35 m. ago Defending national champion South Carolina returns to title game with 74

Defending national champion South Carolina left no doubt it would return to the title game, getting 14 points from Te-Hina Paopao and overwhelming Texas 74-57 on Friday night in the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament

Sport

1 hour ago Beautiful UK seaside village home to one of Britain's top rated beaches

This picturesque English village is home to an award-winning beach that has become a haven for holidaying UK families, world-class surfers and - according to local legend - mermaids

Society

2 h. ago The 1% Club contestant misses out on £10,000 jackpot after taking a risky gamble on final question

Player Brett made his way through the trivia game easily but on the last round, he chose to take a risky gamble instead of walking away with the prize.

Economics

4 h. ago Key Hibs player may not play again this season as bleak outlook spelled out ahead of Rangers match

Another operation considered for Easter Road midfielder

Sport

4 h. ago Michael Owen wrong to claim winning the league not enough, says Arne Slot

Slot: ‘Nothing else matters’ if Liverpool win league titleOwen suggested cup exits left ‘bitter taste’ on seasonArne Slot has hit back at Michael Owen’s suggestion that the Premier League title would not be enough for Liverpool this season by insisting nothing matters more than becoming champions of England again.The former Liverpool striker was taken to task by Virgil van Dijk after the Merseyside derby on Wednesday for claiming the campaign was “building into something really special” until Slot’s team exited the Champions League and lost the Carabao Cup final. Owen agreed it would still be special for Liverpool to win the title for a record-equalling 20th time but with the caveat that the two cup defeats in six days would leave “a bitter taste”. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Arne Slot sets the record straight on Liverpool theory rejected by Virgil van Dijk

Michael Owen was scolded by Virgil van Dijk for claiming this season won't be really special for Liverpool despite Premier League title success and Arne Slot agrees with captain

Politics

5 h. ago Wales Women beaten by Denmark as player left distraught by serious injury

There was concern for Wales after Holland went into a full-blooded 50-50 tackle in the final 10 minutes and came off worse

Sport

7 h. ago De Bruyne’s perfectly timed departure marks tipping point in Guardiola era | Jonathan Liew

The City midfielder made his teammates look like geniuses and once more he is making just the right move at just the right momentNot for the first time, Kevin De Bruyne read the situation to perfection. Not for the first time, he spotted the right play just a little earlier than everyone else. And of course this was always his gift: not simply to pick the right option but to do it faster than anyone else, buying him those crucial fractions of a second when everything else was in flux and only he in stillness.And of course this was not the only respect in which De Bruyne understood the game of football better than most. As a struggling teenager in the Genk academy, he noticed the way the club abruptly stopped paying for a foster family to house him, and then quietly resumed when he started banging in goals for the second team. Cast adrift at Chelsea, he noticed how he was ignored while first-team players were lavished with attention and bespoke coaching. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Passenger flying business class for first time in his life was kicked off Emirates flight before it left the runway after enjoying airport hospitality 'too much'

Shaun Hewitt had boarded the jet from Newcastle to Dubai on December 12 last year, with an upgraded ticket for the first time ever and became 'abusive' when he was asked to move seats.

Transport

8 h. ago Reform UK suspend local election candidate after they were revealed to have praised sex predator Jimmy Savile as a 'working class hero'

Stephen Hartley, who was listed as a Reform candidate for Oxfordshire County Council, described the notorious paedophile as a 'innocent man' and a 'scapegoat'.

Politics

8 h. ago Duke freshman star Cooper Flagg named the AP men's college basketball player of the year

Duke star Cooper Flagg is The Associated Press men's college basketball national player of the year

Sport

10 h. ago 'Next Torvill and Dean' are first to win GB ice skating medal in over 40 years

For the first time since Torvill and Dean's golden era, British ice dancing is back on the world stage thanks to rising stars Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, who won Britain it's first figure-skating medal since 1984

Politics

10 h. ago I'm part of the Class of 92 and believe this snooker player would've won countless titles in any other era

He's been at the top of the sport for more than three decades and John Higgins feels one rival isn't getting the praise he deserves

Sport

10 h. ago The reckless fantasy of austerity as a panacea is coming for European football | Aaron Timms

The same economic forces that led to stagnation today are already in practice at the world’s biggest clubsThe problem with running a modern top-flight football club is that raising revenue is hard to do. Once you’ve grabbed your slice of league-wide media rights, made a vaguely colonial-sounding pre-season tour of the “Far East,” stitched up some sponsorship deals with a gambling company or a country’s tourism agency, and shipped as many shirts as the global merch market can handle, you hit the ceiling of your earning capacity. At that point, as a club, what do you do?You can raise ticket prices, which risks alienating fans and the local community you’re supposed to represent. You can try your hand at a few miserable little crypto or AI plug-ins to build “engagement” among supporters or become a pioneer in the nascent field of fan “activations,” with limited potential returns. You can promise to build a new 100,000-seat stadium, but that takes time and money and doesn’t solve your i...

Sport

11 h. ago ‘A mutual love affair’: David Hockney 25 retrospective makes a splash in Paris

Exhibition of 456 works by the Bradford-born Francophile underscores Paris’s efforts to reclaim its status as Europe’s art capitalPoised to open its doors on Wednesday, Paris’s biggest art show of the year carries the humble title David Hockney 25. A more accurate description of its ambition would have been the name of the artist’s best-known painting: A Bigger Splash.Purportedly focused only on the last 25 years of the Yorkshire-born painter’s career, the 456 works on display at the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s 11 vast galleries in fact span 1955-2025. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago SPFL post split dates and schedule announced as Celtic route to Premiership title party mapped out

The league have announced dates for the full post-split run-in as well as the playoff schedule

Politics

11 h. ago Downing Street says Trump’s tariffs signal ‘new era’ in global economics

No 10 says US president’s decision is ‘disappointing’, as experts warn UK may have to raise taxes in autumnUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s tariffs signal a new global economic era, Downing Street has said, as economists warn the British government is likely to have to raise taxes in response.No 10 said on Friday the prime minister believed that this week’s trade announcement by the US president, which has started a global trade war and sent stock markets tumbling, marked a turning point in history. Continue reading...

Economics

11 h. ago Star snubbed by Gatland and Pivac taking game to next level as Wales call tipped

Keiran Williams has been a standout player at regional level

Politics

11 h. ago Scott McTominay reveals Man Utd's big mistake and what Erik ten Hag finally changed

Scott McTominay became a key player under Erik ten Hag before Manchester United chiefs opted to sell him to Napoli last summer, where the midfielder has been a revelation

Politics

11 h. ago ‘Scary times’: New York shopkeepers plan ‘astronomical’ price hikes under Trump tariffs

Small businesses that import goods brace for steep price increases that they have to pass on to their customersIt’s just two days since Donald Trump launched his extraordinary tariff assault on the world in a bid to rebuild the US economy and roll back an era of globalization. But already shopkeepers are bracing for recession, and their customers spending less, as they prepare to increase prices.“We’re going to have to put our prices up and people aren’t going to like it,” said Ian Anderson, store manager at Tea and Sympathy, a UK grocery store, restaurant and fish-and-chip shop stalwart in Manhattan’s West Village. Continue reading...

Economics