94 m. ago Scots woman 'stuck on Universal Credit' after spending £12k for qualification

GlamCandy UK Ltd entered compulsory liquidation in October 2024.

Economics

2 h. ago Liverpool transfer news: Reds' Kevin De Bruyne stance as Jeremie Frimpong price emerges

Kevin De Bruyne has been linked with a shock transfer move to Liverpool while the Reds have identified Jeremie Frimpong as an option to replace the departing Trent Alexander-Arnold

Politics

2 h. ago Gardeners told 3 major flowers will blossom early after record temperatures

The Met Office says that April's unusually sunny and dry weather conditions has led to a major shift in plant growth cycles - with some flowering earlier than expected

Politics

3 h. ago Trump news at a glance: military to immediately remove trans troops and use medical records to oust more

Buoyed by supreme court ruling, Pentagon will remove as many as 1,000 service members. Key US politics stories from Thursday 8 May at a glance“No More Trans @ DoD,” Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, posted after the supreme court allowed the Trump administration’s ousting of transgender troops to go forward. As of Thursday, the orders have been issued to identify and involuntarily force trans people out of service.Department officials have said it is difficult to determine exactly how many transgender service members there are, but medical records will show those who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, show symptoms or are being treated. Those troops would then be forced out. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Sartorial parsimony and elegance on parade: LAURA CRAIK gives her fashion verdict of the VE Day memorial service

Fashion pundits may be adamant that 'the dress is dead'. But as guests at yesterday's service proved, every woman's favourite spring wardrobe staple is very much alive.

Politics

6 h. ago UK announces fresh wave of Russia sanctions ahead of military coalition meeting

Officials have said the Government will take action against up to 100 oil tankers that have been carrying cargo in defiance of sanctions.

Events

6 h. ago RECAP | Defence in hockey sex assault trial suggests woman’s ‘alter ego’ didn’t 'think of the consequences’

RECAP | Defence in hockey sex assault trial suggests woman’s ‘alter ego’ didn’t 'think of the consequences’  CBC

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7 h. ago Forest and park service worker cuts leave wildland firefighting crews short

Forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon say Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge

Events

7 h. ago Suit challenges new rules on children in federal custody who crossed into US

Two advocacy groups for migrants have filed a federal lawsuit asking the courts to halt new Trump Administration vetting procedures for reuniting children who crossed into the U.S. without their parents

Politics

7 h. ago Man charged with attempted murder after collision involving police officer in Scots town

The police officer was rushed to hospital for treatment.

Events

7 h. ago Meghan Markle’s lawyer responds to lawsuit threat from woman claiming duchess’ bath salts recipe caused burns

The Duchess of Sussex’s bath salts recipe is a mixture of salts, essential oils, and arnica oil

Events

8 h. ago Jaguar Land Rover hunting for new advertising agency after disastrous woke rebrand unveiling new Tesla Cybertruck

JAGUAR Land Rover is looking to replace its current advertising agency just months after the company faced a backlash over its controversial rebrand.

Events

8 h. ago Poker Face season two review – Natasha Lyonne’s fun detective show is painfully close to being a classic

Our crime-solving heroine is utterly charming, it’s stuffed with A-list stars and some episodes are just great. If only the cases were a bit more cleverThis tribute to case-of-the week crime dramas is so nearly a brilliant TV show. Starring Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black, Russian Doll) as Charlie Cale, a woman with a foolproof ability to tell truth from falsehood, the series follows in the footsteps of classic story-of-the-week crime dramas; each episode features a tranche of excellent guest stars and a freshly covered-up misdeed for our thoroughly charming citizen-detective to uncover. With her gravelly-chipmunk New York tones – or “voice like a rusty clarinet”, as one character has it – Lyonne ensures Cale is an idiosyncratically charismatic protagonist you can really get behind. She’s cool: her catchphrase is “bullshit” and her aesthetic is 1970s-hued indie sleaze; shades, spray-on jeans, biker boots, shrunken T-shirts, wild, matted hair. She’s chaotically good, too: mis...

Politics

8 h. ago Federal officials set timeline for Helene aid to farmers as Georgia enacts tax breaks

Georgia’s governor has signed a law to exempt federal crop insurance and disaster payments following Hurricane Helene damage from Georgia state income taxes

Politics

8 h. ago Major LIV Golf change could see stars back on the path to top of world rankings

Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm are among the superstar players missing on Official World Golf Ranking points.

Politics

8 h. ago A woman donated her brain so scientists could study a pioneering treatment. A laboratory accidentally threw it out

"They tossed out her brain. How can you do that with a brain?" Arlo Fellenz, the mother of the young woman who died, asked.

Politics

8 h. ago New York set to lower hiring age of prison guards to 18 amid correction officer shortage

New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18, a move to boost the ranks of corrections officers during a shortage that was exacerbated after the state fired more than 2,000 guards after a weekslong strike that crippled the state’s prison system

Events

8 h. ago What does the new American Pope's name mean for his future choices? Inside the history of the name Leo

In a historic first, the 69-year-old American missionary has been elected pope - the first American to ascend to the Catholic Church's highest office in its 2,000-year history.

Culture

9 h. ago The desperate search for a father disappeared by Trump to El Salvador: ‘We don’t know anything’

Jerce Barrios told his family he might be transferred from a California detention center – no one’s heard from him sinceThe last time Joregelis Barrios heard from her brother Jerce, the call had lasted just one minute.Immigration officials had moved Jerce from the detention center in southern California where he had been for six months to another one in Texas. He sounded worried, as if he had been crying. He told his sister he might be transferred somewhere else soon. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Meghan threatened with £8 million lawsuit after Netflix bath salt recipe 'left fan with catastrophic burns'

Robin Patrick claimed the mixture from Netflix series left her with agonising ulcers, blistering skin and her ‘body burning from within’

Economics