2 h. ago Firms halt hiring amid fears over Budget as Reeves is urged not to do 'any further damage' to job market

As speculation mounts over yet more tax hikes in the Budget in November, recruitment experts pleaded with the Chancellor to ease pressure on employers to boost hiring.

Economics

3 h. ago Mahmood to meet Five Eyes for border talks in first major Home Office job

The newly appointed Home Secretary will meet counterparts from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand in London.

Society

3 h. ago Job hunters rise to highest level for nearly five years – report

The monthly KPMG and REC report on jobs showed a slight improvement in permanent recruitment activity, but it remained in decline.

Politics

4 h. ago 30,000 reasons why Labour won't stop the boats... as country hits a new Channel migrant record on Home Secretary's first day on the job

The surge of 1,097 small-boat migrants tipped the total for 2025 to more than 30,000 in record time - and is 37 per cent up on the same date last year. Ms Mahmood said it was 'utterly unacceptable'.

Society

5 h. ago 'Whizz kid' who taught himself to code aged 7 now rakes in $1.4M a MONTH

Zach Yadegari, 18, founded Cal AI from his parents' home in Roslyn, a village in Nassau County, Long Island in May 2024, and he now has 30 employees.

Politics

7 h. ago Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery 'not posh' in real life as she reveals very first job

Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery has insisted that she is 'not posh' in real life, even though she is known to millions as Lady Mary Crawley on the hit period drama

Politics

10 h. ago Good Fortune review – Aziz Ansari’s big comeback comedy struggles to find big laughs

Toronto film festival: The multi-hyphenate’s directorial debut has noble intentions in its timely class commentary but his brand of humour makes for an awkward fitThe absence of big-screen comedies, once an almost weekly occurrence, has become such a widely complained-about issue that the rare novelty of one actually being made has turned into a marketing tool. Last month’s remake of The Naked Gun employed a campaign that directly addressed this problem, with an ad that played like a PSA about such a lack and why supporting one was of societal importance (the plea only mildly worked, with the film finishing with decent, but not quite decent enough, box office). At the Toronto premiere of Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, festival chief Cameron Bailey made reference to the now unusual sensation of laughing with an audience, and the actor-writer-director himself has been impressing upon people his desire to make a theatrical comedy in the billion-dollar wake of Barbie. He believes in its im...

Politics

10 h. ago Vernon Kay says 'I just got fired' after giving BBC Radio 2 co

TV presenter Vernon Kay was left fearing for his job after he made a cheeky comment about his BBC Radio 2 co-star Michelle Visage, who is friends with his wife Tess Daly

Events

11 h. ago Trump’s job approval remains negative as Americans show overwhelming vaccine support, new poll shows

Trump’s policies on inflation, cost-of-living, and trade are his least popular ones with Americans

Politics

11 h. ago Shamed surgeon who chopped off both his legs in sex fetish blew his £500k compo on a hot tub, Playstation watches and a new car

Dr Neil Hopper, 49, used dry ice to freeze his legs to the extent that they required amputation - then claimed he had developed sepsis following a family camping trip.

Economics

11 h. ago Mahmood to host Five Eyes border talks in first major job as Home Secretary

The meeting between US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and UK counterparts will take place in London this week.

Society

11 h. ago Minns’s $140m great koala national park will ‘obliterate’ regional towns, Coalition claims

Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe long-awaited great koala national park in the north of New South Wales, celebrated by wildlife groups, has drawn a mixed reaction from the state’s Coalition.The opposition leader, Mark Speakman has hedged his party’s support, saying while he “supports the ambition of protecting koalas”, he was concerned about job losses and the cost of the park. Continue reading...

Politics

12 h. ago Martin Brundle calls F1 icon worth £88m 'horrible person' as apology issued live on TV

Ex-Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine, who was a guest at the Italian Grand Prix, got Martin Brundle into hot water with his choice of words as he talked about Bernie Ecclestone

Economics

13 h. ago Unions urge Government not to water down workers’ rights Bill

TUC leader Paul Nowak said workers expected Labour to deliver the Employment Rights Bill in full.

Politics

13 h. ago Coronation Street’s Katherine Kelly looks back: ‘My friends were very accepting of me being a bit different’

The actor on wearing men’s clothes, her bohemian family and the six-week soap job that turned into six yearsBorn in 1979 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, Katherine Kelly studied at Rada before beginning her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and going on to perform at the National Theatre and Manchester’s Royal Exchange. Her first major television role came in 2006, when she joined Coronation Street as Becky McDonald, a part she played until 2012. Since then she has appeared in The Night Manager, Gentleman Jack, Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Inside No 9. She stars in In Flight, available now on Channel 4.This is a very typical image of me aged four. I spent most of my preschool life with a towel on my head. It was a replacement for the long hair I so desperately wanted. Continue reading...

Politics

14 h. ago 'I'm too hot to get a job – employers can't see past my curves'

Busty Alê Gaúcha, 21, says her curves have drawn more attention than her qualifications after failing to land a job as a nanny so turned her hand to creating adult content

Society

14 h. ago 'Katie Price and Kerry Katona's show was a terrifying experience

Sitting in the audience as Katie Price and Kerry Katona discuss their issues with the media isn't an easy job as a journalist, but it's one Zoe Delaney would be happy to relive

Events

14 h. ago Why you may need HRT even if you DON'T have hot flushes... these are the 30 symptoms it can solve, from joint pain to headaches and more

The woman in my clinic looks vaguely irritated. The 54-year-old mother-of-three - let's call her Sarah - has come to see me about the bladder infections that have been plaguing her for months.

Science

14 h. ago Vernon Kay exclaims ‘I just got fired’ after complimenting 'hot' BBC Radio 2 co

Vernon Kay was in a cheeky mood as he presented BBC Radio 2 in the Park with Michelle Visage, quipping that he was going to get "fired" after making a flirty comment

Events

15 h. ago A year under CEO Niccol: Starbucks workers’ long fight for a union contract

Twelve months since Brian Niccol took the top job and promised change, the union and CEO are still at loggerheadsIt’s been a year since Brian Niccol took the top job at Starbucks and promised change after years of bitter fighting with the company’s burgeoning union.“I deeply respect the right of partners to choose, through a fair and democratic process, to be represented by a union,” Niccol wrote in a letter to the union last September. “If our partners choose to be represented, I am committed to making sure we engage constructively and in good faith with the union and the partners it represents.” Continue reading...

Economics