26 m. ago Scottish SPCA workers, including animal rescue staff, to vote on strike action after rejecting pay offer

A dispute over pay involved workers at the Scottish SPCA.

Events

29 m. ago Should YOU copy Angela Rayner and put your house in a trust? The  tactic to reduce your inheritance tax

Putting assets into trust can offer many benefits, for example to reduce your inheritance tax bill or to create a legacy for loved ones.

Politics

37 m. ago FTSE 100 Live 03 September: Index higher after bond market sell

Financial markets are on edge after yesterday’s global bonds sell-off pushed the UK’s 30-year gilt yield to its highest level since May 1998.

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42 m. ago Energy drinks crackdown sees Prime and Monster banned for under

Around 100,000 children are thought to consume at least one high-caffeine energy drink every day

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67 m. ago Boxing ready to offer the world an important glimpse into its future

The World Amateur Boxing Championships begin in Liverpool this week, where legends can start to be formed but a new governing body faces a mighty test

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1 hour ago ‘I wish the stones here could talk’: an epic hike through Kosovo’s Accursed mountains

A trek along the Kosovo section of the Via Dinarica offers majestic Balkan scenery, magical stories and sobering reminders of this area’s recent historyThere are stone bunkers shrouded in the mist on the hillside to my right, just shy of the ridgeline marking the Albanian-Kosovo border. To my left, the view is not just clear but startlingly beautiful.I’m able to see back down to the tiny mountain hamlet of Gacaferi, where I’d slept the previous night, to look across the deep greenery of Deçan Gorge beyond, over dense pine forests and grasslands that pop with pink and yellow wildflowers, and gaze all the way to the 2,461m summit of Çfërla and the rugged peaks of western Kosovo’s Accursed mountains. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Japan is the beach holiday you’ve never thought of – but should have

Exploring Japan’s paradisiacal archipelago offered everything I could have wanted from my first visit to the country, says Marianna Hunt

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6 h. ago Nearly TWICE as many asylum seekers are living in homes rent free than in hotels as government offers private landlords five years of guaranteed rent if they house migrants

UK public anger over immigration has focused over the use of hotels to house migrants who are waiting to hear the outcome of their asylum claims.

Society

7 h. ago Venus Williams offers update on tennis future after US Open doubles defeat

The 45-year-old Williams and partner Leylah Fernandez were beaten by top seeds Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova to end their tournament run

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8 h. ago Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, shooting lava 330ft from its crater

North vent in Halemaʻumaʻu crater started releasing the molten rock in 32nd such episode since December 2024Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting on Tuesday, firing lava 330 ft (100 meters) into the sky from its summit crater.It’s the 32nd episode of the volcano releasing molten rock since December 2024, when its current eruption began. So far, all the lava from this eruption has been contained within the summit crater inside Hawaii Volcanoes national park. Continue reading...

Events

8 h. ago Trump shooting suspect offers round of golf to settle case and calls president a 'baboon' in deranged filing

Ryan Wesley Routh filed a deranged motion requesting strippers and a putting green for his imagined extravaganza, just days before his criminal trial was due to begin.

Politics

10 h. ago Should YOU copy Angela Rayner and put your house in a trust? The new tactic to reduce your inheritance tax bill

Putting assets into trust can offer many benefits, for example to reduce your inheritance tax bill or to create a legacy for loved ones.

Economics

13 h. ago Coronation Street star Maureen Lipman's pal offers major wedding update year after getting engaged

The actress, who is playing Evelyn Plummer in the ITV soap, is usually very quiet about her personal life

Politics

13 h. ago Senne Lammens made Man Utd transfer despite fuming Premier League rivals offering to pay more

Manchester United were looking at a couple of new goalkeeping options this summer amid some poor displays from Andre Onana and No 2 Altay Bayindir, but opted for young Belgian shot-stopper Senne Lammens

Sport

14 h. ago England captain Harry Brook admits heavy South Africa loss is ‘not good enough’

South Africa needed less than 46 of the scheduled 100 overs to confirm a thumping seven-wicket win in the first match of the Metro Bank ODI series.

Politics

14 h. ago Outcry as Swedish ‘cultural canon’ snubs Abba and anything since 1975

Critics argue ‘shared map’ of Swedish culture is ‘very exclusionary’ and a ‘nationalist education project’The Gustav Vasa 1541 bible, Pippi Longstocking, Ikea, the right to roam, paternity leave, Sámi joiks, the Nobel prize and works by Ingmar Bergman and August Strindberg all made it into Sweden’s long-awaited, much-criticised proposal for a “cultural canon”.However, notable omissions from the list of 100 works and references that have formed Sweden’s culture and history – intended, its creators said in Uppsala on Tuesday, to establish a “shared map and compass” for Swedish citizens and new arrivals to Sweden – included Abba and anything from after 1975, a period that has seen Sweden transform into an international, multicultural society. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Seize the sale! Find your next holiday in Virgin Atlantic’s September Sale

With offers starting from £649pp, you may end up booking more than one

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15 h. ago How to book an NHS winter flu jab and full list of everyone who is eligible for the free flu vaccine

The flu vaccine offers the best protection against becoming unwell this winter 🤧

Politics

16 h. ago Manuel Ugarte offers honest take on club issues and his relationship with Ruben Amorim

With many of Manchester United's players now away with their respective countries for the international break, Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte has spoken honestly about his form and Ruben Amorim

Politics

17 h. ago 'I pawned all my old DVDs and was floored by price I was quoted'

DVDs reached peak popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but since then sales have seen a steady decline thanks to the rise of streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime

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