariffs

David Lammy said people across the country were ‘very concerned’ about how the move to slap 10% import taxes on goods would hit their own finances.

Politics

55 m. ago BBC Breakfast host clashes with UK minister in live TV grilling

Treasury minister James Murray was confronted over struggling charities facing a double whammy of employers' tax rises - and now uncertainty over Donald Trump's trade tariffs

Politics

56 m. ago UK set for warmest day of the year so far amid Scottish wildfires warnings

Some parts of the country will be warmed than California, Los Angeles according to Met Office forecasts.

Events

58 m. ago Man United transfer news LIVE Jadon Sancho exit, Victor Osimhen links, Kobbie Mainoo future

All the latest Manchester United news, views and transfer rumours ahead of the return to Old Trafford to face Manchester City

Politics

60 m. ago Chesney Hawkes swerves Celebrity Big Brother question live on BBC Breakfast

Chesney Hawkes has been tipped to appear on the upcoming series of Celebrity Big Brother, and the singer was quizzed about the rumours during an appearance on BBC Breakfast

Politics

70 m. ago ‘Cathedral of crap’: is this the world’s most beautiful sewage treatment plant?

Its lab buildings have a rusticated air while its sleek, paper-thin louvre windows are reminiscent of a luxury ocean-liner. More importantly, the people of Arklow in Ireland can finally go swimming without fear of floatersIt is not often that the arts section of a newspaper finds itself concerned with the aesthetic merits of a sewage works. But then there are few facilities designed with the finesse of the new €139m (£117m) wastewater treatment plant in Arklow, which stands like a pair of minty green pagodas on the edge of the Irish Sea. Nor are there many architectural firms who have thought so deeply about the poetics of effluent as Clancy Moore.“There’s a wonderful passage in Ulysses,” says practice co-founder, Andrew Clancy, summoning James Joyce as we tiptoe along a metal gantry above a gigantic vat of bubbling brown sludge. “The narrator turns on the tap to fill a kettle, sparking a lengthy rumination on where the water comes from, how it flows from reservoirs, through aqueduc...

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