35 m. ago Chris Brown makes surprise appearance in London for court hearing over alleged bottle attack at nightclub

Brown (pictured outside court in May), 36, earlier this year denied attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm over what prosecutors say was an 'unprovoked attack' with a bottle in 2023.

Events

40 m. ago I tried this broadband comparison site and found two of the best deals going

Switching broadband doesn’t have to be a nightmare – I tested out Broadband Genie’s postcode checker and was surprised how easy it was to find better deals.

Economics

42 m. ago Chris Brown makes appearance in UK court over alleged nightclub attack

Singer Chris Brown was not expected to attend court in Friday, October 24, but made a surprise appearance at Southwark Crown Court for a case management hearing today

Events

2 h. ago UFC fans can't believe Conor McGregor's sudden transformation

The former dual-weight UFC champion is hoping to return to competitive action next year, and fans have been left surprised by the Irishman's current physical condition

Sport

2 h. ago Claudia Winkleman 'eyeing up spot in Hollywood' following Strictly exit

Claudia Winkleman is reportedly eyeing up a spot in Hollywood to continue her TV career, following her surprise Strictly Come Dancing exit.

Politics

3 h. ago Ginger bombshell: Scientists finally crack why most orange cats are boys

New study solves a century-old feline mystery, and whether marmalade moggies really are the naughtiest

Events

3 h. ago 'I put Terry's Chocolate Orange Baileys to taste test and got a surprise'

Baileys has teamed up with Terry's Chocolate Orange to create a limited edition Irish cream liqueur, and Samantha Bartlett, Social News Assistant Editor was, lucky enough to get her hands on a bottle to try ahead of the festive season

Politics

3 h. ago Ecuador's President Noboa reveals plot to poison him with toxic chocolate in second 'assassination attempt' weeks after his motorcade came under fire

The 37-year-old leader said that laboratory tests found three 'highly concentrated' toxic substances in the sweets and said their presence 'could not have been accidental.'

Events

3 h. ago Vernon Kay and daughter Phoebe speak out on Tess Daly's surprise Strictly exit

The brodacaster stunned fans with her plans to leave the BBC One dance show alongside Claudia Winkleman

Politics

4 h. ago Four family members of Illinois politician Darren Bailey killed in helicopter crash

Zachary Bailey was piloting the helicopter when it went down, according to reports

Events

4 h. ago Jennifer Walton: Daughters review – a stylish and painful debut

(Local Action)Fiction, folk and a devastating diagnosis feature in the producer and DJ’s literary penmanship, her gentle, gothic vocals thick with morbid, magical thinkingMiss America, the centrepiece of Jennifer Walton’s stylish, painful debut record, sits us down in a hotel room near JFK airport, watching on as Walton learns that her father has been diagnosed with cancer. The Sunderland-born musician had been touring the US for the first time, drumming with indie band Kero Kero Bonito, and now grief greys everything out. Faltering piano and hushed strings accompany gothic dispatches from the tour van: “Cattle farm and broke down shack / Strip-mall, drug deal, panic attacks.”Walton’s gentle vocals are deadpan, with the record’s tension brought by her penmanship (encompassing fiction, folksy sayings and blunt diary entries) and her sharp, surprising maximalism. Few songs this year have stronger novelistic flair than Shelly, which witnesses the killing of a deer and spirals into a pe...

Politics

4 h. ago UK retailers deliver surprise growth as tech sales buoyed by iPhone release

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the total volume of retail sales is estimated to have risen by 0.5% in September.

Economics

4 h. ago 'I tasted new Terry's Chocolate Orange Baileys flavour and got a surprise'

The limited edition Baileys x Terry's Chocolate Orange Irish Cream Liqueur blends the smooth taste of Baileys Original Irish Cream with Terry's signature chocolate and tangy orange

Politics

5 h. ago 'I tried Terry's Chocolate Orange Baileys and was surprised by one thing'

Social News Assistant Editor Samantha Bartlett got her hands on a bottle of the new Baileys x Terry’s Chocolate Orange Irish Cream Liqueur. She gave it a taste to see if it was any good

Politics

5 h. ago Britney Spears' ex Kevin Federline claims 'terrified' sons cut contact with star after 'shocking' behavior

Federline, 47, alleged that their boys, Sean Preston, 20, Jayden James, 19, are 'terrified' and that one of them expressed fears that 'mom is going to die.'

Events

5 h. ago Erratic Britney Spears risks her life on messy night out with mystery woman: Friends say footage shows terrifying new 'spiral' prompted by Kevin Federline's book

It appears Britney is in trouble once again. Swerving her car into the wrong lane after a night out, she is 'spiraling' out of control in sad echoes of her infamous 2007 breakdown, friends say.

Events

7 h. ago ‘It’s scary how many St George’s flags there were’: Blood Orange on coming home to Essex and mourning his mother

After grief brought Dev Hynes home, he reconsidered the county that shaped him. The result is a masterful new album – made with a little help from Lorde and Zadie SmithDevonté Hynes is telling me how he came to be living back in his childhood home in Ilford, east London, at the age of 37, after his mother had fallen ill. “It was a surreal experience,” he says of the sudden move from Brooklyn, where he makes music as Blood Orange, to sleeping in the bedroom where he once put up posters of David Beckham and the Smashing Pumpkins. “Physically, you’re bigger: your shape has changed. But the space is the same. The memories are the same.”Hynes came back to England to be by the bedside of his mother in hospital, and stayed at home a while after she died in 2023. This tragic disruptionproduced his fifth full-length release, Essex Honey, a clear contender for album of the year. It’s a record grounded by grief but fizzing with the memory flashes that came with returning home to the edge of Es...

Events

9 h. ago Leia's a mum... again! Critically endangered orangutan gives birth at Chester Zoo

The tiny Bornean orangutan was born on October 7 at Chester Zoo, after it's mother Leia delivered it after an eight and a half month pregnancy.

Politics

11 h. ago Is your favourite chocolate treat really a FAKE? The cult classics that no longer have enough cocoa to count... and those that do

The average Briton consumes 7,560 chocolate bars and 8,316 chocolate biscuits over their lifetime. But what if all that chocolate we're hooked on isn't actually chocolate at all?

Politics

11 h. ago Stephen A Smith claims NBA gambling bust is part of Trump’s ‘revenge’ and to distract from protests in wild rant

‘Don’t be surprised if the WNBA is next on his list,’ Smith said of the president, adding, ‘This man is coming’

Politics