49 m. ago Steve Tandy's problem positions and likely first Wales team as he starts work

Steve Tandy started his new role on Monday and he has a mountain of work to do

Politics

73 m. ago Ryder Cup team should copy Djokovic when dealing with American hostility, says McIIroy

Europe’s players should learn from tennis star’s reactions‘All we can do is control our reaction and our emotions’Rory McIlroy believes Europe’s Ryder Cup team should follow the grand slam record title-holder Novak Djokovic’s example when it comes to dealing with American hostility in New York this month.Djokovic, a keen golfer himself, delivered a pep talk to the team before their resounding victory in Rome two years ago, and last week McIlroy was pictured courtside watching the Serb at the US Open just hours after the Northern Irishman finished the Tour Championship in Atlanta. Continue reading...

Economics

2 h. ago Budget compromise needed if PM ousted, says French finance minister

Éric Lombard says he hopes François Bayrou will survive vote and dismisses talk of looming debt crisisThe French finance minister, Éric Lombard, has said the government would have to compromise on plans to cut the budget deficit if the prime minister, François Bayrou, is toppled in a confidence vote next week.Lombard told the Financial Times that fresh negotiations would require the government to make concessions to the left to reduce the size of the fiscal package if the government falls. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago The 'cracking' traditional Scottish pub that serves ‘epic’ pies named whisky bar of the year

A much-loved Scottish pub has been named whisky bar of the year at the Scottish Bar and Pub Awards.

Politics

4 h. ago Slow Horses season 5 trailer unveiled for 'truly epic espionage thriller'

Slow Horses season five is just around the corner and Apple TV+ has just unveiled the trailer for the BAFTA Award-winning espionage drama

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4 h. ago Teen killed by lorry after 'lying in road after night out drinking'

Leo Mountain was hit by a lorry in the early hours of April 20, with an inquest hearing the driver was travelling at the speed limit and did not have enough time to swerve out of the way

Events

4 h. ago Locals' fury after council paves over lush green roundabout with giant stones

A once plant-filled roundabout has been dubbed a c**p Stonehnge' by residents in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, after a council spent £8,000 redesigning it to feature stone and rocks.

Politics

5 h. ago When Mel Gibson and Catherine Zeta Jones came to Stirling for Braveheart premiere 30 years ago

The Hollywood A-lister was in town, decked out in a kilt, for the first screening of the epic movie 30 years ago today.

Politics

5 h. ago Demi Moore's 'difficulty' with Bruce Willis' dementia battle which left him unable to talk

The Indecent Proposal star has said she has had to let go of the person her husband used to be and accept the new and different sides to him, amid his battle with the condition

Events

6 h. ago My home has been RUINED by a monstrous 60ft warehouse built next door

Steve Retford appeared on the programme via a video link to talk to presenters Cat Deeley, 48, and Ben Shepherd, 50, about the site, behind his property at Henford Estate in Tyldesley, Wigan.

Society

6 h. ago Martin Lewis warns households to fix energy bills now before October price rise

Ofgem has confirmed another price hike in October, and Martin Lewis is urging households to act quickly to lock in cheaper fixed tariffs.

Events

7 h. ago How to protect US students from heat in schools – and is it time to rethink summer break?

US schools were built for a cooler climate that no longer exists. Now they face record-high temperaturesAs schools are returning to session following one of the hottest summers ever recorded, districts are faced with a new problem: how to handle increasingly extreme heatwaves, both in and outside the classroom.Unbearably hot days are no longer just a summer problem. In the US districts from the north-east to the mountain west to the deep south are shortening days, delaying openings, and reworking calendars as temperatures spike during August and September, the typical back-to-school months. Continue reading...

Society

7 h. ago ‘Europe is the core – America joined as an offshoot’: the historian challenging what ‘the west’ means

Was the ‘western alliance’ dreamt up to further American and British interests? Georgios Varouxakis argues that the idea is older, quintessentially European, and even anti-imperialistFor your book The West: The History of an Idea, you spent 12 years researching what people mean when they talk about “the west”. At a time when America’s president shows more admiration for autocratic Russia than for Nato-allied countries in Europe, are we witnessing the end of the west as an idea?I certainly wouldn’t write off the west. What we are seeing is a challenge to a version of the west that had America as its leader. But it doesn’t have to signal the end. The west is crucial to Europeans, and they have been the core of it. America joined at some point as an offshoot; it has been isolationist before, and it may become isolationist again. So we may see a different version of the west for a while, with its core in Europe, as it historically has mostly been. But America will surely return sooner o...

Events

8 h. ago Economy ‘not working well enough’, says Reeves as she sets November 26 Budget

There are concerns that the Chancellor will be forced to hike taxes as she seeks to plug a black hole in the nation’s finances.

Economics

8 h. ago Travis Kelce breaks silence on Taylor Swift engagement as brother says 'we've got to talk about it'

The American footballer is set to discuss on his podcast how the engagement went down

Politics

8 h. ago The Bundesliga’s deal with Mark Goldbridge is odd, and exactly what MLS is missing with Apple

An unusual streaming deal sees the German league going where its fans are, instead of asking the fans to come to themIn a change to his regularly scheduled programming, Mark Goldbridge took a break from blowing steam out his ears at another Andre Onana howler and venting his shouty exasperation at Manchester United’s latest calamity to talk – and watch – all things Gegenpressing and Ballbesitzfußball with his audience of over one million YouTube subscribers.This was after the Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL) struck an agreement with Goldbridge to broadcast 20 live Bundesliga matches on his That’s Football YouTube channel this season. Bayern Munich’s opening weekend win over RB Leipzig raised the curtain on the new deal, with nearly 500,000 viewers watching along with Goldbridge. Continue reading...

Economics

8 h. ago It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down | Mehdi Hasan

This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition. We all deserve betterIn a recent podcast conversation, the former spokesperson for Jeb Bush sat down with the leader of the House Democrats. Guess which one of them endorsed the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York?“I was a Republican up until two minutes ago and I’m a capitalist, and I had Zohran on it’s not really a close call, is it?” Tim Miller said to Hakeem Jeffries on his Bulwark podcast, to which a defensive-sounding House Minority leader replied: “What I can say is that he’s the only one I’m scheduled to talk to.”BASH: You previously warned that the administration charging members of Congress was a, quote, ‘red line’. What are you doing now that the red line you talked about has apparently been crossed?JEFFRIES: We will make that decision in a time, place and manner of our choosing. But the response will be continuous, and it will meet the moment that is required. Continue ...

Politics

8 h. ago Boxing champion, 18, was run over and killed by HGV after lying in the road following night out drinking with friends

Leo Mountain, a North West Region boxing champion from Morecambe, had been out drinking with friends over the Easter bank holiday before the tragic crash on April 20.

Events

8 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel skewers JD Vance over reaction to Trump’s death rumors

‘Donald Trump will never die. Forget it. He’s like Dracula,’ Kimmel joked on his talk show

Politics

9 h. ago I haven't broken the economy, insists Reeves in desperate video plea amid bond market meltdown and fears of tax hike 'doom loop'... as she reveals Budget won't happen until November 26

Rachel Reeves attempted to calm markets by stressing her fiscal rules after interest rates on UK gilts crept up again this morning - having spiked to 27-year highs yesterday.

Economics